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Cleveland Silent Film Festival 2025
The Cleveland Silent Film Festival and Colloquium, a celebration of the expressive power of early cinema, returns to Gartner Auditorium for four days of silent film screenings accompanied by live music.
Festival Screenings
“The Phantom of the Opera” (1925)
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Date:Sep 14, 2025, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Location:Gartner Auditorium
Wit, Scandal, and Silent-Era Elegance: “Lady Windermere’s Fan”
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Date:Sep 19, 2025, 7:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Location:Gartner Auditorium
A Cinematic Time Machine: Double Bill of René Clair’s Surreal Visions
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Date:Sep 20, 2025, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Location:Gartner Auditorium
Buster Keaton in “Go West” (1925)
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Date:Sep 21, 2025, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Location:Gartner Auditorium
Festival Pass
Guests have the option to purchase tickets to individual screenings or to buy a festival pass, which allows purchasers to attend all screenings at the Cleveland Museum of Art at a discounted fee. In addition, the festival pass includes admission to the screening of Faust on September 27 at 9:00 p.m. at the Cleveland Cinematheque. Festival pass holders must bring their festival pass to the Cinematheque box office to receive their ticket for the Faust screening.
A festival pass costs $105 for nonmembers and $90 for members.
The Cleveland Silent Film Festival and Colloquium showcases the best films of the silent era combined with the creative talents of noted specialists in silent film musical accompaniment. From Lon Chaney to Buster Keaton, this year’s festival offers no shortage of the wonders of the silent era.
Festival Schedule:
September 14, 3:00 p.m.
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
September 19, 7:30 p.m.
Wit, Scandal, and Silent-Era Elegance: Lady Windermere’s Fan
September 20, 3:00 p.m.
A Cinematic Time Machine: Double Bill of René Clair’s Surreal Visions
September 21, 3:00 p.m.
Buster Keaton in Go West (1925)
More information about the Cleveland Silent Film Festival can be found on the organization’s website (opens in a new tab).
Sponsors
The 2025–26 Performing Arts Series is sponsored by the Musart Society. This program is made possible in part by the Ernest L. and Louise M. Gartner Fund, the P. J. McMyler Musical Endowment Fund, and the Anton and Rose Zverina Music Fund.
The Cleveland Museum of Art is funded in part by residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.
Performing arts programs are supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.
