Upcoming Shows
Reclaim the movies and the audience! The not for profit and registered charity presents restored silent and sound film classics. A number of the sessions are accompanied with live music. Since 2007 it has continued to promote the artistic, cultural and historic value of cinema.
STATE LIBRARY NSW
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May 5 Sunday at 1pm. 95th Anniversary Year - Spite Marriage (1929). Restored silent era Buster Keaton comedy with synchronised soundtrack. Buster’s last silent is his very fond farewell to the silents, 76 minutes.
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May 19 Sunday at 1pm. Foreign Correspondent (1940) - Happy 125th Birthday to Alfred Hitchcock. Restored classic with soundtrack, 120 minutes.
Hitchcock’s fast-paced and action-packed thriller delights with high voltage talent on and behind the screen.
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- June 2: Flesh and the Devil (1926)
- June 16: The Ladykillers (1955)
- July 7: Bringing Up Baby (1938)
- July 21: The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
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ROSEVILLE
Roseville Uniting Church, 7 Lord Street, ROSEVILLE NSW 2069
Short walk from Roseville Station (eastern side).
May 11 Saturday at 2pm. The General (1926) restored silent comedy classic with live music (Graeme Costin), 75 minutes.
Buster Keaton’s inventive genius is on full display in this masterpiece, ranked as one of the greatest films ever made in the 20th and 21st centuries.
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- June 29: The Last of the Mohicans (1920)
EPPING
Epping Baptist Church, 1-5 Ray Road, EPPING NSW 2121
Short walk from Epping Station (western side) - near Coles Supermarket.
May 25 Saturday at 2pm. The Flickers: a treasure chest of early cinema from 1904 - 1925, with live Christie Theatre Organ accompaniment (Graeme Costin). 80 minutes.
Live music and the wonder, pathos and laughter. The program showcases an Edison short from 1904 and superb classic comedies from Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton and Stan Laurel. A wonderful cocktail of early cinema treats. These filmmakers understood the importance of the audience as the final creative contributor to the process of making a film. Their goal: entertainment, spectacle, enchantment and laughter, for the audience.
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- September 7: The Flickers: a treasure chest of early cinema from 1915 - 1926
- October 19: The Flickers: a treasure chest of early cinema from 1907 - 1924
RICHMOND
May 18 Saturday at 2pm. Silent comedies with live music from Tom Barber. Richmond School of Arts, 26 West Market Street Richmond NSW. Chaplin, Lloyd and Keation! All inquiries at T 0473 618 976.
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Restoring the audience with classic silent and sound films!
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Quality cinema presentations since September 1896. In that month Marius Sestier gave private demonstrations of the Lumiere cinematographe at the Lyceum Theatre and presented the first exhibition of the cinematographe to the public at 237 Pitt Street, Sydney, the Salon Lumiere.
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In the menu at the top of the page is Australia and the Silver Screen, an Australian treasure trove of items including a tribute to Felix the Cat and fascinating websites from Mark St Leon, Rod Blackmore OAM, Kev Franzi and Nick Murphy.
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E: info@ozsilentfilmfestival.com.au
T: 0419 267 318
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