Dylan Champagne opens the festival, which combines classic silent films with live music, with Victor Sjöstrom’s unclassifiable 1928 melodrama, featuring a new score for string quartet and live electronics. In her most harrowing role, Lillian Gish stars as a woman who comes to a wrangler’s outfit on a bleak Western expanse, seeking shelter from the storms (75 min, mature audiences). Tickets: $15 general admission, $10 students, $50 series pass.