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- SAMBIZANGA
- (Angola/France, 1972, d. Sarah Maldoror)
TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King Street West

Restored by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and Cineteca di Bologna at L’Image Retrouvée in association with Éditions René Chateau and the family of Sarah Maldoror. Funding provided by Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation. This restoration is part of the African Film Heritage Project, an initiative created by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, the Pan African Federation of Filmmakers and UNESCO—in collaboration with Cineteca di Bologna—to help locate, restore, and disseminate African cinema.
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- BADOU BOY
- (1970, d. Djibril Diop Mambéty)
BFI London Film Festival, BFI Southbank

Restored by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata and L’Image Retrouvée laboratories in association with Teemour Diop Mambéty. Restoration funded by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
This restoration is part of the African Film Heritage Project, an initiative created by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, the Pan African Federation of Filmmakers and UNESCO—in collaboration with Cineteca di Bologna—to help locate, restore, and disseminate African cinema.
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- I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING!
- (1945, dirs. Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)
BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street

Restored by the BFI National Archive and the Film Foundation in association with ITV. Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation. Additional support provided by Matt Spick.
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- QUEEN OF DIAMONDS
- (1991, d. Nina Menkes)
BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street

Restored by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
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- THE COLOR OF POMEGRANATES
- (1969, d. Sergei Parajanov)
BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street

Restored by Cineteca di Bologna/L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory and The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, in association with the National Cinema Centre of Armenia and Gosfilmofond of Russia. Restoration funded by the Material World Charitable Foundation.
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- L'ATALANTE
- (1934, d. Jean Vigo)
BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street

Restored by Gaumont in association with The Film Foundation and La Cinémathèque Française with the support of Centre National de la Cinématographie. Restoration performed at L’Immagine Ritrovata in Bologna and Paris.
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- SHADOWS
- (1959, d. John Cassavetes)
BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street

Restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive in cooperation with Faces Distribution Corporation, with funding provided by The Ahmanson Foundation, The Film Foundation, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
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- PRISIONEROS DE LA TIERRA
- (1939, d. Mario Soffici)
BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street

Restored by Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata and The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project in association with the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducros Hicken, with elements provided by La Cinémathèque Française and the Narodni Filmovy Archiv. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
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- TAIPEI STORY
- (1985, d. Edward Yang)
BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street

Restored by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project at Cineteca di Bologna/L’immagine Ritrovata laboratory in association with the Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique and Hou Hsiao-hsien.
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- WANDA
- (1970, d. Barbara Loden)
BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street

Restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive. Restoration funding provided by Gucci and The Film Foundation.
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- ALMA'S RAINBOW
- (1994, d. Ayoka Chenzira)
American Cinematheque, Los Feliz 3

Restored by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
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- CAVALCADE
- (1933, d. Frank Lloyd)
To Save and Project: The 19th MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation , The Museum of Modern Art

Restored in 2022 by Walt Disney Pictures in association with The Film Foundation, with the participation of The Academy Film Archive and The Museum of Modern Art. Special thanks for Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg.
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- CANYON PASSAGE
- (1946, d. Jacques Tourneur)
New York Film Festival, Howard Gilman Theater

Restored by Universal Pictures in collaboration with The Film Foundation. Special thanks to Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg for their consultation on this restoration.
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- STELLA DALLAS
- (1925, d. Henry King)
Venice International Film Festival, Sala Darsena

Restored by The Museum of Modern Art and The Film Foundation, with funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
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- MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH
- (1964, d. Roger Corman)
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, David Geffen Theater

Restored by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation, with funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
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- WHAT PRICE HOLLYWOOD?
- (1932, d. George Cukor)
The Auditorium at Northeastern Illinois University, 3701 W Bryn Mawr Avenue

Restored by the Library of Congress and The Film Foundation, with funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
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- CONTRAS' CITY
- (1969, d. Djibril Diop Mambéty)
BFI London Film Festival, BFI Southbank

Restored by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata and L’Image Retrouvée laboratories in association with Teemour Diop Mambéty. Restoration funded by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
This restoration is part of the African Film Heritage Project, an initiative created by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, the Pan African Federation of Filmmakers and UNESCO—in collaboration with Cineteca di Bologna—to help locate, restore, and disseminate African cinema.
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- EIGHT DEADLY SHOTS
- (1972, d. Mikko Niskanen)
Film Forum, 209 W Houston Street

Restored by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, Yleisradio Oy, Fiction Finland, and Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation. Additional support provided by The Ministry of Culture and Education in Finland, Tiina and Antti Herlin Foundation, and the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation.
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- EL
- (1953, d. Luis Buñuel)
Cinema Revival: A Festival of Film Restoration, Wexner Center

Restored by The Film Foundation's World Cinema Project, Les Films du Camélia and Cineteca di Bologna at L'Immagine Ritrovata Laboratory, with the support of OCS and in association with Películas y Videos Internacionales. Special thanks to Guillermo del Toro and Daniela Michel. Funding provided by the Material World Foundation.
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- ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY
- (1941, d. Willliam Dieterle)
The Library of Congress Festival of Film and Sound , AFI Silver

Restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive and The Film Foundation in collaboration with Janus Films, The Museum of Modern Art and Library of Congress, with funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
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- THAMP
- (1978, d. Aravindan Govindan)
Cinema Revival: A Festival of Film Restoration, Wexner Center

Restored by Film Heritage Foundation, The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna at Prasad Corporation Pvt. Ltd’s Post – Studios, Chennai and L’Immagine Ritrovata Laboratory in Bologna, and in association with Producer K. Ravindranathan Nair of General Pictures, and the family of Aravindan Govindan.
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- GIANT
- (1956, d. George Stevens)
Sag Harbor Cinema Festival of Preservation, 90 Main Street

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Restored by Warner Bros. in collaboration with The Film Foundation. Special thanks to George Stevens Jr., Martin Scorsese, and Steven Spielberg.
- NOT A PRETTY PICTURE
- (1976, d. Martha Coolidge)
Berlinale, Cubix 6

Restored by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
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- TELL ME A RIDDLE
- (1980, d. Lee Grant)
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Ted Mann Theater

Restored by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation. Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
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- THE STRONGER
- (1976, d. Lee Grant)
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Ted Mann Theater

Restored by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation. Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
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- FRENCHMAN'S CREEK
- (1944, d. Mitchell Leisen)
The Library of Congress Festival of Film and Sound , AFI Silver

4K restoration by Universal Pictures in collaboration with The Film Foundation. 35mm 3-Strip Nitrate Original Cut Picture Negative provided by UCLA Film & Television Archive. Restoration services conducted by NBCUniversal StudioPost.
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- BOROM SARRET
- (Senegal, 1963, d. Ousmane Sembène)
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Ted Mann Theater

Restored in 2013 by Cineteca di Bologna/L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory and Laboratoires Éclair, in association with The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, the Institut National de l’Audiovisuel, and the Sembène Estate. Restoration funded by Doha Film Institute.
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- THE MISFITS
- (1961, d. John Huston)
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Ted Mann Theater

Restored by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation, with funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
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- LA FEMME AU COUTEAU (THE WOMAN WITH THE KNIFE)
- (Côte d’Ivoire, 1969, d. Timité Bassori)
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Ted Mann Theater

Restored by Cineteca di Bologna/L’Immagine Ritrovata and The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project. Restoration funded by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
This restoration is part of the African Film Heritage Project, an initiative created by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, the Pan African Federation of Filmmakers and UNESCO – in collaboration with Cineteca di Bologna – to help locate, restore, and disseminate African cinema.
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DESCRIPTION
- WHO KILLED VINCENT CHIN?
- (1987, dirs. Christine Choy and Renée Tajima-Peña)
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Ted Mann Theater

Restored by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Film Archive and The Film Foundation, in association with the Museum of Chinese in America. Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation, with additional support provided by Todd Phillips.
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- THE WORLD'S GREATEST SINNER
- (1962, d. Timothy Carey)
Cinema Revival: A Festival of Film Restoration, Wexner Center

Restored by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation, with funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
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- I MARRIED A WITCH
- (1942, d. René Clair)
To Save and Project: The 19th MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation, The Museum of Modern Art

Restored by the Library of Congress and The Film Foundation. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
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- THE LETTER
- (1929, d. Jean de Limur)
To Save and Project: The 19th MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation, The Museum of Modern Art

Restored by the Library of Congress and The Film Foundation, with funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
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- Tomorrow’s Promises: The Restored Films of Edward Owens
- (1966-1970, d. Edward Owens)
Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N State Street

The Films of Edward Owens were restored in a joint project undertaken by Chicago Film Society, The New American Cinema Group, Inc./The Film-Makers’ Cooperative, and the John M. Flaxman Library at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. This project was made possible with the support of the National Film Preservation Foundation’s Avant-Garde Masters Grant Program and the Film Foundation. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
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- LOSING GROUND
- (1982, d. Kathleen Collins)
The Auditorium at Northeastern Illinois University, 3701 W Bryn Mawr Avenue

Restored by the Yale Film Archive and The Film Foundation in collaboration with Milestone Films. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
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- TOUKI BOUKI
- (Senegal, 1973, d. Djibril Diop Mambéty)
Berlinale, Cubix 3

Restored in 2008 by Cineteca di Bologna/L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, in association with The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and the family of Djibril Diop Mambéty. Restoration funded by Armani, Cartier, Qatar Airways and Qatar Museum Authority.
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- EIGHT DEADLY SHOTS
- (1972, d. Mikko Niskanen)
Film Forum, 209 W Houston Street

Restored by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, Yleisradio Oy, Fiction Finland, and Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation. Additional support provided by The Ministry of Culture and Education in Finland, Tiina and Antti Herlin Foundation, and the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation.
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DESCRIPTION
- EIGHT DEADLY SHOTS
- (1972, d. Mikko Niskanen)
Film Forum, 209 W Houston Street

Restored by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, Yleisradio Oy, Fiction Finland, and Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation. Additional support provided by The Ministry of Culture and Education in Finland, Tiina and Antti Herlin Foundation, and the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation.
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DESCRIPTION
- EIGHT DEADLY SHOTS
- (1972, d. Mikko Niskanen)
Film Forum, 209 W Houston Street

Restored by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, Yleisradio Oy, Fiction Finland, and Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation. Additional support provided by The Ministry of Culture and Education in Finland, Tiina and Antti Herlin Foundation, and the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation.
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- EIGHT DEADLY SHOTS
- (1972, d. Mikko Niskanen)
Film Forum, 209 W Houston Street

Restored by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, Yleisradio Oy, Fiction Finland, and Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation. Additional support provided by The Ministry of Culture and Education in Finland, Tiina and Antti Herlin Foundation, and the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation.
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- EIGHT DEADLY SHOTS
- (1972, d. Mikko Niskanen)
Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Avenue

Restored by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, Yleisradio Oy, Fiction Finland, and Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation. Additional support provided by The Ministry of Culture and Education in Finland, Tiina and Antti Herlin Foundation, and the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation.
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DESCRIPTION
- EIGHT DEADLY SHOTS
- (1972, d. Mikko Niskanen)
Film Forum, 209 W Houston Street

Restored by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, Yleisradio Oy, Fiction Finland, and Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation. Additional support provided by The Ministry of Culture and Education in Finland, Tiina and Antti Herlin Foundation, and the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation.
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- RIO BRAVO
- (1959, d. Howard Hawks)
TCM Classic Film Festival, TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX

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- THE KILLERS
- (1946, d. Robert Siodmak)
TCM Classic Film Festival, TCL Chinese 6 Theatres Multiplex

Restored by Universal Pictures in collaboration with The Film Foundation. Special thanks to Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg for their consultation on this restoration.
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- EAST OF EDEN
- (1955, d. Elia Kazan)
TCM Classic Film Festival, TCL Chinese 6 Theatres Multiplex

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- HEAVEN CAN WAIT
- (1932, d. Tay Garnett)
TCM Classic Film Festival, TCL Chinese 6 Theatres Multiplex

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- HEAVEN CAN WAIT
- (1943, d. Ernst Lubitsch)
TCM Classic Film Festival, TCL Chinese 6 Theatres Multiplex

Restored by 20th Century Fox and the Academy Film Archive in collaboration with The Film Foundation.
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- BOROM SARRET
- (Senegal, 1963, d. Ousmane Sembène)
Los Feliz Theatre, 1822 N Vermont Avenue

Restored in 2013 by Cineteca di Bologna/L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory and Laboratoires Éclair, in association with The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, the Institut National de l’Audiovisuel, and the Sembène Estate. Restoration funded by Doha Film Institute.
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- BLACK GIRL (LA NOIRE DE...)
- (Senegal, 1966, d. Ousmane Sembène)
Los Feliz Theatre, 1822 N Vermont Avenue

Restored by Cineteca di Bologna/ L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, in association with the Sembène Estate, Institut National de l’Audiovisuel, INA, Eclair laboratories and the Centre National de Cinématographie. Restoration funded by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project.
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- LOSING GROUND
- (1982, d. Kathleen Collins)
Film on Film Festival, BFI Southbank

Restored by the Yale Film Archive and The Film Foundation in collaboration with Milestone Films. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
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- MEMORY LANE
- (1926, d. John M. Stahl)
The Library of Congress Festival of Film and Sound , AFI Silver

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Restored by the Library of Congress and The Film Foundation. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.