UPCOMING FILM EVENTS

World Histories
Film Series

Contemporary World Cinema
All films will be shown in Levitt Auditorium and are FREE.

As the art world moves beyond its traditional centers of New York, London, and Paris, new and established film industries around the globe are positioning themselves to compete with Hollywood. These films offer a glimpse of cinema from around the world today.

Sunday, July 6, 1:30 pm
Bamako, 2006
118 minutes, not rated (intended for adults)
French and Bambara with English subtitles

In the courtyard of a communal dwelling in Mali, a remarkable tribunal has been convened: the people of Africa are putting officials from the International Monetary Fund and other international institutions on trial, charging them with promoting policies that have increased the continent’s deprivation.

Sunday, July 13, 1:30 pm
Offside, 2006
93 minutes, rated PG
Farsi with English subtitles

In Iran, where women are banned from attending sporting events, a group of female fans meet up at a World-Cup-qualifying soccer match in Tehran’s Azadi stadium where they disguise themselves as men to gain entrance. The film works as a comedy that is also a plea for women’s rights in Iranian society.

Sunday, July 20, 1:30 pm
Lost in Beijing, 2007
112 minutes, not rated (intended for adults)
Mandarin with English subtitles

Set against the frenzied backdrop of Beijing, where a fast growing economy has created a new class of urban socialites and nouveau riche, the film is centered on a ménage-a-quatre involving a young woman, her boss, her husband, and her boss’s wife.

Sunday, July 27, 1:30 pm
Jar City, 2006
93 minutes, not rated (intended for adults)
Icelandic with English subtitles

An elderly man is found murdered and the only leads are a cryptic note and a photograph of a girl’s grave. The worn-down cop investigating the case discovers that the victim was accused, though not convicted, of horrible crimes. As he reopens the old files, a trail of unusual forensic evidence unfolds revealing secrets that are much larger than the murder of one man.

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