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The 4th Nitrate Picture Show will return to the George Eastman Museum May 4–6, 2018

May 04th, 2018 - May 06th, 2018
Location: The George Eastman Museum, 900 East Avenue , Rochester NY

The George Eastman Museum will present the 4th Nitrate Picture Show in the spring. Building on the great success of its first three years, the festival returns to the Dryden Theatre in Rochester, NY, for its fourth edition on May 4–6, 2018. Festival passes for the Nitrate Picture Show, the world’s festival of film conservation, will go on sale at 9:00 a.m. (EST) on Monday, December 11, 2017. All passes, tours, and workshops will be available for purchase through the museum’s website at eastman.org/nps.

The 4th Nitrate Picture Show will continue in the tradition of exhibiting pristine archival films on flammable stock from international archives—including the Eastman Museum’s own collection—as well as present lectures, workshops, and other opportunities to experience the art and science of film preservation, from print conservation to archival projection. This year’s program will feature another great lineup of nitrate prints from around the world, and a cinematic experience that can’t be duplicated anywhere else.

Over the past three years, hundreds of people from more than 20 different countries have made the trip to Rochester to indulge in the nitrate experience at the George Eastman Museum. The official program, which is kept secret until the first day of the festival, will be announced at 9 a.m. on Friday, May 4.

Festival passes for the Nitrate Picture Show range in price from $125 to $250, and include admission to the festival’s entire film program, including ten nitrate screenings. The festival will also feature lectures, demonstrations, workshops, and more.

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