Martin Scorsese's The Film Foundation Launches "Restoration Screening Room"
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- Published on Tuesday, 10 May 2022 07:35
- Written by A&E Contributing Editor
The Film Foundation, the non-profit organization created in 1990 by Martin Scorsese, has launched The Film Foundation Restoration Screening Room showcasing films restored with support from the foundation and its partners and is available online.
The Film Foundation Restoration Screening Room is online and available free of charge starting today, Monday, May 9th, with additional feature presentations debuting on the second Monday of each month.
To register, please visit film-foundation.org/restoration-screening-room.
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Viewers will experience the excitement of a live event, with introductions and conversations with filmmakers and archivists providing an inside look at the restoration process. The Film Foundation Restoration Screening Room is "appointment viewing" with screenings starting at a set time and only available for a limited period, which distinguishes it from other streaming options. The Film Foundation Restoration Screening Room celebrates the collaborative nature of film preservation by highlighting the work of archives and studios, and exhibiting a broad range of restorations, including classic, avant-garde, independent, documentary, silent and short films from every era, genre, and region of the world.
The first presentation of The Film Foundation Restoration Screening Room is I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING! (1945, directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger), restored by The Film Foundation and BFI National Archive, in association with ITV and Park Circus, and available for a 24 hour window. The classic romance will be introduced by Scorsese, and tonight's program includes interviews with Thelma Schoonmaker Powell, Joanna Hogg, Tilda Swinton, and Kevin Macdonald; all of whom count the film among their favorites.
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The Film Foundation partnered with Oracle and DelphiQuest to create and power The Film Foundation Restoration Screening Room platform. Upcoming monthly presentations will include LA STRADA (1954, d. Federico Fellini), KUMMATTY (India, 1979, d. G. Aravindan), a film noir double feature of DETOUR (1945, d. Edgar G. Ulmer) and THE CHASE (1946, d. Arthur D. Ripley), SAMBIZANGA (Angola, 1972, d. Sarah Maldoror), ONE-EYED JACKS (1961, d. Marlon Brando), MOULIN ROUGE (1952, d. John Huston), LOST LOST LOST (1976, d. Jonas Mekas), and others to be announced.
ABOUT THE FILM FOUNDATION:
The Film Foundation is a nonprofit organization created by Martin Scorsese in 1990 to protect and preserve motion picture history. By working in partnership with archives and studios, the foundation has helped to restore over 925 films, which are made accessible to the public through programming at festivals, museums, and educational institutions world-wide. The Film Foundation's World Cinema Project has restored 47 films from 27 countries to date, representing the rich diversity of cinema from around the globe. The foundation's free educational curriculum, The Story of Movies, teaches young people - over 10 million to date - about film language and history.
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https://www.film-foundation.org
Twitter: @Film_Foundation
Instagram: @thefilmfoundation_official
ABOUT THE BFI:
We are a cultural charity, a National Lottery distributor, and the UK's lead organisation for film and the moving image.
Our mission is:
To support creativity and actively seek out the next generation of UK storytellers.
To grow and care for the BFI National Archive, the world's largest film and television archive.
To offer the widest range of UK and international moving image culture through our programmes and festivals - delivered online and in venue.
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To use our knowledge to educate and deepen public appreciation and understanding of film and the moving image.
To work with Government and industry to ensure the continued growth of the UK's screen industries.
Founded in 1933, the BFI is a registered charity governed by Royal Charter.
The BFI Board of Governors is chaired by Tim Richards.
