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IndieCollect Completes Restoration of “Illusions” (1982) With Support From The Golden Globe Foundation

1982 drama spotlighting racism in the film industry to get restoration premiere in New York this weekend from IndieCollect IndieCollect just completed the 4K restoration of ILLUSIONS. This breakthrough film by the legendary Julie Dash (Daughters of the Dust) is premiering as part of “Passing You By: Impostorism on Film,” curated by Jessica Green. Made in […]

Restored Argentinian Film ‘Never Open That Door’ to be Released with Booklet, Bonus Features

Celebrated Argentinian film “Never Open That Door” (“No abras nunca esa puerta,” 1952), recently restored with funding from the Golden Globe Foundation, will soon be available on DVD with a selection of bonus materials, thanks to film distributor Flicker Alley. “This extraordinary 1952 Argentinian noir … is probably the most bedarkened, beshadowed film I’ve seen, […]

UCLA Film & Television Archive Selects Esteban Arellano as Inaugural Artist-in-Residence

The UCLA Film & Television Archive is pleased to announce the selection of Esteban Arellano (he/they), an emerging multidisciplinary artist and designer, as the inaugural artist for its new artist-in-residence program. Chosen from a competitive national pool of more than 120 applicants, Arellano will begin the two-week residency program later this year, with the residency […]

‘Smog’ Film Restoration – Film Poster Design Contest Winners Announced

UCLA Film & Television Archive has announced the winner and runner-up of a film poster design contest that invited UCLA student artists to show their unique interpretations of the newly restored film Smog (dir. Franco Rossi, Italy, 1962). This contest was open exclusively to students in the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture. Set against the backdrop […]

Golden Globe Foundation-funded restoration of ‘Smog’ (1962) to premiere at UCLA Festival of Preservation

Event Date: April 7, 2024 - 8:30pm - Billy Wilder Theater - FREE

In-person:  Introduction by Luca Celada and Francesca Santovetti, professor of Italian Studies, New England Conservatory of Music. Admission is free. No advance reservations. Seats are available on a first come, first served basis. Hammer Museum members will have reserved seating available at the box office. The box office opens one hour before the first program […]

UCLA Film & Television Archive – Festival of Preservation

Event Date: April 5 - April 7, 2024

“It’s one of the great events on the Los Angeles movie calendar and, even in its 21st biennial edition, still as exciting and groundbreaking as ever […] It’s not just gorgeous new versions of films you’ve never seen or seen only in diminished condition. The UCLA event inevitably includes remarkable movies you never even knew […]

Golden Globe Foundation-funded restoration of ‘Never Open That Door’ (1952) to premiere at UCLA Festival of Preservation

Event Date: April 6, 2024 - 9:30pm - Billy Wilder Theater - FREE

The Latin American Cinemateca of Los Angeles presents a special screening of Never Open That Door (No abras nunca era puerta, Argentina 1952), a restoration funded by the Golden Globe Foundation and the Film Noir Foundation. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive from a 35mm dupe picture negative, a 35mm subtitled print and […]