NEW DELHI: A Festival of silent films from Austria is being held this week in Delhi.

The festival has been organised by the Federation of Film Societies of India North Zone in collaboration with the Austrian Culture Forum and the Indian International Centre on 20 and 21 January.

The package consists of early classic silent films like ‘Cafe Electrik‘ starring Marlene Deitrich and Willi Forst, ‘Sodom and Gommorah‘, ‘Virtue‘ and ‘Moon of Israel‘, two short films starring Cocl and Seff who inspired later the Laural and Hardy films and three early advertisement shorts.

The package is presented by Gerhard Gruber, eminent curator of early Austrian cinema and himself a cinematographer. He will introduce the film packages daily and hold discussions with the audiences at the end of the screenings.