INTERNATIONAL CINEMA
INTERNATIONAL CINEMA

PLAYING THIS WEEK

Film still from Pompei Below the Clouds (2025). Image of a man looking at scans on a light table.
Film still from Ikiru (1952). Image of a man walking in the rain.
Film still from The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025). Image of a woman with a headset.

POMPEI: BELOW THE CLOUDS (2025)
Directed by Gianfranco Rosi
Italian, 115 min.

The Future of Nature

 

Gianfranco Rosi's black-and-white documentary captures Naples living under the shadow of Vesuvius. Archaeologists, teachers, and firefighters carry on amid the ever-present tremors of a city built on ash.

 

Wednesday, Nov. 4th—5:00PM Lecture 

Wednesday, Nov. 4 — 5:35PM
Thursday, Nov. 5 — 7:45PM
Friday, Nov. 6 — 2:30PM
Friday, Nov. 6 — 6:45PM
Saturday, Nov. 7 — 9:45PM

IKIRU (1952)
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Japanese, 143 min.

Roots and Routes

 

A bureaucrat learns he has only months to live and realizes he's never truly lived at all. Faced with his own mortality, he sets out to find meaning before it's too late. Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru is a profound meditation on mortality and grace.

Wednesday, Nov. 4 — 7:55PM
Thursday, Nov. 5 — 5:00PM
Friday, Nov. 6 — 9:05PM
Saturday, Nov. 7 — 12:25PM
Saturday, Nov. 7 — 5:05PM

THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB (2025)*
Directed by Kaouther Ben Hania
Arabic and English, 89 min.

Miscellaneous

 

On January 29, 2024, Red Crescent volunteers received an emergency call: a young Palestinian girl trapped under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. This docudrama reconstructs that day using Hind's real recorded voice — a restrained, devastating act of remembrance and accountability.

 

Thursday, Nov. 5 — 10:05PM
Friday, Nov. 6 — 4:50PM
Saturday, Nov. 7 — 10:30AM
Saturday, Nov. 7 — 3:10PM
Saturday, Nov. 7 — 7:50PM

Upcoming Faculty Lecture

"Tombaroli, Vigili del Fuoco, Madonna del Arco: Napoli the living city"
by Roger Macfarlane

Roger Macfarlane is a professor of Classical Studies with a longstanding research interest in adaptations of classical mythology in the arts. This semester he teaches ClCv 261, “Greek and Roman Classics in Film.” Since 2005 he has directed BYU’s Herculaneum Papyrus Project and various research projects pertaining to ancient cultures on Vesuvius and around the Bay of Naples. Frequent soggiorni allow him to claim knowledge of the four best classic pizzerias in Napoli and some familiarity with endearing peculiarities of Neapolitan life that feature in Giovanni Rossi’s intimate exploration of this fascinating city.

Film still from Pompei Below the Clouds (2025). Image of a man looking at scans on a light table.

FOLLOWING THE SINGLE SCREENING OF
Pompei: Below the Clouds
(Gianfranco Rosi, Italian, 2025, 115 min.)

Lecture @ 5:00 PM
Film Starts @ 5:35 PM
Wednesday, November 4
250 KMBL

 

Next Week's Showtimes

Wednesday,
Nov. 11

Lecture
"Pelle the Conqueror (1987): The Unbearable Bleakness of Being."
By Julie Allen
5:00PM 

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Pelle the Conqueror (1987, Danish and Swedish)
5:35PM

Wings (1966, Russian)
8:35PM 

Thursday,
Nov. 12

Wings (1966, Russian)
5:00PM 

The Atomic Cafe (1982, English)
6:50PM 

Pelle the Conqueror (1987, Danish and Swedish)
8:40PM 

Friday,
Nov. 13

The Atomic Cafe (1982, English)
2:45PM 

Pelle the Conqueror (1987, Danish and Swedish)
4:35PM 

Wings (1966, Russian)
7:35PM 

The Atomic Cafe (1982, English)
9:25PM 

Saturday,
Nov. 14

The Atomic Cafe (1982, English)
10:30AM 

Pelle the Conqueror (1987, Danish and Swedish)
12:20PM 

Wings (1966, Russian)
3:20PM 

The Atomic Cafe (1982, English)
5:10PM

Pelle the Conqueror (1987, Danish and Swedish)
7:00PM

Wings (1966, Russian)
10:00PM

International Cinema Podcast

The International Cinema Podcast, Fall 2026, Episode 2. Title: Los Olvidados. Image: Film still from Los Olvidados (1950).
The International Cinema Podcast, Fall 2026, Episode 1. Title: Little Amélie or the Character of Rain. Image: Film still from Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (2025).
The International Cinema Podcast, Winter 2026, Episode 6. Title: Cría Cuervos. Film still from the film, Cría Cuervos.

International Cinema Newsletter

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PLAYING THIS WEEK

Film still from Pompei Below the Clouds (2025). Image of a man looking at scans on a light table.

POMPEI: BELOW THE CLOUDS (2025)
Directed by Gianfranco Rosi
Italian, 115 min.

The Future of Nature

 

Gianfranco Rosi's black-and-white documentary captures Naples living under the shadow of Vesuvius. Archaeologists, teachers, and firefighters carry on amid the ever-present tremors of a city built on ash.

 

Wednesday, Nov. 4th—5:00PM Lecture 

Wednesday, Nov. 4 — 5:35PM
Thursday, Nov. 5 — 7:45PM
Friday, Nov. 6 — 2:30PM
Friday, Nov. 6 — 6:45PM
Saturday, Nov. 7 — 9:45PM

Film still from Ikiru (1952). Image of a man walking in the rain.

IKIRU (1952)
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Japanese, 143 min.

Roots and Routes

 

A bureaucrat learns he has only months to live and realizes he's never truly lived at all. Faced with his own mortality, he sets out to find meaning before it's too late. Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru is a profound meditation on mortality and grace.

Wednesday, Nov. 4 — 7:55PM
Thursday, Nov. 5 — 5:00PM
Friday, Nov. 6 — 9:05PM
Saturday, Nov. 7 — 12:25PM
Saturday, Nov. 7 — 5:05PM

Film still from The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025). Image of a woman with a headset.

THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB (2025)*
Directed by Kaouther Ben Hania
Arabic and English, 89 min.

Miscellaneous

 

On January 29, 2024, Red Crescent volunteers received an emergency call: a young Palestinian girl trapped under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. This docudrama reconstructs that day using Hind's real recorded voice — a restrained, devastating act of remembrance and accountability.

 

Thursday, Nov. 5 — 10:05PM
Friday, Nov. 6 — 4:50PM
Saturday, Nov. 7 — 10:30AM
Saturday, Nov. 7 — 3:10PM
Saturday, Nov. 7 — 7:50PM

Upcoming Faculty Lecture

"Tombaroli, Vigili del Fuoco, Madonna del Arco: Napoli the living city"
by Roger Macfarlane

Roger Macfarlane is a professor of Classical Studies with a longstanding research interest in adaptations of classical mythology in the arts. This semester he teaches ClCv 261, “Greek and Roman Classics in Film.” Since 2005 he has directed BYU’s Herculaneum Papyrus Project and various research projects pertaining to ancient cultures on Vesuvius and around the Bay of Naples. Frequent soggiorni allow him to claim knowledge of the four best classic pizzerias in Napoli and some familiarity with endearing peculiarities of Neapolitan life that feature in Giovanni Rossi’s intimate exploration of this fascinating city.

FOLLOWING THE SINGLE SCREENING OF
Pompei: Below the Clouds
(Gianfranco Rosi, Italian, 2025, 115 min.)

Lecture @ 5:00 PM
Film Starts @ 5:35 PM
Wednesday, November 4
250 KMBL

 

Next Week's Showtimes

Wednesday,
Nov. 11

Lecture
"Pelle the Conqueror (1987): The Unbearable Bleakness of Being."
By Julie Allen
5:00PM 

----------

Pelle the Conqueror (1987, Danish and Swedish)
5:35PM

Wings (1966, Russian)
8:35PM 

Thursday,
Nov. 12

Wings (1966, Russian)
5:00PM 

The Atomic Cafe (1982, English)
6:50PM 

------------------------------------

Pelle the Conqueror (1987, Danish and Swedish)
8:40PM 

Friday,
Nov. 13

The Atomic Cafe (1982, English)
2:45PM 

Pelle the Conqueror (1987, Danish and Swedish)
4:35PM 

------------------------------------

Wings (1966, Russian)
7:35PM 

The Atomic Cafe (1982, English)
9:25PM 

Saturday,
Nov. 14

The Atomic Cafe (1982, English)
10:30AM 

Pelle the Conqueror (1987, Danish and Swedish)
12:20PM 

------------------------------------

Wings (1966, Russian)
3:20PM 

The Atomic Cafe (1982, English)
5:10PM

------------------------------------

Pelle the Conqueror (1987, Danish and Swedish)
7:00PM

Wings (1966, Russian)
10:00PM

International Cinema Podcast

The International Cinema Podcast, Fall 2026, Episode 2. Title: Los Olvidados. Image: Film still from Los Olvidados (1950).
The International Cinema Podcast, Fall 2026, Episode 1. Title: Little Amélie or the Character of Rain. Image: Film still from Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (2025).
The International Cinema Podcast, Winter 2026, Episode 6. Title: Cría Cuervos. Film still from the film, Cría Cuervos.
red curtain in the background with white letters that read: International Cinema