INTERNATIONAL CINEMA
INTERNATIONAL CINEMA

PLAYING THIS WEEK

Film still from Daughter of the Plains (2025). Image of a church standing in an empty plain.
Film still from Poetry (2010). Image of an older woman singing at karaoke.
Film still from Happyend (2024). Image of two high school aged boys looking over the city, red boxes identify their positions.
Film still from Omaha (2025). Image of a girl looking out.

DAUGHTER OF THE PLAINS (2025)
Directed by Doug Cunningham
English, 38 min.

 

A celebrated actress trades the spotlight for the plains of Montana, confronting the son — and the life — she walked away from twenty years ago. Daughter of the Plains is a quietly devastating portrait of guilt, longing, and the cost of the roads not taken.

 

SINGLE SCREENING OF THIS FILM!

Wednesday, Oct. 7th—5:00PM
          Followed by a Q&A with the director, Doug Cunningham

POETRY (2010)*
Directed by Lee Chang-dong
Korean, 139 min.

Poetry

 

Mija, a warm-hearted woman in her sixties, enrolls in a poetry class as early Alzheimer's begins to cloud her memory. When her teenage grandson becomes implicated in a devastating crime, she must reckon with beauty and complicity at the same time.

Wednesday, Oct. 7 — 6:55PM
Thursday, Oct. 8 — 7:15PM
Friday, Oct. 9 — 2:30PM
Friday, Oct. 9 — 9:10PM
Saturday, Oct. 10 — 2:30PM

HAPPYEND (2024)*
Directed by Neo Sora
Japanese, 113 min.

The Age of AI

 

In a near-future Tokyo shadowed by earthquake warnings and government surveillance, a group of high school friends navigate their final year as their bonds are tested by growing political unrest. Neo Sora's debut is a quietly urgent coming-of-age story about what it means to resist.

 

Thursday, Oct. 8 — 5:00PM
Friday, Oct. 9 — 5:10PM
Saturday, Oct. 10 — 10:30AM
Saturday, Oct. 10 — 5:10PM
Saturday, Oct. 10 — 9:15PM

OMAHA (2025)
Directed by Cole Webley
English, 83 min.

Roots and Routes

 

Set against the 2008 recession, Cole Webley's heartbreaking drama Omaha frames a desperate cross-country road trip through the eyes of two young children. As their father unspools, innocent vacation illusions shatter into a quiet, devastating realization of hidden homelessness.

 

Thursday, Oct. 8 — 9:55PM
Friday, Oct. 9 — 7:25PM
Saturday, Oct. 10 — 12:45PM
Saturday, Oct. 10 — 7:30PM

Upcoming Q&A

Post Screening Q&A with Director Doug Cunningham about his short film Daughter of the Plains

Douglas Cunningham is a film historian and independent filmmaker who serves as an adjunct professor of film studies and humanities at BYU. A retired U.S. Air Force officer, he taught literature and film at the U.S. Air Force Academy for five years during his 20-year military career, and earned his Ph.D. in Film Studies from UC Berkeley. As a filmmaker, he wrote and directed the award-winning short Daughter of the Plains (2025).

Film still from Daughter of the Plains (2025). Image of a church standing in an empty plain.

FOLLOWING THE SINGLE SCREENING OF
Daughter of the Plains
(Doug Cunningham, English, 2025, 38 min.)

Film Starts @ 5:00 PM
Wednesday, October 7
250 KMBL

Upcoming Events

In Collaboration with BYU’s Museum of Art: An Introduction to Gordon Parks Life and Art by Kirk Sharp

Kirk Sharp has served as Executive Director of the Gordon Parks Museum at Fort Scott Community College since 2019, dedicated to honoring the life and legacy of photographer, filmmaker, writer, and musician Gordon Parks. Sharp has been involved with the museum since 2004, working to advance its mission of using Parks’s story to teach artistic creativity, cultural awareness, and the role of diversity in our lives.

 

FOLLOWING THE SINGLE SCREENING OF
The Learning Tree
(Gordon Parks, English, 1969, 107 min.)

Lecture @ 5:00 PM
Film Starts @ 5:35 PM
Wednesday, October 21
250 KMBL

Next Week's Showtimes

Wednesday,
Oct. 14

Faculty Lecture

Erik Larson

"Mediation and the Art of Human Relations in Mesa Soto's Un poeta"
5:00PM 

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A Poet (2025)
5:35PM

Arco (2025)
8:00PM 

Thursday,
Oct. 15

Arco (2025)
5:00PM 

All That's Left of You (2025)
6:50PM 

A Poet (2025)
9:40PM 

Friday,
Oct. 16

A Poet (2025)
2:30PM 

Arco (2025)
4:55PM 

All That's Left of You (2025)
6:45PM 

A Poet (2025)
9:35PM 

Saturday,
Oct. 17

Arco (2025)
10:00AM 

All That's Left of You (2025)
11:50AM 

A Poet (2025)
2:40PM 

All That's Left of You (2025)
5:05PM

Arco (2025)
7:55PM

All That's Left of You (2025)
9:30PM

International Cinema Podcast

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.
The International Cinema Podcast, Winter 2026, Episode 5. Title: Round Midnight. Film still from the film, Round Midnight.

International Cinema Newsletter

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PLAYING THIS WEEK

Film still from Daughter of the Plains (2025). Image of a church standing in an empty plain.

DAUGHTER OF THE PLAINS (2025)
Directed by Doug Cunningham
English, 38 min.

 

A celebrated actress trades the spotlight for the plains of Montana, confronting the son — and the life — she walked away from twenty years ago. Daughter of the Plains is a quietly devastating portrait of guilt, longing, and the cost of the roads not taken.

 

SINGLE SCREENING OF THIS FILM!

Wednesday, Oct. 7th—5:00PM
          Followed by a Q&A with the director, Doug Cunningham

Film still from Poetry (2010). Image of an older woman singing at karaoke.

POETRY (2010)*
Directed by Lee Chang-dong
Korean, 139 min.

Poetry

 

Mija, a warm-hearted woman in her sixties, enrolls in a poetry class as early Alzheimer's begins to cloud her memory. When her teenage grandson becomes implicated in a devastating crime, she must reckon with beauty and complicity at the same time.

Wednesday, Oct. 7 — 6:55PM
Thursday, Oct. 8 — 7:15PM
Friday, Oct. 9 — 2:30PM
Friday, Oct. 9 — 9:10PM
Saturday, Oct. 10 — 2:30PM

Film still from Happyend (2024). Image of two high school aged boys looking over the city, red boxes identify their positions.

HAPPYEND (2024)*
Directed by Neo Sora
Japanese, 113 min.

The Age of AI

 

In a near-future Tokyo shadowed by earthquake warnings and government surveillance, a group of high school friends navigate their final year as their bonds are tested by growing political unrest. Neo Sora's debut is a quietly urgent coming-of-age story about what it means to resist.

 

Thursday, Oct. 8 — 5:00PM
Friday, Oct. 9 — 5:10PM
Saturday, Oct. 10 — 10:30AM
Saturday, Oct. 10 — 5:10PM
Saturday, Oct. 10 — 9:15PM

Film still from Omaha (2025). Image of a girl looking out.

OMAHA (2025)
Directed by Cole Webley
English, 83 min.

Roots and Routes

 

Set against the 2008 recession, Cole Webley's heartbreaking drama Omaha frames a desperate cross-country road trip through the eyes of two young children. As their father unspools, innocent vacation illusions shatter into a quiet, devastating realization of hidden homelessness.

 

Thursday, Oct. 8 — 9:55PM
Friday, Oct. 9 — 7:25PM
Saturday, Oct. 10 — 12:45PM
Saturday, Oct. 10 — 7:30PM

Upcoming Q&A

Post Screening Q&A with Director Doug Cunningham about his short film Daughter of the Plains

Douglas Cunningham is a film historian and independent filmmaker who serves as an adjunct professor of film studies and humanities at BYU. A retired U.S. Air Force officer, he taught literature and film at the U.S. Air Force Academy for five years during his 20-year military career, and earned his Ph.D. in Film Studies from UC Berkeley. As a filmmaker, he wrote and directed the award-winning short Daughter of the Plains (2025).

FOLLOWING THE SINGLE SCREENING OF
Daughter of the Plains
(Doug Cunningham, English, 2025, 38 min.)

Film Starts @ 5:00 PM
Wednesday, October 7
250 KMBL

Upcoming Events

In Collaboration with BYU’s Museum of Art: An Introduction to Gordon Parks Life and Art by Kirk Sharp

Kirk Sharp has served as Executive Director of the Gordon Parks Museum at Fort Scott Community College since 2019, dedicated to honoring the life and legacy of photographer, filmmaker, writer, and musician Gordon Parks. Sharp has been involved with the museum since 2004, working to advance its mission of using Parks’s story to teach artistic creativity, cultural awareness, and the role of diversity in our lives.

 

FOLLOWING THE SINGLE SCREENING OF
The Learning Tree
(Gordon Parks, English, 1969, 107 min.)

Lecture @ 5:00 PM
Film Starts @ 5:35 PM
Wednesday, October 21
250 KMBL

Next Week's Showtimes

Wednesday,
Oct. 14

Faculty Lecture

Erik Larson

"Mediation and the Art of Human Relations in Mesa Soto's Un poeta"
5:00PM 

----------

A Poet (2025)
5:35PM

Arco (2025)
8:00PM 

Thursday,
Oct. 15

Arco (2025)
5:00PM 

All That's Left of You (2025)
6:50PM 

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A Poet (2025)
9:40PM 

Friday,
Oct. 16

A Poet (2025)
2:30PM 

Arco (2025)
4:55PM 

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All That's Left of You (2025)
6:45PM 

A Poet (2025)
9:35PM 

Saturday,
Oct. 17

Arco (2025)
10:00AM 

All That's Left of You (2025)
11:50AM 

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A Poet (2025)
2:40PM 

All That's Left of You (2025)
5:05PM

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Arco (2025)
7:55PM

All That's Left of You (2025)
9:30PM

International Cinema Podcast

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.
The International Cinema Podcast, Winter 2026, Episode 5. Title: Round Midnight. Film still from the film, Round Midnight.
red curtain in the background with white letters that read: International Cinema