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Other Film Conventions

Even if you can't make it to Columbus, there are a lot of great vintage film conventions located around the country that you should check out. 

The Nitrate Picture Show

June 1-4, 2023

George Eastman Museum: Dryden Theatre, 900 East Avenue, Rochester, NY, US 

https://www.eastman.org/nitrate-picture-show

 

MidSouth Nostalgia Festival

June 8-10, 2023

Olive Branch, Mississippi 

https://midsouthnostalgiafestival.com

Library of Congress Festival of Film and Sound

June 15-18, 2023

Silver Spring, Maryland

https://www.loc.gov/events/film-and-sound-festival/festival-information/

Monster Bash

June 16-18, 2023

100 Cranberry Wood Dr. Cranberry Township, PA 16066

https://www.creepyclassics.com/category.sc?categoryId=221

Farmington Silent Film Festival 

July 24 & 25, 2023

Alamo Theater, Bucksport Maine

http://www.silentmaine.com/

Lucille Ball Comedy Festival

August 2-6, 2023

Jamestown, NY

https://comedycenter.org/festival/ 

Roy Rogers Museum Festival 

August 3-5, 2023

Portsmouth, Ohio 

The OFFICIAL Roy Rogers Festival Website

Pulpfest 

August 3-6, 2023

Doubletree Pittsburgh, PA 

https://pulpfest.com/ 

 

Capitolfest

August 11-13, 2023

Capitol Theatre, 220 W Dominick Street, Rome, NY, US

https://www.romecapitol.com/capitolfest/

The Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention

September 7-9, 2023

Hunt Valley Delta Hotel, 245 Shawan Road, Hunt Valley, MD, US 

https://www.midatlanticnostalgiaconvention.com/ 

Pittsburgh Silent Film Festival 

September 24 - October 1, 2023

https://pittsburghsilentfilmsociety.org/

Cinesea

Sept 28- Oct. 1, 2023

Shalimar Hotel, Wildwood, NJ, US

Pordenone

October 7-14, 2023

The Teatro Verdi & Cinemazero , Viale Martelli 2, Pordenone, IT 

http://www.giornatedelcinemamuto.it/en/

Vintage Film Festival

October 20-22, 2023

Capitol Theatre, 20 Queen St, Port Hope Ontario, CA 

https://www.vintagefilmfestival.ca/ 

And More to Be Announced

Cleveland Silent Film Festival and Colloquium 

Cleveland Silent Film Festival & Colloquium

Forssa International Silent Film Festival

Forssa, Finland, FI 

http://www.forssasilentmovie.com/ 

Telluride Film Festival

Sheridan Opera House 110 N Oak St, Telluride, CO 81435

https://telluridefilmfestival.org/show

SPERDVAC

Crowne Plaza Hotel Costa Mesa, CA

http://www.sperdvac.com/

Loud Silents Festival

Tampere, Finland, FI 

https://us.eventbu.com/tampere/loud-silents-festival-2017/1391912 

Western New York Movie Expo

Buffalo Grand Hotel, 120 Church Street, Buffalo, NY, US 

https://wnymovieexpo.com/

Newhallywood Silent Film Festival 

Virtual

https://santaclaritaarts.com/newhallywood/

Kansas Silent Film Festival

Jayhawk Theatre 720 SW Jackson St, Topeka, KS 66603

http://www.kssilentfilmfest.org/ 

Silent Film Days

Tromse, Norway, NO 

https://www.tiff.no/en/information/silent-film-days

San Francisco Silent Film Festival 

Castro Theatre, 429 Castro Street, San Francisco, CA

https://silentfilm.org/sfsff-live-events/

Orphans

Concordia University Montreal Canada 

https://wp.nyu.edu/orphanfilm/program2022/ 

The Internationale Stummfilmtage

Bonn, Germany, DE 

https://www.internationale-stummfilmtage.de/en/home-en

Sons of the Desert Convention

https://sons2022.com/ 

Cinecon

Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, US 

http://www.cinecon.org/ 

Lone Pine Film Festival 

Lone Pine, California 

https://www.lonepinefilmfestival.org/

Buster Keaton Convention

Delta Hotel 939 Third St Muskegon, MI 49440

https://www.busterkeaton.org/convention-2022

Toronto Silent Film Festival

Revue Cinema 400 Roncevalles Ave 
http://www.torontosilentfilmfestival.com/ 

TCM Classic Cruise 

Miami to Grand Cayman 

https://www.tcmcruise.com/ 

International Manilla Silent Film Festival 

Samsung Hall, Mandaluyong, Philippines

https://www.facebook.com/InternationalSilentFilmFestivalManila/

TCM Film Festival 

Hollywood, CA

http://filmfestival.tcm.com/ 

Early Television Museum Convention

5396 Franklin Street Hilliard, Ohio

https://www.earlytelevision.org/2023_convention.html

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