14th International Silent Film Festival Manila Touted as Asia’s first silent film festival, the festival’s 14th edition will run online this weekend, with 10 films from Japan, Italy, Germany and France. There will be some animated films from Japan include the oldest existing Japanese animation, The Dull Sword (1917) by Junichi Kouchi. Forgoing live music accompaniment, original recorded scores from Filipino musicians will be used for thePhoto credit: International Silent…
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Lumière Grand Lyon Film Festival 2020 Opened last weekend, Lumière Film Festival is another festival focuses on the history of cinema with the line-up dedicated to the works of the past through restored prints, retrospectives and tributes. Around 400 screenings and related activities will be held in 22 communes in the Metropolitan Lyon for nine consecutive days! The Lumière Award, an award that recognises the achievement and contributions of an…
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Pordenone Silent Film Festival 2020 Pordenone Silent Film Festival has been hosting for 39 years, and has established itself as the Mecca of silent films. This year it will be opened with William Beaudine’s Penrod and Sam (1923). Line-up for this year also includes Guo Feng (1935) directed by Luo Mingyou and Zhu Shilin, Georg Wilhelm Pabst’s The Devious Path (1928), The Brilliant Biograph from Eye Collections and the newly…
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