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Film Noir UK announces its first ever film festival!
Hosted at the recently reopened Plaza Cinema in the heart of Weston-super-Mare. 'Film Noir Fest' will highlight the many aspects of noir on the big screen with the best restorations from around the world.  


Over the course of the weekend the festival will include a selection of classic American and British Noir titles in a number of strands including ‘Dangerous Divas’, ‘London in Noir’ as well as a special selection of 1950s Mexican Noir titles under the festival’s ‘International Noir’ strand.

Other strands will include a special ‘Heritage Noir’ line-up which will look at the influences of early cinema on film noir. Plus three special screenings called ‘Late Night Neo Noir’ which will look at the more modern edge of noir. More strands will be announced.

 

Individual tickets for specific screenings are now on sale via the Merlin Cinemas website

Festival passes are still on sale.
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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.

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.

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. 

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

Upcoming Events

  • The Manxman (1929): South West Silents
    The Manxman (1929): South West Silents
    Sat, 19 Oct
    Polperro Village Hall, Polperro
    19 Oct 2024, 19:00 – 22:00
    Polperro Village Hall, Polperro, The Old School House, The Coombe, Polperro, Looe PL13 2RH, UK
    19 Oct 2024, 19:00 – 22:00
    Polperro Village Hall, Polperro, The Old School House, The Coombe, Polperro, Looe PL13 2RH, UK
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  • Film Noir Fest 2024
    Film Noir Fest 2024
    Fri, 01 Nov
    Plaza Cinema, Weston-super-Mare
    01 Nov 2024, 17:00 – 03 Nov 2024, 21:50
    Plaza Cinema, Weston-super-Mare, Walliscote Rd, Weston-super-Mare BS23 1UR, UK
    01 Nov 2024, 17:00 – 03 Nov 2024, 21:50
    Plaza Cinema, Weston-super-Mare, Walliscote Rd, Weston-super-Mare BS23 1UR, UK
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  • Creatures of the Night Double Bill: South West Silents
    Creatures of the Night Double Bill: South West Silents
    Sat, 18 Jan
    Bristol Megascreen (Bristol Aquarium)
    18 Jan 2025, 14:00 – 18:00
    Bristol Megascreen (Bristol Aquarium), Anchor Rd, Bristol BS1 5TT, UK
    18 Jan 2025, 14:00 – 18:00
    Bristol Megascreen (Bristol Aquarium), Anchor Rd, Bristol BS1 5TT, 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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