World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

In honor of World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2025 , San Francisco Film Preserve is delighted to make the newly restored The White Heather (Maurice Tourneur, 1919) available to watch free of charge on our website. Long thought lost, this exceptional film was found at Eye Filmmuseum in 2023, and has been restored by San Francisco Film Preserve, San Francisco Silent Flm Festival , and Eye Filmmuseum. Stephen Horne has created a stunning new score for the film. San Francisco Film Preserve (affiliated to AMIA, FIAF) Online Access to The White Heather 27 October 2025 - 27 October 2026 ONLINE ONLY

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2025 – Event Program. Date: October 27 – November 4, 2025. Venue: Istanbul Museum of Painting and Sculpture, 4th Floor & Cinema Hall. Organized by Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Prof. Sami Şekeroğlu Cinema-TV Center, TOBB Creative Industries Council , and UNESCO National Commission of Turkey . The program includes Opening and Closing Panels, Opening Speeches, and six film screenings restored and conserved with contributions from various centers. October 27, Monday Opening Reception & Program Introduction – 09:30 Dr. Başak Ürkmez – Director, MSGSÜ Cinema-TV Center Opening Speeches – 09:40 - Prof. Dr. Burçin Cem Arabacıoğlu –Rector, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University - A. Ata Kavame – President, TOBB Creative Industries Council - Dr. Ziya Taşkent – Secretary General of İSKA; Board Member, UNESCO National Commission of Turkey - Prof. Melike Taşçıoğlu Vaughan – President, ICoD (International Council of Design) Guided Tour: Istanbul Museum of Pa...

Národní filmový archiv, Prague (NFA) identified and handed over to the Polish FINA (Filmoteka Narodowa – Instytut Audiowizualny) a unique Polish version of the Nazi propaganda film In the Forest of Katyn (Im Wald von Katyn, 1943) . On the occasion of the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, the NFA will present the context of its creation and the archival traces of this film with regard to its various versions. Part of the commented screening will also be the screening of the little-known film Tragedy in Katyn Forest (Tragedija v Katynskom lesu, 1944), through which the Soviet propaganda tried to tell the story of Katyn in their favor. In its second part, the program will also focus on the broader historical context and the Czech and Czechoslovak context of the events. Films and their archival life will be presented by film historian and NFA curator Iwona Łyko, the historical context will be presented by historian Michal Stehlík, and a representative of the civic association Katyňská...

Under the motto “Action”, Film Restored 2025 throws a spotlight on agency and fast action in film and film history, and on the swift work of those who rescue film material. From 22 to 26 October, the film heritage festival is celebrating its tenth year. Attendees of the festival can look forward to digital restorations, workshops, talks and discussions. Films made in thirteen countries will be shown, from as early as the 1910s and up until 2000. The Prize of the Association of German Cinematheques will also be presented during the festival. Venues: Sinema Transtopia Lindower Straße 20/22 13347 Berlin Deutsche Kinemathek Mauerstraße 79 10117 Berlin Streaming programme on "Action": Deutsche Kinemathek (affiliated to FIAF) Film Restored Festival on "Action" 22-26 October 2025 Lindower Str. 20/22 & Mauerstr. 79 Berlin, Germany

Two restored films by Conservation and Restoration Centre of the Filmoteca de Catalunya (2CR) to celebrate World Audiovisual Heritage Day. Firstly, we celebrate the 30th anniversary of Atolladero, the adaptation of Atolladero Texas, an Oscar Aibar's comic book published in the magazine Makoki, and directed by himself. It is a futuristic western set in a lost town in Texas -which gives the film its name - in the year 2048 starring by Pere Ponce, Félix Rotaeta and Iggy Pop. Then, the screening of El amor brujo (1967) performed in live by the great flamenco and Latin jazz pianist, Chano Domínguez who will reinterpret the Francesc Rovira Beleta's classic film. Filmoteca de Catalalunya (affiliated to FIAF) La Filmoteca de Catalunya celebra el Dia Mundial del Patrimoni Audiovisual 2025 . 25-28 October 2025 Plaça de Salvador Seguí, 1-8 Barcelona, Catalunya