Dec. 28 will mark the 110th anniversary of the marriage between music and film. On that date in 1895, the Lumiere Brothers, desiring to test the commercial viability of their new moving pictures, plunked a pianist down in front of a makeshift screen at the Grand Café in Paris, then switched off the lights. The results of that experimental evening are still with us.

In its second year, the Music on Film–Film on Music Festival (bearing the handy palindromic acronym "MOFFOM") will explore every facet of cinema and music's collaboration with more than 120 films, ranging from Beethoven to Bollywood, MTV videos to new compositions for classic films.

Among some of the highlights at this year's MOFFOM will be special showings of work from three filmmakers: Larry Weinstein, Albert Maysles and Don Letts. The festival will also concentrate on film and music from Brazil, with the various screenings interspersed with workshops and live samba bands. On Oct. 24, a special concert with film clips, Composers and Film, will take place at Kino Svetozor with the Berg Chamber Orchestra performing and with commentary by great Czech film director Jiri Menzel. There's even an open screen free showcase for all amateur filmmakers to wrap things up.