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
  • A Day of Silents 2017
Sex in Chains
  • Essay
  • A Day of Silents 2022
Show People
  • Essay
  • A Day of Silents 2016
So This is Paris
  • Essay
  • A Day of Silents 2025
A Story of Floating Weeds
  • Feature
  • A Day of Silents 2025
Found in Translation: What the Subtitles Leave Out
  • Essay
  • A Day of Silents 2016
Strike
  • Essay
  • A Day of Silents 2017
Tol’able David
  • Essay
  • A Day of Silents 2022
The Toll of the Sea
  • Historical Reprint
  • A Day of Silents 2019
What Arbuckle Says…
  • Essay
  • A Day of Silents 2023
The Wildcat
  • Essay
  • A Day of Silents 2019
Woman with a Movie Camera: The Films of Alice Guy Blaché
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