14th Festival of Preservation – North American Tour

"The city's most surprising, most stimulating, most invigorating film event is not the Oscars, …but the UCLA Film & Television Archive's irreplaceable Festival of Preservation." —Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

The Archive's renowned "Festival of Preservation" spotlights recently completed UCLA Film & Television Archive preservation projects.  The Festival spans an entire century of moving image media, showcasing classic Hollywood feature films, television programs, newsreels, silent comedies, documentaries and contemporary independents.

For the first time ever, highlights from the month-long Festival will screen for audiences outside of Los Angeles in select North American venues.  Films screening as part of the tour include: John Cassavetes' masterpiece, A Woman Under the Influence (1974); Fritz Lang's Secret Beyond the Door (1948); Vitaphone Varieties (1927-31); a double-feature of John Sayles' early work, Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980) and The Brother from Another Planet (1984); and Josef von Sternberg's first film, The Salvation Hunters (1925).  

A complete list of films and tour venues is available here.

The Red Shoes (1948) Restoration

The UCLA Film & Television Archive is proud to announce the restoration of Michael Powell’s and Emeric Pressburger's masterpiece, The Red Shoes.  The UCLA restoration had its world premiere at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and recently played to SRO audiences in Los Angeles.  A copy of the full-color booklet distributed at the Cannes world premiere is available here (booklet courtesy of The Film Foundation).

Employing both traditional chemical and cutting-edge digital processes, this restoration, supervised by UCLA preservationist Bob Gitt, has eliminated years’ worth of damage, revealing a cinematic marvel even more vibrant and electrifying than many fans may remember.  A landmark in film style and thematics, The Red Shoes has become a touchstone to cineastes, lovers of dance, and filmmakers ranging from Vincente Minnelli to Martin Scorsese.  Its astounding production design, music and choreography, its shockingly sumptuous color palette and revolutionary treatment of dance on film, now may be rediscovered and savored anew.

The restoration will be released on DVD, first in United Kingdom, and later in the U.S.  

Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, in association with the British Film Institute, The Film Foundation, ITV Global Entertainment, Ltd. and Janus Films.  Restoration funding provided by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, The Film Foundation and the Louis B. Mayer Foundation.