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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.
  • Historical Reprint
  • Festival 2024
The Public’s Pleasure
  • Essay
  • The Hitchcock 9 2013
Blackmail
  • Essay
  • Festival 2022
Blind Husbands
  • Essay
  • Festival 2011
The Blizzard
  • Essay
  • Festival 2002
The Blot
  • Essay
  • Festival 2004
The Blue Bird
  • Essay
  • Festival 2017
Body and Soul
  • Interview
  • Festival 2017
DJ Spooky Mixes It Up for Body and Soul
  • Essay
  • Festival 2006
The Brothers Who Filmed the Earthquake
  • Essay
  • Festival 2006
Bucking Broadway
  • Essay
  • A Day of Silents 2022
Buster’s Mechanized Mayhem
  • Essay
  • Silent Autumn 2014
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
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