Midnight Sun Film Festival presents its silent film serving of 2017
Finnish silent films by Cannes winner, the new composition of a 1925 horror movie classic and a masterpiece saved from oblivion, all on a glorious silver screen accompanied by live music: Midnight Sun Film Festival is proud to present its silent film serving of 2017!
The Happiest Day In The Life of Olli Mäki director, Cannes winner Juho Kuosmanen introduces his remake of The Moonshiners, the first film in Finnish cinema history, at the 32nd Midnight Sun Film Festival.
The traditional Midnight Fun Film Festival silent screening will follow the film's premiere at the Loud Silents film festival and will be accompanied by Ykspihlaja Kino Orchestra and internationally celebrated foley artist Heikki Kossi. The screening will also include Kuosmanen’s previous silent short Romu-Mattila ja kaunis nainen (2012).
As our annual Friday silent film, the renowned Avanti! chamber orchestra, led by world famous Canadian conductor Gabriel Thibaudeau, present Thibaudeau’s new composition of Rupert Julian classic The Phantom of the Opera (1925). Lon Chaney, the man with a thousand faces, haunts the Paris Opera House as the deformed Phantom. As a rare treat, opera singer Reetta Haavisto performs the soprano solo.
To wrap up the triptych of the silent film serving, Midnight Sun Film Festival is proud to present an almost forgotten masterpiece saved from oblivion: The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna (1929) is tragedy of gossamer proportions and accompanied with piano by Thibaudeau himself. Brigitte Helm of Metropolis plays her career role as the woman saving the life of her loved one.
