Paul Merton`s Impro Chums Fundraiser
Faust (Silent Film and Live Music)
Date: 13 October 2007
Location: Victoria Rooms, Queens Road, Clifton
Time: 19:30
A new music score by composer Jean Hasse to accompany screenings of the magnificent 1926 silent film, FAUST.
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Pandora`s Box (Hosted by Paul McGann)
Date: 15 September 2007
Location: Colston Hall, Bristol
Time: 19:30
This is your chance to see the world premiere of the newly commisioned score for the classic film, Pandora's Box.
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The Kings of Kings
Date: 30 June 2007
Location: St Francis Church, Nailsea
Time: 20:45
A rare chance to see this early film version of the life and resurrection of Christ.
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Film Fantasia
Date: 29 June 2007
Location: South Hill Park
Scene and Heard: A new season of events exploring the art of live music with silent film.
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Light of Asia
Date: 20 May 2007
Location: Arnolfini, Bristol
Time: 20:00
See Ray Russell perform with the Birdman of Alkijazz performed to early silent masterpiece, Light of Asia.
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Cin�kids (The Adventures of Prince Achmed)
Date: 12 May 2007
Location: Watershed
Time: 13:00
Based on stories from 1001 Arabian Nights, this 1926 silent silhouette animation is the oldest known surviving feature-length animation.
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A Page of Madness
Date: 25 February 2007
Location: Arnolfini, Bristol
Time: 20:00
This second improvisational jazz battle sees the Birdman of Alkijazz take on Perrier Award winning pianist Matthew Bourne
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The Seashell and the Clergyman
Date: 19 February 2007
Location: Arnolfini, Bristol
Time: 20:30
Arguably the first example of Surrealist cinema, this dark, erotically-charged film is an hallucinatory story of tormented desire, guilt and conflict.
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Dickensian Silent Christmas
Louise Brooks at 100
Date: 5 November 2006
Location: Watershed, Cinema 1
Time: 14:30
To celebrate the centenary of iconic silent screen legend Louise Brooks� birth, Brooks fan and actor Paul McGann joins film historian Kevin Brownlow to showcase the life and work of this extraordinary actress.
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F.W.Murnaus Nosferatu (The Classic with Live Orchestral Score)
Date: 28 October 2006
Location: Arnolfini, Bristol
Time: 20:30
The Classic Silent with a Live Orchestral Score- a Symphony of Horrors at the Arnolfini in October
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A Throw of Dice
Date: 24 October 2006
Location: Watershed
Time: 20:30
24th October- Franz Osten's A Throw of Dice, 'a cross between Chaplin, Cecil B de Mille and an early Bollywood movie...'
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