#Bristol in the 1960s, Buster Keaton and The Beatles! All in one event on Sunday 13th September! Special intro by @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social as well! With thanks to @filmhubsw.bsky.social. Tickets available here: hdfst.uk/e157636

Sad to hear the passing of Rudolph Valentino biographer and film historian Emily Leider (1937-2026). #SilentFilm

Ah, it was 10 years ago today that we launched our very first beer celebrating #Bristol born William Friese-Greene (1885-1921)… them were the days! Check out the background to it here: www.southwestsilents.com/post/getting...

"More human than human' is our motto" It may still be 2026. But we're already looking towards 2027! And we have something special planned for one of the great #SilentFilm and #NeoNoir titles! Sign up to our newsletter to hear first: southwestsilents.com/subscribe

After a sell out event last year we are very excited to announce 'John Boorman & Bristol Part II' for this Sept. More rarities produced from the great filmmaker to be screened in #Bristol. We strongly recommend you book early to avoid disappointment: hdfst.uk/e158649

#BornOnThisDay the great #SilentFilm pioneer Alice Guy-Blaché (1873-1968). Check out this write up about her work on the @sightsoundmag.bsky.social website: www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

Very excited to say that, thanks to our friends @flicker-alley.bsky.social, the Heritage Noir event at @filmnoiruk.bsky.social’s #FilmNoirFest 2026 on Sunday 1st November will be Lewis Milestone’s #SilentFilm crime gem The Racket (1928). Limited festival passes available here: ti.to/film-noir-uk...

Mubi to Publish Lost ‘Faust’ Bible on Centenary of F.W. Murnau’s #SilentFilm Silent Cinema Classic (EXCLUSIVE) via @variety.com variety.com/2026/film/gl...

This October! Back in #Pordenone for Le Giornate Del Cinema Muto 2026 #SilentFilm

Congratulations to our good friends David Sproxton and Peter Lord, founders of the great Aardman Animations, who have been knighted in the King’s Honour List: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#BornOnThisDay Canadian actor and forgotten #SilentFilm star Sam De Grasse (1875-1953); seen here in Douglas Fairbanks' Robin Hood (1922) as Prince John and the Pirate in the The Black Pirate (1926). Plenty of other titles under his belt. #BOTD

Lumière, le cinéma!: A Conversation with Thierry Frémaux by David Schwartz: #SilentFilm www.criterion.com/current/post...

Worth watching comedy thriller The Crime is Mine (Mon Crime/ 2023) which is on #BBCiPlayer at the moment. 1930s Paris, Isabelle Huppert playing a #SilentFilm star and directed by François Ozon. Watch it here: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

#BornThisDay the great Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939) the first action star of #Hollywood. #SilentFilm #BOTD

Join us this Saturday for a screening of Neapolitan #Silentfilm A Santanotte (1922) @wshed.bsky.social, #Bristol, 12PM. Directed by Elvira Notari! More info here: www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1392...

#BornOnThisDay the great #SilentFilm star Rudolph Valentino (1895–1926). #BOTD

Don’t miss out on @milestonefilms.bsky.social’ incredible new restoration of Erich von Stroheim’s Queen Kelly (1929) during this year’s Cinema Rediscovered Film Festival (@cineredis.bsky.social) More info soon, but get your Early Bird Festival Passes here: www.watershed.co.uk/news/first-h...

Hey #SilentFilm fans! Join us this Tuesday at @wshed.bsky.social , #Bristol for a special screening of the new documentary Elvira Notari: Beyond Silence (2025) with director Valerio Ciriaci joining us in person. Tickets available here: www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1392...

Talking about our #AlfredHitchcock Double Bill; there is a free online event next Wednesday with author Steven C. Smith about the relationship between direct Hitchcock and composer Herrmann. We’re already signed up to the free link! More info here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hitchcock-...

Get yourselves ready for a special Alfred Hitchcock Double Bill this November at the Megascreen, #Bristol! Hitch’s #SilentFilm thriller The Lodger (1927) with live music by Neil Brand + the recent restoration of masterpiece Vertigo (1958)! Tickets: www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/bri...

Watch Wanda Treumann in Wanda's Trick (1918), with English subtitles and a specially recorded score by Ensemble Sonus Lux Cinema. The film is directed by Rosa Porten & Franz Eckstein. This unique #SilentFilm can found on EYE’s Film Player: player.eyefilm.nl/en/films/wan...

#Bristol Our plans for today with @20thcflicks.bsky.social are… more Sergio Leone! #SilentFilm Day pass and tickets: www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/meg...

If you join us today or tomorrow you will see a special preview of what we have planned for this autumn as well as a chance to book early bird passes for @filmnoiruk.bsky.social’s #FilmNoirFes! 2026! Passes/tickets on sale for our Sergio Leone Weekend: www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/meg...

So looking forward to this release from @kinolorber.com and @milestonefilms.bsky.social! Hopefully a UK/Europe release at some point. #SilentFilm #QueenKelly. More info: kinolorber.com/product/quee...

A month to go until our #SergioLeone Weekend with @20thcflicks.bsky.social which includes The Dollars Trilogy, My Name is Nobody and a #SilentFilm directed by his father. We have 2 special recorded intros by filmmaker Alex Cox who has already sent them to us. Passes available here: hdfst.uk/e145608

Something very special is touring the #UK in April/May 2026. A special screening of the new doc #ElviraNotari: Beyond Silence (2025) with Q&A with director Valerio Ciriaci will take place at Watershed, #Bristol on Tuesday 5th May! Tickets on sale soon. #SilentFilm

Join us and @20thcflicks.bsky.social for our Sergio Leone Weekend in #Bristol. Special intros by Leone biographer Sir Christopher and two recorded ones by filmmaker Alex Cox! More info and passes here: hdfst.uk/e145608

Sharpen your fangs for Werner Herzog's own take of Muranu's #SilentFilm masterpiece #Nosferatu with Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social, tonight, 10:10PM. Remakes can fail, but this one is wonderful viewing and incredibly haunting! We like it anyways!

Hey #Bristol film fans! Keep an eye out for our Sergio Leone Weekend poster around town. #SergioLeone #Western #spaghetti The poster includes more info about the weekend including which #SilentFilm we’re screening… passes available here: www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/meg...

#BornOnThisDay Ramon Novarro star of #SilentFilm Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1929). #BOTD Read more about the silent version here: www.southwestsilents.com/post/ben-hur...