In one of the first major books written about the history of cinema, History of the Film by Maurice Bardeche and … Continue reading The Birth of a Genre: The Italian (Thomas H. Ince, 1915)

As you may have noticed 2020 marks a New Year and a new decade! For South West Silents it marks … Continue reading Silent Film Revolution 2020

We are nearly at the end of our season celebrating ‘The City and Silent Film’ which will conclude with our … Continue reading Silent Film Revolution 2019

It’s almost that time again when we join forces with 20th Century Flicks, Curzon Clevedon and Watershed to bring you … Continue reading Silent Films at Cinema Rediscovered 2019

January marks the start of the fourth year of South West Silents and we are thrilled to offer you an … Continue reading Early 2019 Silent Film Events

October 2018 might seem rather quiet compared to our recent September 2018 lineup. The main reason is due to Le … Continue reading Silent Films and The First World War

September 2018 may feel like a long way away, but this hasn’t stopped us from ourselves for an incredibly busy … Continue reading Silent Films for September 2018

April has arrived which can only mean we are on our final run of silent film events for this part … Continue reading Silent Film Events in April 2018

Summer 2016 gave us the opportunity to highlight some of the great archive gems found within the BFI’s Britain on … Continue reading BFI Player SWS Playlist

As 2018 continues to march on we are very happy to announce another key new collaboration which gives you even … Continue reading Silent Films at Filmic 2018

2018 most certainly has started and we are preparing ourselves for a busy year. We have a lot going on … Continue reading Early 2018 Silent Film Events

A quick message from all of us at South West Silents to thank you for all of your support throughout … Continue reading Happy New Year + Early 2018 Line-up

‘Before Jurassic Park! Before King Kong! There was The Lost World!’ The Lost World (1925) Intro by Peter Lord Sunday … Continue reading The Lost World (1925)

After the highly successful screening of Pandora’s Box last month at the Cube (we return with Behind the Door (1919) … Continue reading Pandora’s Box DVD & Book Competition

Slapstick Festival returns to Bristol for its 14th incarnation from Thursday 25th to Sunday 28th January 2018. As always Slapstick … Continue reading Slapstick 2018 – Top Five

Our fellow Co-Director/ Co-Curator Rosie Taylor has been away from the South West of late. After a spell in the … Continue reading From Shadows to Studios: A Journey through the Kent Museum of the Moving Image

Pandora’s Box (1929), Cube Cinema, Bristol / 8:00pm + Live Music + Special Intro We strongly recommend that you keep … Continue reading Pandora’s Box (1929) 35mm Screening

We hope you will forgive us if we seem a tad excited. But we have good reason to be. As … Continue reading New Monthly Silent Film Events in Bristol

When it comes to 21st Century silent films we can be rather reserved about it all here. It is very … Continue reading London Symphony (2017)