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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 2007
Miss Lulu Bett
  • Essay
  • Festival 2018
Mother Krause’s Journey to Happiness
  • Essay
  • Festival 2016
Mothers of Men
  • Feature
  • Festival 2016
Dorothy Davenport’s Message Movies
  • Essay
  • Festival 2011
Mr. Fix-It
  • Interview
  • Festival 2018
The Musical Mind of Guenter Buchwald
  • Essay
  • Silent Winter 2013
My Best Girl
  • Essay
  • Festival 2011
The Nail in the Boot
  • Essay
  • Festival 2016
Nanook of the North
  • Program Notes
  • Napoleon 2012
Napoleon
  • Essay
  • Festival 2014
The Navigator
  • Essay
  • A Day of Silents 2025
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