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. Festival guests, including film historians Craig Barron, Jerry Beck, Kim Luperi, Danny Reid, Farran Smith Nehme and David Stenn, will introduce each film.

This series is co-curated by author, archivist and film historian David Pierce.
All silent films are co-presented as part of this year’s 2025 Silent Cinema Showcase (Oct. 24–Nov. 15).