San Francisco Silent Film Festival

The San Francisco Silent Film Festival is a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the public about silent film as an art form and as a culturally valuable historical record.

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Explore articles, essays, and program notes from SFSFF events.
  • Feature
  • Festival 2015
1915: The Year in Motion Pictures
  • Feature
  • Festival 2017
1917: The Year That Changed the Movies
  • Feature
  • Festival 2019
1919: A Decade Ends and an Age Begins
  • Essay
  • Festival 2008
The Adventures of Prince Achmed
  • Essay
  • A Day of Silents 2017
The Adventures of Prince Achmed
  • Essay
  • Festival 2009
Aelita Queen of Mars
  • Essay
  • Festival 2025
The Affairs of Anatol
  • Feature
  • Festival 2025
The Affairs of Anatol: Footnotes on Design
  • Essay
  • Festival 2003
Alice in Disneyland
  • Essay
  • Festival 2015
All Quiet on the Western Front
  • Feature
  • Festival 2013
Alma Rubens: A Marked Woman
  • Essay
  • Festival 2015
The Amazing Charley Bowers
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