The WCFTR has received a grant of over $94,000 in support of the restoration of THE JUNIPER TREE (1990), an ethereal and visionary psychological horror film adapted from the Grimm Brothers fairy tale by American …
Rod Serling Audio Recordings to be Preserved Thanks to a Grant from CLIR
The WCFTR has received a grant of $28,239.60 to digitize 1,152 dictabelts in the Rod Serling collection. This project is supported by a Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources …
A New Partnership to Preserve Video Documentation of 1970s-Era Experimental Theatre
WCFTR partners with La MaMa and Bay Area Video Coalition on NHPRC grant funded project “Expanding Access to the Videotaped Record of 1970s-Era Experimental Theatre.” The Archives of La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, the world …
The Wisconsin Nitrate Film Project
As the current director of the WCFTR, I am pleased to announce the debut of the Wisconsin Nitrate Film Project. The project represents the culmination of a multi-year, interdisciplinary study of the factors that contribute …
World Records 2017
The WCFTR is co-sponsoring this year’s World Records Symposium with the Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture on April 20-21. The symposium officially kicks off Thursday night with a concert at the University Club. Sessions will …
WCFTR’s New Digital Access Portal
During the spring 2016 semester, the WCFTR began to host a digital collection of films on the Internet Archive—a nonprofit dedicated to creating an Internet library and providing long-term access to historical collections in digital …
WCFTR Is Hosting the Northwoods Tour this July!
WCFTR is proud to be hosting the Northwoods Tour this July in the beautiful northwoods of Wisconsin! A trio of archivists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison return to their roots to present ways to preserve …
National Film Preservation Foundation Gives Grant To Preserve “The Inheritance” (1964)
The staff of the WCFTR is delighted to announce that the Center has received a generous grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation to preserve The Inheritance (1964). The Inheritance is a documentary film sponsored …
WCFTR Receives GRAMMY Foundation Grant
The WCFTR is pleased to announce it has received a grant from the GRAMMY Foundation® to help fund a project to digitize tape and disc recordings of performances or excerpts of many of Marc Blitzstein’s …
Home Movie Day
The WCFTR hosted the first ever Home Movie Day event in Brookfield, WI at the Brookfield Public Library on Saturday, April 2, 2016. WCFTR staff and student volunteers from the UW’s School of Library and …