The AFI Silver Classic Film Weekend returns with an immersive lineup of stunning new restorations, big-screen rarities, silent films with live musical accompaniment, 35mm prints and astonishing pre-Code pictures. Witness legendary stars like Clara Bow, Anna May Wong, Myrna Loy, Tyrone Power, Maurice Chevalier, Nancy Carroll and Warren William ignite the screen in films directed by luminaries such as Cecil B. DeMille, Ernst Lubitsch, Tod Browning, Michael Curtiz and Dorothy Arzner.

 

All silent films are co-presented as part of this year’s 2025 Silent Cinema Showcase (Oct. 24–Nov. 15). 

Titles Just Announced!

Tickets will go on sale when the full schedule and special guests are announced in September.

THIS DAY AND AGE in 35mm

FALSE FACES (1932)

FEMALE (1933)

FOLLOW THRU (1930)

THE GARDEN OF EDEN (1928)

KICK IN (1931) in 35mm

THE LOVE PARADE

Lost and Found Cartoons with Animation Historian Jerry Beck

THE MIND READER

Double Feature: OUTSIDE THE LAW (1930)
with YOUNG DESIRE in 35mm

OKAY, AMERICA! (1932) in 35mm

THE PLASTIC AGE in 35mm

Pre-Code Cartoons with Animation Historian Jerry Beck

THE RAINS CAME in 35mm

SAXOPHONE SUZY

SMOULDERING FIRES (1925)

SONG (1928)

THE WILD PARTY

All-Access Pass

Combination Classic Film Weekend & Silent Cinema Showcase All-Access Passes

$200

Attend every screening and event in the 2025 AFI Silver Classic Film Weekend (Nov. 6–9),
in addition to the 2025 Silent Cinema Showcase (Oct. 24–Nov. 15).

*Silver Cinema Club discounts currently available in person only.

Stay in Silver Spring and save!

We have partnered with Courtyard Silver Spring Downtown in the heart of Downtown Silver Spring — and just steps away from AFI Silver — to offer a limited number of discounted rooms for  AFI Silver Classic Film Weekend  attendees Nov. 5–10Book before October 7 to secure a special rate!

 

Reservations can be made online here or by calling the hotel at 301.589.4899 and referencing Classic Film Weekend at AFI Silver.

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