Six films from Hollywood have been scheduled for screening at the American Centre here, which is collaborating with Cinedarbaar for the three day event.
Speakers have been invited to be a part of discussion with the audience post the screenings, organisers said.
Bijoy Philip, a doctoral scholar at the Department of Cinema Studies at JNU has been invited to speak on the subject of 'History of Fictional Robots In American Cinema' on the opening day of the festival.
On the last day of the festival Abhija Ghosh, a PhD scholar in Cinema Studies from JNU, is slated to talk about Dystopic Imagination in Hollywood Science Fiction.
The list of films to be screened include "The Day The Earth Stood Still" starring Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, which is set to open the festival.
"A Space Odessey" starring Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, "Star Wars" starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher, "Blade Runner", "Robocop" are among the other films.
The diversity and interaction of robots in cinema is being showcased in cinema. Robots in cinema have existed in forms of robots - a programmed device that performs mechanically or automatically such asHal 900.
Android - refers to automation or artificial man that possesses human features and resembles human beings such as Star Trek and Cyborg which refers to a human whose body and physiological processes are aided or controlled such as Robocop.
The event, which is free but by invitation only also hosts a quiz programme with prizes sponsored by the American Centre.