The
Govinda's Silent Film Festival is an exciting cinema event which will be held on selected days from February 21st to April 1st, 2012.
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This event is perhaps inspired by the success of the multi-award winning silent romance/comedy
The Artist and is a great opportunity for film enthusiasts to rediscover some of the great early cinema releases. Key feature films in the festival program include;
J'accuse (1919)- directed by Abel Gance.
The Last of the Mohicans (1920) - directed by Maurice Tourneur.
Destiny (1921) - directed by Fritz Lang.
By The Law (1926) - directed by Lev Kuleshov.
Captain Fracasse (1929) - directed by Alberto Cavalcanti.
The Adventurer (1927) - directed by Charlie Chaplin
Cops (1922) - directed by Buster Keaton.
The Marriage Circle (1924) - directed by Ernst Lubitsch.
The Clinging Vine (1926) - produced by Cecil B D Mille.
The Italian Straw Hat (1927) - directed by Rene Clair.
For the complete film program,
please see here.
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Most of these classic films are hard to come by, so this is a rare opportunity to view them as they were meant to be seen.
The selected feature films have been restored and will be accompanied by a musical score.
Individual film tickets are priced from $14.90 and film and dinner packages are also available from $29.80.
For more information on this exciting film festival, please
see here.
