The Celluloid Cipher

Introducing The Celluloid Cipher:
A forensic pipeline built to help identify unidentified and misidentified films preserved in archives around the world.

🎞️ Come see The Celluloid Cipher Project in NYC!

The Celluloid Cipher project is headed to New York City. After a successful presentation at iPRES 2026 in Copenhagen, the project will be featured at the 2026 New York Archives Week Symposium on Friday, October 23, at the American Museum of Natural History.

🎞️ iPRES 2026 Announcement

On September 23, 2026, The Celluloid Cipher will be demonstrated LIVE during Track 1 of the iPRES 2026 Digital Preservation Bake-Off, where the code must run live without presentation slides. The long-term goal is to open-source the project so independent archivists, researchers, institutions, and classic-film communities can work together to turn unidentified moving images into verified pieces of film history.