FILM IS DEAD. LONG LIVE FILM! explores the vanishing world of private film collecting—an obsessive, secretive, often illicit world of basement film vaults piled high with forgotten reels, inhabited by passionate cinephiles devoted to the rescue and preservation of photochemical film.

Condemned as pirates and hounded by the FBI, film collectors have long lurked in the shadows. Yet their efforts have resulted in the survival of countless films that would otherwise have been lost to history. Archives and studios now look to private hands for long-lost titles, and many collectors have begun restoring and releasing films themselves.

As analog film fades from memory, the basement dwellers and bootleggers of old are finally being given their due.

Reviews:

"LONG LIVE FILM! is a ferociously entertaining, endearingly humorous and ultimately poignant look at the underground world of film collectors." -John Larkin, Films in Review

"You can't miss FILM IS DEAD. LONG LIVE FILM!" -The San Francisco Chronicle

"Spectacular . . . a massive treat for cinephiles." -Film Threat

"Immensely entertaining and wonderfully insightful.” -The Independent

Awards:

Best Feature Documentary: The 2024 Desertscape International Film Festival

Audience Award: Southside Film Festival 2024

Best Documentary Feature: New Jersey International Film Festival