In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the premiere of The General (1926), we warmly invite you to the beautiful Art Deco Cinema & Theatre in Ballymote, Co. Sligo, for its screening with live musical accompaniment!

This iconic silent comedy classic stands as one of the finest films from the silent film era, renowned for its unforgettable train-on-the-bridge scene, which is the most costly scene ever filmed in silent cinema.

Co-directed and starring the legendary Buster Keaton, who doesn`t need any introduction.

Live musical accompaniment by Agustina Taborda (piano), Mila Maia (flute), Gustavo Lobao (percussions)

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IMDb: 8.1/10

ROTTEN TOMATOES: 92%

One of the greatest films of the silent era, directed by Clarence Brown in 1926, starring the iconic Greta Garbo. Childhood friends are torn apart when one of them marries the woman the other fiercely loves.

In 2006, Flesh and the Devil was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Live piano accompaniment

by Mia Fitzgerald

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IMDb: 7.6/10

ROTTEN TOMATOES: 94%

Féile John Ford 2026 is back! Join us at Scoil Éinne, Spiddal, Galway for a screening of Hangman`s House - a masterpiece of silent cinema and the film in which John Ford first began to extend his artistic range.

Departing from the Western, he embraced darker, more ambitious material in this richly atmospheric adaptation of Donn Byrne's Irish Gothic novel, foreshadowing many of the visual and thematic concerns of his mature cinema of the 1930s.

Screening with live musical accompaniment by Mila Maia (piano) and Michael Chang (violin)

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IMDb: 6.5/10

The 1911 silent film is Italy's inaugural full-length feature and one of the earliest films to be screened in its entirety in the United States.

It is loosely based on Inferno, the first part of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. The film depicts Dante's journey through the Circles of Hell, with the poet Virgil as his guide. Filled with haunting visuals and the enchantment of silent cinema, it offers a captivating yet unsettling exploration of hell. Directed by Francesco Bertolini, Giuseppe de Liguoro, and Adolfo Padovan.

Live piano accompaniment

by Thomas Quill

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IMDb: 7.1/10

ROTTEN TOMATOES: 81%

Silent Cinema is excited to come back to Art Deco Cinema & Theatre in Ballymote, Co. Sligo, this time with The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog, an early haunting masterpiece by Alfred Hitchcock and one of the first surviving films from his career.

This 1927 British silent thriller tells the story of a mysterious young man, portrayed by matinee idol Ivor Novello, who moves into a London boarding house during a time when the city is in fear of a serial killer reminiscent of Jack the Ripper.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, the film features performances by Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, June Tripp, and Malcolm Keen. Adapted from the 1913 novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes and the play Who Is He?, it stands as a significant work in the history of early suspense cinema.

This special screening will include live piano accompaniment by Mila Maia, enhancing Hitchcock’s atmospheric vision and bringing it to life in a vivid way.

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IMDb: 7.3/10

ROTTEN TOMATOES: 96%

Stay tuned for the full program, which will be announced soon!

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OUR EXCITEMENT LEVEL: 100/100