Index: django/db/models/fields/__init__.py
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--- django/db/models/fields/__init__.py	(revision 4421)
+++ django/db/models/fields/__init__.py	(working copy)
@@ -660,6 +660,12 @@
         f = os.path.join(self.get_directory_name(), get_valid_filename(os.path.basename(filename)))
         return os.path.normpath(f)
 
+    def formfield(self, **kwargs):
+        defaults = {'required': not self.blank, 'label': capfirst(self.verbose_name), 'widget':forms.FileInput}
+        defaults.update(kwargs)
+        return forms.FileField(**defaults)
+
+
 class FilePathField(Field):
     def __init__(self, verbose_name=None, name=None, path='', match=None, recursive=False, **kwargs):
         self.path, self.match, self.recursive = path, match, recursive
Index: django/newforms/models.py
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--- django/newforms/models.py	(revision 4421)
+++ django/newforms/models.py	(working copy)
@@ -13,11 +0,36 @@
 
     This method is created for any form_for_model Form.
     """
+    from django.db import models
+
     if self.errors:
         raise ValueError("The %s could not be created because the data didn't validate." % self._model._meta.object_name)
-    obj = self._model(**self.clean_data)
+    # The default initializer does not understand FileField data, we need to intercept.
+    init_data = self.clean_data.copy()
+    extra_data = {}
+
+    # Strip out data the model initializer can't handle, saving it in extra_data
+    opts = self._model._meta
+    for f in opts.fields:
+        if isinstance(f, models.FileField):
+            extra_data[f.name] = init_data.pop(f.name, [None, ''])
+
+    obj = self._model(**init_data)
+
     if commit:
         obj.save()
+
+        # Now process that data we stripped out.
+        # (We do this after the object is saved because we want to ensure the object
+        # gets saved before we save the file.  Otherwise it could become orphaned.)
+        for f in opts.fields:
+            if isinstance(f, models.FileField):
+                file_data, path_val_data = extra_data[f.name]
+                # only save if there is a file
+                if file_data is not None:
+                   func = getattr(obj, 'save_%s_file' % f.name)
+                   func(file_data['filename'], file_data['content']) 
+
     return obj
 
 def save_instance(form, instance, commit=True):
@@ -36,9 +48,25 @@
     for f in opts.fields + opts.many_to_many:
         if isinstance(f, models.AutoField):
             continue
-        setattr(instance, f.attname, clean_data[f.name])
+        # Skip FileFields, we don't want to process the upload yet, and that's
+        #  the only way to change the value anyways.
+        if isinstance(f, models.FileField):
+            continue
+        setattr(instance, f.name, clean_data[f.name])
     if commit:
         instance.save()
+
+        # Now save any uploaded files.
+        for f in opts.fields:
+          if isinstance(f, models.FileField):
+                file_data = clean_data[f.name][0]
+                # if there was an upload, save the file
+                if file_data is not None:
+                    func = getattr(instance, 'save_%s_file' % f.name)
+                    func(file_data['filename'], file_data['content'])
+                # otherwise we just want to leave the value intact...
+                # (but if we did want to set it, it is in clean_data[f.name][1]
+
     return instance
 
 def make_instance_save(instance):
Index: django/newforms/fields.py
===================================================================
--- django/newforms/fields.py	(revision 4421)
+++ django/newforms/fields.py	(working copy)
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import time
 
 __all__ = (
-    'Field', 'CharField', 'IntegerField',
+    'Field', 'CharField', 'FileField', 'IntegerField',
     'DEFAULT_DATE_INPUT_FORMATS', 'DateField',
     'DEFAULT_TIME_INPUT_FORMATS', 'TimeField',
     'DEFAULT_DATETIME_INPUT_FORMATS', 'DateTimeField',
@@ -105,6 +105,14 @@
         if self.max_length is not None and isinstance(widget, (TextInput, PasswordInput)):
             return {'maxlength': str(self.max_length)}
 
+class FileField(Field):
+    def __init__(self, required=True, widget=None, label=None, initial=None):
+        super(FileField, self).__init__(required, widget, label, initial)
+
+    def clean(self, value):
+        super(FileField, self).clean(value)
+        return value
+
 class IntegerField(Field):
     def __init__(self, max_value=None, min_value=None, required=True, widget=None, label=None, initial=None):
         self.max_value, self.min_value = max_value, min_value
Index: django/newforms/widgets.py
--- django/newforms/widgets.py	(revision 4421)
+++ django/newforms/widgets.py	(working copy)
@@ -108,6 +108,23 @@
 class FileInput(Input):
     input_type = 'file'
 
+    def render(self, name, value, attrs=None, choices=()):
+        if value is None: value = ''
+        file_attrs = self.build_attrs(attrs, type='file', name=name+'_file')
+        final_attrs = self.build_attrs(attrs, type='hidden', name=name)
+        if value != '': final_attrs['value'] = smart_unicode(value) # Only add the 'value' attribute if a value is non-empty.
+
+        if value != '':
+            currently = u'Currently: %s<br />Change: ' % smart_unicode(value)
+        else:
+            currently = u''
+
+        return u'%s<input %s /> <input%s />' % (currently, flatatt(file_attrs), flatatt(final_attrs))
+
+    def value_from_datadict(self, data, name):
+        return [data.get(name+'_file', None), data.get(name, None)]
+
+
 class Textarea(Widget):
     def render(self, name, value, attrs=None):
         if value is None: value = ''