Every dollar you donate to SFFP helps us provide free and affordable access to films for current and future generations. Thank you for supporting cinema’s past, present, and future!

💌 Support Access: filmpreserve.org/donate/

• Physical Media: Earlier this year we released an Irvin Willat double feature Blu-ray with Flicker Alley, with more titles scheduled for 2026
• Local Screenings: In August, we hosted our first live screening in the Bay Area, with multiple screenings planned for 2026

• Online Access: Free access to many restored titles via our website, YouTube, and Vimeo channels
• International Loan Program: We loan restored films worldwide at no cost to non-profits, FIAF members, or educational organizations

Access is central to our mission — without it, preservation and restoration are meaningless. At SFFP, ensuring films reach audiences is always top of mind. Here’s how we make it happen:

BEHIND THE DOOR (1919) and BELOW THE SURFACE (1920), two Irvin Willat films beautifully restored by @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social . BTD is an *intense* revenge tale with Wallace Beery perfectly case as one of the most vile villains you'll ever find anywhere.

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Featuring rare film examples and photographs, this talk explores the daring risks early filmmakers took and the enduring power of their cinematic legacy.

📅 Friday, December 19, 2025
⏰ 12:00–1:00 PM (PT)
🎟️ FREE | Register: filmpreserve.org/eve...
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Vienna-based film historian Hemma Marlene Prainsack will guide us through the rise of the Sensationsfilm—the adrenaline-driven precursor to the action genre in German cinema—and its most influential figure, Harry Piel (1892–1963), the “Dynamite Director” and Germany’s answer to Douglas Fairbanks
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Check out these clips from the preserved and restored version of Maurice Tourneur’s THE WHITE HEATHER (1919)!

Every dollar you donate to SFFP helps preserve films for future generations. Thank you for your support!

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• Storage at Library of Congress: We store our negatives in the Library of Congress’s climate-controlled film vaults, providing a safe, stable environment for these films
• Digital Preservation: We preserve all data related to each restoration project, along with project master files, on LTO tapes

Below are the primary steps we take when preserving our restorations:

• 35mm Negatives: We create new 35mm negatives on modern polyester film stock, allowing for a massively extended life for our restored titles

We preserve digital copies of our restorations, along with all project information, on archival-standard LTO tapes. This ensures that all aspects of a restoration project can be correctly interpreted at any point in the future.

35mm is still the most reliable form of film preservation and is the gold standard in archival settings. Our negatives and film prints are housed in the SFFP collection at the Library of Congress.

Join by special guest host Jared Stearns, local author and Communications Manager at the Tenderloin Museum.

📅 Friday, November 21, 2025 • 12–1 PM PST
🎟️ FREE • Register here: filmpreserve.org/eve...
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“Silent Era Film Exchanges of the Tenderloin” dives into the bustling exchanges that supplied every Market Street theater — and yes, there are some scandalous tales hiding in the shadows of the district’s past.

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🗓️ Saturday, January 17, 2026 | 10:45am–12:45pm (local time)

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🎬 JANE’S DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE (1915), a spirited short about a young woman determined to choose her own path.

🎶 Live musical accompaniment by Daan van den Hurk (piano) & Tijn van der Sanden (guitar).
📍 Natlab – Podiumzaal, Kastanjelaan 500, Eindhoven, 5616 LZ Netherlands
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Her talk is followed by two restorations she worked on, both from the collection of the San Francisco Film Preserve:

🎬 SOLEIL ET OMBRE (1922), Musidora’s hauntingly beautiful tale of love, betrayal, and revenge, filmed in the sun-drenched landscapes of Andalusia.
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To show what restoration actually looks like in practice, we’re including clips and photos from one of our major 2025 projects: THE GARDEN OF EDEN (1928) 🍃✨