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
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.