The Brasília International Film Festival begins today, August 28th!
This year’s Guest of Honor is Geraldine Chaplin! A number of her films will be screened.
The festival also plans to pay homage to Charles Chaplin with screenings of Limelight, The Floorwalker, The Fireman, The Vagabond & The Count. Richard Attenborough’s “Chaplin” will also be screened.
For full details, visit the Brasília International Film Festival website.
The Charlie Chaplin Comedy Film Festival honours the pioneering spirit of a great filmmaker and advocate for social change.
The fourth annual CCCFF will take place from August 21st to 24th in the beautiful village of Waterville on the Ring of Kerry in the South West of Ireland. The festival includes a hugely entertaining range of events, screenings (including Chaplin films!), workshops and Chaplin-themed street entertainment and much, much more.
Don’t miss their attempt at a Guinness World Record for the most Charlie Chaplin look-alikes in one spot on Sunday, August 24th.
Waterville extends a very warm welcome to you all. Check out the Charlie Chaplin Comedy Film Festival website for full details.
For Chaplin’s French-speaking fans, on May 18th, France Culture dedicates an entire night to Charlie Chaplin. Learn more about the programme with Serge Bromberg on the France Culture website.
And, on May 3rd, Pierre Etaix and Serge Bromberg spoke about Chaplin on France Inter. You can listen to the programme on the France Inter website.
125 years ago today: BIRTH OF CHARLES CHAPLIN!
The Porter House of Publishing has released a songbook by Cecilia H. Porter featuring six long lost songs that were originally performed on the Victorian Music Hall stage more than a hundred years ago by Charles Chaplin Senior, father of the famous Little Tramp.
For details, see our previous post about this topic or visit the Porter House of Publishing website.
The Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum wishes to sponsor the restoration of The Champion and they are seeking the public’s help. The museum is located on the former site of the Niles Essanay Studios where Charlie Chaplin once made films.
To donate or to read the full details about their restoration project of The Champion, visit the museum’s The Champion Restoration page.
September 25, 26, 27, and 29 - Crystal Bridges Museum, Bentonville, AR
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas presents a symposium on Art for the Citizen— bringing together creative thinkers from surrounding institutions to explore artists from the first half of the twentieth century whose work conveys political and social messages—from paintings to the cinema of Charlie Chaplin. The final day of the symposium features a live performance accompanying Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights, presented by the Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra playing Chaplin’s own score.
For full program details, visit the Crystal Bridges website.