Festival to feature international films

Tue, September 1, 2009 |

Critically-acclaimed movies from Europe, China, India and Mexico will be featured during Valparaiso University's fourth annual International Film Festival, a year-long celebration of international cinema.

Valpo's 2009-2010 International Film Festival will feature six recent films in their original language with English subtitles, and is being sponsored by the Harre Union and Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. Following each film, a Valpo faculty member with expertise in the country where the movie was made will lead an audience discussion.

Screenings will begin at 7 p.m. in Neils Science Center (Room 234) on campus. Tickets are $6 per film or $25 for admission to all six films, with free refreshments served prior to each screening. Tickets are on sale now at the Harre Union and online at http://www.valpo.edu/union/tickets or by calling (219) 464-5415.

Films in this year's festival are:

• Sept. 18 – Nameless (Mexico), discussion led by Dr. Stacy Hoult-Saros, associate professor of Spanish;

• Oct. 23 – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (France), discussion led by Dr. Tim Tomasik, assistant professor of French;

• Nov. 13 – 1947 Earth (India), discussion led by Dr. Nirupama Devaraj, assistant professor of economics;

• Jan. 22 – The Edge of Heaven (Germany), discussion led by Dr. Jennifer Bjornstad, assistant professor of German;

• Feb. 19 – Since Otar Left (Georgia), discussion led by Prof. Lynn Grantz, instructor of English

• March 19 – 24 City (China), discussion led by Dr. Benjamin Ridgway, assistant professor of Chinese.

For more information about the International Film Festival, visit http://www.valpo.edu/foreignlanguages/news/filmseries.php or call the Harre Union at (219) 464-5415.