Served in silence: Where to watch the International Silent Film Festival 2020

The International Silent Film Festival is taking the online route for the first time.

This year's edition will run from December 4 to 6 via I Watch More and will feature 10 films from Japan, Italy, France, and Germany.

Viewers can watch six animated shorts from Japan on December 4 from 6:00 P.M. The movies are: The Dull Sword (1971), Burglars of Baghdad Castle (1926), The Animal Olympics (1928), Two Worlds (1929), Old Man Goichi (1931), and A Day after a Hundred Years (1933)

The Dull Sword / Source: Pinterest

The Dull Sword is particularly interesting as it was first screened in 1917, known also as the birth year of domestic animation in Japan.

Films from Italy will be screened on December 5 at 11:00 A.M. Viewers can catch the timely The Silent Killer (2020) and Malombra (1917).

Malombra / Source: Pinterest

The Alfred Machin-directed movie La Manoir de la peur (1927) will represent France on December 6 at 11:00 A.M.

La Manoir de la peur / Source: Worldscinema.org

Capping off the festival is the German sci-fi classic Metropolis (1927) by Fritz Lang on December 6 at 6:00 P.M.

Metropolis / Source: Deenofgeek.com

Live music accompaniment will be dropped this year in favor of recorded scores by Filipino musicians to serve as background music to the movies.

A webinar on film archiving will also be held on December 4 at 3:00 P.M. Film archiving experts from Japan, France, Italy, and Germany will share their thoughts and knowledge about the subject. Filmmaker and archivist Clodualdo del Mundo, Jr. will moderate the discussion.