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Martin Scorsese presents The Sag Harbor Cinema Festival of Preservation

November 7-11, 2025

From hand painted animation to avant-garde, Hollywood classics and foreign masters, SHC’s own festival, dedicated to the preservation of film and its culture in all their forms, returns for its fifth year with a rich program of restorations, rarities and rediscoveries. An array of guests, including archivists, historians, collectors, and filmmakers will join in to discuss and illuminate.


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Festival of Preservation Pass

Passes grant you entry to all screenings and events throughout the Festival, and include an invite to The Preservation Party, Saturday night, November 8th.

$55 for Sag Harbor Cinema Members, $95 for non-members.

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Pictures of Ghosts
11/7 3:00pm

Pictures of Ghosts

Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho (2023)

The Cotton Club Encore
11/7 5:30pm

The Cotton Club Encore

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola (1984)

Introduced by James Mockoski, Restoration Supervisor at American Zoetrope

High Society
11/7 8:45pm

High Society

Directed by Charles Walters (1956)

Introduced by George Feltenstein, Warner Bros. Discovery Library Historian, via Zoom

Fleischer Studios Cartoons
11/8 – 11/11

Fleischer Studios Cartoons

Till We Meet Again
11/8 12:45pm

Till We Meet Again

Directed by Frank Borzage (1944)

Introduced by Cassandra Moore, Vice President of Mastering and Archive at NBCUniversal

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
11/8 3:00pm

Nice Girls Don’t Stay for Breakfast

Directed by Bruce Weber (2018)

Followed by Q&A with photographer Bruce Weber and Carrie Mitchum, granddaughter of Robert Mitchum

11/8 6:00pm

Footlight Parade

Directed by Lloyd Bacon (1933)

Special presentation by Bruce Goldstein, Film Forum’s Founding Repertory Director

Brakhage Shorts
Festival of Preservation

Stan Brakhage Shorts

The Lovers on the Bridge
11/8 9:00pm

The Lovers on the Bridge

Directed by Leos Carax (1991)

Introduced by filmmakers Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold

11/9 11:00am

Preservation Panel

You Are Not I
11/9 1:30pm

You Are Not I

Directed by Sara Driver (1981)

Followed by Q&A with director Sara Driver

The Greeks Had a Word for Them
11/9 3:30pm

The Greeks Had a Word for Them

Directed by Lowell Sherman (1932)

Duel in the Sun
11/9 5:30pm

Duel in the Sun

Directed by King Vidor (1946)

Introduced by Kevin Schaeffer, Director of Restoration and Library Management at the Walt Disney Studios

11/9 9:15pm

Only Angels Have Wings

Directed by Howard Hawks (1939)

Introduced by Grover Crisp, Executive Vice President, Asset Restoration and Preservation at Sony Pictures Entertainment

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
11/10 3:30pm

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

Directed by Sergei Parajanov (1965)

The Professionals
11/10 6:00pm

The Professionals

Directed by Richard Brooks (1966)

Thief
11/10 9:00pm

Thief

Directed by Michael Mann (1981)

Artists and Models
11/11 1:00pm

Artists and Models

Directed by Frank Tashlin (1955)

Black Girl
11/11 3:30pm

Black Girl

Directed by Ossie Davis (1972)

Followed by Q&A with playwright J. E. Franklin

Mark of the Renegade
11/11 6:30pm

Mark of the Renegade

Directed by Hugo Fregonese (1951)


Previous Festivals

2024


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2023


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2022


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2021


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