Season’s greetings Silent Londoners. It has been a whirlwind of a year. How much do you remember?
Personally, I watched silent movies on three different continents this year, so I have some great cinema memories from 2024. Pordenone and Bologna, San Francisco, Istanbul, Locarno… and back home, Hippfest, Bristol, Sherlock Holmes at Alexandra Palace, Dorothy Arzner and more at the Southbank, non-stop action at the Kennington Bioscope. We celebrated some major anniversaries. Plus there was a lot of love for Anna May Wong, and Sessue Hayakawa.
And this was a great year, in particular, for modern silents. I loved Robot Dreams (Pablo Berger) and still have to get to Flow ( Gints Zilbalodis, who won the poll once before). What did you make of the brilliantly titled Hundreds of Beavers (Mike Cheslik)?
And an exceptional year for home cinema. How about that Louis Feuillade set from Eureka? Or Häxan from Radiance?
Please, share your discoveries with your fellow fans via the Silent London Poll.
Last year I trimmed the poll down. But due to popular request I have reinstated a couple of questions. As ever, only two questions in the poll are mandatory – so even if you have to skip some sections, I really, really want to collect your votes in the other categories. Silent cinema is worth shouting about.
Scroll down to start voting, or click here to load on a new tab. The poll will stay open until mid January, so you have time to think and watch and think some more … You will not be silenced!
Happy voting!
