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Listings Updates

 

Below we highlight recent additions made to silentfilmcalendar.org listings since;

7 March  2026

See the  Live Screenings page for more details.

 

Live Screenings

 

8 March

Variety (Dir. E A Dupont, Ger, 1925)  With live musical accompaniment by Stephen Horne.  Introduced by film historian and filmmaker from New York City Shane Fleming.   Cinema Museum, Lambeth  Link

 

17 March

Hellbound Train  (Dir. Eloyce and James Gist, US, 1930)   With live musical accompaniment by Mutterichbindoom.  The Nickel, London Link

 

17 April

Kinaesthesia  (Dir.  Gerald Fox, UK, 2025)  A new documentary exploring the evolution and depiction of dreams in silent cinema.    With recorded score.  Plus Q&A session with director Gerald Fox.   BFI Southbank, London  Link

 

18 April

A Page of Madness (aka Kurutta Ippēji) (Dir.Teinosuke Kinugasa, Jap, 1926)  + shorts.  With live musical accompaniment.  BFI Southbank, London Link

 

The Fall of The House of Usher (Dir. Jean Epstein, Fr, 1928) + shorts including The Fall of the House of Usher (Dir. James Sibley Watson Jr. USA 1928)   With live musical accompaniment.  BFI Southbank, London Link

 

19 April

Metropolis (Dir. Fritz Lang, 1927)  With recorded score.  Introduced by film-maker Gerald Fox.  BFI Southbank, London Link

 

Silent Dreams Shorts Programme  The Seashell and the Clergyman‘ ( aka La Coquille et le clergyman) (Dir. Germaine Dulac, Fr, 1928) + shorts including Ballet mécanique (Dir. Fernand Léger, Dudley Murphy, Fr, 1924),  Autumn Mists (aka Mists of Autumn)  (Dir. Dimitri Kirsanoff, Fr, 1928) and Polizeibericht Überfall (Accident) (Dir. Ernö Metzner, Ger, 1928)   With live musical accompaniment. Introduced by filmmaker Gerald Fox.  BFI Southbank, London Link

 

Kinaesthesia  (Dir.  Gerald Fox, UK, 2025) A new documentary exploring the evolution and depiction of dreams in silent cinema.   With recorded score.   BFI Southbank, London  Link

 

9 May

Jone or The Last Days of Pompeii.  (Dir. Giovanni Enrico Vidali , It, 1913) With live musical accompaniment by John Sweeney (piano) and Jeffrey Davenport (percussion).  Bloomsbury Theatre, London Link

  Check out our recent reviews;

L’Inferno (1911)  – Click here

Review of the Year – 2024  –  Click here

Girls Without Nerves: Action Women of the Silent Era –  Click here

Cafe Elektric (1927) –Click here

The Primrose Path (1925)/Midnight Molly (1925) – Click here

   

Catch up on all the latest silent film news; 

30 November 2023  Silent Film Live Events Preview – December

6 November  2023 PickFair Coming To Wareham!

29 October 2023  Silent Film Live Events Preview – November

28 September 2023  Silent Film Live Events Preview – October

5 September 2023  Its Goodbye to Yorkshire Silent Film Festival And Hello To Northern Silents

1 September 2023  Silent Film Live Events Preview – September

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NB  Whilst every effort has been taken to ensure that the information contained in these listings is accurate, silentfilmcalendar.org can take no responsibility for any errors or inaccuracies.  You are strongly advised to confirm with the venue that the event remains as detailed, particularly if

 

traveling any distance to attend.