The Universtiy of Sheffield - Department of Music and Museums Sheffield present an open-air screening of The Chaplin Revue this Wednesday, September 10th at 8:30 pm. FREE ADMISSION
For full details, visit the University of Sheffield website.
This year, the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival will hold a special screening on October 27 for the first time in cooperation with Kabukiza, a hub that conveys Japanese traditional culture to the world. Charles Chaplin,“ the king of comedy,” still attracts people 100 years after his screen debut. Kabukiza opened to the public for the first time in 1889, the year of his birth. Chaplin responded with enthusiasm and excitement to every aspect of Japanese culture, in particular kabuki.
Records state he actually visited Kabukiza when he came to Japan. It is also reported that a Sewamono (a genre of contemporary setting plays in kabuki) titled “Koumori no yasu san” (“Yasu the Bat”) was presented at Kabukiza after kabuki related people returned from the United States, where they were impressed by City Lights, one of Chaplin’s masterpieces.
Considering this relation between Kabukiza and Chaplin, the festival selected City Lights for the special screening at Kabukiza. In this event, many guests invited from Japan and overseas will enjoy a kabuki performance by a Kabuki actor before the special screening of City Lights.
Visit the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival website for more details.
Finland pays tribute to Charlie Chaplin!
Don’t miss City Lights (with live orchestra), A Woman of Paris & Tillie’s Punctured Romance at the Forssa Silent Film Festival, August 25-31, 2014.
Visit the Forssa Silent Film Festival website for details.
This Sunday, February 16th: $1 Screening of The Gold Rush in Williamsburg, Virginia!
William and Mary’s Global Film Festival is an annual, non-profit cultural event that strives to bring world cultures to Williamsburg, VA through film.
Details on the W&M Global Film Festival website.
This week in Lyon, France, the Institut Lumière has programmed FIVE live orchestral screenings of Modern Times at the Auditorium de Lyon. Timothy Brock will be conducting the Orchestre National de Lyon performing Chaplin’s own score, which Maestro Brock restored for live performance.
DATES and TIMES:
Wednesday, Dec 4, 8pm
Thursday, Dec. 5, 2 pm (special screening for schoolchildren)
Saturday, Dec. 7, 3 pm
Sunday, Dec. 8, 11 am
Sunday, Dec. 8, 4 pm
For further details, visit the Institut Lumière’s website or book tickets directly on the Auditorium de Lyon’s website.
Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at 3 pm
Screening of three Chaplin shorts: The Pawnshop, Easy Street and The Immigrant, presented by Cecilia Cenciarelli of the Cineteca di Bologna. Live piano accompaniment by Neil Brand. Details for this screening on the Cinémathèque Française website.
Thursday, December 5, 2013 at 9:30 am
La Cinémathèque de Bologne, étapes et diversité d’un parcours, includes a discussion with Gian Luca Farinelli, director of the Bologna Cinematheque, and a talk by Cecilia Cenciarelli on the Chaplin archives and the restoration of the Chaplin Mutuals. Details on the Cinémathèque française website.
Four Chaplin Mutual comedies will be screened this week at the Festival Lumière in Lyon, France (The Immigrant, The Cure, The Pawnshop, The Adventurer).
Screenings on October 17, 19 and 20, 2013
See the Festival Lumière 2013 website for details.