The Academy Museum’s third celebration of newly preserved and restored films presents work from the Academy Film Archive as well as other archives, studios, distributors, foundations, and independent filmmakers worldwide.
Established in 1991, the Academy Film Archive is home to one of the world’s most diverse and extensive motion picture collections, boasting more than 230,000 items. Dedicated to the preservation, restoration, documentation, exhibition, and study of motion pictures, the archive is ever-growing and evolving to accommodate new materials in need of safekeeping. Its dedicated team works to save films from deterioration and breathe new life into works once lost, damaged, or unprojectable.
Present Past convenes narrative features, shorts, documentaries, and experimental films from the Academy Film Archive and beyond. Most restorations will be celebrating their Los Angeles, West Coast, United States, North American, or world premiere, with many of the filmmakers, subjects, archivists, and preservationists appearing in person to discuss their work.
Ticket prices range from $5-$10
Screenings to take place at the Ted Mann Theater and the David Geffen Theater.
Film screenings include:
- São Paulo Sociedade Anônima
- Solo Sunny
- Sholay
- The Main Character: Women-Directed Short Films Preserved by the Academy Film Archive
- Nightshift
- Daughter of the Dragon
- Only Yesterday
- Duel in the Sun
- And more!