The Nitrate Picture Show

The Nitrate Picture Show A Festival of Film Conservation to showcase vintage 35mm nitrate prints at the historic Dryden Theatre

The Dryden Theatre at the George Eastman Museum is the home for this one-of-a-kind festival of film conservation.

Goodbye, and thank you for attending this year’s Nitrate Picture Show! It was an unforgettable time, and we hope you enj...
06/09/2026

Goodbye, and thank you for attending this year’s Nitrate Picture Show! It was an unforgettable time, and we hope you enjoyed our program as much as we loved bringing it to you.

Please join us next year for our 11th Nitrate Picture Show, taking place June 3–6, 2027!

📸 Publicity still for GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933, Eastman Museum, Stills, Posters, and Paper Collections

06/07/2026

It’s been a fantastic weekend - check out some of the highlights from day 3.

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🎶 Ashley Jane Davis

06/07/2026

It’s the last day of !

What do you think the blind date with nitrate will be? Drop your guesses in the comments.


06/06/2026

If any festival goers haven’t taken a minute to check out the Nitrate Touch tables, now’s the time! See nitrate film up close and personal 🎞️

06/06/2026

Our Day 2 recap from is here!

What’s been your favorite watch?
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Camera: Sergio Valentino
Music: Ashley Jane Davis

06/05/2026

Day one recap of The Nitrate Picture Show compliments of MovieJawn

📸 Sergio Valentino
🎶 Ashley Jane Davis

06/05/2026

Nitrate Picture Show Day 1 is in the books and we’re so excited for Day 2! Let’s see what folks are most looking forward to 👀

🎥 ✂️ Shayna Davis
🎤 Rosalie Kicks

Scenes from Day One of the 10th Nitrate Picture Show 👉📷 Jackie Photography
06/05/2026

Scenes from Day One of the 10th Nitrate Picture Show 👉

📷 Jackie Photography

Collection Manager Deborah Stoiber and Associate Collection Manager Kirk McDowell rehearse for live gramophone accompani...
05/29/2026

Collection Manager Deborah Stoiber and Associate Collection Manager Kirk McDowell rehearse for live gramophone accompaniment during the 10th Nitrate Picture Show.

Classic 78 rpm records will be played live on an antique Victor Talking Machine Co. Model VIC-1 phonograph, commonly called a gramophone, alongside a vintage nitrate print.

But what film will they be accompanying? Find out when titles are announced on Thursday, June 4!

Our thanks to the Antique Wireless Association Communication Technologies Museum for making this first-of-its-kind screening possible through the loan of this remarkable, well-preserved, and fully functional piece of antique sound technology.

Only one week until the curtain rises on the 10th Nitrate Picture Show! Our final waitlist offers will be going out in t...
05/28/2026

Only one week until the curtain rises on the 10th Nitrate Picture Show! Our final waitlist offers will be going out in the next few days. If you are not able to secure a pass to all screenings, we encourage interested attendees to check our webpage for the film schedule next Thursday, then come to the box office for single tickets before each showtime. These will be sold based on seating availability once all passholders have been seated. Purchasing is not guaranteed.

If you have already purchased a pass and cannot make it to the festival this year, please contact us via phone or email by May 29 and we will process your refund and make room for someone off the waitlist!

These are once-in-a-lifetime screenings, and we do not want to leave a single vacant seat if we can help it!

📸 Publicity still for ON WITH THE SHOW (1929), Eastman Museum, Stills, Posters, and Paper Collections.

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