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Festival Information

The Library of Congress Festival of Film and Sound program will open with evening screenings on Thursday, June 15, followed by three full days of programs concluding on Sunday evening, June 18, 2023. A weekend of films and presentations will provide opportunities to hear from authors and filmmakers, talk to Library staff and curators and meet fellow fans and researchers at the festival.

Frequently Asked Questions

The Festival of Film & Sound will bring together authors, historians, enthusiasts, Library archivists, curators and staff in a fun-filled weekend, June 15-18, 2023, to enjoy classic rare silent and sound films from the 1920s through the early 1950s not available on Blu-ray or streaming services. The festival will feature screenings, Q&A speaker sessions, lectures, and 35mm archival projection of restored prints. Silent films will feature live musical accompaniment.

All screenings and events will be held at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, Maryland.

Festival passes are on-sale now at the AFI Silver website and at the box-office. A complete festival pass is $150. No individual show passes are available at this time.

We would recommend that you purchase your tickets in-advance. We will only sell passes at the door, if the event is not sold out. With the expressed interest by film fans, and the scheduled line-up, we expect the event to sell out.

At this time, only complete festival passes are available.

All Festival passes will be sold through the AFI Silver box office. You can purchase online at AFI Silver or in-person at the theatre, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. For more information call the box office at 301-495-6700.

You can email our team with questions at filmandsound@loc.gov.