Recent Film Restorations

[djvaso]

All restored movies in the project "A1 Kinoteka" from 2017 till now:
https://www.kinoteka.org.rs/wp-content/ ... araton.pdf
1. Who's Singin' Over There? (Ko to tamo peva)
2. When I Am Dead and Gone (Kad budem mrtav i beo)
3. Special Education (Specijalno vaspitanje)
4. The Marathon Family (Maratonci trče počasni krug)
5. The Beauty of Vice (Lepota poroka)
6. The Elusive Summer of '68 (Varljivo leto '68)
7. National Class Category Up to 785 Ccm (Nacionalna klasa)
8. Petria's Wreath (Petrijin venac)
9. Fragrance of Wild Flowers (Miris poljskog cveća)
10. Three Tickets to Hollywood (Tri karte za Holivud)
11. Love and Fashion (Ljubav i moda)
12. Balkan Spy (Balkanski špijun)
13. Something in Between (Nešto između)
14. Love Affair, or The Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator (Ljubavni slućaj ili tragedija službenice P.T.T.)
15. Strangler vs. Strangler (Davitelj protiv davitelja)
16. Special Therapy (Poseban tretman)
17. All That Jack's (Majstori, majstori!)
18. Pavle Pavlović
19. Hey Babu Riba (Bal na vodi)
20. Leto je krivo za sve
21. Season of Peace in Paris (Sezona mira u Parizu)
22. The Rats Woke Up (Buđenje pacova)
23. Pop Ćira i pop Spira
24. Beach Guard in Winter (Čuvar plaže u zimskom periodu)
25. some Other woman (Neka druga žena)
26. Taiwan Canasta (Tajvanska kanasta)
27. The Dog that Liked Trains (Pas koji je voleo vozove)
28. The White Suit (Belo odelo)
29. A Film with No Name (Za sada bez dobrog naslova)
30. Vain Dreams (Pusti snovi)
31. The Dervish and Death (Derviš i smrt)
32. Twilight Time (Suton)
33. The Meeting Point (Sabirni centar)
34. Six Days in June (Šest dana juna)
35. Virgina (Virdžina)
36. Yellow (Žuta)
37. Murder Commited in a Sly and Cruel Manner and from Low Motives (Ubistvo na svirep i podmukao način i iz niskih pobuda)
38. The Last Race (Poslednja trka)
39. The Wind (Košava)
40. Unseen Wonder (Čudo neviđeno)
41. Nemirni (Nemirni)

[Stefan Andersson]

Upcoming French restorations:
Le Grand Jeu, Feyder
Espoir, Malraux
Les Enfants du Paradis
Les héros sont immortels, Guiraudie
Les amants du Tage, Verneuil
https://www.cnc.fr/professionnels/aides ... moi&annee=

[Matt]

We were just talking recently in this thread about the unlikelihood of a new restoration of Les enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise) and now here it is. Fingers crossed it will be at least a slight improvement over the last one.

[Stefan Andersson]

Voice in the Wind (1944), Arthur Ripley / Arch of Triumph, Milestone:
https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/arch ... 026-03-06/

The Burning Cross (1947), Walter Colmes / Open Secret (1948), John Reinhardt:
https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/burn ... 026-03-07/

[Stefan Andersson]

Secrets of the Jinn Valley Treasure, director´s cut, Ebrahim Golestan, 1974, World restoration premiere:
https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/20 ... f-the-jinn
"restored by Cineteca di Bologna in partnership with the Iran Heritage Foundation":
https://notesoncinematograph.blogspot.c ... .html#more

Postman, Mehrjui:
"brand-new restoration courtesy of Martin Scorsese’s Film Foundation and Cineteca di Bologna"
https://notesoncinematograph.blogspot.c ... .html#more
https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/20 ... -postman-0

[Stefan Andersson]

Berlinale Classics 2026:

https://www.berlinale.de/en/2026/news-p ... 71535.html

[Stefan Andersson]

Films, perhaps restored, by Judit Elek at the Berlinale:
Találkozás, 1963
https://www.berlinale.de/en/2026/progra ... 16679.html
Istenmezején 1972–73-ban
https://www.berlinale.de/en/2026/progra ... 16678.html

My Brother´s Wedding, Burnett:
https://www.berlinale.de/en/2026/progra ... 16538.html

[beamish14]

Berlinale Classics 2026:

https://www.berlinale.de/en/2026/news-p ... 71535.html

Ninja Scroll! A 4K must be a total revelation

[Stefan Andersson]

The Brave Bulls, Rossen, 4K:
https://notesoncinematograph.blogspot.c ... -1951.html
https://harvardfilmarchive.org/calendar ... ls-2025-11

Runs 112 mins. so should be the longer version listed here:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043359/al ... at_dyk_alt

[domino harvey]

Massive upgrade considering the circulating copy is a VHS TV rip with burnt in Spanish subs

[eerik]

Berlinale Classics 2026:

https://www.berlinale.de/en/2026/news-p ... 71535.html

Interesting that Estonian Film Institute has managed to snuck in there two years in a row, last year with Naerata ometi (Smile at Last) and now with "Hukkunud Alpinisti" hotell (Dead Mountaineer's Hotel). If only they weren't so reluctant on licensing out their library and working with external partners. I found an interview with Deaf Crocodile guys where they mentioned it took them six years to convince Tallinnfilm/EFI.

[spectre]

My Brother´s Wedding, Burnett:
https://www.berlinale.de/en/2026/progra ... 16538.html

Any indication whether this is the theatrical version or the longer director's cut?

[domino harvey]

Dennis said both were restored in the Milestone thread

[Roger Ryan]

My Brother´s Wedding, Burnett:
https://www.berlinale.de/en/2026/progra ... 16538.html

Any indication whether this is the theatrical version or the longer director's cut?

Note that Burnett's "director's cut" (or preferred version) is actually shorter than the original theatrical release - significantly so since the 2007 re-edit is only 78 minutes vs. the theatrical release's 115 minutes.

[Stefan Andersson]

Upcoming in 4K, showing at Cinema Reborn festival:
The Heiress, 1949
Artists and Models
One Hour With You, 1932
Only Angels Have Wings

Jan. 21 post:
https://filmalert101.blogspot.com/

[spectre]

My Brother´s Wedding, Burnett:
https://www.berlinale.de/en/2026/progra ... 16538.html

Any indication whether this is the theatrical version or the longer director's cut?

Note that Burnett's "director's cut" (or preferred version) is actually shorter than the original theatrical release - significantly so since the 2007 re-edit is only 78 minutes vs. the theatrical release's 115 minutes.

Cheers Roger – an embarrassing memory lapse on my part! I've only seen the theatrical cut and thought it was great, so it's good to hear that that version has been restored for posterity too.

[spectre]

Upcoming in 4K, showing at Cinema Reborn festival:
The Heiress, 1949
Artists and Models
One Hour With You, 1932
Only Angels Have Wings

Jan. 21 post:
https://filmalert101.blogspot.com/

The 4K restoration of Happiness has been announced too: https://www.lidocinemas.com.au/movies/happiness-1998

This is just a small selection of what will be screening, btw – the full program will be announced in March. I'm pretty excited for this one; the programming of this festival is always top-notch, with a pretty eclectic mixture of classics and obscurities (often from cinematically underrepresented countries).

[andyli]

Sundance’s Park City Legacy program. New 4K restoration for American Dream, Little Miss Sunshine, Mysterious Skin, etc.

[jmj713]

It seems like none of the films of Hans-Jürgen Syberberg have been restored yet? A big boxset of his German Trilogy would be amazing.

[Calvin]

It seems like none of the films of Hans-Jürgen Syberberg have been restored yet? A big boxset of his German Trilogy would be amazing.

They have been restored by Film Shift. Unsure on the specifics though

[Stefan Andersson]

It seems like none of the films of Hans-Jürgen Syberberg have been restored yet? A big boxset of his German Trilogy would be amazing.

They have been restored by Film Shift. Unsure on the specifics though

Thanks for this fine information source!

Film Shift also seems to have restored many Harun Farocki titles, plus films by Angela Schanelec, Christian Petzold, Sohrab Shahid Saless, Fred Kelemen and other directors. All titles listed at link above.

[Stefan Andersson]

Rushes from Orson Welles´ Merchant of Venice, restored in 2025 by the Cinemathèque Francaise:
https://www.cinematheque.fr/henri/film/ ... bzZmGDU0dg

Film materials deposited by Oja Kodar. Text says that Kodar has confided part of her film archive to the CF.
Perhaps more unfinished work has been moved from the Munich Film Museum to the CF?

https://www.wellesnet.com/phpbb2/viewto ... 374#p30374

[Stefan Andersson]

Ceddo, Sembene, 4K:
https://dorianefilms.com/film.php?id=133

Emitai, 4K:
https://dorianefilms.com/film.php?id=132

Xala, 4K:
https://dorianefilms.com/film.php?id=46

Les enfants du désordre, Yannick Bellon (other Bellon films are also with Doriane):
https://dorianefilms.com/film.php?id=140

Catalogue:
https://dorianefilms.com/index.php

[Stefan Andersson]

Les rendez-vous de quais, Paul Carpita, 1955, 4K, re-release in France; Carpita´s short films and other features also restored/to be restored.
Released by Doriane Films. They also released a 2005 DVD with 2 features and 9 short films, still listed at the Potemkine webshop.

https://dorianefilms.com/film.php?id=66
https://www.lamarseillaise.fr/culture/e ... BJ19454243
https://www.cnc.fr/cinema/actualites/li ... ta_1849612
https://www.lamarseillaise.fr/culture/p ... EJ19454220
https://www.avoir-alire.com/le-rendez-v ... a-critique
https://store.potemkine.fr/dvd/37002469 ... pita-paul/

Rencontre a Varsovie, Carpita, 1958, HD:
https://dorianefilms.com/film.php?id=88


Bye Bye Brazil, 4K from OCN:
https://thefilmstage.com/a-landmark-of- ... ye-brazil/

[Stefan Andersson]

La prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV, Rossellini, 4K restoration by INA (Institut National Audiovisuel):
https://www.dvdclassik.com/forum/viewto ... start=2745