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”:
Watch Chaplin’s Keystone (1914) and Essanay (1915) comedies on the big screen at the Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé from 25th February to 15th March 2016.
Today, the Cineteca di Bologna releases a beautiful restoration of The Great Dictator in over 70 cinemas all over Italy.
For screening details, click on ‘Guarda la programmazione completa’ on Il Cinema Ritrovato’s website. New dates to be added to the list!
Slapstick Festival’s annual celebration of silent comedy in Bristol returns to Colston Hall for a 12th year, with a special screening of Charlie Chaplin’s masterpiece, ‘The Kid’, on Friday, 22 January 2016.
Chaplin’s own score will be performed live by the Bristol Ensemble.
The Théâtre Le Ranelagh in Paris is organizing a “Ciné Concert Chaplin” on May 18th. Watch some of Chaplin’s early shorts with live musical accompaniment.
Visit the Théâtre Le Ranelagh’s website for details.
On Saturday 16 May, the Musée d’Orsay is celebrating the 120th anniversary of cinematography, and will be transformed into the world’s most beautiful movie theatre for one night only. Projected on a giant screen installed in the nave of the former Orsay railway station, visitors will be able to watch for the first time or rediscover films from the great pioneers and illusionists of cinema, from Georges Méliès and his enchanting A Trip to the Moon to Charlie Chaplin, during a “Chaplin Festival” at 9 pm.
Charlie’s daydreaming silhouette will appear under the museum’s great clock.
Free admission! Check out the Musée d’Orsay’s website for more details.
The Opéra de Rouen (France) presents Charlie Chaplin’s MODERN TIMES & Kid Auto Races at Venice with live orchestra, conducted by Timothy Brock on 14 & 15 November 2014.
Book now : http://operaderouen.com/#infos_635
For a full list of live orchestral Chaplin screenings worldwide, updated regularly, check out : http://cineconcert.charliechaplin.com/dates