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South West Silents was founded in 2015 to share its founders’ passion for silent film with wider cinema-going audiences and to celebrate the history of cinema.

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We produce eye opening silent film events by sourcing the latest restorations, historic film prints and collaborate with some of the worlds leading silent film musicians to stage one of a kind, live performance events in the South West and throughout the United Kingdom.

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In 2018, 2019 and 2022 SWS was voted “Silent Film Heroes of the Year” in a international public poll held by Pamela Hutchinson’s esteemed blog Silent London. 

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In autumn 2021 SWS launched a new spin-off company FILM NOIR UK, a group dedicated to the films of film noir. 

Upcoming Events

  • Powell & Pressburger at War Double Bill: South West Silents
    Powell & Pressburger at War Double Bill: South West Silents
    Powell & Pressburger at War Double Bill: South West Silents
    Sun, 10 Dec
    Former Bristol IMAX (Bristol Aquarium)
    10 Dec 2023, 12:00
    Former Bristol IMAX (Bristol Aquarium) , Anchor Rd, Bristol BS1 5TT, UK
    10 Dec 2023, 12:00
    Former Bristol IMAX (Bristol Aquarium) , Anchor Rd, Bristol BS1 5TT, UK
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  • Beware, My Lovely (1952): Xmas Film Noir UK
    Beware, My Lovely (1952): Xmas Film Noir UK
    Beware, My Lovely (1952): Xmas Film Noir UK
    Thu, 21 Dec
    Watershed, Bristol
    21 Dec 2023, 18:00
    Watershed, Bristol, 1 Canon's Rd, Bristol BS1 5TX, UK
    21 Dec 2023, 18:00
    Watershed, Bristol, 1 Canon's Rd, Bristol BS1 5TX, UK
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‘South West Silents has re-energised the local silent film scene and set a model for creative, well-planned repertory cinema screenings.’

Pamela Hutchinson, Writer, Critic and Film Historian

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