This film series features international films selected by faculty members at Illinois Wesleyan University. The schedule of film titles, screening dates, and faculty presenters is below.
Each of the films will be screened and introduced by a member of the faculty, on selected Sunday evenings at 7:00 pm (unless otherwise noted), in the Beckman Auditorium of The Ames Library, on the IWU campus. All foreign language films are in the original language in which they were released with English subtitles.
February 3
Aelita (Russia, 1924)
Directed by Yakov Protazanov
Introduction by Professor Sonja Fritzsche, Modern and Classical Languages and Literature
February 17
El Laberinto del Fauno (Spain, 2006)
Directed by Guillermo de Toro
Introduction by Professor Carmela Ferradáns, Hispanic Studies
February 24
Lage Raho Munna Bhai (India, 2006)
Directed by Rajkumar Hirani
Introduction by Professor Brian Hatcher, Religion
March 2
Earth (India, 1998)
Directed by Deepa Mehta
Introduction by Professor Hatcher, Religion
March 9
Solaris (Russia, 1972)
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
Introduction by Professor Sonja Fritzsche, Modern and Classical Languages and Literature
March 30
Todo Sobre Mi Madre (Spain, 1999)
Directed by Pedro Almodovar
Introduction by Professor Carmela Ferradáns, Hispanic Studies
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