Silent Movie Week 2026

The Museum of Modern Art announces the fourth annual presentation of Silent Movie Week, a summer series that presents seven recent silent film restorations at MoMA over the course of seven consecutive evenings, from July 29 through August 3, 2026. This year’s series will be the first to feature restorations of films exclusively drawn from MoMA’s collection. Two of the films—The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927) and A Dog’s Life/Shoulder Arms (1918)—have been restored to their original domestic theatrical release cut for the first time since the works premiered, with MoMA’s print of The Student Prince recently discovered to be the sole remaining copy of the cut shown to audiences in 1927. All restorations are being shown in the Museum’s theaters for the first time, including three World premieres and four American premieres. This year’s series will once again feature live musical accompaniment, including a 10-piece orchestra performance of a newly reconstructed score for Way Down East (1920) by music scholar Gillian B. Anderson, and a newly recorded, MoMA-commissioned orchestral score for 3 Bad Men (1926), written and conducted by Timothy Brock.

Organized by Dave Kehr, Curator, and Steve Macfarlane, Department Assistant, Department of Film.

Film at MoMA is made possible by CHANEL.

Additional support is provided by the Annual Film Fund. Leadership support for the Annual Film Fund is provided by The Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art, Agnes Gund through The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art, the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP), and The Young Patrons Council of The Museum of Modern Art. Additional funding for film restorations is provided by the Lillian Gish Fund for Preservation.