Hosted by SFFP Executive Director Kathy Rose O’Regan and Consulate General of Ireland San Francisco Cultural Officer Elizabeth Creely. With live traditional Irish musical accompaniment by Cormac Gannon and Kyle Alden. San Francisco Film Preserve (SFFP) and the Consulate General of Ireland are delighted to present a celebration of early Irish cinema, just in time […]
A Jazz Age evening of 1920s films, with live music performed by maestro Stephen Horne, in the atmospheric surroundings of UCC's Aula Maxima. Step back in time to 1926 and enjoy a Jazz Age evening of silent films, featuring such stars as Clara Bow, and accompanied by live music performed by maestro Stephen Horne. This […]
During the silent era, the Tenderloin neighborhood in the heart of San Francisco was a thriving hub of film culture, and was home to many film exchanges. These exchanges provided films for all of the movie theaters lining Market Street in that period. This presentation by San Francisco Film Preserve Executive Director Kathy Rose O’Regan […]
Painter-turned-film-director Maurice Tourneur applies his pioneering talent for expressive lighting and composition to this sensational melodrama about class, morality and social ambition. Our story begins at ‘Shetland castle… nestled amongst the heather-covered hills of Scotland, where the ancient customs of that region are still scrupulously observed’. Here we meet Lord Angus Cameron, facing financial ruin […]
Produced under the military dictatorship of Jorge Ubico, the Tipografía Nacional films were instruments of state propaganda, designed to project a unified national identity rooted in modernization, order, and progress. But the images exceeded this intention. Alongside portraits of infrastructure and political ceremony, the films document K'iche' communities in Quetzaltenango celebrating syncretic festivals, carrying out […]
Please note that this listing refers to the online screening of this film, viewable online on Vimeo within the HippFest at Home seven-day viewing window: Monday 30 March - Monday 6 April. Relevant instructions on how to watch will be sent to all bookers shortly before this viewing window begins on Monday 30 March. Please […]
Kennington Bioscope presents its ninth Silent Film Festival, with the support of The Cinema Museum. All silent films will have live accompaniment by our highly acclaimed team of musicians. The line-up below is provisional. Saturday 10:00 Weekend Wives (1929), directed by Harry Lachman and starring Monty Banks. Introduced by Lisa Stein Haven, author of the upcoming Monty […]
