SFSFF 2018 AWARD

Every year SFSFF recognizes a person or institution committed to the preservation and exhibition of silent films. We are thrilled to announce that the 2018 SAN FRANCISCO SILENT FILM FESTIVAL AWARD will go to Jon Wengström and the Swedish Film Institute. SFI has long been a leader in the preservation and restoration of classic cinema and has made Swedish film heritage accessible to the world. The late 1910s and early 1920s are often referred to as the Golden Age of Swedish silent cinema, and through the years SFSFF has benefitted by SFI's fine collection. Silent-era masterpieces like Sjöström's The Outlaw and His Wife, Dreyer's The Parson's Widow, and Stiller's The Blizzard have dazzled San Francisco audiences in gorgeous prints from the Swedish Film Institute, and this year's treasure will be SFI's beautiful new photochemical restoration of The Saga of Gösta Berling—featuring Greta Garbo in her first starring role! SFI's Jon Wengström, curator of archival film collections, will be at the festival to accept the award.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SHERLOCK HOLMES

Today just happens to be the birthday of Arthur Conan Doyle's brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes, and it has put us in the mood to divulge an important clue about SFSFF 2018. Okay, so you know our methods... we'll just come out and spill the beans. SFSFF is in the process of restoring a recently unearthed German version of The Hound of the Baskervilles which will have its world premiere at SFSFF 2018. The BAKER STREET CIRCLE is convening. Join the festivities!

UPCOMING EVENTS and OFFERS

Cecil B. DeMille's THE KING OF KINGS (1927) in a new restoration! Organist Dorothy Papadakos will accompany at Grace Cathedral on March 24! TICKETS on sale now.

The 2018 San Francisco Silent Film Festival comes to the Castro Theatre for five glorious days May 30–June 3. We've leaked several titles, but the complete schedule of 23 programs will be announced in late March. Rest assured, you won't want to miss a thing! We're extending our heavily discounted HOLIDAY SPECIAL pass to the 23rd SFSFF until Martin Luther King Jr. Day on January 15. Don't miss out!

AROUND THE BAY...

BAMPFA has a wonderful lecture/screening series starting January 17: IN FOCUS: EISENSTEIN AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES. The first program is Evgenii Bauer's 1916 A Life for a Life accompanied by Bruce Loeb on piano, with a lecture by Anne Nesbet. Definitely worth the BART ride across the Bay!