NFPF Announces Production of New Avant-Garde DVD Set
NFPF Announces Production of New Avant-Garde DVD SetDecember 7, 2011—Thanks to a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts last month, and an earlier grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation...
View ArticleFirst New Zealand Films Now Screening Online
First New Zealand Films Now Screening OnlineNovember 23, 2011—As preservation work wraps up on the American silents films discovered at the New Zealand Film Archive in 2010, we'll present selections on...
View ArticleTreasures 5 Receives "Best of the West" Award
Treasures 5 Receives "Best of the West" AwardNovember 16, 2011—Treasures 5: The West has been named “Best Classic Western DVD” of the year by True West magazine. Announcing this "Best of the West"...
View Article2012 Grant Guidelines Now Available
2012 Grant Guidelines Now AvailableNovember 15, 2011—The NFPF has opened registration for the 2012 Basic and Matching preservation grants and Avant-Garde Masters Grants. Click on the links for the...
View ArticleNFPF Announces Summer Grant Recipients
NFPF Announces Summer Grant RecipientsOctober 26, 2011—John Carpenter’s first student film and a 1925 newsreel about Buffalo Soldiers are among the 28 motion pictures slated for preservation. Read more...
View ArticleNFPF Honored at Pordenone Film Festival
NFPF Honored at Pordenone Film FestivalOctober 3, 2011—The NFPF and the New Zealand Film Archive will be honored with the Jean Mitry Award at this year's Le Giornate del Cinema Muto, the...
View ArticleScreening of Hitchcock's The White Shadow
Screening of Hitchcock's The White ShadowSeptember 21, 2011—Tomorrow evening, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will premiere the new preserved print of Alfred Hitchcock's The White...
View ArticleNFPF at Cinecon
NFPF at CineconAugust, 26, 2011—The NFPF is thrilled to be honored at this year’s Cinceon Festitval in Hollywood. On September 2, NFPF Assistant Director Jeff Lambert will be introducing the screening...
View Article2011 Avant-Garde Masters Grants Announced by the NFPF and the Film Foundation
2011 Avant-Garde Masters Grants Announced by the NFPF and The Film FoundationAugust 10, 2001—Computer animations by Lillian Schwartz are among the 10 films slated for preservation. Films by Robert...
View ArticleLost Hitchcock Feature Recovered in New Zealand
Lost Hitchcock Feature Recovered in New ZealandAugust 3, 2011—The New Zealand Film Archive and the NFPF are proud to announce the discovery of The White Shadow (1924), thought to be the earliest...
View ArticleNew Treasures Web Exhibition
New Treasures Web ExhibitionJuly 14, 2011—In celebration of the upcoming release of Treasures 5: The West, 1898-1938, we are presenting a few Westerns from our previous DVD sets, as well as a special...
View ArticleNFPF Awards 36 Grants: 1919 "Lawrence of Arabia" Epic and John Ford's Home...
NFPF Awards 36 Grants: 1919 "Lawrence of Arabia" Epic and John Ford's Home Movies to be SavedJune 15, 2011—The National Film Preservation Foundation today announced grants to save 64 films, including...
View ArticleNFPF Announces Line-Up for Groundbreaking Western DVD Box Set
NFPF Announces Line-Up for Groundbreaking Western DVD Box SetMay 31, 2011—Before High Noon, Unforgiven, and True Grit, there was a wilder, wider West on film. Today, the non-profit National Film...
View ArticleNFPF Annual Report Now Available
NFPF Annual Report Now AvailableMay 18, 2011—Hot off the press! A PDF version of our just-printed 2010 annual report is available on our Web site. It provides an illustrative overview of our current...
View ArticleNFPF Receives Save America's Treasures Grant to Preserve “Lost” American...
NFPF Receives Save America's Treasures Grant to Preserve “Lost” American Silent Films Discovered in New ZealandFebruary 10, 2011—The NFPF has received a $203,000 federal grant to preserve 40 American...
View ArticleFilm Critics Announce Award for Upstream
Film Critics Announce Award for UpstreamJanuary 10, 2011—The National Society of Film Critics presented the NFPF a 2010 Film Heritage Award for the rediscovery of John Ford’s Upstream (1927), one of 75...
View ArticleNew Treasures Web Exhibition January 2011
New Treasures Web ExhibitionJanuary 1, 2011—The new Web exhibition in our Treasures DVD series is a salute to our troops. Among the four featured films is John Huston's moving documentary The Battle of...
View Article2011 Grant Guidelines Now Available
2011 Grant Guidelines Now AvailableDecember 9, 2010—The NFPF is now accepting registrations for next year's round of Basic and Matching preservation grants. Click on the link for the deadline dates and...
View ArticleNFPF Receives Grant to Complete Search for Rare American Films at the New...
NFPF Receives Grant to Complete Search for Rare American Films at the New Zealand Film ArchiveNovember 2, 2010—Thanks to a grant awarded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the NFPF will complete the...
View ArticleFour New Films in Screening Room
Four New Films in Screening RoomOctober 1, 2010—A big thanks to Chicago Film Archives; Duke University’s Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library; San Francisco Media Archive; and...
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