Not-So-Silent Cinema 2023

Overview

For one night this March, an iconic movie will serve up a glorious blast from the past in a whole new way. That's what Not-So-Silent Cinema is all about. A collaboration between ACMI and Federation Square — and screening at the latter, too — this outdoor event showcases iconic silent films for free under the stars, complete playing with live soundtracks. And it's back for the Labour Day long weekend.

Silent cinema didn't mean ditching all sound completely a century back, after all, and it definitely doesn't now. So, while you sit in a deckchair and peer at Fed Square's big screen on Sunday, March 12 from 7.30pm, you'll be listening to something ace as you watch.

The film in the spotlight: Indian silent film Muraliwala from 1927, with Hari Sivanesan and the South Asian Music Ensemble providing the tunes.

Sure, you've seen plenty of movies, and spent plenty of time in Fed Square — but this free evening is far more than your usual trip to the pictures.

Images: Tobias Tltz.