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San Francisco Silent Film Festival

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.
  • Essay
  • Festival 2014
The Epic of Everest
  • Essay
  • Festival 2009
Erotikon
  • Essay
  • Festival 2012
Erotikon
  • Essay
  • A Day of Silents 2018
Exit Smiling
  • Essay
  • Festival 2014
The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks
  • Interview
  • Festival 2015
Faces in the Dark
  • Essay
  • Festival 2009
The Fall of the House of Usher
  • Essay
  • Festival 2016
Fantasia of Color in Early Cinema
  • Essay
  • The Hitchcock 9 2013
The Farmer’s Wife
  • Essay
  • A Day of Silents 2019
Fatty + Buster: The Comique World of Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton
  • Essay
  • Silent Winter 2013
Faust
  • Essay
  • Festival 2017
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