A forgotten crime comedy from 1980 is getting new life in 4K.

Henry Jaglom’s “Sitting Ducks” screens at the New/Next Film Fest in Baltimore this weekend, freshly restored from the original 35mm camera negative. The film follows two small-time thieves who steal cash from the mob and head for Miami in a limousine, dreaming of escape to Costa Rica.

The restoration came together through a collaboration between Hope Runs High and Cinématographe, with help from the Academy Film Archive. Vinegar Syndrome handled the 4K scan in Connecticut, and Marcus Johnson of Emulsional Recovery completed frame-by-frame digital work and color grading.

Jaglom, who died in 2025, carved out his own strange corner of American independent cinema. He started in editing, helping Jack Nicholson cut “Easy Rider” in 1969, then went on to write and direct over 20 films. “Sitting Ducks” was his third feature and played Cannes back in the day. Time Out called it “an instantly likeable triumph of optimism over opportunism.”

The film screens Sunday at 5:45pm at the Charles Theatre.

This is the second Jaglom restoration to hit screens, with more on the way. For a generation of filmmakers who worked outside the system, these restorations matter. Jaglom’s work has been underseen for decades, and 4K brings it back where it belongs.