Archival Films
Are you a history buff? A lover of pre-CGI practical effects or Old Hollywood glamor’s stacked lashes and Marcel waves? Well, we’ve got a stellar lineup of stunningly restored films from decades past that will transport you back to the time when films were actually shot on film and trailers were still at the end of the movie.
Prisoners of the Earth
Argentina | 1939 | 86 min. | Mario Soffici
The most acclaimed film by one of classic Argentine cinema’s foremost directors is a gut-punching work of social realism: a group of desperate men are conscripted to labor on a treacherous plantation—a situation that boils over in an explosive act of rebellion.
Queen Kelly
USA | 1929 | 105 min. | Erich von Stroheim
In this restoration of the silent epic melodrama, Patricia Kelly (Gloria Swanson), a flirtatious girl, captures the eye of Prince Wolfram. Using Erich von Stroheim’s shooting script, this version incorporates previously unseen material to recreate the film’s original denouement. New 4K restoration.
SIFF & CFC Present A Nightmare on Elm Street with DJ NicFit
USA | 1984 | 91 min. | Wes Craven
May 12, 2026
A group of suburban teenagers learn to never sleep again when they discover they’re being targeted by a vicious serial killer who can slaughter you in your dreams. This time, Seattle’s own DJ NicFit will create a live soundtrack to accompany Wes Craven’s original, paradigm-shifting supernatural chiller.