Selig Polyscope Company

05/07/2026

Johnny Pemberton attended last month's Florida Film Festival in Orlando Florida.

04/14/2026

Sunday festival highlights from the Florida Film Festival.

04/13/2026

Last night at the Florida Film Festival actor Paul Giamatti joined John Wildman for a great conversation about Paul's career, film and more.

04/11/2026

Team Selig was very busy interviewing filmmakers at the Florida Film Festival so here are the very few images we captured on the busy red carpet.

04/09/2026

130 years ago today Col. William N. Selig set out to establish an industry that did not exist and founded the Selig Polyscope Company in Chicago, Ill. His vision and ideas are still being used today by modern film studios and production companies worldwide.

04/01/2026

From all of us at Selig Polyscope and Selig Film News we want to wish you a Zissen Pesach!

03/14/2026

Happy Birthday Colonel Selig! On March 14 in 1864 Selig Polyscope founder William Nicholas Selig was born to Joseph Franz and Antonia Selig in Chicago, Ill. This photo comes from our friend and Selig family member Jeff Look. In this photo the Colonel is second from the right and it was taken in the 1920's. Thanks Jeff for your support and the great photo of the Colonel. Happy Birthday Colonel!

03/02/2026

Shehzad Sippy, the nephew of Sholay director Ramesh Sippy brought the 4K restoration of SHOLAY to Austin, Texas on March 1st. The event was presented by IndieMeme at the AFS theater in North Austin. Here are some of the photos from today's red carpet and screening.

01/29/2026

🎬 Big news from The Library of Congress!

This morning, the Library of Congress announced the 2025 additions to the National Film Registry—and we’re thrilled to share that Selig Polyscope’s THE TRAMP AND THE DOG (1896) has been officially selected.

This landmark early film will now be preserved and protected forever by the Library of Congress. You can read all about this historic honor in our post below, along with the full list of films added to the Registry this year.

The Library of Congress has selected 25 films for the National Film Registry due to their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance to preserve the nation’s

01/25/2026

Here is another great set of red carpet photos from last weekend's Dances With Films NYC.