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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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SFSFF 2011 Programs

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THE BLIZZARD
(d. Mauritz Stiller, Sweden, 1923)
Live music by Matti Bye Ensemble

THE GOOSE WOMAN
(d. Clarence Brown, United States, 1925)
Live music by Stephen Horne

THE GREAT WHITE SILENCE
(d. Herbert G. Ponting, United Kingdom, 1924)
Live music by Matti Bye Ensemble

HE WHO GETS SLAPPED
(d. Victor Sjöström, United States, 1924)
Live music by the Matti Bye Ensemble

HUCKLEBERRY FINN
(d. William D. Taylor, United States, 1920)
Live music by Donald Sosin

I WAS BORN BUT…
(d. Yasujiro Ozu, Japan, 1932)
Live music by Stephen Horne

IL FUOCO
(d. Giovanni Pastrone, Italy, 1915)
Live music by Stephen Horne

MR. FIX-IT
(d. Allan Dwan, United States, 1918)
Live music by Dennis James on the Mighty Wurlitzer

THE NAIL IN THE BOOT
(d. Mikheil Kalatozishvili, USSR, 1932)
Live music by Stephen Horne

SHOES
(d. Lois Weber, United States, 1916)
Live music by Dennis James on the Mighty Wurlitzer

SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS
(d. F.W. Murnau, United States, 1927)
Live music by Giovanni Spinelli on electric guitar

UPSTREAM
(d. John Ford, United States, 1927)
Live music by Donald Sosin Ensemble

WALT DISNEY’S LAUGH-O-GRAMS, 1921 – 1923
Live music by Donald Sosin

WILD AND WEIRD, 1906 – 1928
Live music by Alloy Orchestra

THE WOMAN MEN YEARN FOR
(d. Curtis Bernhardt, Germany, 1929)
Live music by Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra

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