Festivals
Festival d’Anères
The Festival d’Anères of silent film, held in Hautes-Pyrénées, France, takes place 7-11 May 2008.
Il Cinema Ritrovato
The Cinema Ritrovato film festival, Bologna, will be held 28 June-5 July 2008. This year there are a number of silent strands: a series dedicated to films made exactly 100 years ago, silent star Emilio Ghione, Lev Kuleshov, Comic Actresses and Suffragettes, and Monta Bell. Other strands include Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich, Warner films of the 1930s, films based on the work of Giovanni Guareschi (creator of Don Camillo), Cold War films on the atomic bomb, and a Cinemascope selection.
San Francisco Silent Film Festival
The next San Francisco Silent Film Festival will be 11-13 July 2008. Films announced so far are:
FRIDAY, JULY 11
The Kid Brother (1927)
SATURDAY, JULY 12
The Soul of Youth (1920)
Les Deux Timides (The Two Timid Souls) (1928)
Mikael (Michael) (1924)
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
The Unknown (1927)
SUNDAY, JULY 13
Die Abenteur Des Prinzen Achmed (The Adventures of Prince Achmed) (1926)
The Silent Enemy (1930)
Her Wild Oat (1927)
Jujiro (Crossways) (1928)
The Patsy (1928)
Giornate del Cinema Muto
The 2008 Pordenone Silent Film Festival will be held 4-11 October 2008. Among the main festival features will be
- Aleksandr Shiryaev (Russian ballet dancer and producer of puppet dance films)
- French comedy of the post-war silent era
- Hollywood on the Hudson
- Viktor Tourjansky
- The Griffith Project, 12 (1925-1931)
- The Corrick Collection, 2 (Australian collection of early actualities)
