Silent Film Festival Program

The Silent Film Festival, a not for profit and registered charity presents restored silent and sound film classics all-year-long. A number of the sessions are accompanied with live music. Since 2007 it has continued to promote the artistic, cultural and historic value of cinema.

Check back here for all the upcoming films screening at the State Library of NSW in 2024. More films to be announced soon!

Tickets: $25 General admission / $20 concession card holders and Friends of the Library. Cash sales also available at the door.    

Presented in partnership with The Silent Film Festival. 
 

Bringing Up Baby (1938) - Sunday 7 July, 1pm

Sunday 7 July, 1pm
110 minutes

This screwball comedy masterpiece is powered by sophisticated dialogue, spontaneous performances from Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn and giddy innuendo. This whirlwind of chaos is captured brilliantly with director Howard Hawk’s lightning style.

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The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) - Sunday 21 July, 1pm

Sunday 21 July, 1pm
110 minutes

In this Oscar-winning adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s seminal novel, director Albert Lewin delivers a chilling tale of stunning originality. Themes of youth, beauty and morality pivot around a fateful Faustian bargain.

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I'm All Right Jack (1959) - Sunday 11 August, 1pm

Sunday 11 August, 1pm
112 minutes 

‘We do not and cannot accept the principle that incompetence justifies dismissal. That is victimisation.’
— Fred Kite (played by Peter Sellers)

Sellers’ genius shines here in this superb British comedy powered by a stellar cast and dry sense of humour.

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North by Northwest (1959) - Sunday 25 August, 1pm

Sunday 25 August, 1pm
135 minutes

In this legendary Hitchcock spy thriller celebrating its 65th anniversary, a case of mistaken identity leads to romance and adventure. Led by a stellar cast, this film shines in ravishing Technicolor.

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