PARIS AGAIN WELCOMES THE PORDENONE SILENT FILM FESTIVAL
At the Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé from November 6th-26th:
“Le Giornate del Cinema Muto, sélection du festival de Pordenone 2024”
AN UP-AND-COMING STAR
GARY COOPER IN ONE OF HIS FIRST BIG ROLES IN HENRY KING’S THE WINNING OF BARBARA WORTH
BEFORE ARSÈNE LUPIN AND SIMON TEMPLAR, THE FIGURE OF THE GENTLEMAN THIEF DEBUTS IN 1928 FILM FORGOTTEN FACES
SICILY: A LAND OF SUN AND PASSION IN L’APPEL DU SANG
BRYONY DIXON AND MARK-PAUL MEYER RECEIVE 2024 JEAN MITRY AWARD
PAVEMENT BUTTERFLY STARRING THE CAPTIVATING ANNA MAY WONG:
THE CHINESE-AMERICAN ACTRESS WHO ENAMOURED EUROPEAN AUDIENCES
GREAT CLASSICS FOR THE CANON REVISITED INCLUDE ROBERT WIENE’S EXPRESSIONIST MASTERPIECE BASED ON CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
THE DOCUMENTARIES OF CLAUDE AND DINA LÉVI-STRAUSS IN MATO GROSSO
HAROLD LLOYD IN GIRL SHY
BETRAYAL AND LIES IN ERNST LUBITSCH’S LOVE TRIANGLE
THE ANNUAL LECTURE ON THE ART OF COSTUME DESIGN IN SILENT CINEMA CONCEIVED BY COSTUME DESIGNER DEBORAH NADOOLMAN LANDIS AND HELD THIS YEAR BY PRISKA MORRISSEY
OSCAR-WINNER CRAIG BARRON ILLUSTRATES THE MAGIC OF VISUAL EFFECTS IN SILENT FILM FOR THE JONATHAN DENNIS MEMORIAL LECTURE
THE MAJESTY OF THE ORIENT CAPTURED IN THE MESMERISING COLOURS OF LA SULTANE DE L’AMOUR: A SPECIAL EVENT WITH AN EXCEPTIONAL MUSICAL TRIO
EXPLORING THE STREETS AND SQUARES OF TRIESTE IN 1921 WITH A WORLD DEBUT OF IMAGES RESTORED BY THE CINETECA DEL FRIULI
ANNA MAY WONG LEAVES HOLLYWOOD TO BECOME A STAR IN EUROPE WITH SONG, HER FIRST GERMAN MOVIE
MUSIC AND CINEMA FROM UZBEKISTAN
Virtuoso traditional Uzbek musicians in Pordenone to accompany Moxov Qiz by Oleg Frelikh (1928)
AND FROM PALESTINE, THE PROPAGANDA FILM THE LAND OF PROMISE
PORDENONE PAYS HOMAGE TO ANNY ONDRA, SENSATIONAL IN CARL LAMAČ’S SAXOPHON-SUSI
OTHER FILMS INCLUDE CECIL B. DEMILLE’S COMEDY CHIMMIE FADDEN OUT WEST, THE MEXICAN FILM SANTA STARRING ELENA SÁNCHEZ VALENZUELA, AND THE INTERNATIONAL RESTORATION OF THE GERMAN FILM DAGFIN, DIRECTED BY JOE MAY