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Silentvalerio

@silentvalerio.bsky.social
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Silent film nerd, ex-archivist 🎞️ and professional photographer 📷 in Bologna, Italy. Antifascist 🇮🇹 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 linktr.ee/silentvalerio www.valeriogrecophotography.com

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Tony Paley @tpaleyfilm.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
#bestfilminlondontoday Sep 20 at capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com guide to rep cinema scene. Special screening of restored Von Stroheim masterpiece QUEEN KELLY (1929) with intro by @pamhutch.bsky.social and piano accompaniment by Neil Brand in NFT1 at BFI capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/08/capi...
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Capital Celluloid 2026 — Day 262: Sun Sep 20
Queen Kelly (Von Stroheim, 1929): BFI Southbank, NFT1, 2.30pm This special screening will be introduced by film critic and historian Pamela...
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San Francisco Film Preserve @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
further than any previous restoration ever had, working to “go as far as we can to ethically perfectly restore the film.” READ MORE: variety.com/2026/fil... (And check out their video!) Italian press got swept up in it too. 4/6
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San Francisco Film Preserve @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Variety was on the ground for it, and SFFP president Robert Byrne talked about just how hard-won this restoration was: “The biggest challenge with restoring ‘Sunrise’ is there is no original material; you are working with later generation materials the whole way.” And yet the team pushed 3/6
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San Francisco Film Preserve @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
...and honestly, we’re still floating, so forgive us for one final indulgent post. 2/6
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San Francisco Film Preserve @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Grazie, Bologna. Grazie, Murnau. See you at the next restoration. More photos from the magic of that night, courtesy of Valerio Greco. 6/6
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San Francisco Film Preserve @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Blasting News called SUNRISE “the most beautiful film in the world” in its coverage of the night. READ MORE: it.blastingnews.com/... Almost a hundred years after Murnau’s masterpiece first stunned audiences, it filled a historic Italian piazza and stunned a whole new generation. 5/6
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San Francisco Film Preserve @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
7,000(!) people. One historic piazza. A live orchestra under the stars. That’s how the definitive restoration of F.W. Murnau’s SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS made its world premiere on June 20 at Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna... 1/6
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San Francisco Film Preserve @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
(📸 SUNRISE world premiere in Bologna: photo 1 by Margherita Caprilli and Lorenzo Burlando; photos 2-4 by Valerio Greco) 6/6
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San Francisco Film Preserve @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Become an SFFP member today. 🎥 🎞️ filmpreserve.org/memberships Your membership supports SFFP’s work to preserve, restore, and share cinema history while giving you exclusive access to members-only streaming, special events, and so much more. Films like SUNRISE don’t endure by chance.
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San Francisco Film Preserve @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
ONLINE WITH SFFP: Len Lye redefined film color, hand-painting animation onto Gasparcolor, Dufaycolor & Technicolor. SFFP, Len Lye Foundation, BFI & Scan2Screen are restoring it. Free talk Sept 11, 12 pm w/ Dr. Barbara Flueckiger 👉 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ekhh0-rBQLKEMiolt5cnXA #FilmSky
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San Francisco Film Preserve @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
TRI (Aleksandar Petrović, 1965), a landmark of New Yugoslav Film nominated for an Academy Award, screens at Re:Vision with LES ENFANTS DE LA GUERRE (Jocelyne Saab, 1976). Sunday, September 27, 11:00 AM at the Roxie. 🎟️ roxie.com/film/revision-tri/ #FilmSky #FilmFest
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San Francisco Film Preserve @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
RE:VISION TICKETS ARE ON SALE! The full schedule is live: 14 screenings, 4 days, 18 countries, 11 decades of cinema, from Irish fantasy to Mexican midnight movies to American experimental film. SFFP Members save 20% on tickets, $50 on passes. filmpreserve.org/revision
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Laura Bondía @laurabondia.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Hyvää huomenta! ☀️ The Forssa Silent Film Festival starts today! I feel very lucky and excited,🥹 to be here. I’ll miss @silentvalerio.bsky.social’s wonderful photography. Here’s a fragment from Kari Glödstaf's introduction to Keaton’s Seven Chances, which we’ll see again with live music.
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silentfilmbonn.bsky.social @silentfilmbonn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This year, twelve silent films are available to watch online via stream 🎬 The accompanying music is recorded in the university's courtyard in Bonn, so you'll have the full experience even if you can't visit us in person! Each film will be available for 48 hours from around 6pm CEST.
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Silentvalerio @silentvalerio.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Stanley Kubrick's Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) in Piazza Maggiore, Bologna. @2026 Valerio Greco Photography #drstrangelove #stanleykubrick #warroom #doomsdaydevice
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Silentvalerio @silentvalerio.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Record assoluto a Bologna: non avevo mai visto superare i 48 °C sul pannello. Un caldo semplicemente impressionante. 🔥🔥🔥🥵🥵🥵 #climatechangeisreal #cazzodicaldo #caldobologna
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bryonyd.bsky.social @bryonyd.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Blues skies, smiling at me, Nothing but blue skies do I see… www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnQd...
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Benny Goodman - Blue Skies (1935)
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PaulAJoyce @paulajoyce.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Ten Reasons not to miss Gösta Berling's saga (1924) on 19th January! Only five days to go, great tickets still available. Do not miss out on the UK premier of this stunning restoration @BFI with live accompaniment from John Sweeney and interval drinks! ithankyouarthur.blogspot.com/2025/01/ten-...
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Silentvalerio @silentvalerio.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Stanley Kubrick's Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) in Piazza Maggiore, Bologna. @2026 Valerio Greco Photography #drstrangelove #stanleykubrick #warroom #doomsdaydevice
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autumn coded @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Giant Agamemnon head asking Do you have any games on your phone
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Silentvalerio @silentvalerio.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
🎬 Il Cinema Museum di Londra rischia di perdere la sua sede. Ha lanciato una raccolta fondi per acquistarla e salvare uno dei luoghi simbolo della storia del cinema. Se potete, donate o condividete. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/the-cinema...
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The Cinema Museum: HELP US BUY OUR HOME
After 40 years of uncertainty, we have a chance to secure our home. We need £500,000 to purchase our home and we have five months to do it!
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Silentvalerio @silentvalerio.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
🎬 Il Cinema Museum di Londra rischia di perdere la sua sede. Ha lanciato una raccolta fondi per acquistarla e salvare uno dei luoghi simbolo della storia del cinema. Se potete, donate o condividete. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/the-cinema...
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The Cinema Museum: HELP US BUY OUR HOME
After 40 years of uncertainty, we have a chance to secure our home. We need £500,000 to purchase our home and we have five months to do it!
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Silentvalerio @silentvalerio.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Chiudere Schengen con la Spagna per i fatti di Ceuta è una misura senza senso: è come mettersi il preservativo sul pianerottolo di casa perché in un altro condominio qualcuno sta facendo sesso. Solo propaganda per raccattare voti.
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silentfilmbonn.bsky.social @silentfilmbonn.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Preparations for this year's festival are in full swing and you can find the complete program on our website: www.internationale-stummfilmtage.de The streaming schedule will also be published there shortly 🥳🎬
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Stummfilmtage Bonn
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silentfilmbonn.bsky.social @silentfilmbonn.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Hello Bluesky 👋 We’re here to share two exciting things: First, our silent film festival will return this year! Mark your calendars: We'll be running from 13th to 23rd August 2026. Second: We'll be sharing all the news and updates about this year's festival right here, so hit follow and stay tuned!😊
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Silentvalerio @silentvalerio.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
This photograph was taken yesterday in Piazza Maggiore, Bologna. A night when the noise became louder than the cinema. Behind the crowd waiting for a screening that never happened, a helicopter dominates the sky. The film was cancelled after hours of tension.
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Jessica Pickens @hollywoodcomet.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
THE CROWD (1928) is coming to Blu-Ray!!! First LETTY LYNTON (1932) and now THE CROWD (1928)?! Is 2026 the year we get long awaited physical media? What's next? Tovarich (1937)? The Very Thought of You (1944)?!
Screenshot of Dawn of the Discs announcing that King Vidor's masterpiece, THE CROWD (1928) is coming to Blu-Ray
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Golden Silent Films Podcast @goldensilentscast.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Just pre-ordered this bad boy on Amazon! We love any and all #SherlockHolmes, from silent to sound. We will definitely do an episode breaking this down when we get it in August! #silentfilm #silentmovies
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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Harry Langdon has his identity stolen by a lady thief on the lam in HIS FIRST FLAME
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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Chris Smalls is amazing. True activist and humanitarian‼️
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Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · 06/05/2026
The official poster for the 4K restoration of Ken Russell’s The Devils 👀 In theaters October 16 from Warner Bros. Clockwork.
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Silentvalerio @silentvalerio.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
From the 2025 Nederlands Silent Film Festival. @2025 Valerio Greco Photography
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Silentvalerio @silentvalerio.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
From the 2025 Nederlands Silent Film Festival. @2025 Valerio Greco Photography
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Silentvalerio @silentvalerio.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
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A ★★★★½ review of The Last One for the Road (2025)
"Siamo troppo vecchi per crescere" Inaspettatamente, ci manca da morire la fotografia del cinema dei primi anni Duemila. Un racconto di formazione, in cui i due simpaticissimi sciagurati lo iniziano a...
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IndieWire @indiewire.com · 07/05/2026
A running, updating list of every movie playing at the Cannes Film Festival that has been acquired for distribution so far.
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Cannes 2026 Movies Sold So Far: ‘Paper Tiger,’ ‘The Devils’ 4K Restoration, and ‘Minotaur’ Find Homes Early
A running, updating list of every movie playing at the Cannes Film Festival that has been acquired for distribution so far.
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Silentvalerio @silentvalerio.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Very happy to share that three of my photographs, are featured in the April 2026 issue of the FIAF's Journal of Film Preservation, withJay Weissberg’s article Guilt, Triggers, and Responsibility: How to Engage Audiences With Difficult Films. www.calameo.com/fiaf/books/0...
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FIAF @fiaf.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Introducing Film Atlas, your visual guide to motion picture film, brought to you by @eastmanmuseum.bsky.social and FIAF. Dive into hundreds of newly commissioned essays, interactive imagery, and contributions from archives around the world. Start your journey into film history: www.filmatlas.com
Logo for Film Atlas with the text "An interactive guide to every motion picture film format, soundtrack, 3-D and color process ever invented", overlaid on a graphic featuring film strips of various formats.
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FIAF @fiaf.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The 2026 FIAF Congress in Rabat is underway! Check the three-day Symposium schedule here: www.fiafnet.org/2026-symposium
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Criterion Channel @criterionchannl.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
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Mark Kermode @kermodemovie.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Yup, it’s happening.
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Silentvalerio @silentvalerio.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
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A ★★★★ review of The Sea (2025)
La punta dell’iceberg dell’elefante nella stanza del nostro presente: la lunga occupazione e dominazione israeliana sul popolo palestinese, che affonda le sue radici tra il 1947–1948 e si trascina tra...
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San Francisco Film Preserve @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Our sparkling new restoration of Victor Fleming’s HULA (1927) screens THIS FRIDAY at 3 PM at @castrotheatre.bsky.social as part of the 29th San Francisco Silent Film Festival — and Clara Bow is absolutely electric. 🎬✨
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San Francisco Film Preserve @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
It’s almost time for the 29th San Francisco Silent Film Festival! When you’ve got Clara Bow on the bill, you put Clara Bow on the marquee. The rest sells itself. 😉 Our 4K restoration of HULA (1927) premieres Friday, May 8 @ 3 pm at @castrotheatre.bsky.social. See you then! silentfilm.org/event/hula/
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San Francisco Film Preserve @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Today we are beyond excited to launch the SFFP Membership Program! A brand-new way for film lovers to directly support the preservation, restoration, and celebration of cinema history. 📽️ 1/5
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Silentvalerio @silentvalerio.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Hi! If you enjoyed my photography work, consider supporting me with a donation on Buy Me a Coffee. Every contribution helps me keep creating! buymeacoffee.com/silentvalerio
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Valerio Greco is a Silent Film Nerd and a Photographer
🇬🇧 - Hi 👋 If you’ve enjoyed my content and would like to buy me a coffee — or, as Special Agent Dale Cooper would say, “A damn fine cup of coffee” — to support my projects, I’d be truly grateful! ❤️🇮🇹
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Silentvalerio @silentvalerio.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Hi! If you enjoyed my photography work, consider supporting me with a donation on Buy Me a Coffee. Every contribution helps me keep creating! buymeacoffee.com/silentvalerio
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Valerio Greco is a Silent Film Nerd and a Photographer
🇬🇧 - Hi 👋 If you’ve enjoyed my content and would like to buy me a coffee — or, as Special Agent Dale Cooper would say, “A damn fine cup of coffee” — to support my projects, I’d be truly grateful! ❤️🇮🇹
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Daniel Kennedy @fliglman.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
my favourite Beckett for kids
two animals, a tortoise and a mole? wearing bowler hats, standing next to a flower, from The Rock from the Sky by Jon Klassen
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Silentvalerio @silentvalerio.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Caro "Ministro della Cultura" Alessandro Giuli, non per farti sembrare un idiota incompetente ma… stamattina sono stati selezionati zero film italiani a Cannes, mentre gli spagnoli ne portano non uno, non due ma ben tre in concorso. Però certo, per te va tutto bene…
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Silentvalerio @silentvalerio.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Caro "Ministro della Cultura" Alessandro Giuli, non per farti sembrare un idiota incompetente ma… stamattina sono stati selezionati zero film italiani a Cannes, mentre gli spagnoli ne portano non uno, non due ma ben tre in concorso. Però certo, per te va tutto bene…
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