The project initiative to rediscover and value European cinema received funds from the Media program. A precious collection of 194 completely restored films dating from 1890 to 1970. The Commission didn’t know what happened: “We will find out” they told eunews.it
by Renato Giannetti (eunews)
It’s called Europa Film Treasures and it’s a portal to being able to see all short and medium length films from the time of the first movie, when Hollywood didn’t exist yet. A chest full of mysterious and fascinating treasures with films produced from the late 1800’s until the 70’s of the 20th century: a precious collection of 194 films, completely restored, a jewel for enthusiasts, cinema aficionados, the curious. A treasure lost however. The website no longer exists in fact. From one day to the next it disappeared and with it all its precious contents. Nobody can explain it but the artistic patrimony made available also thanks to European funds is no longer available. Thanks to the EU program “Media” it is possible to watch films and documentaries from the beginning of the century, some restored and colored by hand, on the website Europa Film Treasures, or better yet it was. Among others there was an American Western by John Ford from 1917, a documentary on Barcelona in 1908 view from a tram, and a rare film on the last czar of Russia, Nicola II, during a visit to Denmark in 1901. And this is only a few of the films it was possible to view on the website.
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It’s called Europa Film Treasures and it’s a portal to being able to see all short and medium length films from the time of the first movie, when Hollywood didn’t exist yet. A chest full of mysterious and fascinating treasures with films produced from the late 1800’s until the 70’s of the 20th century: a precious collection of 194 films, completely restored, a jewel for enthusiasts, cinema aficionados, the curious. A treasure lost however. The website no longer exists in fact. From one day to the next it disappeared and with it all its precious contents. Nobody can explain it but the artistic patrimony made available also thanks to European funds is no longer available. Thanks to the EU program “Media” it is possible to watch films and documentaries from the beginning of the century, some restored and colored by hand, on the website Europa Film Treasures, or better yet it was. Among others there was an American Western by John Ford from 1917, a documentary on Barcelona in 1908 view from a tram, and a rare film on the last czar of Russia, Nicola II, during a visit to Denmark in 1901. And this is only a few of the films it was possible to view on the website.
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