Bristol Silents

Bristol Silents was established by Chris Daniels and Norman Taylor in 2000 to promote and celebrate silent cinema in the Bristol area and in the United Kingdom. The first ever event the organisation put on was a selection of Louise Brooks films in October 2000 at the Arnolfini, Bristol.

The group aimed to present a range of silent films along with educational programmes in order to raise awareness and appreciation of the Silent era amongst the film going public.

January, 2005 saw Bristol Silents establish the Slapstick Silent Comedy Festival in the city of Bristol. Since then, the festival has returned to the city every January and has included guests such as Eric Sykes, Christopher Chaplin, Jean Darling (of Our Gang fame) and Diana Serra Cary (aka Baby Peggy).

Ran from 13th - 16th Jan and guests included Neil Brand, Gunter A Buchwald, Peter Lord, Paul Merton, Paul McGann, The Matinee Idles, David Robinson (film critic) and David Wyatt.

Ran from 20th - 22nd Jan and guests included Neil Brand, Gunter A Buchwald, Peter Lord, Paul Merton, Paul McGann, The Matinee Idles, David Robinson, Diana Serra Cary and David Wyatt.

Ran from 11th - 14th Jan and guests included Neil Brand, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Gunter A Buchwald, Graeme Garden, Peter Lord, Paul Merton, Neil Innes, Jean Darling, David Robinson, Richard Williams (animator) and John Sweeney (pianist).

Ran from 22nd - 25th Jan and guests included Paul Merton, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Peter Lord, Neil Innes, Paul McGann, David Wyatt, Phill Jupitus, Nicholas Parsons, David Robinson, Jean Darling, Serge Bromberg, Neil Brand and Gunter A Buchwald.

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