Toronto SILENT FILM Festival
APRIL 14-16, 2023
Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles Ave.
COMING UP
FOX THEATRE SCREENING SERIES
NEXT SCREENING MAY 27, 2023 1PM
KEATON PALOOZA RETURNS!
Another wild ride with Buster Keaton throughout his career spanning silents to tv and everything in between.
PAST EVENTS
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME FEBRUARY 25, 2023 at the FOX THEATRE
GO WEST & BUSTER: A LIFE IN PICTURES BOOK LAUNCH NOV. 26 2022 at the FOX THEATRE
SPECIAL NOVEMBER FESTIVAL- 11th-13th, 2022 at the REVUE CINEMA
KEATON-PALOOZA APRIL 23RD 2022 at the FOX THEATRE
MINI FESTS-THE RETURN OF THE 2020 FESTIVAL-NOV/DEC 2021 & MAR 2022 at the REVUE CINEMA
THE KID-100TH ANNIVERSARY OCT 3RD 2021 at the FOX THEATRE
RAFFLE 2023
Our fundraising raffle is back in action this year. 100% of raffle ticket sales goes directly into programming.
2023 Raffle includes:
VINTAGE FILM FESTIVAL 2023 PRIZE PACK-2 Festival Passes/2 different T-shirts/1 VFF Baseball Hal (VFF runs Oct 20-22 in Port Hope, Ont.)
TORONTO EPICURE PACK-deliciousness made locally! Pack includes a case of premium Chrisoda, Manning Canning preserves, Ed's Real Scoop gift certifcates--more to be added!
MARLENE DIETRICH linocut print-signed & numbered from Vancouver based artist Inkshed Press (we even put it in a frame for you)
NEW BIOGRAPHY-CAPTAIN OF HER SOUL-THE LIFE OF MARION DAVIES by Lara Gabrielle
BUSTER KEATON PRIZE PACK-includes a t-shirt/book/BluRay/pins...we'll be adding to it in the lead up to the Fest
Thank you to everyone who attended our Mini Fests in late 2021/early 2022 or our weekend November festival in 2022.
We would also like to thank all our outstanding volunteers, the venues and their staff, and local businesses, archives and distributers and film restorers that we use to put the festival on. Without each of them, this festival would not exist.
Friends of the Festival
Steve Teppermann Christina Stewart Nathan Moles Alan Jay Nuttall Nancy Beiman Jon Arnold Sharleen Rayner James Dobos Vanessa Buttino Vintage Film Festival Ted Rogers Hot Docs Cinema Patricia Nolan-Hall Rachel Beattie Jennifer Archer Janice Kaiman Andrew Van Maurik Paddy Nolan-Hall Robert Elliott & Christine Cosby Robert Poole Shraddha Pai
OUR FUNDRAISING PARTNER
Fox Theatre
TSFF Support
Through donations of tickets etc., TSFF supports the 2023 fundraising efforts of several organizations.
- Toronto's First Post Office & Town of York Historical Society Silent Auction, March
- Vintage Film Festival Silent Auction, October
Friends of the Festival
We're proud to support our friends at the Vintage Film Festival in Port Hope, Ontario
Their next festival will be OCTOBER 20-22, 2023 at the beautiful atmospheric Capitol Theatre
TSFF Online Merchandise Store
Our exclusive DVD Garage Sale! Scroll through our silent era DVDs & BluRays and add to your collection. All are in EUC (and tested before they're shipped), some are new sealed copies, some are rare out of circulation copies. Comedy-Drama-Adventure!
ONLINE SALES WILL RETURN JUNE 1ST (we'll have some for sale at major discounts at the Festival & Keaton Palooza)
NEW FOR 2023 BUSTER KEATON T
FOR IN-PERSON SALE ONLY DURING THE FESTIVAL & KEATON PALOOZA
For Sale online starting June 1, 2023 (limited quanities & sizes)
$25 ($22.12+$2.88 HST)Available in Unisex sized Small/Medium/Large/X-Large
SOLD OUT ONLINE “Hurry Lulu -- we're going to the movies! ”Tote Bag $15 (including tax) + shipping
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
BUSTER-A LIFE IN PICTURES by Ryan Barnett and Matthew Tavares
Ryan recently launched his beautiful new book at our GO WEST screening at the Fox.
"In this exciting new graphic novel biography, Ryan Barnett and Matthew Tavares weave together all of the triumphs, close calls, near misses, bumps, bruises and broken bones that defined Buster Keaton’s life and career. Barnett/Tavares present an entertaining portrait of a singular artist who influenced everyone from Salvador Dalí and Walt Disney to Wes Anderson and Jackie Chan." https://knockaboutmedia.com/books/
Win a Copy at the Festival
CAPTAIN OF HER SOUL-THE LIFE OF MARION DAVIES by Lara Gabrielle
From Marion Davies's humble days in Brooklyn to her rise to fame alongside press baron William Randolph Hearst, the public life story of the film star plays like a modern fairy tale shaped by gossip columnists, fan magazines, biopics, and documentaries. Yet the real Marion Davies remained largely hidden from view, as she was wary of interviews and trusted few with her true life story. In Captain of Her Soul, Lara Gabrielle pulls back layers of myth to show a complex and fiercely independent woman, ahead of her time, who carved her own path. Book available from local booksellers and from Amazon.ca
Win A Copy at the Festival
OTHER BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
CAMERA MAN -Buster Keaton, The Dawn of Cinema and the Invention of the Twentieth Century by Dana Stevens
DVD RECOMMENDATIONS
CINEMA'S FIRST NASTY WOMEN- 4 DISC BOX SET from Kino Lorber
CASANOVA from Flicker Alley
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