19th - 25th October 2016
Mon Premier Festival is a film festival in Paris for young audiences. This year, the festival is paying tribute to Chaplin with screenings of several of his films, from early silent comedies to The Great Dictator.
Visit the festival’s website for more details.
The Chicago International Film Festival pays tribute to Geraldine Chaplin on October 15, 2016. Known for her acclaimed performances in films like DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, NASHVILLE, and WELCOME TO L.A. among others, the daughter of Charlie Chaplin and Oona O’Neill will appear onstage at the Essanay Studios - where her father shot His New Job in 1915.
Clips from Geraldine Chaplin’s decades-spanning career will accompany a discussion with film critic and historian David Robinson, author of “Chaplin: His Life and Art”. She will also receive the Festival’s Career Achievement Award.
More information available on the Chicago International Film Festival website.
From October 6, 2016 to June 1, 2017
At the MK2 Gambetta movie theatre in Paris, Edgar Sekloka (singer, poet, writer) will perform live with other musicians and special guests, accompanying early Chaplin comedy shorts.
Schedule :
6 October 2016 - The Immigrant (featuring Mélissa Laveaux)
3 November 2016 - Twenty Minutes of Love and Making a Living (featuring FM Laeti)
1 December 2016 - The Vagabond (featuring TBD)
2 February 2017 - The Adventurer (featuring Lou Marco)
2 March 2017 - The Floorwalker (featuring TBD)
4 May 2017 - Dough and Dynamite (featuring Blick Bassy)
1 June 2017 - The Count (featuring TBD)
More information on MK2’s website.
Here’s a photo taken just after the screening of Modern Times on October 1, 2016 at the Théâtre la Piscine in Châtenay-Malabry, France. Timothy Brock, who restored several Chaplin film scores, brilliantly conducted the Orchestre national d’Île de France. It was fantastic to hear the audience’s uninhibited laughter throughout the film, followed by very generous applause at the end.
If you are interested in attending a screening of one of Chaplin’s masterpieces, accompanied live by a symphonic orchestra playing Chaplin’s own score, then take a look at our regularly-updated list of live orchestral screenings worldwide. Perhaps there’s one near you!
Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times will be accompanied by the Orchestre national d’Île-de-France, conducted by Timothy Brock, at the Théâtre Firmin-Gémier-La Piscine outside of Paris, as part of the Festival d’Île de France on October 1, 2016.
More details on the Festival d’Île de France’s website.
Tonight at Lincoln Center, NYC, the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Timothy Brock, will accompany City Lights with the score composed by Charlie Chaplin himself.
Click here for our full regularly-updated list of live orchestral screenings worldwide.
The Great Dictator will be screened this evening at 9:30 pm at the Cannes Film Festival’s Cinéma de la Plage.
Speaking of Chaplin and Cannes, here’s a video from the 1971 Cannes Film Festival, when Charlie Chaplin was honored with the title of “Commander of the national order of the Legion of Honor”: