2020
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Focal Award 2020 for Best Restoration Project
This year’s prestigious FOCAL Award for the Best Archive Restoration and Preservation Title was assigned to the restored version of La roue (Abel Gance, 1923), commissioned by Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé and carried out at L’Immagine Ritrovata (Bologna) and L’Image Retrouvée (Paris).
La Roue is one of the most legendary silent movie but no version of the initial 1923 version has ever been seen again.
The biggest challenge of this restoration was to rebuild the version through the various different elements available. François Ede, film historian, was in charge of the reconstruction by Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé.
The objective of this restoration was not only to reconstruct as faithfully as possible a mutilated and invisible film, but also had the ambition to restore an exceptional cinematographic show, with orchestra accompaniment close to what the spectators of the Gaumont-Palace discovered in early 1923.
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2020 Festival Lumière in Lyon
L’Immagine Ritrovata and L’Image Retrouvée are attending the Marché du Film Classique at the Festival Lumière in Lyon with a own booth in the exhibition area at MIFC village (October 13th – 16th 2020).
We’ll be also present at Festival Lumière with the following restored title:
A BOUT DE SOUFFLE (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960, 1h29)
Restored in 4K for Studiocanal and CNC at L'Image Retrouvée (Paris).
THE CHESS GAME OF THE WIND (Mohammad Reza Aslani, 1976, 1h33)
Restoration carried out for Cineteca di Bologna at L'Immagine Ritrovata and for World Cinema Project (The Film Foundation).
LA STRADA (Federico Fellini, 1954, 1h48)
Restored in 4K for Criterion Collection and The Film Foundation at L'Immagine Ritrovata, funded by Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
ANNI DIFFICILI (Luigi Zampa, 1948, 1h53)
Restoration carried out for Cineteca di Bologna and Briguglio Films at L'Immagine Ritrovata.
ACCATTONE (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1961, 1h57)
Restoration carried out for Cineteca di Bologna and The Film Foundation at L'Immagine Ritrovata, funded by Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
NEIGE (Juliet Berto e Jean-Henri Roger, 1981, 1h30)
Restored in 4K for JHR Films with support of CNC at L'Immagine Ritrovata (Bologna) and L'Image Retrouvée (Paris).
LA FEMME ET LE PANTIN (Jacques de Baroncelli, 1928, 1h55)
Restored in 4K from original negative, preserved at Foundation Jérome Seydoux-Pathé, at L'Immagine Ritrovata (Bologna) and L'Image Retrouvée (Paris).
The full programme is available online at Festival Lumière.
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L’Immagine Ritrovata is presenting 6 new restorations at the 74th Cannes Film Festival
L’Immagine Ritrovata is delighted to participate to the 74th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, taking place from July 6th to 17th 2021, presenting six new restorations.
FRANCESCO GIULLARE DI DIO
(Roberto Rossellini, Italy, 1950)
Restored by The Film Foundation and Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata, in collaboration with RTI-Mediaset and Infinity+. Restored using a duplicate picture negative and duplicate picture positive for the missing parts. Sound restoration from original negative. Color grading supervised by the Director of Photography Luca Bigazzi.
LUMUMBA, OU LA MORT D'UN PROPHETE
(Raoul Peck, Haiti, 1990)
Restored by The Film Foundation and Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata/L’Image Retrouvée in collaboration with Velvet Film and Raoul Peck, funding by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation. This restoration is part of the African Heritage Project, an initiative created by The Film Foundation, the Pan African Federation of Filmmakers and UNESCO, in collaboration with Fondazione Cineteca of Bologna. Restored using the original 16mm camera and sound negatives. Raoul Peck supervised the color granding and sound mix.
MURDER IN HARLEM
(Oscar Micheaux, USA, 1935)
Restored in 2021 by George Eastman Museum and Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna, at L’Immagine Ritrovata, in association with The Film Foundation, Quoiat Films and Sky from a 35mm nitrate print in the SMU/Tyler Film Collection, SMU Libraries, deposited at the George Eastman Museum.
AZ PRIJDE KOCOUR
(Vojtěch Jasný, Czechoslovakia, 1963)
Image was digitised from the intermediate positive preserved by Narodni Filmovy Archiv, Prague, and the sound from film prints preserved by Filmoteka Narodowa – Instytut Audiowizualny and the National Film Institute Hungary – Film Archive, and from the original negative preserved by Narodni Filmovy Archiv, Prague. The digital restoration of this film was made possible by the donation from Mrs. Milada Kucevora and Mr. Eduard Kucera and was carried out in 2021 at L’Immagine Ritrovata in Bologna, under the supervision of Narodni Filmovy Archiv, Prague, with the support of Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
ECHEC AU PORTEUR
(Gilles Grangier, France, 1957)
Restored in 2K by Pathé, at L’Image Retrouvee in Paris, in collaboration with the CNC.
LA GUERRE EST FINIE(Alain Resnais, Francia/Svezia, 1966)
Restored for the first time in 4K by Gaumont, at Eclair Classics, in collaboration with the CNC.
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L’Immagine Ritrovata is presenting 5 restored films in the 70th Berlianle
L’Immagine Ritrovata is delighted to participate to the 70th edition of the Berlinale, taking place from February 20th to March 1st 2020, presenting five new restorations:
IL BIDONE (Federico Fellini, Italy/France, 1955)
February 21 at 22.00 - International Cinema
February 25 at 17.45 - Haus der Berliner Festspiele
Restoration carried out for Cineteca di Bologna and The Film Foundation, funded by George Lucas Family Foundation.
XIAO WU (Jia Zhang-Ke, People's Republic of China, 1998)
February 24 at 13.30 - Akademie der Künste
Restoration carried out Cineteca di Bologna and The Film Foundation at L'Immagine Ritrovata in collaboration with Jia Zhang-Ke. Project funded by George Lucas Family Foundation.
DAS WACHSFIGURENKABINETT (Paul Leni, Germany, 1924)
February 21 at 17.30 - Friedrichstadt-Palast
Restoration carried out for Deutsche Kinemathek and Cineteca di Bologna, funded by the German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media (BKM).
LES MOTS ONT UN SENS (Chris Marker, France, 1970, short film)
February 21 at 13.00 - Kino Arsenal 1
23 Febbraio ore 11.00 - Akademie der Künste
Restoration carried out for Arsenal at L'Immagine Ritrovata of Bologna and Paris.
MES VOISINS (Med Hondo, France, 1971)
February 26 at 12.00 - Kino Arsenal 1
February 25 at 20.00 - Akademie der Künste
Restoration carried out for Arsenal at L'Immagine Ritrovata of Bologna and Paris, in collaboration with cinematographer Francois Catonné.
The 2020 Berlinale marks the 70th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival and will be also the fist festival headed by director duo Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian.
Visit Berlinale website.
