The 2015 British animated film Shaun the Sheep Movie based on Shaun the Sheep was released to positive reviews and was a box office . Aardman Animations also produced Morph and Timmy Time as well as many other silent short films. The American Theatre Organ Society pays homage to the music of silent films, as well as the theatre organs that played such music. With over 75 local chapters, the organization seeks to preserve and promote theater organs and music, as an art .

The Globe International Silent Film Festival (GISFF) is an annual event focusing on image and atmosp in cinema which takes place in a reputable university or acemic environment every year and is a plat for showcasing and judging films from filmmakers who are active in this field. In 2018 film director Chriher Annino shot the internationally award- feature silent film of its kind Silent Times. The film gives homage to many of the characters from the 1920s including Officer Keystone played by David Blair, and Enzio Marc who portrays a Charlie Chaplin character. Silent Times has best silent film at the Oniros Film Festival.

Set in a sm England town, the story centers on Oliver Henry III (played by Westerly native Geoff Blanchette), a small-time crook turned vaudeville theater owner. From humble beginnings in England, he immigrates to the US in search of happiness and fast . He becomes acquainted with people from all walks of , from burlesque perers, mimes, hobos to classy flapper girls, as his fortunes rise and his spins ever more out of control. Preservation and lost films Further ination: Lost film and Film preservation A still from Saved from the Titanic (1912), which featured survivors of the disaster. It is among those considered a lost film.

The vast majority of the silent films produced in the late 19th and early 20th centuries are considered lost. According to a September 2013 report published by the United States Library of Congress, some 70 percent of American silent feature films fall into this category. T are numerous reasons for this number being so high. Some films have been lost unintentionally, but most silent films were destroyed on purpose. Between the end of the silent era and the rise of video, film studios would often discard large numbers of silent films out of a desire to up storage in their archives, assuming that they h lost the cultural relevance and economic value to justify the amount of space they occupied. ditionally, due to the