In this iconic Spaghetti Western, Italian director Sergio Leone relies as much on sound and space as he does on action to imagine the beauty and ruthlessness of the American West in this film shot mostly in Spain while boasting one of Ennio Morricone’s most haunting soundtracks.

Sergio Leone / 1968 / English / 165 min.

Oscar winner in 1990, this enduring IC favorite tells the story of Toto growing up in post-WWII Sicily. Mesmerized by the local movie theater and its quirky culture, he befriends the aging projectionist who later inspires him to leave town and pursue his own dreams of filmmaking. (English/Italian/Portuguese/Sicilian)

Giuseppe Tornatore/ 1988 / 155 minutes

For an artform that began in total silence, cinema now relies on sound just as much as image. This documentary tells the story of how sound editing and foley work became some of the most important jobs in filmmaking. (Documentary)

Midge Costin / 2019 / English / 94 min

In this iconic Spaghetti Western, Italian director Sergio Leone relies as much on sound and space as he does on action to imagine the beauty and ruthlessness of the American West in this film shot mostly in Spain while boasting one of Ennio Morricone’s most haunting soundtracks.

Sergio Leone / 1968 / English / 165 min.

Eighteenth century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal. (English/Guarani/Spanish/Latin)

Roland Joffé / 1986 / 125 mins

Oscar winner in 1990, this enduring IC favorite tells the story of Toto growing up in post-WWII Sicily. Mesmerized by the local movie theater and its quirky culture, he befriends the aging projectionist who later inspires him to leave town and pursue his own dreams of filmmaking. (English/Italian/Portuguese/Sicilian)

Giuseppe Tornatore/ 1988 / 155 minutes

For an artform that began in total silence, cinema now relies on sound just as much as image. This documentary tells the story of how sound editing and foley work became some of the most important jobs in filmmaking. (Documentary)

Midge Costin / 2019 / English / 94 min

Eighteenth century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal. (English/Guarani/Spanish/Latin)

Roland Joffé / 1986 / 125 mins

Oscar winner in 1990, this enduring IC favorite tells the story of Toto growing up in post-WWII Sicily. Mesmerized by the local movie theater and its quirky culture, he befriends the aging projectionist who later inspires him to leave town and pursue his own dreams of filmmaking. (English/Italian/Portuguese/Sicilian)

Giuseppe Tornatore/ 1988 / 155 minutes

In this iconic Spaghetti Western, Italian director Sergio Leone relies as much on sound and space as he does on action to imagine the beauty and ruthlessness of the American West in this film shot mostly in Spain while boasting one of Ennio Morricone’s most haunting soundtracks.

Sergio Leone / 1968 / English / 165 min.

Eighteenth century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal. (English/Guarani/Spanish/Latin)

Roland Joffé / 1986 / 125 mins

A scientific observer’s job of observing an old cantankerous single man’s kitchen habits is complicated by his growing friendship with him. (Norwegian/Swedish)

Bent Hamer / 2003 / 95 mins

Jacob Yi relocates his young Korean-American family to rural Arkansas in hopes of pursuing the American Dream. This semi-autobiographical tale and Oscar winner depicts the joys and challenges of cultural assimilation that accompany the immigrant experience. (Korean)

Lee Isaac Chung / 2020 / 115 min.

A family with nine children is forced to relocate from its isolated life in the Bucharest Delta. Chronicling their lives before and after the change, this documentary offers a view of the perils of urban life for those unaccustomed to it. A documentary. (Romanian)

Radu Ciorniciuc / 2020 / 86 min.

Amidst the tumultuous social transformations of 1994 in South Korea, lonely teenager Eun-hee attempts to reconcile her coming-of-age experience with the traditions of her working-class Seoul upbringing in writer / director Bora Kim’s realistic debut. (Korean)

Bora Kim / 2018 / 138 min.

A scientific observer’s job of observing an old cantankerous single man’s kitchen habits is complicated by his growing friendship with him. (Norwegian/Swedish)

Bent Hamer / 2003 / 95 mins

Amidst the tumultuous social transformations of 1994 in South Korea, lonely teenager Eun-hee attempts to reconcile her coming-of-age experience with the traditions of her working-class Seoul upbringing in writer / director Bora Kim’s realistic debut. (Korean)

Bora Kim / 2018 / 138 min.

Jacob Yi relocates his young Korean-American family to rural Arkansas in hopes of pursuing the American Dream. This semi-autobiographical tale and Oscar winner depicts the joys and challenges of cultural assimilation that accompany the immigrant experience. (Korean)

Lee Isaac Chung / 2020 / 115 min.

A scientific observer’s job of observing an old cantankerous single man’s kitchen habits is complicated by his growing friendship with him. (Norwegian/Swedish)

Bent Hamer / 2003 / 95 mins

Amidst the tumultuous social transformations of 1994 in South Korea, lonely teenager Eun-hee attempts to reconcile her coming-of-age experience with the traditions of her working-class Seoul upbringing in writer / director Bora Kim’s realistic debut. (Korean)

Bora Kim / 2018 / 138 min.

Jacob Yi relocates his young Korean-American family to rural Arkansas in hopes of pursuing the American Dream. This semi-autobiographical tale and Oscar winner depicts the joys and challenges of cultural assimilation that accompany the immigrant experience. (Korean)

Lee Isaac Chung / 2020 / 115 min.

A family with nine children is forced to relocate from its isolated life in the Bucharest Delta. Chronicling their lives before and after the change, this documentary offers a view of the perils of urban life for those unaccustomed to it. A documentary. (Romanian)

Radu Ciorniciuc / 2020 / 86 min.

Amidst the tumultuous social transformations of 1994 in South Korea, lonely teenager Eun-hee attempts to reconcile her coming-of-age experience with the traditions of her working-class Seoul upbringing in writer / director Bora Kim’s realistic debut. (Korean)

Bora Kim / 2018 / 138 min.

A scientific observer’s job of observing an old cantankerous single man’s kitchen habits is complicated by his growing friendship with him. (Norwegian/Swedish)

Bent Hamer / 2003 / 95 mins

Jacob Yi relocates his young Korean-American family to rural Arkansas in hopes of pursuing the American Dream. This semi-autobiographical tale and Oscar winner depicts the joys and challenges of cultural assimilation that accompany the immigrant experience. (Korean)

Lee Isaac Chung / 2020 / 115 min.

Why Your Idea of Justice is Probably Wrong: Lessons from Rwanda [A Conversation about the film My Neighbor, My Killer (dir. Anne Aghion, English/Kinyarwanda, 2009)

Ben Cook is a faculty member at the J. Reuben Clark Law School where he teaches courses on negotiation, mediation, and conflict resolution. He is the director of the Center for Peace & Conflict Resolution.

(Anne Aghion, English/Kinyarwanda, 2009, 80 min.)

Focusing on the aftermath of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, this documentary shows the process of the Gacaca courts, a citizen-based justice system used to attempt reconciliation between neighbors who were often former enemies. (Documentary)

(Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi, French/Persian/German, 2007, 96 min.)

A superb animated adaptation of Marjane Satrapi’s autobiographical graphic novels about coming of age in 1970s Tehran. She’s an outspoken girl who finds her attitude and outlook repeatedly challenged during the Islamic Revolution.

(Jasmila Zbanic, Serbo-Croatian/Bosnian/English/Serbian, 2020, 101 min.)

A local UN translator from Srebrenica, Bosnia tries to keep her family and villagers safe as the Serbian army overruns the town and a UN peacekeeping force fails to stop the violence. This Oscar-nominated film is based on true events from 1995.

(Luis Zorraquin, Guaraní/Spanish, 2016, 85 min.)

In this unique road movie where much of the trip takes place on a boat, a man and his granddaughter travel from Paraguay (where Guaraní is one of the two official languages) to Buenos Aires to reconnect with the girl’s mother.

(Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi, French/Persian/German, 2007, 96 min.)

A superb animated adaptation of Marjane Satrapi’s autobiographical graphic novels about coming of age in 1970s Tehran. She’s an outspoken girl who finds her attitude and outlook repeatedly challenged during the Islamic Revolution.

(Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi, French/Persian/German, 2007, 96 min.)

A superb animated adaptation of Marjane Satrapi’s autobiographical graphic novels about coming of age in 1970s Tehran. She’s an outspoken girl who finds her attitude and outlook repeatedly challenged during the Islamic Revolution.

(Anne Aghion, English/Kinyarwanda, 2009, 80 min.)

Focusing on the aftermath of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, this documentary shows the process of the Gacaca courts, a citizen-based justice system used to attempt reconciliation between neighbors who were often former enemies. (Documentary)

(Jasmila Zbanic, Serbo-Croatian/Bosnian/English/Serbian, 2020, 101 min.)

A local UN translator from Srebrenica, Bosnia tries to keep her family and villagers safe as the Serbian army overruns the town and a UN peacekeeping force fails to stop the violence. This Oscar-nominated film is based on true events from 1995.

(Luis Zorraquin, Guaraní/Spanish, 2016, 85 min.)

In this unique road movie where much of the trip takes place on a boat, a man and his granddaughter travel from Paraguay (where Guaraní is one of the two official languages) to Buenos Aires to reconnect with the girl’s mother.

(Jasmila Zbanic, Serbo-Croatian/Bosnian/English/Serbian, 2020, 101 min.)

A local UN translator from Srebrenica, Bosnia tries to keep her family and villagers safe as the Serbian army overruns the town and a UN peacekeeping force fails to stop the violence. This Oscar-nominated film is based on true events from 1995.

(Luis Zorraquin, Guaraní/Spanish, 2016, 85 min.)

In this unique road movie where much of the trip takes place on a boat, a man and his granddaughter travel from Paraguay (where Guaraní is one of the two official languages) to Buenos Aires to reconnect with the girl’s mother.

(Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi, French/Persian/German, 2007, 96 min.)

A superb animated adaptation of Marjane Satrapi’s autobiographical graphic novels about coming of age in 1970s Tehran. She’s an outspoken girl who finds her attitude and outlook repeatedly challenged during the Islamic Revolution.

(Jasmila Zbanic, Serbo-Croatian/Bosnian/English/Serbian, 2020, 101 min.)

A local UN translator from Srebrenica, Bosnia tries to keep her family and villagers safe as the Serbian army overruns the town and a UN peacekeeping force fails to stop the violence. This Oscar-nominated film is based on true events from 1995.

(Anne Aghion, English/Kinyarwanda, 2009, 80 min.)

Focusing on the aftermath of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, this documentary shows the process of the Gacaca courts, a citizen-based justice system used to attempt reconciliation between neighbors who were often former enemies. (Documentary)

“History Class Don’t Tell Us ‘Bout Juneteenth”: Fighting the Power
[An introduction to the film Miss Juneteenth (dir. Channing Godfrey Peoples, English, 2020)]

Dr. Kristin L. Matthews is Professor of English and an affiliate of the Africana, American, and Global Women’s Studies programs at Brigham Young University. She teaches and publishes on 20th and 21st century American, African American, and women’s literature.

Turquoise, a single mom, enrolls her reluctant daughter into the Miss Juneteenth pageant. The grand prize of a full-ride scholarship to a historically black college will give her daughter the opportunities that Turquoise squandered in her youth.

Channing Godfrey Peoples, English, 2020, 99 min.

Winner of the Golden Bear (Best Picture) at the Berlin International Film Festival, There is No Evil, filmed in secret in Iran, includes four stories that personalize and denounce that nation’s use of the death penalty. One dramatic scene may be too strong for some viewers

Mohammad Rasoulof, Persian, 2020, 151 min.

A silent movie star meets a young dancer, but the arrival of talking pictures sends their careers in opposite directions. This highly-acclaimed film won five Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director.

Michel Hazanavicius, Silent, 2011, 100 min.

Andrey Konchalovskiy, Russian, 2020, 121 min.

USSR, 1962. Mass worker strikes are covering the country. Lyudmila is a Stalinist who has dedicated her life to the Party, but after witnessing how her government deals with internal conflict, her worldview is shaken to its core.

Turquoise, a single mom, enrolls her reluctant daughter into the Miss Juneteenth pageant. The grand prize of a full-ride scholarship to a historically black college will give her daughter the opportunities that Turquoise squandered in her youth.

Channing Godfrey Peoples, English, 2020, 99 min.

Winner of the Golden Bear (Best Picture) at the Berlin International Film Festival, There is No Evil, filmed in secret in Iran, includes four stories that personalize and denounce that nation’s use of the death penalty. One dramatic scene may be too strong for some viewers

Mohammad Rasoulof, Persian, 2020, 151 min.

A silent movie star meets a young dancer, but the arrival of talking pictures sends their careers in opposite directions. This highly-acclaimed film won five Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director.

Michel Hazanavicius, Silent, 2011, 100 min.

Andrey Konchalovskiy, Russian, 2020, 121 min.

USSR, 1962. Mass worker strikes are covering the country. Lyudmila is a Stalinist who has dedicated her life to the Party, but after witnessing how her government deals with internal conflict, her worldview is shaken to its core.

Winner of the Golden Bear (Best Picture) at the Berlin International Film Festival, There is No Evil, filmed in secret in Iran, includes four stories that personalize and denounce that nation’s use of the death penalty. One dramatic scene may be too strong for some viewers

Mohammad Rasoulof, Persian, 2020, 151 min.

Andrey Konchalovskiy, Russian, 2020, 121 min.

USSR, 1962. Mass worker strikes are covering the country. Lyudmila is a Stalinist who has dedicated her life to the Party, but after witnessing how her government deals with internal conflict, her worldview is shaken to its core.

Anna-Lisa Halling is an associate professor of Portuguese literature who received her PhD from Vanderbilt University. Her research focuses primarily on early modern Iberian women writers as well as theater. While she often travels to Portugal and Spain for research, she has also spent time in and loves Latin America (particularly Brazil and Chile).

Young photographer Rita stumbles upon a forgotten town in rural Brazil where the locals are all elderly. She is accepted into the community but causes some tension when she asks to visit the local cemetary.

Júlia Murat, Portuguese, 2011, 98 min.

In this sensitive, Oscar-nominated documentary, a private investigator hires an older gentleman to work undercover at a retirement home in Chile to investigate whether the facility is properly taking care of its occupants. (Documentary)

Maite Alberdi, Spanish, 2020, 84 min.

Georges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. One day, Anne has a stroke, an event that severely tests the couple. Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film.

Michael Haneke, French, 2012, 127 min.

The Nonomiya family reunites one late-summer afternoon to commemorate the death of their eldest son in this layered depiction of the subtle regrets, resentments, and joys of familial interaction by Japan’s leading filmmaker and director of Shoplifters (2019).

Hirokazu Koreeda, Japanese, 2008, 115 min.

Young photographer Rita stumbles upon a forgotten town in rural Brazil where the locals are all elderly. She is accepted into the community but causes some tension when she asks to visit the local cemetary.

Júlia Murat, Portuguese, 2011, 98 min.

Georges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. One day, Anne has a stroke, an event that severely tests the couple. Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film.

Michael Haneke, French, 2012, 127 min.

The Nonomiya family reunites one late-summer afternoon to commemorate the death of their eldest son in this layered depiction of the subtle regrets, resentments, and joys of familial interaction by Japan’s leading filmmaker and director of Shoplifters (2019).

Hirokazu Koreeda, Japanese, 2008, 115 min.

Georges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. One day, Anne has a stroke, an event that severely tests the couple. Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film.

Michael Haneke, French, 2012, 127 min.

In this sensitive, Oscar-nominated documentary, a private investigator hires an older gentleman to work undercover at a retirement home in Chile to investigate whether the facility is properly taking care of its occupants. (Documentary)

Maite Alberdi, Spanish, 2020, 84 min.

Young photographer Rita stumbles upon a forgotten town in rural Brazil where the locals are all elderly. She is accepted into the community but causes some tension when she asks to visit the local cemetary.

Júlia Murat, Portuguese, 2011, 98 min.

The Nonomiya family reunites one late-summer afternoon to commemorate the death of their eldest son in this layered depiction of the subtle regrets, resentments, and joys of familial interaction by Japan’s leading filmmaker and director of Shoplifters (2019).

Hirokazu Koreeda, Japanese, 2008, 115 min.

Young photographer Rita stumbles upon a forgotten town in rural Brazil where the locals are all elderly. She is accepted into the community but causes some tension when she asks to visit the local cemetary.

Júlia Murat, Portuguese, 2011, 98 min.

Georges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. One day, Anne has a stroke, an event that severely tests the couple. Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film.

Michael Haneke, French, 2012, 127 min.

The Nonomiya family reunites one late-summer afternoon to commemorate the death of their eldest son in this layered depiction of the subtle regrets, resentments, and joys of familial interaction by Japan’s leading filmmaker and director of Shoplifters (2019).

Hirokazu Koreeda, Japanese, 2008, 115 min.

Douglas J. Weatherford is co-director of BYU’s International Cinema and Professor of Hispanic Literatures and Film in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Weatherford’s research often focuses on the intersection of literature and film, and he worked with Juan Carlos Rulfo as a content specialist and on-screen character in a documentary series that celebrates the life and work of the director’s famous father, Juan Rulfo. Juan Carlos Rulfo (Mexico, 1964-) has won numerous national and international awards and is considered one of Mexico’s most important documentary filmmakers. This presentation will discuss recent efforts in Latin America to celebrate Indigenous voices, but will focus on Juan Carlos’s documentary short, Lorena, Light-Footed Woman (Mexico, Spanish/Rarámuri, 2019, 28 min.), a film that explores the efforts of a young Tarahumara/Rarámuri ultra-distance runner from the mountains of northern Mexico.

NOTE: Through the generosity of the director, Lorena, Light-footed Woman will be shown immediately following this presentation (in 250 KMBL). However, due to distribution limitations, International Cinema will only screen this film once.

Lorena has been crushing her competition in ultra-marathons, all while wearing sandals. This documentary short shows her life as a Tarahumara, an indigenous people of northern Mexico renowned for their long-distance running abilities. (Documentary)

Juan Carlos Rulfo, Spanish/Rarámuri or Tarahumara, 2018, 28 min.

The first feature-length Peruvian film shot entirely in Aymara, a language in which there is no word for “film.” Eternity follows an elderly couple in the high Andes, played by non-professional actors, who wait “an eternity” for their son to return after moving to the city.

Óscar Catacora, Aymara, 2017, 86 min.

Three students at Navajo Mountain High in San Juan County in isolated southern Utah face challenges in this coming-of-age documentary made, in part, by BYU alumni and faculty, that examines family, home, identity, and the role of education on the future of an individual and a community. (Documentary)

Jared Jakins, English/Navajo, 2021, 76 min.

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Mikuan and Shaniss are two young Innu women who have grown up together on a reservation in Quebec, Canada. Their friendship is challenged when Mikuan falls for a white man and seeks fulfillment beyond the reservation.

Myriam Verreault, Montagnais/French, 2019, 117 min.

The first feature-length Peruvian film shot entirely in Aymara, a language in which there is no word for “film.” Eternity follows an elderly couple in the high Andes, played by non-professional actors, who wait “an eternity” for their son to return after moving to the city.

Óscar Catacora, Aymara, 2017, 86 min.

Mikuan and Shaniss are two young Innu women who have grown up together on a reservation in Quebec, Canada. Their friendship is challenged when Mikuan falls for a white man and seeks fulfillment beyond the reservation.

Myriam Verreault, Montagnais/French, 2019, 117 min.

The first feature-length Peruvian film shot entirely in Aymara, a language in which there is no word for “film.” Eternity follows an elderly couple in the high Andes, played by non-professional actors, who wait “an eternity” for their son to return after moving to the city.

Óscar Catacora, Aymara, 2017, 86 min.

Three students at Navajo Mountain High in San Juan County in isolated southern Utah face challenges in this coming-of-age documentary made, in part, by BYU alumni and faculty, that examines family, home, identity, and the role of education on the future of an individual and a community. (Documentary)

Jared Jakins, English/Navajo, 2021, 76 min.

Mikuan and Shaniss are two young Innu women who have grown up together on a reservation in Quebec, Canada. Their friendship is challenged when Mikuan falls for a white man and seeks fulfillment beyond the reservation.

Myriam Verreault, Montagnais/French, 2019, 117 min.

The first feature-length Peruvian film shot entirely in Aymara, a language in which there is no word for “film.” Eternity follows an elderly couple in the high Andes, played by non-professional actors, who wait “an eternity” for their son to return after moving to the city.

Óscar Catacora, Aymara, 2017, 86 min.

Mikuan and Shaniss are two young Innu women who have grown up together on a reservation in Quebec, Canada. Their friendship is challenged when Mikuan falls for a white man and seeks fulfillment beyond the reservation.

Myriam Verreault, Montagnais/French, 2019, 117 min.

Three students at Navajo Mountain High in San Juan County in isolated southern Utah face challenges in this coming-of-age documentary made, in part, by BYU alumni and faculty, that examines family, home, identity, and the role of education on the future of an individual and a community. (Documentary)

Jared Jakins, English/Navajo, 2021, 76 min.

Representing Childhood:
François Truffaut and L’argent de poche
(Small Change)

Prof. Bob Hudson is from the BYU Department of French &
Italian, for which he teaches “French & Italian Cinema”
(a GE Arts elective) every Fall semester. While he is trained in and publishes on poetry of the French Renaissance, film
remains a personal passion from his youth, when he worked the movie rental booth at his dad’s Piggly Wiggly store in Kentucky. François Truffaut is one of his top-5 all-time filmmakers, along with Renoir, Demy, Scorsese and Tarantino.

François Truffaut, French, 1976, 104 min.
Iconic director François Truffaut offers a multi-faceted view of small-town life from the perspective of child protagonists in this classic of French cinema.

Yasujirō Ozu, Japanese, 1959, 94 min.
Two boys in 1950s Japan stop speaking in protest of their parent’s refusal to buy a television set in this charming and gag-filled depiction of the foibles of the adult world as seen through the eyes of the child protagonists.

Taika Waititi, English, 2016, 101 min.
Just as Ricky Baker finally finds a home, he and his brusk uncle Hector are forced to the skux life on the run in the bush. They learn to rely on each other or Ricky will go back to juvie and Hector to jail in this majestical comedy by Taika Waititi.

Marilyn Agrelo, English, 2021, 107 min.
Come take a stroll down Sesame Street and spend time with the visionary educators and artists who sought to entertain and enlighten children by creating one of the most groundbreaking and beloved television programs of all time. (Documentary)

François Truffaut, French, 1976, 104 min.
Iconic director François Truffaut offers a multi-faceted view of small-town life from the perspective of child protagonists in this classic of French cinema.

Yasujirō Ozu, Japanese, 1959, 94 min.
Two boys in 1950s Japan stop speaking in protest of their parent’s refusal to buy a television set in this charming and gag-filled depiction of the foibles of the adult world as seen through the eyes of the child protagonists.

Taika Waititi, English, 2016, 101 min.
Just as Ricky Baker finally finds a home, he and his brusk uncle Hector are forced to the skux life on the run in the bush. They learn to rely on each other or Ricky will go back to juvie and Hector to jail in this majestical comedy by Taika Waititi.

François Truffaut, French, 1976, 104 min.
Iconic director François Truffaut offers a multi-faceted view of small-town life from the perspective of child protagonists in this classic of French cinema.

Taika Waititi, English, 2016, 101 min.
Just as Ricky Baker finally finds a home, he and his brusk uncle Hector are forced to the skux life on the run in the bush. They learn to rely on each other or Ricky will go back to juvie and Hector to jail in this majestical comedy by Taika Waititi.

Marilyn Agrelo, English, 2021, 107 min.
Come take a stroll down Sesame Street and spend time with the visionary educators and artists who sought to entertain and enlighten children by creating one of the most groundbreaking and beloved television programs of all time. (Documentary)

Yasujirō Ozu, Japanese, 1959, 94 min.
Two boys in 1950s Japan stop speaking in protest of their parent’s refusal to buy a television set in this charming and gag-filled depiction of the foibles of the adult world as seen through the eyes of the child protagonists.

François Truffaut, French, 1976, 104 min.
Iconic director François Truffaut offers a multi-faceted view of small-town life from the perspective of child protagonists in this classic of French cinema.

Yasujirō Ozu, Japanese, 1959, 94 min.
Two boys in 1950s Japan stop speaking in protest of their parent’s refusal to buy a television set in this charming and gag-filled depiction of the foibles of the adult world as seen through the eyes of the child protagonists.

Taika Waititi, English, 2016, 101 min.
Just as Ricky Baker finally finds a home, he and his brusk uncle Hector are forced to the skux life on the run in the bush. They learn to rely on each other or Ricky will go back to juvie and Hector to jail in this majestical comedy by Taika Waititi.

Jayro Bustamante, Spanish/Maya, 2019, 97 min.
A former Guatemalan dictator is being tried for war crimes. Cloistered within the walls of his house due to constant protests outside, the aging despot slowly learns that he may not be as safe as he believes, especially when a young Kaqchikel-Mayan woman is hired as a maid.

Alexandre O. Philippe, English, 2017, 91 min.
Made of 78 camera set-ups and 52 cuts, the pivotal shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho is one of the most recognizable sequences of modern cinema. This documentary explores how the crew pulled it off and why the scene continues to amaze after sixty years. (Documentary)

Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese, 1953, 96 min.
Mizoguchi’s characteristic use of long takes and sweeping camera movement relays an ethereal tale of two avaricious farmers that are seduced by a malevolent spirit in this classic of world cinema.

Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet, French, 1991, 99 min.
In this post-apocalyptic black comedy a landlord of a building occasionally prepares a forbidden delicacy for his odd tenants, but only after the newly-hired handyman disappears. Make sure to eat before seeing this IC favorite!

Jayro Bustamante, Spanish/Maya, 2019, 97 min.
A former Guatemalan dictator is being tried for war crimes. Cloistered within the walls of his house due to constant protests outside, the aging despot slowly learns that he may not be as safe as he believes, especially when a young Kaqchikel-Mayan woman is hired as a maid.

Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet, French, 1991, 99 min.
In this post-apocalyptic black comedy a landlord of a building occasionally prepares a forbidden delicacy for his odd tenants, but only after the newly-hired handyman disappears. Make sure to eat before seeing this IC favorite!

Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese, 1953, 96 min.
Mizoguchi’s characteristic use of long takes and sweeping camera movement relays an ethereal tale of two avaricious farmers that are seduced by a malevolent spirit in this classic of world cinema.

Jayro Bustamante, Spanish/Maya, 2019, 97 min.
A former Guatemalan dictator is being tried for war crimes. Cloistered within the walls of his house due to constant protests outside, the aging despot slowly learns that he may not be as safe as he believes, especially when a young Kaqchikel-Mayan woman is hired as a maid.

Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet, French, 1991, 99 min.
In this post-apocalyptic black comedy a landlord of a building occasionally prepares a forbidden delicacy for his odd tenants, but only after the newly-hired handyman disappears. Make sure to eat before seeing this IC favorite!

Alexandre O. Philippe, English, 2017, 91 min.
Made of 78 camera set-ups and 52 cuts, the pivotal shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho is one of the most recognizable sequences of modern cinema. This documentary explores how the crew pulled it off and why the scene continues to amaze after sixty years. (Documentary)

Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese, 1953, 96 min.
Mizoguchi’s characteristic use of long takes and sweeping camera movement relays an ethereal tale of two avaricious farmers that are seduced by a malevolent spirit in this classic of world cinema.

Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet, French, 1991, 99 min.
In this post-apocalyptic black comedy a landlord of a building occasionally prepares a forbidden delicacy for his odd tenants, but only after the newly-hired handyman disappears. Make sure to eat before seeing this IC favorite!

Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese, 1953, 96 min.
Mizoguchi’s characteristic use of long takes and sweeping camera movement relays an ethereal tale of two avaricious farmers that are seduced by a malevolent spirit in this classic of world cinema.

Jayro Bustamante, Spanish/Maya, 2019, 97 min.
A former Guatemalan dictator is being tried for war crimes. Cloistered within the walls of his house due to constant protests outside, the aging despot slowly learns that he may not be as safe as he believes, especially when a young Kaqchikel-Mayan woman is hired as a maid.

Koreeda develops his characteristic themes of memory and family in this metadrama about an actress (Catherine Deneuve) and her screenwriter daughter (Juliette Binoche) who locate the “truth” about their strained relationship in the fiction of filmmaking.

Hirokazu Koreeda, French/English, 2019, 106 min.

After the meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear plant, legendary film composer Sakamoto became known for a second time: as an anti-nuclear activist. Charting how his music reflects both the world and his own life, this documentary finds Sakamoto in a state of reflection after a cancer diagnosis. (Documentary)

Stephen Nomura Schible, Japanese/English, 2017, 100 min.

This animated biopic follows Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel as he shoots Land Without Bread. The film offers an insider’s view of Buñuel as a Surrealist filmmaker, including his tendency to question reality, here by shooting a “documentary” that often strays from the truth. The feature includes clips from the original film, including some scenes that contain animal cruelty.

Salvador Simó, Spanish/French, 2018, 80 min.

Koreeda develops his characteristic themes of memory and family in this metadrama about an actress (Catherine Deneuve) and her screenwriter daughter (Juliette Binoche) who locate the “truth” about their strained relationship in the fiction of filmmaking.

Hirokazu Koreeda, French/English, 2019, 106 min.

A fledgling writer for a popular soap opera gains success by collaborating with a brusque army commander in this comedy set against the backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Sameh Zoabi, Hebrew/Arabic, 2018, 100 min.

This animated biopic follows Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel as he shoots Land Without Bread. The film offers an insider’s view of Buñuel as a Surrealist filmmaker, including his tendency to question reality, here by shooting a “documentary” that often strays from the truth. The feature includes clips from the original film, including some scenes that contain animal cruelty.

Salvador Simó, Spanish/French, 2018, 80 min.

A fledgling writer for a popular soap opera gains success by collaborating with a brusque army commander in this comedy set against the backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Sameh Zoabi, Hebrew/Arabic, 2018, 100 min.

Koreeda develops his characteristic themes of memory and family in this metadrama about an actress (Catherine Deneuve) and her screenwriter daughter (Juliette Binoche) who locate the “truth” about their strained relationship in the fiction of filmmaking.

Hirokazu Koreeda, French/English, 2019, 106 min.

After the meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear plant, legendary film composer Sakamoto became known for a second time: as an anti-nuclear activist. Charting how his music reflects both the world and his own life, this documentary finds Sakamoto in a state of reflection after a cancer diagnosis. (Documentary)

Stephen Nomura Schible, Japanese/English, 2017, 100 min.

This animated biopic follows Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel as he shoots Land Without Bread. The film offers an insider’s view of Buñuel as a Surrealist filmmaker, including his tendency to question reality, here by shooting a “documentary” that often strays from the truth. The feature includes clips from the original film, including some scenes that contain animal cruelty.

Salvador Simó, Spanish/French, 2018, 80 min.

A fledgling writer for a popular soap opera gains success by collaborating with a brusque army commander in this comedy set against the backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Sameh Zoabi, Hebrew/Arabic, 2018, 100 min.

This animated biopic follows Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel as he shoots Land Without Bread. The film offers an insider’s view of Buñuel as a Surrealist filmmaker, including his tendency to question reality, here by shooting a “documentary” that often strays from the truth. The feature includes clips from the original film, including some scenes that contain animal cruelty.

Salvador Simó, Spanish/French, 2018, 80 min.

Koreeda develops his characteristic themes of memory and family in this metadrama about an actress (Catherine Deneuve) and her screenwriter daughter (Juliette Binoche) who locate the “truth” about their strained relationship in the fiction of filmmaking.

Hirokazu Koreeda, French/English, 2019, 106 min.

A fledgling writer for a popular soap opera gains success by collaborating with a brusque army commander in this comedy set against the backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Sameh Zoabi, Hebrew/Arabic, 2018, 100 min.

The Specters of Silents: The Phantom Carriage and Scandinavia’s Silent Film Legacy

Professor Chip Oscarson teaches Scandinavian Studies and Interdisciplinary Humanities in the Department of Comparative Arts and Letters. He is a former co-director of International Cinema and currently serves as Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education and Director of General Education. Oscarson’s research focuses on Scandinavian film and ecocriticism.

The last person to die on New Year’s Eve is forced to drive Death’s carriage for the next year. Drunkard David is taken by the driver through a tale of morality told in a series of inventive flashbacks and double exposures in one of Sweden’s classic films.

Victor Sjöström, Silent, 1921, 107 min.

Director Petzold offers a modern retelling of the myth of the Undine, a nymph who forms dangerous relationships with humans, in this commentary on the use of urban space in contemporary Berlin.

Christian Petzold, German, 2020, 91 min.

Director Petzold offers a modern retelling of the myth of the Undine, a nymph who forms dangerous relationships with humans, in this commentary on the use of urban space in contemporary Berlin.

Christian Petzold, German, 2020, 91 min.

As Boonmee’s life declines due to kidney failure, he is cared for by his wife and son, the former now a ghost and the latter a forest spirit. This film is as interested in exploring Thai buddhism as it is in reliving Thai cinematic history.

Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thai, 2010, 114 min.

The last person to die on New Year’s Eve is forced to drive Death’s carriage for the next year. Drunkard David is taken by the driver through a tale of morality told in a series of inventive flashbacks and double exposures in one of Sweden’s classic films.

Victor Sjöström, Silent, 1921, 107 min.

As Boonmee’s life declines due to kidney failure, he is cared for by his wife and son, the former now a ghost and the latter a forest spirit. This film is as interested in exploring Thai buddhism as it is in reliving Thai cinematic history.

Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thai, 2010, 114 min.

Part detective story, part historical fantasy, this Chinese blockbuster tells the story of the uncovering of a kingdom’s curse brought about from a secret killing. The full force of the Chinese film industry as a Hollywood competitor is on show in this imaginative epic.

Kaige Chen, Mandarin/Japanese, 2017, 129 min.

Director Petzold offers a modern retelling of the myth of the Undine, a nymph who forms dangerous relationships with humans, in this commentary on the use of urban space in contemporary Berlin.

Christian Petzold, German, 2020, 91 min.

Part detective story, part historical fantasy, this Chinese blockbuster tells the story of the uncovering of a kingdom’s curse brought about from a secret killing. The full force of the Chinese film industry as a Hollywood competitor is on show in this imaginative epic.

Kaige Chen, Mandarin/Japanese, 2017, 129 min.

The last person to die on New Year’s Eve is forced to drive Death’s carriage for the next year. Drunkard David is taken by the driver through a tale of morality told in a series of inventive flashbacks and double exposures in one of Sweden’s classic films.

Victor Sjöström, Silent, 1921, 107 min.

Part detective story, part historical fantasy, this Chinese blockbuster tells the story of the uncovering of a kingdom’s curse brought about from a secret killing. The full force of the Chinese film industry as a Hollywood competitor is on show in this imaginative epic.

Kaige Chen, Mandarin/Japanese, 2017, 129 min.

Director Petzold offers a modern retelling of the myth of the Undine, a nymph who forms dangerous relationships with humans, in this commentary on the use of urban space in contemporary Berlin.

Christian Petzold, German, 2020, 91 min.

As Boonmee’s life declines due to kidney failure, he is cared for by his wife and son, the former now a ghost and the latter a forest spirit. This film is as interested in exploring Thai buddhism as it is in reliving Thai cinematic history.

Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thai, 2010, 114 min.

The last person to die on New Year’s Eve is forced to drive Death’s carriage for the next year. Drunkard David is taken by the driver through a tale of morality told in a series of inventive flashbacks and double exposures in one of Sweden’s classic films.

Victor Sjöström, Silent, 1921, 107 min.

Part detective story, part historical fantasy, this Chinese blockbuster tells the story of the uncovering of a kingdom’s curse brought about from a secret killing. The full force of the Chinese film industry as a Hollywood competitor is on show in this imaginative epic.

Kaige Chen, Mandarin/Japanese, 2017, 129 min.

“An Introduction to the film Incitement.”

Israeli leader Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated in 1995 after signing peace accords with Palestinian leader Yassar Arafat. In this historically-based thriller that centers on the Isreali Jew who committed the crime, Yaron Zilberman dramatizes the slide into fanaticism that resulted in murder.

Yaron Zilberman, Hebrew/Arabic, 2019, 123 min.

After a holiday in Southern Tunisia, the Ben Youssef family car ends up in an ambush by an armed group. Tragically, their 11 year-old son is struck by a stray bullet. His parents must navigate complicated legalities and social forces to find an organ donor in time while a family secret is revealed.

Mehdi Barsaoui, Arabic/French, 2019, 95 min.

China’s One Child Policy ended in 2015, but the process of dealing with it is only just beginning. The film explores the ripple effect of this devastating social policy, uncovering one human rights violation after another. (Documentary)

Nanfu Wang & Jialing Zhang, Mandarin, 2019, 83 min.

Israeli leader Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated in 1995 after signing peace accords with Palestinian leader Yassar Arafat. In this historically-based thriller that centers on the Isreali Jew who committed the crime, Yaron Zilberman dramatizes the slide into fanaticism that resulted in murder.

Yaron Zilberman, Hebrew/Arabic, 2019, 123 min.

This documentary offers a glimpse into the lives of the young Vietnamese women with small, nimble fingers (good for working factory jobs, especially in the technology sector) who leave their homes in the countryside and move to Hanoi. (Documentary)

Parsifal Reparato, Vietnamese, 2017, 52 min.

After a holiday in Southern Tunisia, the Ben Youssef family car ends up in an ambush by an armed group. Tragically, their 11 year-old son is struck by a stray bullet. His parents must navigate complicated legalities and social forces to find an organ donor in time while a family secret is revealed.

Mehdi Barsaoui, Arabic/French, 2019, 95 min.

Israeli leader Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated in 1995 after signing peace accords with Palestinian leader Yassar Arafat. In this historically-based thriller that centers on the Isreali Jew who committed the crime, Yaron Zilberman dramatizes the slide into fanaticism that resulted in murder.

Yaron Zilberman, Hebrew/Arabic, 2019, 123 min.

After a holiday in Southern Tunisia, the Ben Youssef family car ends up in an ambush by an armed group. Tragically, their 11 year-old son is struck by a stray bullet. His parents must navigate complicated legalities and social forces to find an organ donor in time while a family secret is revealed.

Mehdi Barsaoui, Arabic/French, 2019, 95 min.

This documentary offers a glimpse into the lives of the young Vietnamese women with small, nimble fingers (good for working factory jobs, especially in the technology sector) who leave their homes in the countryside and move to Hanoi. (Documentary)

Parsifal Reparato, Vietnamese, 2017, 52 min.

China’s One Child Policy ended in 2015, but the process of dealing with it is only just beginning. The film explores the ripple effect of this devastating social policy, uncovering one human rights violation after another. (Documentary)

Nanfu Wang & Jialing Zhang, Mandarin, 2019, 83 min.

This documentary offers a glimpse into the lives of the young Vietnamese women with small, nimble fingers (good for working factory jobs, especially in the technology sector) who leave their homes in the countryside and move to Hanoi. (Documentary)

Parsifal Reparato, Vietnamese, 2017, 52 min.

After a holiday in Southern Tunisia, the Ben Youssef family car ends up in an ambush by an armed group. Tragically, their 11 year-old son is struck by a stray bullet. His parents must navigate complicated legalities and social forces to find an organ donor in time while a family secret is revealed.

Mehdi Barsaoui, Arabic/French, 2019, 95 min.

This documentary offers a glimpse into the lives of the young Vietnamese women with small, nimble fingers (good for working factory jobs, especially in the technology sector) who leave their homes in the countryside and move to Hanoi. (Documentary)

Parsifal Reparato, Vietnamese, 2017, 52 min.

Israeli leader Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated in 1995 after signing peace accords with Palestinian leader Yassar Arafat. In this historically-based thriller that centers on the Isreali Jew who committed the crime, Yaron Zilberman dramatizes the slide into fanaticism that resulted in murder.

Yaron Zilberman, Hebrew/Arabic, 2019, 123 min.