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09/25/2019

Cecil B. DeMille’s first large scale historical epic Joan the Woman (1916), was his most expensive film to date. The final cost of the…

05/09/2019

... Says filmmaker, archivist and restorer Shivendra Singh Dungarpur about film restoration and why it’s high time for filmmakers to start taking it s

04/25/2019

Previewing the 2019 Nitrate Picture Show Film Festival with co-directors Deborah Stoiber and Jared Case. Subscribe on iTunes / Stitcher Radio / Spotify CREDITS: Talking Heads: James …

04/12/2019

One of the biggest challenges with conservation work is to repair the old repairs. This image from the nitrate print of THE FLAPPER (1920) shows repaired edges with tape. If you look closely, you can see where the tape has discolored the image underneath. This is one of many challenges archivists face, and why continued conservation is necessary to keep our film heritage alive.

03/26/2019

So what are we working on this week? Decades ago, the Technicolor negative of DALLAS (1950) was accidentally separated, with the yellow and cyan layers sent to George Eastman Museum and the magenta layer to UCLA. Now the negative is all in one spot and is about to be reunited!

10/21/2017

It's here! Come to the Visual Studies Workshop today anytime between 12-5pm to check out some home movies! HOME MOVIES! FREE SNACKS! BOOK SALE! BINGO! //youtu.be/dKVkObROrrw

Home Movie Day is a worldwide event that invites you to see and share your own home movies with an audience of your community. It's also a chance to discover...

03/30/2017

Amazing!!!

03/14/2017

Christina Stewart, a Selznick graduate, discovered a lost silent film! Here is the information about the screening in case anyone can make it out to Toronto.

The Media Commons is pleased to announce the rediscovery of the complete rare Herbert Blaché Universal-Jewel film “Secrets of the Night” (1924). The screening of the restored film will be held at the Media Commons Theatre, March 29, 2017 at 6:45pm, along with live musical accompaniment by Jordan Kla...

03/13/2017

Hello everyone, it's Stephany.

I wanted to share a few things that Jessica from TIFF shared via email.

1) Giovanna Fossati of EYE Filmmuseum will be at TIFF and there will be a free livestream of it. More information can be found here: http://www.tiff.net/events/reel-heritage-giovanna-fossati-on-exposing-the-film-apparatus/
The URL is currently information about Prof. Fossati and her work, but the page will update when it's closer to the time of the livestream. For those who aren't familiar with Prof. Fossati's works, I'd recommend From Grain to Pixel: The Archival Life of Film in Transition.

2) I believe that both Rachels mentioned the online Cronenberg exhibit. That can be found here: http://cronenbergmuseum.tiff.net/

3) Rachel mentioned a talk about ephemera conservation. A video of this talk can be found here: http://www.tiff.net/the-review/reel-heritage-film-ephemera-and-collections-management/

4) More talks can be found here: http://www.tiff.net/higher-learning-digital-resources/
("Buried Treasures of Chinese Silent Cinema" and "Guy Maddin on My Winnipeg" look very cool!)

Giovanna Fossati of EYE Filmmuseum and the University of Amsterdam discusses new directions in film research and preservation, and presents an accompanying selection of silent shorts.