The female directors of silent films

Live music by Radio Days Movie

23 April 2025

9.00 PM

Plus - Spazio Arena

Speaking of women in the world of cinema, even today a myriad of actresses come to mind but very few names among those behind the camera and in the role of director. In the silent era, things were no different, quite the contrary; and although they played an enormous role in the development of cinema itself, the women directors active at that time are hardly ever mentioned in historical texts. With ‘The Female Directors of Silent Films’, Radio Days Movie wants to remember some of the most important pioneers of the Seventh Art, from Alice Guy to Lois Weber, via Elvira Coda Notari, Lotte Reininger and Germaine Dulac. An audiovisual journey through short films, feature film clips, documentaries, comedies, thrillers, dramas and animations, with original music and arrangements by Michele Kettmaier.

Radio Days Movie

A Trento-based musical group founded in 1995, specialising since 2010 in live music for silent films, respecting the accompaniment method used at the time, i.e. synchronising ‘on sight’ with the film. The quintet of ‘The Female Directors of Silent Films’ consists of Stefano Eccher (trumpet), Fabrizio Carlin (trombone), Lorenzo Sighel (alto and soprano sax), Michele Kettmaier (piano), and Claudio Lombardi (acoustic bass).