Re>Birth Programme

 
This program aims to connect rights holders or representatives of films seeking new commercial outlets with professionals looking for new opportunities: buyers, distributors, programmers, sellers, laboratories, publishers, as well as any potential partners who can contribute to the financing of a restoration and/or new exploitation of the works.

Each selected film is presented in one of two categories:
Re>Birth New - recently restored films, labeled Lumière Classics 
Re>Birth Next - films with a restoration project

Each selected film is presented during:

• Pitches session 
• One-to-One meetings

EDITION 2025

During the last edition, in 2025, 9 films have been showcased in front of the MIFC accredited professionals.

Re>Birth Programme New

These films are seeking distribution/broadcasting on new media/channels/platforms or in new territories.

The Peach Thief (Kradetzat na praskovi), 
Vulo Radev
1964, 83 mins, Bulgaria
Rights-holder: Maria Palaurova-Cholakova
Film representative: Rosen Spasov (Bulgarian National Film Archive)

Njangaan
Mahama Johnson Traoré, 
1975, 86 mins, Senegal
Rights-holder: Sidy Mahama Johnson Traoré
Film representative: Léa Baron

Ecce Homo Homolko
Jaroslav Papoušek
1969, 83 mins, Czechoslovakia 
Rights-holder: Národní Filmový Archiv, Malavida
Film representative: Juraj Machálek (Národní Filmový archiv)

Kohlhiesel’s daughters (Kohlhiesels Töchter)
Ernst Lubitsch
1920, 65 mins, Germany
Rights-holder: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung
Film representative: Luciano Palumbo (Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung)

Father (Apa)
István Szabó
1966, 91 mins, Hungary
Rights-holder: National Film Institute Hungary - Film Archive
Film representative: Clara Giruzzi (National Film Institute Hungary)

Re>Birth Programme Next

These films are seeking funding to carry out or complete restoration projects, as well as partners to explore new ways of exploiting the films, whether through a full re-release or distribution via specific media/channels/territories.

Woman Is the Future of Man (Yeojaneun namjaui miraeda),
Hong Sang-Soo
2004, 88 mins, South Korea
Rights-holder: mk2 Films, UNIKOREA 
Film representative: Frédérique Rouault (mk2 Films)

Ala-Arriba! 
Leitão de Barros
1942, 90 mins, Portugal
Rights-holder: Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do Cinema
Film representative: Rui Machado (Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do Cinema)

The Magic Eye of Love (O Olho Mágico do Amor),
Ícaro (Francisco C.) Martins & José Antonio Garcia,
1981, 83 mins, Brazil
Rights-holders: Julio Adamor (Olympus Filmes), Francisco Martins
Film representative: Julia Duarte (Spamflix)

Jupiter 
Jean-Pierre Prévost
1970, 103 mins, France
Rights-holder: Jean-Pierre Prévost 
Film representative: Julie Guillaumot (Bibliothèque National de France - BnF)