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To Save and Project: The 22nd MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation
January 08, 2026 – February 02, 2026
The Museum of Modern Art
Running from January 8 through February 2, 2026, To Save and Project: The 22nd MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation presents more than 75 newly preserved features and shorts from 23 countries. The series will include world and North American premieres and the presentation of original versions of films not seen since their initial theatrical releases. Spanning more than a century of cinema, the festival opens with the New York premiere of MoMA’s new restoration of Russ Meyer’s Vixen! (1968), presented by Erica Gavin and Peggy Ahwesh, and closes with previously unseen Andy Warhol films from the 1960s.
Organized by Joshua Siegel, Curator, Department of Film, MoMA, with Olivia Priedite, Film Program Coordinator, Department of Film, MoMA, and Cindi Rowell, independent curator.
Film at MoMA is made possible by CHANEL.
Additional support is provided by the Annual Film Fund. Leadership support for the Annual Film Fund is provided by The Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art, Agnes Gund through The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art, the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP), and The Young Patrons Council of The Museum of Modern Art.
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Vixen! 1968. USA. Directed by Russ Meyer. Courtesy Severin Films
Bashu Gharibeh Kouchak (Bashu, the Little Stranger). 1986. Iran. Directed by Bahram Beyzaie. Courtesy mk2
Bloody Mama. 1970. USA. Directed by Roger Corman. Courtesy Park Circus/ Orion Pictures Corporation
Bóbita (Topknot). 1965. Hungary. Directed by Márta Mészáros, Courtesy Coproduction Office
Les grandes répétitions: Cecil Taylor à Paris (Great Rehearsals: Cecil Taylor in Paris). 1968. France. Directed by Gérard Patris. Courtesy the Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA)
L’Horloger de Saint-Paul (The Clockmaker of St. Paul). 1974. France. Directed by Bertrand Tavernier. Courtesy Rialto Pictures/STUDIOCANAL
Cockfighter. 1974. USA. Directed by Monte Hellman. Courtesy American Genre Film Archive
Confessions of a Stardreamer. 1978. USA. Directed by John Canemaker. Courtesy The Museum of Modern Art Stills Archive
Daddy. 1973. France/UK. Directed by Niki de Saint Phalle, Peter Whitehead. Courtesy (c) NCAF/the Niki Charitable Art Foundation/mk2 Films
[Earl Burtnett and His Biltmore Orchestra.] 1928. USA. [Director unknown.] Courtesy UCLA Film & Television Archive
Fox News 35mm negative 9-395 [Elinor Glyn on “It”]. 1931. USA. Director unknown. Courtesy the University of South Carolina
En el balcón vacío (On the Empty Balcony). 1962. Mexico. Directed by Jomí García Ascot. Courtesy Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola
The Garden of Eden. 1928. USA. Directed by Lewis Milestone. Courtesy San Francisco Film Preserve
Hula. 1927. USA. Directed by Victor Fleming. Courtesy San Francisco Film Preserve
Film strip of The Battle of Monkey and Crab from the Toy Film Museum collection
Mészáros László emlékére (In Memoriam László Mészáros). 1969. Hungary. Directed by Márta Mészáros, Courtesy Coproduction Office
La Paga. 1962. Colombia/Venezuela. Directed by Ciro Durán. Courtesy Vladimir Durán
Lady in White. 1988. USA. Directed by Frank LaLoggia. Courtesy Park Circus / © 1987 Orion Pictures Corporation. All Rights Reserved
Morgen Beginnt Das Leben (Life Begins Tomorrow). 1933. Germany. Directed by Werner Hochbaum. Courtesy the Bundesarchiv
The Long Way Home. 1989. UK. Directed by Michael Apted. Courtesy Steven Lawrence
Lumière, Le Cinéma! 2025. France. Directed by Thierry Frémaux. Courtesy Janus Films
The Magic Sun. 1968. USA. Directed by Phill Niblock. Courtesy © Phill Niblock/Centre Pompidou
Margarita y el lobo (Margarita and the Wolf). 1969. Spain. Directed by Cecilia Bartolomé. Courtesy Filmoteca Española
Mazurka. 1935. Germany. Directed by Willi Forst. Courtesy DFF – German Film Institute & Film Museum, Frankfurt
A Lőrinci fonóban (In the Lörinc Spinnery). 1972. Hungary. Directed by Márta Mészáros, Courtesy Coproduction Office
Nadja. 1994. USA. Directed by Michael Almereyda. Courtesy Grasshopper Film
Nighthawks. 1978. UK. Directed by Ron Peck. Courtesy the British Film Institute
Njangaan. 1975. Senegal. Directed by Mahama Johnson Traoré. Courtesy Sunu Films
No Picnic. 1986. USA. Written and directed by Philip Hartman. Courtesy the filmmaker
Amou Sibilou (Uncle Mustache). 1970. Iran. Directed by Bahram Beyzaie. Courtesy mk2
The Ozu Diaries. 2025. USA. Written and directed by Daniel Raim. Courtesy The Film Collaborative
Porgy and Bess in Wien. c. 1953. USA. Produced by the United States Information Service. Courtesy the Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute, The Ohio State University Libraries
Rain. 1932. USA. Directed by Lewis Milestone. Courtesy the Library of Congress
Rapt (The Kidnapping). 1934. Switzerland. Directed by Dimitri Kirsanoff. Courtesy Collection Cinémathèque suisse. All rights reserved
Riḥ Es-Sed (Man of Ashes). 1986. Tunisia. Directed by Nouri Bouzid. Courtesy Cineteca di Bologna
The Cardboard Lover. 1928. USA. Directed by Robert Z. Leonard. Courtesy The Museum of Modern Art Film Stills Archive
Magasiskola (The Falcons). 1970. Hungary. Directed by István Gaál. Courtesy National Film Institute of Hungary
Gehenu Lamai (The Girls). 1978. Sri Lanka. Directed by Sumitra Peries. Courtesy Film Heritage Foundation
Die freudlose Gasse (The Joyless Street). 1925. Germany. Directed by G. W. Pabst. Courtesy Filmmuseum München
The System. 1979. Hong Kong. Directed by Peter Yung. Courtesy M+, Hong Kong
Truck Turner. 1974. USA. Directed by Jonathan Kaplan. Courtesy Park Circus/Orion Pictures Corporation
Pêche de thon de Sidi Daoud (Tuna Fishing at Sidi Daoud). 1905. Tunisia. Directed by Albert Samama Chikli. Courtesy Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna
La Vérité sur Bébé Donge (The Truth of Our Marriage/The Truth About Bebe Donge). 1952. France. Directed by Henri Decoin. Courtesy Gaumont
La Finestra sul Luna Park (The Window to Luna Park). 1957. Italy/France. Directed by Luigi Comencini. Courtesy Surf Film
Zohra, L’Odysse d’une jeune francaise en Tunisie. 1921. Tunisia. Directed by Albert Samama Chikli. Courtesy Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna
Promotional portrait of Alice Howell for Distilled Love. 1920. USA. Directed by Vin Moore, Dick Smith. Courtesy Steve Massa
Attila ’74 (Αττίλας 74). 1975. Cyprus/Greece. Directed by Michael Cacoyannis. Courtesy Michael Cacoyannis Foundation
Samma no aji (An Autumn Afternoon). 1962. Japan. Directed by Yasujirô Ozu. Courtesy Janus Films
Autumn Leaves. 1956. USA. Directed by Robert Aldrich. Courtesy Sony Pictures Entertainment