THEME EXPLORATION

film preservation

19 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Flowers & Banana Wind
Flowers & Banana Wind
2020 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Ip Man
Ip Man
2008 · Wilson Yip
Fort York
Fort York
1972 · David Cronenberg
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
2009 · Shawn Levy
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
1992 · Mohsen Makhmalbaf
The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai
2003 · Edward Zwick
Chinese Animation: A Century
Chinese Animation: A Century
2026 · Lijun Sun
Kokuho
Kokuho
2025 · Sang-il Lee
A Castle Within a Castle
A Castle Within a Castle
1954 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
Announcement
Announcement
1997 · Jean Rouch
From the theme of Mahoroba "Doi Koinouta"
From the theme of Mahoroba "Doi Koinouta"
2001 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
La Chambre Verte
La Chambre Verte
1978 · François Truffaut
Le mura di Sana’a
Le mura di Sana’a
1971 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
Babe: Pig In the City
Babe: Pig In the City
1998 · George Miller
Train
Train
1966 · Peter Greenaway
Português - A Língua do Brasil
Português - A Língua do Brasil
2007 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
The Legend of Drunken Master
The Legend of Drunken Master
1994 · Kar-leung Lau
Love in Design
Love in Design
2018 · Steven R. Monroe
Royal Rendezvous
Royal Rendezvous
2023 · Christine Luby
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Martin Scorsese United States

Founded the Film Foundation to restore and preserve endangered films, actively championing cinema history and archival work.

 Agnès Varda France

Her films explore memory and documentation as preservation acts, treating cinema itself as a living archive of human experience.

 Pedro Almodóvar Spain

His work celebrates and preserves cinema history through homage and restoration of classic film aesthetics and narratives.