MUMBAI: American screenwriter and author James Hart, who wrote the screenplay for Steven Spielberg’s Hook and Francis Ford Coppola’s Dracula, will host a Master class on Horror at the 12th Osian’s Cinefanto be held in New Delhi. The master class will be held on 2 August at 4:30 pm.

The other master classes would be conducted by Priit Tender who will conduct two master classes on animation on 29 and 31 July. Tender has made award-winning animation films like Gravitation (1996), The Crow and the Mice (1998), Viola (1999) and Mont Blanc (2001).

Samir Farid, a film critic and author based in Cairo, will give a lecture on 28 July. Farid has authored several books on cinema. He is also the consultant for Cinema affairs in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, library and cultural centre in the Egyptian city of Alexandria.

The 12th Osian’s Cinefan Film Festival will be held from 27 July and 5 August.