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Your Brain on Slapstick
Jun 8
Your Brain on Slapstick

Why do we laugh at slapstick? Neuroscientist Sophie Scott and musician Neil Brand explain all…

The Kid
Jun 8
The Kid

A live orchestra and Charlie Chaplin’s heartwarming comedy

Marvellous Méliès: the magician of cinema
Jun 9
Marvellous Méliès: the magician of cinema

Angels and aliens, shooting stars and spaceships - the fantastical, colourful world of Georges Méliès

On the Spot: making improvised music
Jun 9
On the Spot: making improvised music

How do improvising musicians know what to play? Silents by the Sea musicians tell all…

The Lost World
Jun 9
The Lost World

Conan Doyle’s dinosaur adventure in its original 1925 big-screen adaptation

Diary of a Lost Girl
Jun 11
Diary of a Lost Girl

Utsav Lal scores rarely-shown gem starring Louise Brooks

What’s on

Featured
Your Brain on Slapstick
Jun 8
Your Brain on Slapstick

Why do we laugh at slapstick? Neuroscientist Sophie Scott and musician Neil Brand explain all…

The Kid
Jun 8
The Kid

A live orchestra and Charlie Chaplin’s heartwarming comedy

Marvellous Méliès: the magician of cinema
Jun 9
Marvellous Méliès: the magician of cinema

Angels and aliens, shooting stars and spaceships - the fantastical, colourful world of Georges Méliès

On the Spot: making improvised music
Jun 9
On the Spot: making improvised music

How do improvising musicians know what to play? Silents by the Sea musicians tell all…

The Lost World
Jun 9
The Lost World

Conan Doyle’s dinosaur adventure in its original 1925 big-screen adaptation

Diary of a Lost Girl
Jun 11
Diary of a Lost Girl

Utsav Lal scores rarely-shown gem starring Louise Brooks

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Get involved in Northern Silent Film Festival 2024
Get involved in Northern Silent Film Festival 2024

Get involved in Northern Silent Film Festival 2024

Artistic Director Jonny Best introduces Northern Silent Film Festival
Artistic Director Jonny Best introduces Northern Silent Film Festival

Northern Silents Artistic Director, Jonny Best, introduces the festival

Improvising with silent film: a weekend for musicians.
Improvising with silent film: a weekend for musicians.

A weekend workshops in Morecambe for improvising musicians.

Yorkshire Silent Film Festival is going north - and everyone is invited!
Yorkshire Silent Film Festival is going north - and everyone is invited!

Be part of this October’s region-wide festival of live-scored film.

Yorkshire Silent Film Festival releases Echoes of the North
Yorkshire Silent Film Festival releases Echoes of the North

New silent film with original brass soundtrack available to watch online until 19th March 2023.

Waxworks at Lancaster Jazz Festival
Waxworks at Lancaster Jazz Festival

Morecambe’s Off the Rails Jazz Orchestra is working with YSFF Artistic Director Jonny Best on a project for Lancaster Jazz Festival.

Hitchcock’s first thriller at Morecambe Winter Gardens
Hitchcock’s first thriller at Morecambe Winter Gardens

Morecambe Winter Gardens’ 125th anniversary season of classic cinema with live music continues with Hitchcock’s first thriller, The Lodger.

Neil Brand with Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band; A new commission
Neil Brand with Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band; A new commission

Neil Brand with Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band - a new commission for 2022/3.

Marking 125 years of Morecambe Winter Gardens
Marking 125 years of Morecambe Winter Gardens

The new season of silent films with live music opens with a double bill of comedy classics in Morecambe this May.

YSFF takes to the stage for Sheffield spring season
YSFF takes to the stage for Sheffield spring season

Silent film and live music fans are in for a cinematic treat with YSFF’s spring programme at Abbeydale Picture House in Sheffield.

Northern Silents brings together live music with film, presenting a year-round programme and Northern Silent Film Festival every October and - new this June - Silents by the Sea in Morecambe