Arbelos: First look at 4K Restoration of Son of the White Mare

Arbelos has provided us with an official domestic trailer for its new 4K restoration of Marcell Jankovics' film Son of the White Mare (1981).

The new restoration will be screened in select theaters across the nation (see listings below).

A preliminary date for an upcoming Blu-ray release has not yet been revealed.

Label description: One of the great psychedelic masterpieces of world animation, Son of the White Mare is a swirling, color-mad maelstrom of mythic monsters and Scythian heroes, part-Nibelungenlied, part-Yellow Submarine, lit by jagged bolts of lightning and drenched in rivers of blue, red, gold and green. A massive cosmic oak stands at the gates of the Underworld, holding seventy-seven dragons in its roots; to combat these monsters, a dazzling white mare goddess gives birth to three heroes – Treeshaker and his brothers – who embark on an epic journey to save the universe.

Directed by Hungarian animator Marcell Jankovics (famed for his 1974 Oscar-nominated short Sisyphus), Son of the White Mare has been restored in 4K using the original 35mm camera negative and sound elements by Arbelos in collaboration with the Hungarian Film Archive.

UPCOMING SCREENINGS

March 27 – April 2 Metrograph New York, NY
March 31 Paradise Toronto, Canada
April 3-5 Trylon Microcinema Minneapolis, MN
April 3-5 Roxie Theater San Francisco, CA
April 3 Hollywood Theater Portland, OR
April 10 Amherst Cinema Amherst, MA
April 10-16 The Beacon Cinema Seattle, WA
April 12-21 Austin Film Society Austin, TX
April 17-19 Cleveland Cinematheque Cleveland, OH
April 26 Moviate at the Midtown Cinema Harrisburg, PA
April 27 The Broad New Orleans, LA
April 29 Apohadion Theater Portland, ME
April 30 Lightbox Film Center Philadelphia, PA
April 30 UWM Union Cinema Milwaukee, WI
May 1-3 Webster University Film Series Webster Groves, MO
May 9 Epsilon Series Brattleboro, VT