(Sergei Loznitsa, Ukraine/Netherlands, 2022)
Running time: 1 hour 52 min
Two shows. Ticketed screenings.
Inspired by W.G. Sebald's book and based on WWII archive footage, acclaimed Ukrainian director
Sergei Loznitsa's film puts forward the question: Is it morally acceptable to use civilian populations as a means of war?
German, English subtitled
Sponsored by the Park Center for Independent Media
(Jafar Panahi, Iran, 2022)
Running Time: 107 minutes
One show. Ticketed screening.
In his new virtuosic sleight-of-hand — completed shortly before his imprisonment in July 2022 — Jafar Panahi plays a fictionalized version of himself, who has relocated to a rural border town in Iran to remotely direct a new film in nearby Turkey. While there, he finds himself thrust in the middle of a local scandal, confronting the opposing pulls of tradition and progress.
Farsi, English Subtitled
(Queline Meadows, US, 2023)
Running Time: 45 min of films, 90 min session total
One show. Free. Filmmaker will be present.
Internet famous video essayist Kikikrazed (IC alum Queline Meadows) screens a series of her explorations with this avant-garde format.
Sponsored by the BA program in Screen Cultures, Ithaca College
(Ivey Camille Manybeads Tso, US, 2022)
Running Time: 1 hour 15 min
Two shows. Ticketed screenings.
A young Navajo filmmaker investigates displacement of Indigenous people and devastation of the environment caused by the same chemical companies that have exploited the land where she was born. On this personal and political journey she learns from Indigenous activists across three continents.
Sponsored by the Park Center for Independent Media
(Harold Lloyd, US, 1923)
Running Time: 1 hour 14 min
One show. Ticketed screening.
Silent Film with live music by Li'l Anne and Hot Cayenne
In silent cinema star Harold Lloyd’s most famous film, he plays a small-town striver who devises a massive publicity stunt to get ahead in the big city. This classic comedy will be screened with live music by local Ithaca deep groove Zydeco band L’il Ann and the Hot Cayenne.
Celebrating the 100th year anniversary of the film
(Rehad Desai, South Africa, 2023)
Running Time: 87 min
Two shows. Ticketed screenings.
When COVID-19 hit the scene, acclaimed documentary filmmaker Rehad Desai was already following a vaccine trial for HIV, so he shifted to a larger investigation of vaccines and the social problems like poverty, malnutrition, and lack of access to healthcare, that are fueling the rise of dangerous new pathogens.
Sponsored by the Park Center for Independent Media
(Ali Asgari, Iran/France, 2022)
Running Time: 85 min.
Two shows. Ticketed screenings.
A young Iranian single mother tries desperately to find someone to care for her baby in advance of a surprise visit from her parents in this heart-wrenching dramatic thriller from filmmaker Ali Asgari.
Farsi, English subtitled
This film is part of Young French Cinema, a program of Unifrance and Villa Albertine.
(Natalia Almada, US/Mexico, 2022)
Running Time: 1 hour 21 min.
Two shows. Ticketed Screenings
A cinematic meditation on technology and parenthood that asks whether technological progress truly will lead to the betterment of humanity from MacArthur “Genius” Award-winning filmmaker Natalia Almada.
English/Spanish, subtitles
(David Ambrose and Greg Palast, US, 2023)
Running Time: 71 min
One show. FREE. With filmmaker/report Greg Palast, and Raza Rumi, moderator
Greg Palast and his investigations team bust the most brazen, racist attack on voting rights yet — engineered by Georgia’s Brian Kemp to ensure victory in his rematch with Stacey Abrams. You’ll meet Kemp’s army of vote vigilantes who have challenged over a quarter million voters
Sponsored by the Park Center for Independent Media and Anonymous
(Arthur Robison, Germany, 1923)
Running Time: 1 hour 30 min
One Show. Ticketed screening. With live music by Cloud Chamber Orchestra, intro by Michael Richardson
Blurb: An illusionist turns a shadowy puppet show into a violent premonition of what might occur if the wife of a jealous German baron continues to flirt with dinner guests in this German Expressionist classic. This 100 year old masterpiece will be screened with live accompaniment by Ithaca’s own critically acclaimed Cloud Chamber Orchestra.
Celebrating the 100th year anniversary of the film
(Kavich Neang, Cambodia, 2021)
Running Time: 1 hour 30 min
Two shows. Ticketed screenings.
An aspiring dancer and his family face the dissolution of their close-knit Phnom Penh community when developers threaten the demolition of their beloved home in this heart-rending film that was the Cambodian entry for Best International Feature film at the 94th Academy Awards.
Cambodian, English Subtitled
(Wild Lens Collective, US, 2023)
Running Time: 60-90 min total, about 45-50 minutes of short films
One show. FREE. Featuring Matt Podolsky (IC alum), on Zoom
A series of eye-opening shorts about animals and nature from non-profit Wild Lens Collective, a group of artists whose work focuses on the intersection of creative storytelling and environmental conservation.
Sponsored by the Park Center for Independent Media