We're proud to be co-presenting the 1929 film ASPHALT at the #SFSFF on Sun, Nov 16, 5:00 pm, Orinda Theatre . Live musical accompaniment by the Sascha Jacobsen Ensemble Use use the promo code NOIRSF for $2 off at checkout: bit.ly/4p1eMFM
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November 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
We're proud to be co-presenting the 1929 film ASPHALT at the #SFSFF on Sun, Nov 16, 5:00 pm, Orinda Theatre . Live musical accompaniment by the Sascha Jacobsen Ensemble Use use the promo code NOIRSF for $2 off at checkout: bit.ly/4p1eMFM
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Currently at the screening of Clara Bow in "It" (1927) at San Francisco's Castro Theatre.
#It #ClaraBow #CastroTheatre #FilmSky #MovieSky #CinemaSky #SFSFF #SilentFilm
#It #ClaraBow #CastroTheatre #FilmSky #MovieSky #CinemaSky #SFSFF #SilentFilm
March 23, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Currently at the screening of Clara Bow in "It" (1927) at San Francisco's Castro Theatre.
#It #ClaraBow #CastroTheatre #FilmSky #MovieSky #CinemaSky #SFSFF #SilentFilm
#It #ClaraBow #CastroTheatre #FilmSky #MovieSky #CinemaSky #SFSFF #SilentFilm
Currently attending The San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Tonight: Lewis Milestone's "The Caveman" (1926) starring Marie Prevost, Phyllis Haver, Myrna Loy, Hedda Hopper.
#FilmSky #TheCaveman #SFSFF #SilentFilm #MovieSky #CinemaSky #MariePrevost #PhyllisHaver #MyrnaLoy #HeddaHopper
#FilmSky #TheCaveman #SFSFF #SilentFilm #MovieSky #CinemaSky #MariePrevost #PhyllisHaver #MyrnaLoy #HeddaHopper
May 9, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Currently attending The San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Tonight: Lewis Milestone's "The Caveman" (1926) starring Marie Prevost, Phyllis Haver, Myrna Loy, Hedda Hopper.
#FilmSky #TheCaveman #SFSFF #SilentFilm #MovieSky #CinemaSky #MariePrevost #PhyllisHaver #MyrnaLoy #HeddaHopper
#FilmSky #TheCaveman #SFSFF #SilentFilm #MovieSky #CinemaSky #MariePrevost #PhyllisHaver #MyrnaLoy #HeddaHopper
I ran around #SouthCoastMA repping one of my favorite film festivals today!
#SFSFF #SilentFilm #FilmSky
#SFSFF #SilentFilm #FilmSky
September 19, 2026 at 11:48 PM
I ran around #SouthCoastMA repping one of my favorite film festivals today!
#SFSFF #SilentFilm #FilmSky
#SFSFF #SilentFilm #FilmSky
IMMEDIATELY thought of this sfsff a sg
November 23, 2024 at 2:30 AM
IMMEDIATELY thought of this sfsff a sg
I am begging the Bay Area's film orgs to get a shared calendar.
Doclands is the second weekend of SFFILM. CAAMFest is the same weekend as SFSFF. DFF is the same weekend as MVFF. Stop doing this!
Doclands is the second weekend of SFFILM. CAAMFest is the same weekend as SFSFF. DFF is the same weekend as MVFF. Stop doing this!
March 9, 2026 at 5:30 PM
I am begging the Bay Area's film orgs to get a shared calendar.
Doclands is the second weekend of SFFILM. CAAMFest is the same weekend as SFSFF. DFF is the same weekend as MVFF. Stop doing this!
Doclands is the second weekend of SFFILM. CAAMFest is the same weekend as SFSFF. DFF is the same weekend as MVFF. Stop doing this!
Currently attending The San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Tonight: "Sein Größter Bluff" starring Harry Piel & Marlene Dietrich.
#FilmSky #HisGreatestBluff #SFSFF #SilentFilm #MovieSky #CinemaSky #MarleneDietrich
#FilmSky #HisGreatestBluff #SFSFF #SilentFilm #MovieSky #CinemaSky #MarleneDietrich
May 10, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Currently attending The San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Tonight: "Sein Größter Bluff" starring Harry Piel & Marlene Dietrich.
#FilmSky #HisGreatestBluff #SFSFF #SilentFilm #MovieSky #CinemaSky #MarleneDietrich
#FilmSky #HisGreatestBluff #SFSFF #SilentFilm #MovieSky #CinemaSky #MarleneDietrich
Opening Night of The San Francisco Silent Film Festival, tonight featuring Erich von Stroheim's restored [and unfinished] "Queen Kelly",(1929) starring Gloria Swanson accompanied by SF Conservatory of Music Orchestra.
#FilmSky #SFSFF #MovieSky #GloriaSwanson #CinemaSky #ErichvonStroheim #QueenKelly
#FilmSky #SFSFF #MovieSky #GloriaSwanson #CinemaSky #ErichvonStroheim #QueenKelly
May 7, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Opening Night of The San Francisco Silent Film Festival, tonight featuring Erich von Stroheim's restored [and unfinished] "Queen Kelly",(1929) starring Gloria Swanson accompanied by SF Conservatory of Music Orchestra.
#FilmSky #SFSFF #MovieSky #GloriaSwanson #CinemaSky #ErichvonStroheim #QueenKelly
#FilmSky #SFSFF #MovieSky #GloriaSwanson #CinemaSky #ErichvonStroheim #QueenKelly
Learn more about the San Francisco Silent Film Festival's 2025 venue & why you should be excited! #SilentFilm #FilmFestivals #SFSFF #FilmSky
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The San Francisco Silent Film Festival Selected Its 2025 Venue * Spellbound with Beth Ann
Learn more about the San Francisco Silent Film Festival's 2025 venue and why you should be excited!
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March 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Learn more about the San Francisco Silent Film Festival's 2025 venue & why you should be excited! #SilentFilm #FilmFestivals #SFSFF #FilmSky
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I couldn't tell if he truly was aggravated by the sight of me or my presence or if this was some strange attempt to hit on me. Do Swedes roast to flirt like the Irish do? I never found out. I wasn't single, & he reminded me of Animal from THE MUPPET SHOW. So that's how I once had a SFSFF nemesis.
September 20, 2026 at 2:27 PM
I couldn't tell if he truly was aggravated by the sight of me or my presence or if this was some strange attempt to hit on me. Do Swedes roast to flirt like the Irish do? I never found out. I wasn't single, & he reminded me of Animal from THE MUPPET SHOW. So that's how I once had a SFSFF nemesis.
Well, HIS GREATEST BLUFF was a delight! Harry Piel co-directing himself as twins was wild and Marlene Dietrich (in her first major role) almost stole the show. More importantly, the new chairs weren't as uncomfortable as I feared and the restored ceiling was gorgeous. Will Castro again. #SFSFF 📽️
May 10, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Well, HIS GREATEST BLUFF was a delight! Harry Piel co-directing himself as twins was wild and Marlene Dietrich (in her first major role) almost stole the show. More importantly, the new chairs weren't as uncomfortable as I feared and the restored ceiling was gorgeous. Will Castro again. #SFSFF 📽️
Currently attending Closing Night of The San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Tonight: King Vidor's "The Crowd" (1928) with James Murray & Eleanor Boardman.
#FilmSky #TheCrowd #SFSFF #SilentFilm #MovieSky #CinemaSky #KingVidor
#FilmSky #TheCrowd #SFSFF #SilentFilm #MovieSky #CinemaSky #KingVidor
May 11, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Currently attending Closing Night of The San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Tonight: King Vidor's "The Crowd" (1928) with James Murray & Eleanor Boardman.
#FilmSky #TheCrowd #SFSFF #SilentFilm #MovieSky #CinemaSky #KingVidor
#FilmSky #TheCrowd #SFSFF #SilentFilm #MovieSky #CinemaSky #KingVidor
If you know me, you know I love a heist film. So I am very excited to be taking The Math Greek to see HIS GREATEST BLUFF at the Castro tonight. #SFSFF #Filmsky 📽️🎞️🎬
HIS GREATEST BLUFF - San Francisco Silent Film Festival
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May 9, 2026 at 9:48 PM
San Francisco Silent Film Festival asked me to suggest 5 silent films I’d like to share with others. My list was posted on the SFSFF Instagram account, alongside the lists of other film historians, writers, critics, contemporary movie directors, and even a Doctor Who! www.instagram.com/sfsilentfilm/
June 15, 2024 at 5:26 PM
San Francisco Silent Film Festival asked me to suggest 5 silent films I’d like to share with others. My list was posted on the SFSFF Instagram account, alongside the lists of other film historians, writers, critics, contemporary movie directors, and even a Doctor Who! www.instagram.com/sfsilentfilm/
I took it on to write about for the SFSFF, and of course I knew Garbo would be marvelous, but she was just a fraction of how good it was.
December 13, 2024 at 2:07 AM
I took it on to write about for the SFSFF, and of course I knew Garbo would be marvelous, but she was just a fraction of how good it was.
I despise New Years Eve second only to the Fourth of July. Watching the MoMA SFSFF restoration of FOOLISH WIVES with a frightened cat on my lap.
December 31, 2024 at 5:43 PM
I despise New Years Eve second only to the Fourth of July. Watching the MoMA SFSFF restoration of FOOLISH WIVES with a frightened cat on my lap.
My first night at The 2025 San Francisco Silent Film Festival finds me swept away by the French Foreign Legion. "Nobody'll ever know how brave them soldiers was!"
#FilmSky #MovieSky #SFSFF #SilentFilm #RonaldColman #NeilHamilton #RalphForbes #NoahBeery #WilliamPowell
#FilmSky #MovieSky #SFSFF #SilentFilm #RonaldColman #NeilHamilton #RalphForbes #NoahBeery #WilliamPowell
November 14, 2025 at 12:49 AM
My first night at The 2025 San Francisco Silent Film Festival finds me swept away by the French Foreign Legion. "Nobody'll ever know how brave them soldiers was!"
#FilmSky #MovieSky #SFSFF #SilentFilm #RonaldColman #NeilHamilton #RalphForbes #NoahBeery #WilliamPowell
#FilmSky #MovieSky #SFSFF #SilentFilm #RonaldColman #NeilHamilton #RalphForbes #NoahBeery #WilliamPowell
Final day of the 2025 San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Today's fare includes Ernst Lubitsch' play on "The Taming of the Shrew" - "Kohlhiesels Töchter" (1920) with Emil Jannings and Henny Porten. Silents please!
#FilmSky #MovieSky #SilentFilm #SFSFF #Lubitsch #KohlhieselsTöchter #EmilJannings
#FilmSky #MovieSky #SilentFilm #SFSFF #Lubitsch #KohlhieselsTöchter #EmilJannings
November 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Final day of the 2025 San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Today's fare includes Ernst Lubitsch' play on "The Taming of the Shrew" - "Kohlhiesels Töchter" (1920) with Emil Jannings and Henny Porten. Silents please!
#FilmSky #MovieSky #SilentFilm #SFSFF #Lubitsch #KohlhieselsTöchter #EmilJannings
#FilmSky #MovieSky #SilentFilm #SFSFF #Lubitsch #KohlhieselsTöchter #EmilJannings
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リチャード・ウォレス『What’s the World Coming To?』観た。これはすごい。
リチャード・ウォレス『What’s the World Coming To?』観た。これはすごい。
What's The World Coming To?
Music by Günter Buchwald and Frank Bockius. Restored by SFSFF, Carleton University and New York University in 2015.
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January 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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リチャード・ウォレス『What’s the World Coming To?』観た。これはすごい。
リチャード・ウォレス『What’s the World Coming To?』観た。これはすごい。
Joining The San Francisco Silent Film Festival's "A Day of Silents" for a screening of Frank Ursi/C.B. DeMille's "Chicago" (1927) with The San Francisco Conservatory of Music Orchestra, conducted by Gunther Buchwald at SFJazz Center.
#SFSFF #CBDeMille #PhyllisHaver #RoxieHart #FilmSky #Moviesky 🎥
#SFSFF #CBDeMille #PhyllisHaver #RoxieHart #FilmSky #Moviesky 🎥
February 3, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Joining The San Francisco Silent Film Festival's "A Day of Silents" for a screening of Frank Ursi/C.B. DeMille's "Chicago" (1927) with The San Francisco Conservatory of Music Orchestra, conducted by Gunther Buchwald at SFJazz Center.
#SFSFF #CBDeMille #PhyllisHaver #RoxieHart #FilmSky #Moviesky 🎥
#SFSFF #CBDeMille #PhyllisHaver #RoxieHart #FilmSky #Moviesky 🎥
My second night at The San Francisco Silent Film Festival is lit with Cecil B. DeMille's "The Affairs of Anatol" with an all-star cast. They're ready for their closeups Mr. DeMille!
#FilmSky #MovieSky #SilentFilm #OrindaTheater #SFSFF #CBDeMille #GloriaSwanson #BebeDaniels #WallaceReid #MonteBlue
#FilmSky #MovieSky #SilentFilm #OrindaTheater #SFSFF #CBDeMille #GloriaSwanson #BebeDaniels #WallaceReid #MonteBlue
November 15, 2025 at 2:23 AM
My second night at The San Francisco Silent Film Festival is lit with Cecil B. DeMille's "The Affairs of Anatol" with an all-star cast. They're ready for their closeups Mr. DeMille!
#FilmSky #MovieSky #SilentFilm #OrindaTheater #SFSFF #CBDeMille #GloriaSwanson #BebeDaniels #WallaceReid #MonteBlue
#FilmSky #MovieSky #SilentFilm #OrindaTheater #SFSFF #CBDeMille #GloriaSwanson #BebeDaniels #WallaceReid #MonteBlue
paired for the first time with his Below the Surface (1920), both newly restored by the SFSFF and available in their most complete versions. Flicker Alley’s initial publication of Behind the Door was honored as Best Blu-ray/DVD disc at Il Cinema Ritrovato in 2018.
January 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
paired for the first time with his Below the Surface (1920), both newly restored by the SFSFF and available in their most complete versions. Flicker Alley’s initial publication of Behind the Door was honored as Best Blu-ray/DVD disc at Il Cinema Ritrovato in 2018.
The San Francisco Silent Film Festival (SFSFF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the presentation and preservation of silent cinema, and the education of the public about silent film as an art form and as a culturally valuable historical record.
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Home - San Francisco Silent Film Festival
Experience the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, celebrating classic silent cinema with restored screenings, live musical accompaniment, preservation resources, essays & events.
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September 13, 2026 at 2:11 PM
The San Francisco Silent Film Festival (SFSFF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the presentation and preservation of silent cinema, and the education of the public about silent film as an art form and as a culturally valuable historical record.
silentfilm.org
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Yooo trying to find out when SFSFF showed Sir Arne revealed to me that John Darnielle did a live accompaniment for it in 2010 I wish I could have seen that!!
January 27, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Yooo trying to find out when SFSFF showed Sir Arne revealed to me that John Darnielle did a live accompaniment for it in 2010 I wish I could have seen that!!
THE STUDENT OF PRAGUE (1928) is a forgotten Faust-like tale from the screenwriter of NOSFERSTU and WAXWORKS Henrick Galeen. The first half is pretty bland but it picks up with a terrifying last 20. Screened on an old 16mm and after the reception of the Galeen directed film at SFSFF this one is due.
September 2, 2023 at 7:39 PM
THE STUDENT OF PRAGUE (1928) is a forgotten Faust-like tale from the screenwriter of NOSFERSTU and WAXWORKS Henrick Galeen. The first half is pretty bland but it picks up with a terrifying last 20. Screened on an old 16mm and after the reception of the Galeen directed film at SFSFF this one is due.