SCREENING AND DISCUSSION: IXCANUL

Join us for a screening and discussion of Ixcanul at the Coral Gables Art Cinema on Wednesday, September 14 at 6:45 PM. Dr. Andrew Strycharski, FIU director of Film Studies, will lead a conversation about the film to the audience.

In his debut feature, Guatemalan director Jayro Bustamante tells the hypnotic story about Maria, a young Mayan woman who lives and works on a coffee plantation with her parents right beside an active Volcano in Guatemala. A marriage to a plantation overseer has been arranged for Maria, although she is not sure if she wants to abide by her family’s traditions any longer, and believes that a brighter future awaits her somewhere else. She sees that possibility in Pepe, a coffee cutter who plans on migrating to the US.

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Exclusive Screening of “Indignation”

The Miami Jewish Film Festival is pleased to invite you to its exclusive presentation of one of the year’s most acclaimed films and sure-fire Oscar contender’s, Indignation, on Wednesday, July 13 at 7:30pm at Regal Cinemas South Beach. Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and producer James Schamus (The Ice StormBrokeback Mountain) directs this exquisite period portrait of a young Jewish man at a crossroads. Adapting Philip Roth’s novel with warmth and faithfulness, Schamus elicits support from a universally top-of-their-game cast, highlighted by a blistering turn by Logan Lerman (The Perks of Being a WallflowerFury) and Sarah Gadon (Enemy, A Dangerous Method).

Stars Logan Lerman and Sarah Gadon will be in attendance to introduce the film and participate in an extended discussion after the screening!
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SCREENING AND DISCUSSION: THE CLAN

Join us for a screening and discussion of The Clan at the Coral Gables Art Cinema on Wednesday, April 6th at 6:30 PM. Dr. Andrew Strycharski, FIU director of Film Studies, will lead the conversation about the film with the audience.

Acclaimed director Pablo Trapero gives us a gripping story based on the Puccio criminal family of Argentina. The patriarch of the family,  Arquímedes Puccio, was once a hitman for the military. After the restoration of democracy in the early 1980s, Arquímedes becomes unemployed and resorts to kidnapping people for money.

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SCREENING AND DISCUSSION: THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES

Join us for The Secret in their Eyes, the third film in our International Noir screening and discussion Series, on Thursday March 31st at 3:30 PM in CBC 140.

Winner of the 2009 Oscar for best foreign language film, Campanella’s gripping crime drama inventively uses a cold case murder mystery that frames Argentina’s Dirty War and military dictatorship. The film swept the Argentinean Academy awards, as well as winning numerous international awards in addition to its American Oscar.

The International Noir series is graciously sponsored by FIU’s Center for the Humanities in an Urban Environment. This film is co-sponsored FIU’s Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center.

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Screening and Discussion: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

Join us for Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, the second film in our International Noir screening and discussion Series, on Thursday, February 25 at 3:30 in SIPA 100.

The first installment of director Park Chan-wook’s revenge trilogy displays the same moral confusion and compelling narrative as his subsequent and more widely familiar Oldboy. Among Tarantino’s favorite directors, Chan-wook brings to the screen violence and emotional pain that are far from gratuitous, but rather are integrated into this story where good intentions yield disastrous results. Dr. Andy Strycharski, Director of FIU’s Film Studies Program, will lead a Q & A after the film.

The International Noir series is graciously sponsored by FIU’s Center for the Humanities in an Urban Environment. This film is co-sponsored the FIU Asian Studies Program.

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