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Festivalcalender: [2006] ♦[2007] ♦[2008]
Germany: [Berlin] ♦♦♦[Cinefest] ♦♦♦♦♦
Frankreich: [Anères] ♦
Italy: [Le Giornate del cinema muto, Silent Movie Festival Pordenone]
Eastern Central Europe: [Silent Movie Festival Krakow] ♦♦[Silent Movie Festival Warsaw]
United Kingdom: [Nottingham] ♦
USA: [Rome, NY] ♦[Broncho Billy, Fremont, CA] ♦♦[Redding, Kalifornien] ♦[San Francisco] ♦♦

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Please check the Silent Movie Festival Calendar 2008 for an overview by dates (Sorry, partly German).

United States of America

Sound of Silents Film Festival (Three Oaks, MI)

Annual silent film screenings with original and newly written scores, performed indoors and out of doors at the Vickers Theatre.

The last festival tooks place from Thursday the 10. August 2006 until Monday the 14. August 2006.

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The Betzwood Film Archive and Film Festival (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA)

Every spring a selection of historic films of the Betzwood studios are shown in the annual Betzwood Silent Film Festival. The films are presented as they would have been seen originally--on a large screen with live organ accompaniment.

The next festival takes place from Saturday the 03. May 2008 until Saturday the 03. May 2008.

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Capitolfest (Rome, NY)

The next festival takes place from Friday the 08. August 2008 until Sunday the 10. August 2008.

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Charleston Symphony Orchestra Silent Film Contest (Charlston, SC, USA)

Amateur and professional filmmakers choose a piece from the set repertoire, and make a film based on his/her interpretation of the piece.

The last festival tooks place from Thursday the 10. April 2008 until Thursday the 10. April 2008.

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Silent Summer Film Festival (Chicago, Illinois)

Annual Film Festival at the Portage Theater in Chicago. Screenings are an Fridays.

The last festival tooks place from Friday the 20. July 2007 until Friday the 24. August 2007. Festival days are:

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Cinecon (Hollywood, CA)

Cinecon is a five day celebration of the movies, screening nearly thirty rare silent and early sound feature films.

The next festival takes place from Thursday the 28. August 2008 until Monday the 01. September 2008.

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Cinefest (Liverpool, NY, USA)

Organized by the Syracuse Cinephile Society

The last festival tooks place from Thursday the 13. March 2008 until Sunday the 16. March 2008.

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Cinesation (Massillon, Ohio)

The next festival takes place from Thursday the 25. September 2008 until Sunday the 28. September 2008.

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CINEVENT Classic Film Convention (Columbus, Ohio)

Annual festival in may.

The next festival takes place from Friday the 23. May 2008 until Monday the 26. May 2008.

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Damfino Convention (Muskegon, Michigan)

A Buster Keaton Convention.

The last festival tooks place from Friday the 05. October 2007 until Saturday the 06. October 2007.

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Broncho Billy Silent Film Festival (Fremont, CA)

The next festival takes place from Friday the 27. June 2008 until Sunday the 29. June 2008.

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Buster Keaton Celebration (Iola, Kansas)

Each year a Buster Keaton Convention, 10 km away from the birthplace of Buster Keaton.

The next festival takes place from Friday the 26. September 2008 until Saturday the 27. September 2008.

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Redding Annual Film Festival (Redding, Kalifornien)

Annual Film Festival, first time 2006.

The next festival takes place from Friday the 24. October 2008 until Saturday the 25. October 2008.

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The San Francisco Silent Film Festival (San Francisco (USA))

The next festival takes place from Friday the 11. July 2008 until Sunday the 13. July 2008.

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Slapsticon (Arlington, VA)

Annual silent and early sound movie comedies, each year for four days in july.

The last festival tooks place from Thursday the 19. July 2007 until Sunday the 22. July 2007.

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Kansas Silent Film Festival (Topeka)

Annual festival in Topeka, Kansas.

The last festival tooks place from Friday the 22. February 2008 until Saturday the 23. February 2008.

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Lillian Gish Film Festival (Springfield, Ohio)

Festival in honor of the Springfield born Lillian Gish (14. october 1893 - 27. february 1993)

The last festival tooks place from Wednesday the 05. September 2007 until Saturday the 08. September 2007.

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Canada

Ottawa International Silent Film Festival (Ottawa)

The last festival tooks place from Wednesday the 25. October 2006 until Saturday the 28. October 2006.

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United Kingdom

Flicker (Bristol, UK)

The last festival tooks place from Friday the 23. September 2005 until Sunday the 25. September 2005.

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Slapstick Silent Comedy Festival (Bristol, UK)

Every year in january.

The last festival tooks place from Thursday the 17. January 2008 until Sunday the 20. January 2008.

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Fflics (Aberystwyth, UK (Wales))

The last festival tooks place from Thursday the 25. October 2007 until Sunday the 28. October 2007.

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British Silent Cinema Festival (Nottingham)

Every year in April.

The last festival tooks place from Thursday the 03. April 2008 until Sunday the 06. April 2008.

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Australia

Silent Film Festival State Cinema Hobart (Hobart, Tasmania)

The last festival tooks place from Friday the 04. April 2008 until Saturday the 12. April 2008.

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The Silent Film Festival (Pomona, Queensland)

The Festival is located in the Majestic Theatre.

The Majestic Theatre in the Noosa Hinterland town of Pomona gained world-wide recognition as an authentic Silent Movie house with Ron providing accompaniments on the pipe organ.

Since October 2006, the theatre has been in community hands and has been given a major refurbishment.

The last festival tooks place from Friday the 01. September 2006 until Sunday the 03. September 2006.

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Australias Silent Film Festival (Sydney, NSW)

The last festival tooks place from Friday the 30. March 2007 until Sunday the 01. April 2007.

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Kangaroo Valley Buster Keaton Silent Film Festival (Kangaroo Valley, NSW)

The last festival tooks place from Saturday the 27. October 2007 until Saturday the 27. October 2007.

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New Zealand

Opotiki Silent Film Festival (Opotiki, NZ)

Annual Silent Film Festival

The last festival tooks place from Friday the 07. September 2007 until Sunday the 09. September 2007.

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Silence! (Rotorua New Zealand)

The last festival tooks place from Thursday the 17. April 2008 until Saturday the 19. April 2008.

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Italy

Strade del cinema (Aosta)

The next festival takes place from Thursday the 07. August 2008 until Friday the 15. August 2008.

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Cinema Ritrovato (Bologna)

The next festival takes place from Saturday the 28. June 2008 until Saturday the 05. July 2008.

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Rimusicazioni (Bolzano)

The last festival tooks place from Thursday the 29. November 2007 until Sunday the 02. December 2007.

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Le Giornate del cinema muto (Pordenone/Friaul)

The world biggest silent movie festival takes place each year in autumn.

The next festival takes place from Saturday the 04. October 2008 until Saturday the 11. October 2008.

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Germany

Silent Movie Festival Berlin (Berlin)

The last festival tooks place from Friday the 29. February 2008 until Thursday the 27. March 2008.

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Film & Musik Fest (Bielefeld)

The last festival tooks place from Saturday the 03. November 2007 until Sunday the 11. November 2007.

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Internationale Stummfilmtage - Bonner Sommerkino (Bonn)

Annual festival in summer inside the ''Arkadenhof der Universität Bonn' (arcade courtyard of the University Bonn) The entry is free.

The next festival takes place from Thursday the 14. August 2008 until Sunday the 24. August 2008.

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International Festival of German Film Heritage (Hamburg, Berlin, Vienna, Zürich)

The last festival tooks place from Saturday the 17. November 2007 until Sunday the 25. November 2007.

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StummFilmMusikTage Erlangen (Erlangen)

The last festival tooks place from Thursday the 24. January 2008 until Sunday the 27. January 2008.

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Internationale Stummfilmfestival Esslingen (Esslingen am Neckar)

The last silent movie festival in Esslingen was 1997. Because of a reconstruction the planned festival in 2000 dropped out, there is nearly no hope for a revival of the festival.

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Göttinger Stummfilmtage (Göttingen)

The last festival tooks place from Thursday the 03. May 2007 until Sunday the 06. May 2007.

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International Silent Movie Festival Heidelberg (Heidelberg)

The last festival tooks place from Friday the 25. January 2008 until Sunday the 27. January 2008.

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Karlsruher Stummfilmtage (Karlsruhe)

The last festival tooks place from Thursday the 17. January 2008 until Sunday the 20. January 2008.

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Stummfilmtage Leipzig (Leipzig)

The next festival takes place from Friday the 28. March 2008 until Sunday the 25. May 2008.

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Magdeburger Stummfilmtage (Magdeburg)

The last festival tooks place from Thursday the 23. November 2006 until Tuesday the 28. November 2006.

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Internationale Stummfilmtage Munich (München)

The last festival tooks place from Thursday the 30. August 2007 until Sunday the 02. September 2007.

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Regensburger Stummfilmfestival (Regensburg)

The last festival tooks place from Thursday the 02. August 2007 until Saturday the 11. August 2007.

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Austria

Stumm & Laut (Vienna)

The last festival tooks place from Thursday the 16. August 2007 until Saturday the 18. August 2007.

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Stummfilmtage Wels (Wels)

The last festival tooks place from Friday the 25. January 2008 until Sunday the 27. January 2008.

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Switzerland

Berner Kultursommer (Bern)

Two weekends with silent movies, an event as a part of the Berner Kultursommers (Summer of culture in Bern).

The last festival tooks place from Friday the 14. September 2007 until Saturday the 15. September 2007.

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Festival du film muet (Servion (Waadt))

Café-Théâtre Barnabé, Servion, 021/ 903 0 903

The last festival tooks place from Thursday the 03. April 2008 until Sunday the 06. April 2008.

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France

Festival d’Anères - un festival de cinéma muet dans les Hautes-Pyrénées (Anères (F))

The next festival takes place from Wednesday the 07. May 2008 until Sunday the 11. May 2008.

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Printemps des Cinéconcerts (Bordeaux)

The next festival takes place from Monday the 19. May 2008 until Saturday the 31. May 2008.

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Netherlands

Filmmuseum Biennial (Amsterdam)

The Filmmuseum Biennial take place each two years.

The last festival tooks place from Wednesday the 11. April 2007 until Sunday the 15. April 2007.

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Czech Republic

Stummfest (Prague)

Open Air event Prag, Klub Jelení, Jelení 15

The last festival tooks place from Thursday the 30. August 2007 until Saturday the 01. September 2007.

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Poland

The Silent Film Festival Krakow (Krakow, Poland)

Festival screenings will take place in Kino Pod Baranami Cinema and also outside the cinema auditorium, in places related to the subject of the screened movies.

Cinema "Pod Baranami", Rynek Glówny 27, tel. 423 07 68, Krakow

The last festival tooks place from Thursday the 06. December 2007 until Sunday the 09. December 2007.

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Silent movie festival Warsaw (Warsaw, Poland)

The last festival tooks place from Friday the 11. April 2008 until Sunday the 13. April 2008.

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Norway

Stumfilm Dagere (Tromsø)

The last festival tooks place from Thursday the 06. September 2007 until Sunday the 09. September 2007.

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Finnland

Mykkäelokuvafestivaalit, Forssa Silent Film Festival (Forssa)

Annual festival since 2000 (late summer/early automn).

The last festival tooks place from Friday the 31. August 2007 until Saturday the 01. September 2007.

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