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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Screening Room

Watch films restored by SFSFF Preservation, recordings made at SFSFF live events, and more!

Intros, Talks, Demonstrations

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The Gault Collection with Kathy Rose O'Regan
Restoring THE FIRE BRIGADE with Heather Linville
Restoring SYLVESTER with Martin Koerber and Julia Wallmüller
Fragment of an Empire — Side by Side Comparison

Online Presentations

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Restoring the Films of William S. Hart with Peter Bagrov and Anthony L'Abbate
Aloha Wanderwell with Jessica DePrest
Scoring Casanova with Guenter Buchwald
Stephen Horne and Frank Bockius

SFSFF Restorations

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The Last Edition
Jane's Declaration of Independence
What's the World Coming To?
Silence

Clips and Trailers

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SFSFF Trailer
Behind the Door — Outtakes
Soft Shoes — Clip
Der Hund von Baskerville — Trailer

Slideshows

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The Cat and the Canary — slideshow 2023
Crainquebille — slideshow 2023
A Daughter of Destiny — slideshow 2023
The Dragon Painter — slideshow 2023

Flipbooks

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Train en Marche
La Danse
La Danse du Cancan
Lutte de Cuisiners
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