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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

  • 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
    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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