Il Cinema Ritrovato 2025 | Films on Film

Summertime by David Lean, shot in Venice, in colour, on 35mm

Il Cinema Ritrovato shows more films on film — from 35mm, 16mm, and 70mm prints — than any other festival in the world. (If you have any doubt, ask FedEx or DHL.)

This year, 130 titles will be projected from celluloid. It's true that a good number of these belong to early cinema, but there is an equally substantial selection—from the silent period to the early 21st century—shown in archival prints and occasionally brand-new prints.

Here is a list of 50 titles to be shown on film that I think are worth adding to your schedule, once the schedule is out!

1. A Walk in the Sun Milestone, Lewis 1945 35mm
2. Døden er et kjærtegn Carlmar, Edith 1949 35mm
3. Right On! Danska, Herbert 1971 16mm
4. Opus II, III & IV Ruttmann, Walter 1924-25 35mm
5. The Captain Hates the Sea  Milestone, Lewis  1934  35mm
6. På slaget åtte Müller, Nils R. 1957 35mm
7. Nyonin aishu Naruse, Mikio 1937 35mm
8. Le Tango  Guy, Alice 1905 35mm
9. Chaos Serreau, Coline 2001 35mm
10. Ah! La Barbe de Chomón, Segundo 1905 35mm
11. Dread Beat an' Blood Rosso, Franco 1979 16mm
12. Arch of Triumph Milestone, Lewis 1948 35mm
13. Au pays noir Zecca, Ferdinand 1905 35mm
14. Alice Adams Stevens, George 1935 35mm
15. La Légende de Rip Van Wrinkle Méliès, Georges 1905 35mm
16. Rapt Kirsanoff, Dimitri 1934 35mm
17. The North Star Milestone, Lewis 1943 35mm
18. Battleship Potemkin Èjzenštejn, Sergej 1925 35mm
19. L'ospedale del delitto Comencini, Luigi 1950 35mm
20. Bambini in città Comencini, Luigi 1946 35mm
21. Le Cheminau Cappellani, Albert 1905 35mm
22. La cavalcata ardente Gallone, Carmine 1925 35mm
23. Edge of Darkness Milestone, Lewis 1943 35mm
24. Du skal ære din hustru Dreyer, Carl Th. 1925 35mm
25. Tsuma yo bara no youni Naruse, Mikio 1935 35mm
26. The Salvation Hunters von Sternberg, Josef 1925 35mm
27. Close Encounters of the Third Kind   Spielberg, Steven 1977  70mm
28. Festival  Lerner, Murray 1967 35mm
29. The Decline of Western Civilization  Spheeris, Penelope  1981 35mm (from 16mm)
30. Adam's Rib Cukor, George 1949 35mm
31. Flicka och hyacinter Ekman, Hasse 1950 35mm
32. Allotria Forst, Willi 1936 35mm
33. Edge of Darkness Milestone, Lewis 1943 35mm
34. Leise flehen meine Lieder Forst, Willi 1933 35mm
35. Tsuma yo bara no youni Naruse, Mikio 1935 35mm
36. Of Mice and Men Milestone, Lewis 1939 35mm
37. Mordets melodi Ipsen, Bodil 1944 35mm
38. Romance sentimentale Èjzenštejn, Sergej & Aleksandrov, Grigori 1930 35mm
39. Ljudyna Z Kinoaparatom Vertov, Dziga 1929 35mm
40. Pantomima della morte Caserini, Mario 1915 35mm
41. Odessa Lods, Jean 1935 35mm
42. All Quiet on the Western Front Milestone, Lewis 1930  35mm
43. Cirk Aleksandrov, Grigorij 1936 35mm
44. Magokoro Naruse, Mikio 1939 35mm
45. Und das am Montagmorgen Comencini, Luigi 1959 35mm
46. The Big Parade Vidor, King 1925 35mm
47. Calling Mr. Smith Themersons 1943 35mm
48. Summertime Lean, David 1955 35mm
49. Strongroom Sewell, Vernon 1962 35mm
50. Strike Ėjzenštejn, Sergej 1925 35mm