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
State Library NSW Conditions of Entry: click here!
December 3 Sunday at 1pm. The Great War and the Silver Screen.
The Big Parade (1925) restored silent World War 1 drama with soundtrack. 150 minutes.
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January 21 Sunday at 1pm. Metropolis (1927) restored and reconstructed silent film with soundtrack from master director Fritz Lang. 150 minutes. German intertitles and English subtitles.
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February 4 Sunday at 1pm. The Great White Silence (1924) restored documentary with soundtrack. 108 minutes. A masterpiece of British non-fiction cinema which features the extraordinary yet doomed race to the South Pole by Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his 1910-1913 British Antarctic Expedition.
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February 18 Sunday at 1pm. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) restored classic with soundtrack. 118 minutes.
Multi-Oscar winning director, Frank Capra, and NSW born costume designer Orry-Kelly, with Oscar winning writers, showcase the comedic brilliance and style of Cary Grant. This screwball black comedy sparkles.
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The Great War and the Silver Screen
2024 marks the 110th Anniversary of the start of World War 1.
In tribute to the Anniversary, World War 1 themed films shall be presented.
The State Library NSW, in collaboration with the Australian War Museum, shall host an exhibition called Action! War and Film at the Library. See more details here!
Click the poppy below to access John McCrae’s magnificent poem In Flanders Fields.
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EPPING
January 20 Sunday at 2pm. The Flickers: a treasure chest of early cinema from 1914 - 1928, with live Christie Theatre Organ accompaniment (Graeme Costin). 80 minutes.
Live music and the wonder, pathos and laughter. One of Charlie Chaplin’s earliest appearances in his first year in cinema, 1914, and Steamboat Bill, Jr., a classic comedy feature from the genius of Buster Keaton. 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.
Epping Baptist Church, 1-5 Ray Road, EPPING NSW 2121
Short walk from Epping Station (western side) - near Coles Supermarket.
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Save these dates please:
February 24 - March 9 - April 6 - May 25
ROSEVILLE
The magic of silent films and live music in upcoming shows. Details soon.
RICHMOND
The magic of silent films and live music in upcoming shows. Details soon.
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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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Please stay in touch.
E: info@ozsilentfilmfestival.com.au
T: 0419 267 318
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