UPCOMING SHOWS
The Movies Begin!
130th Birthday Anniversary Tribute: 1895 - 2025.
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SUTHERLAND
Sutherland Uniting Church, 9 Merton Street, SUTHERLAND NSW 2232
Corner Flora and Merton Streets, short walk from Sutherland station, eastern side, behind the Pavilion Entertainment Centre.
May 24 Saturday at 2pm
The Flickers: a Treasure Chest of Early Cinema 1915 - 1926
Kings of Comedy: Chaplin and Lloyd
With live music accompaniment (Graeme Costin), 85 minutes.
The Tramp (1915) - 25 minutes
2025 is the 111th Anniversary of Charlie’s start in film and coincides with the 136th Anniversary of his birth. Two wonderful milestones to celebrate! This short folds pathos neatly into the slapstick with our hero playing a kind-hearted drifter down on his luck who finds welcome and work at a farm. There is plenty of rowdy fun with pitchforks and ladders but by the 1915 film's touching conclusion Charlie’s development as a filmmaker is on full display.
For Heaven’s Sake (1926) - 58 minutes
This feature was one of Lloyd’s greatest successes. Here he is a spoilt wealthy young man whose life trajectory changes abruptly when he is smitten by a young woman running a church mission for the homeless. They become engaged but then things happen (as they do)....!
More details and buy tickets at the following red link: click here!
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EAST SYDNEY
Sessions with double cinema shots of sound and silent classics with live music are coming. Many will be Australian premieres of acclaimed restorations. Iconic figures of cinema are celebrated: Ozu; Valentino: , Sinatra; Paul Robeson; Poitier; Peter Finch; Chips Rafferty; Hitchcock; Welles; Lon Chaney; Chaplin; Dreyer; Victor David Sjöström; and many more.
Details soon.
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ROSEVILLE
Restored cinema classics are coming: silent masterpieces with live music, and sound era treasures! Drawing on the talents of legendary figures in film and literature including Oscar Wilde; Lubitsch; the Brothers Grimm; Charles Dickens; Valentino; Charley Chase; Chaplin; Clara Bow; Borzage; Pal Fejos; and many more!
Save the date: May 31.
Details soon.
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SYDNEY
By popular demand the restored Lubitsch silent classic So This Is Paris returns with an introductory talk about the Sydney born actor in a lead role in the film, Andre Beranger. Details soon.
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EPPING
Epping Baptist Church, 1-5 Ray Road, EPPING NSW 2121.
Short walk from Epping Station (western side) - near Coles Supermarket.
Save the date: Saturday September 6. With live Christie Theatre Organ accompaniment (Graeme Costin).
The Flickers return with silent masterworks: D. W. Griffith; acclaimed animated short; Laurel and Hardy; a silent Frankenstein and more!
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STATE LIBRARY NSW
Please click here for State Library NSW Conditions of Entry.
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Save these 2025 dates: March 9, 15 and 23. Two Sundays and a Saturday!
Three glorious Film Heritage sessions are coming, silent (one with live music) and sound era classics. Two restored films are Australian premieres. Legendary works from iconic figures such as James Cagney; William Wellman; a silent Frankenstein; Charlie Chaplin; Damien Parer; Richard Barthelmess; May McAvoy; and John S. Robertson. The assistance of the following is greatly appreciated: Cinesound Movietone Productions and Glenn Eley; Edward Lorusso; Grapevine Video; and the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra. Click here for more details.
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Restoring the audience with classic silent and sound films!
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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. Click here.
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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.
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Please stay in touch.
E: info@ozsilentfilmfestival.com.au
T: 0419 267 318
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