New Zealander avant-garde artist Len Lye’s body of works is a treasure trove, and his artistic methods and aesthetic expression remained stunning to this day. He was also one of the first to use several technological innovations in the realm of film color, transferring his painted and stencil-colored animations onto film stock. His experiments in […]
Toni’s journey starts from Vienna and via Budapest leads all the way to Monte Carlo where she gets it in her head to swap the pretzel counter of the gemütliche bakery for the glittering stage of the Opera. The kind, naive girl finds herself tricked in the Hungarian capital but things turn around when she […]
Live piano accompaniment: Hilde Nash. Oscar Krug, an old sea dog, returns to his native village in Maine after many years. As he walks through the deserted streets, he muses on the past. In a flash, he sees himself as the middle-aged German-American who, when the United States entered the war in 1917, was suddenly […]
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans – the subtitle not only conveys the visuality and musicality of Murnau’s masterpiece but also that moment in film history when these two elements came into closer proximity. Fox Studio invited leading figure of German Expressionism F. W. Murnau to Hollywood, where he directed one of the finest works of […]
Archivists worldwide work tirelessly to preserve and provide access to every kind of moving image material. At SFFP, we are dedicated to advocating for this vital work. What better way to showcase the exceptional value of moving image archiving than through a festival providing access to the fruits of this labor? Re:Vision will showcase films […]
Silent Movie Day • Live Musical Accompaniment Boston Premiere of New 4K Restoration! F.W. Murnau’s Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans is often, and deservedly, recognized as the supreme achievement of the silent era cinema—and of all the eras that followed. For nearly one hundred years, critics, historians, scholars, and film lovers have recognized its artistry, emotion, […]
Step back in time and join us for a truly special cinematic event as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Padlocked (1926), the very first motion picture to premiere at the Cranford Theater when our doors first opened in 1926. Thanks to the incredible preservation efforts of the San Francisco Film Preserve, Padlocked has been […]
