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The International Film Festival at PVCC 2023-24

All films begin at 6:30 PM in the Center for Performing Arts

  

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

The Queen (PG-13; 2006, Great Britain, 103 minutes)

 

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Tel Aviv on Fire (PG; 2018, Luxemburg/Israel/Belgium, 100m.)

 

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

City of God (R; 2002, Brazil, 130 minutes)

 

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Caché (R; 2005, France/Austria, 115 minutes)

 

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

A Regular Woman (NR; 2019, Germany, 90 minutes)

 

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Open Your Eyes (R; 1997, Spain, 119 minutes)

 

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

 Gallipoli (PG; 1981, Australia, 110 minutes)

 

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Ashes in the Snow (NR; 2018, Lithuania, 98 minutes)

Desert Foothills Library International Film Series 2023-24

The International Film Festival at PVCC 2022-23 

Around the World in 8 Films
All films begin at 6:30 PM in the CPA & are FREE

Wednesday, August 31, 2022
In the Mood for Love (PG; 2000, Hong Kong, 98 minutes)

Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Longing (NR; 2017, Israel, 100 minutes)

Wednesday, September 28, 2022
The Tulip: A Timberwolf's Story (NR; 2022, U.S., 6 minutes)
Secrets of War (NR; 2014, Holland, 95 minutes)

Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Ida (PG-13; 2013, Poland, 88 minutes)

Wednesday, January 25, 2023
In Order of Disappearance (R; 2014, Norway, 115 minutes)

Wednesday, February 8, 2023
Barbara (PG-13; 2012, Germany, 105 minutes)

Wednesday, February 22, 2023
 Love Me (NR; 2013, Turkey/Ukraine, 90 minutes)

Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Hero on the Front (NR; 2018, Portugal, 85 minutes)

Desert Foothills Library International Film Series 2022-23

Around the World in 9 Films
All films begin at 2:00 PM at the library & are FREE 

Friday, September 9, 2022
In the Mood for Love (PG; 2000, Hong Kong, 98 minutes)

Friday, October 14, 2022
Longing (NR; 2017, Israel, 100 minutes)

Friday, November 11, 2022
The Tulip: A Timberwolf's Story (NR; 2022, U.S., 6 minutes) 
Secrets of War (NR; 2014, Holland, 95 minutes)

Friday, December 9, 2022
Ida (PG-13; 2013, Poland, 88 minutes)

Friday, January 13, 2023
In Order of Disappearance (R; 2014, Norway, 115 minutes)

Friday, February 10, 2023
Barbara (PG-13; 2012, Germany, 105 minutes)

Friday, March 10, 2023
 Love Me (NR; 2013, Turkey/Ukraine, 90 minutes)

Friday, April 14, 2023
Hero on the Front (NR; 2018, Portugal, 85 minutes)

Friday, May 12, 2023
 Wazir (NR; 2016, India, 103 minutes)

Desert Foothills Library Cinematic Reflections Series, 2022-23 

Little Known Stories of World War II
All films begin at 2:00 PM at the library & are FREE


Friday, September 16, 2022
Night Will Fall

Friday, October 21, 2022
Forgiving Dr. Mengele

Friday, November 18, 2022
Emperor

Friday, December 16, 2022
A Call to Spy

Friday, January 20, 2023
The Wooden Horse

Friday, February 17, 2023
Operation Finale

Friday, March 17, 2023
Hitler and Stalin: Legacy of Hate

Friday, April 21, 2023
Downfall

Friday, May 19, 2023
The Captain

2021-22 International Women Directors

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Mustang (PG-13; 2015, Turkey, 97 minutes)

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

The German Doctor (PG-13; 2013, Argentina, 93 minutes)

Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Monsoon Wedding (R; 2001, India, 114 minutes)

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Served Like a Girl (NR; 2017, U.S., 103 minutes)

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

After the Wedding (R; 2006, Denmark, 120 minutes)

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Wadjda (PG; 2012, Saudi Arabia, 98 minutes)

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

 The Wedding Plan (PG; 2016, Israel, 110 minutes)

Wednesday, March 9, 2022

 Breathe (NR; 2014, France, 91 minutes)

All films are FREE & begin at 6:30 PM

Desert Foothills Library International Film Series

2021-22 International Women Directors

Friday, September 24, 2021

Mustang (PG-13; 2015, Turkey, 97 minutes)

Friday, October 8, 2021

The German Doctor (PG-13; 2013, Argentina, 93 minutes)

Friday, November 12, 2021

Monsoon Wedding (R; 2001, India, 114 minutes)

Friday, December 10, 2021

Served Like a Girl (NR; 2017, U.S., 103 minutes)

Friday, January 14, 2022

After the Wedding (R; 2006, Denmark, 120 minutes)

Friday, February 11, 2022

Wadjda (PG; 2012, Saudi Arabia, 98 minutes)

Friday, March 11, 2022

The Wedding Plan (PG; 2016, Israel, 110 minutes)

Friday, April 8, 2022

Breathe (NR; 2014, France, 91 minutes)

Friday, May 13, 2022

Mostly Martha (PG; 2001, Germany, 109 minutes)

All films are FREE & begin at 2:00 PM

Desert Foothills Library Cinematic Reflections Series,

2021-22 Little Known Stories of World War II

Friday, September 17

Hell to Eternity (1960)

Friday, October 15

The Ghost Army (2013)

Friday, November 19

So Proudly We Hail (1943)

Friday, December 17

13 Minutes (2015)

Friday, January 21

To End All Wars (2001)

Friday, February 18

My Italian Secret (2014)

Friday, March 18

Triple Cross (1966)

Friday, April 22

The Apology (2016)

Friday, May 20

A Woman in Berlin (2008)

 

The International Film Festival at PVCC
2019-20

The PVCC International Film Festival - Around the World in Eight Films
Admission is FREE

The Nile Hilton Incident (NR; 2017, Morocco, 111 minutes)
6:30PM Wednesday, September 4, 2019 @ PVCC CPA
3:00PM Friday, September 13, 2019 @ Desert Foothills Library, Cave Creek

A Man Called Ove (PG-13; 2015, Sweden, 102 minutes)
6:30PM Wednesday, September 18, 2019 @ PVCC CPA
3:00PM Friday, October 11, 2019 @ Desert Foothills Library, Cave Creek

The Hidden Face (R; 2011, Colombia, 97 minutes)
6:30PM Wednesday, October 2, 2019 @ PVCC CPA
3:00PM Friday, November 8, 2019 @ Desert Foothills Library, Cave Creek

Ilo Ilo (NR; 2013, Singapore, 99 minutes)
6:30PM Wednesday, October 23, 2019 @ PVCC CPA
3:00PM Friday, February 14, 2020 @ Desert Foothills Library, Cave Creek

*Titanic (NR; 1943, Germany, 85 minutes)
3:00PM Friday, December 13, 2019 @ Desert Foothills Library, Cave Creek

A War (R; 2015, Denmark, 101 minutes)
6:30PM Wednesday, January 29, 2020 @ PVCC CPA
3:00PM Friday, January 10, 2020 @ Desert Foothills Library, Cave Creek

Nise: The Heart of Madness (NR; 2015, Brazil, 106 minutes)
6:30PM Wednesday, February 12, 2020 @ PVCC CPA
3:00PM Friday, March 13, 2020 @ Desert Foothills Library, Cave Creek

Wazir (NR; 2016, India, 103 minutes)
6:30PM Wednesday, February 26, 2020 @ PVCC CPA
3:00PM Friday, April 10, 2020 @ Desert Foothills Library, Cave Creek

Love Me (NR; 2013, Turkey/Ukraine, 90 minutes)
6:30PM Wednesday, March 18, 2020 @ PVCC CPA
3:00PM Friday, May 8, 2020 @ Desert Foothills Library, Cave Creek

Desert Foothills Library Cinematic Reflections Series,
Little Known Stories of World War II, Part II
All films begin at 3:00 PM
Admission is FREE

Friday, September 20 - The One That Got Away

Friday, October 18 - Meet the Hitlers

Friday, November 15 - The Great Raid

Friday, December 6 - Nazi Titanic

Friday, January 17 - The Innocents

Friday, February 21 - USS Indianapolis: The Legacy

Friday, March 20 - The Ghost Army

Friday, April 17 - Triple Cross

Friday, May 15 - Night Will Fall

2017-18

 

Admission is FREE!

Theme: “Director’s Choice”

Monsieur Hire (France, PG-13; 1989)
6:30P, Wednesday, August 30, 2017 @ PVCC CPA
1:00P, Friday, September 8, 2017 @ Desert Foothills Library, Cave Creek

Cautiva (Argentina, NR; 2003)
6:30P, Wednesday, September 13, 2017 @ PVCC CPA
1:00P, Friday, October 13, 2017 @ Desert Foothills Library, Cave Creek

The Lunchbox (India, PG; 2013)
6:30P, Wednesday, September 27, 2017 @ PVCC CPA
1:00P, Friday, November 10, 2017 @ Desert Foothills Library, Cave Creek

The Farewell Party (Israel, NR; 2014)
6:30P, Wednesday, October 11, 2017 @ PVCC CPA
1:00P, Friday, December 8, 2017 @ Desert Foothills Library, Cave Creek

Coming Home (China, PG-13; 2014)
6:30P, Wednesday, January 31, 2018 @ PVCC CPA
1:00P, Friday, January 12, 2018 @ Desert Foothills Library, Cave Creek

The Italian (Russia, PG-13; 2005)
6:30P, Wednesday, February 14, 2018 @ PVCC CPA
1:00P, Friday, February 9, 2018 @ Desert Foothills Library, Cave Creek

Phoenix (Germany, PG-13; 2014)
6:30P, Wednesday, February 28, 2018 @ PVCC CPA
1:00P, Friday, March 9, 2018 @ Desert Foothills Library, Cave Creek

Manuscripts Don’t Burn (Iran, NR; 2013)
6:30P, Wednesday, March 21, 2018 @ PVCC CPA
1:00P, Friday, April 13, 2018 @ Desert Foothills Library, Cave Creek

Halima’s Path (Croatia, NR; 2012)
1:00P, Friday, May 11, 2018 @ Desert Foothills Library, Cave Creek

Desert Foothills Library
2017-18 Cave Creek Film Series
Theme: “World War I 100th Anniversary”
Free Admission

The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century: “Explosion” and “Stalemate” (1:45)
3:00P, Friday, September 15

Testament of Youth (2:05)
3:00P, Friday, October 20

The Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea (1:30)
3:00P, Friday, November 17

Joyeux Noel (1:55)
3:00P, Friday, December 15

Beneath Hill 60 (2:00)
3:00P, Friday, January 19

My Boy Jack (1:35)
3:00P, Friday, Febuary 16

The Wipers Times (1:32)
3:00P, Friday, March 16

The Lost Battalion (1:32)
3:00P, Friday, April 20

The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century: “War Without End” (55 minutes)
3:00P, Friday, May 18

International Film Festival @ Paradise Valley presents: The Arts and Artists Through Film
PVCC Center for Performing Arts
Admission is FREE!

2016-17 Mystery and Suspense Thrillers
Free Admission

Tell No One (France, NR; 125 min.)
6:30P, Wednesday, October 19, 2016 @ PVCC CPA
2:00P, Friday, September 9, 2016 @ PVCC Black Mountain Campus

Nine Queens (Argentina, R; 110 min.)
6:30P, Wednesday, November 2, 2016 @ PVCC CPA
2:00P, Friday, October 14, 2016 @ PVCC Black Mountain Campus

The Vanishing (Netherlands, NR; 105 min.)
6:30P, Wednesday, November 16, 2016 @ PVCC CPA
2:00P, Friday, November 11, 2016 @ PVCC Black Mountain Campus

Jack Strong (Poland, NR; 123 min.)
6:30P, Wednesday, December 7, 2016 @ PVCC CPA
2:00P, Friday, January 13, 2017 @ PVCC Black Mountain Campus

The Silence (Germany, NR; 115 min.)
6:30P, Wednesday, February 1, 2017 @ PVCC CPA
2:00P, Friday, February 3, 2017 @ PVCC Black Mountain Campus

About Elly (Iran, NR; 115 min.)
6:30P, Wednesday, February 15, 2017 @ PVCC CPA
2:00P, Friday, March 10, 2017 @ PVCC Black Mountain Campus

Headhunters (Norway, R; 98 min.)
6:30P, Wednesday, March 1, 2017 @ PVCC CPA
2:00P, Friday, April 14, 2017 @ PVCC Black Mountain Campus

The Orphanage (Spain, R; 100 min.)
6:30P, Wednesday, March 22, 2017 @ PVCC CPA
2:00P, Friday, May 12, 2017 @ PVCC Black Mountain Campus

Desert Foothills Library 
2016-17 Cave Creek Film Series 
Little Known Stories of World War II (part 2)
Free Admission

Sept. 16 I WAS MONTY’S DOUBLE @ 3:00P

Oct. 21 HORROR IN THE EAST @ 3:00P

Nov. 18 THE COUNTERFEITERS @ 3:00P

Dec. 16 ALEUTIONS: RED, WHITE, BLACK AND BLUE @ 3:00P

Jan. 20 THE HUNT FOR NAZI SCIENTISTS @ 3:00P

Feb. 17 THE FROGMEN @ 3:00P

Mar. 17 OPERATION SUSSEX @ 3:00P

Apr. 21 BATTLEFIED DIARIES: RAID AT CABANATUAN @ 3:00P

May 19 WOMAN IN GOLD @ 3:00P

The Film Festival at PVCC 2015-16

Wednesday, September 2, 2015 @ 6:30P

Frida (U.S./Mexico, R; 123 min.)


Wednesday, September 16, 2015 @ 6:30P

Day for Night (France, PG; 115 min.)


Wednesday, September 30, 2015 @ 6:30P

Mrs. Henderson Presents (Great Britain, R; 103 min.)


Wednesday, October 21, 2015 @ 6:30P

Together (China, PG; 116 min.)


Wednesday, February 3, 2016 @ 6:30P

The Page Turner (France, R; 85 min.)


Wednesday, February 17, 2016 @ 6:30P

Il Postino (Italy, PG; 108 min.)


Wednesday, March 2, 2016 @ 6:30P

Strictly Ballroom (Australia, PG; 94 min.)


Wednesday, March 23, 2016 @ 6:30P

Moliére (France, PG-13; 120 min.)


Film Festival @ Desert Foothils Library in Cave Creek (38443 N. Schoolhouse Rd.; Free admission)

Little Known Stories of World War II

Friday, September 18 @ 3:00P
Hitler’s Children (2011)

Friday, October 16 @ 3:00P
Thunderbirds (1942)

Friday, November 20 @ 3:00P
Garbo: The Spy (2009)

Friday, December 18 @ 3:00P
Mission of the Shark (1991)

Friday, January 15 @ 3:00P
The Last Mass Execution (1997)

Friday, February 19 @ 3:00P
The Man Who Never Was (1955)

Friday, March 18 @ 3:00P
On Common Ground (2001)

Friday, April 15 @ 3:00P
Conspiracy (2001)

Friday, May 20 @ 3:00P
Escape From a Nazi Death Camp (2014)

The Film Festival at PVCC 2014-15

The Human Experience: Living Through Conflict

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Hitler’s Children (Israel/Germany, NR; 80 min.)

A documentary about the descendants of the most powerful figures in the Nazi regime: men and women who were left a legacy that permanently connect them with one of the greatest crimes in history. What is it like for them to have grown up with a name that immediately raises images of murder and genocide? How do they cope with the fact that they are the children of the Nazi elite?

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

A Very Long Engagement (France, R; 133 min.)

Five French soldiers are punished for desertion by being placed in no man’s land to suffer their fate. One woman tries desperately to learn the fate of her fiancée, one of the five deserters. Although missing and believed dead, she refuses to give up hope as she searches for answers.

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Turtles Can Fly (Iran/Iraq, PG-13; 98 min.)

A devastating Dickensian story set in a Kurdish refugee camp on the Iranian/Iraqi border on the eve of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, a group of orphaned children struggle to survive amidst the harsh realities of a land plagued by war and tragedy. All of the children in the film are actual war orphans, lending a great emotional truth to the story.

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Katyn (Poland, NR; 120 min.)

In 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland. The Soviet army executed 10,000 Polish officers and then for decades blamed it on the Nazis until the actual truth was uncovered after the fall of the Soviet Union. Based on actual events, the film traces the quest of four families to learn the truth of this atrocity and achieve not just the truth for themselves, but for all of Poland.

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Mother of Mine (Finland, NR; 111 min.)

Eero is one of over 70,000 Finnish children sent to foster homes in neutral Sweden during World War II for protection from the war. However, his new foster mother is cold and indifferent to him, as she was hoping for a girl to take the place of her recently deceased daughter. Eero must also cope with a new family, language, and culture as he worries about his birth mother back home. Which mother has his best interests at heart?

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Brothers (Denmark, R; 117 min.)

Two brothers, Michael and Jannik, could not be more different. Michael is a successful family man and Danish military officer. Jannik is an irresponsible drifter always on the edge of the law. When Michael is declared missing in action and presumed dead in Afghanistan, Jannik discovers a newfound sense of duty and responsibility to care for his sister in law and nieces. However, a dramatic shifting family dynamic will change everyone forever.

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

The Official Story (Argentina, R; 112 min.)

Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, The Official Story is set soon after Argentina’s ‘Dirty War.’ Alicia is a high school history teacher and her husband Roberto is a successful lawyer. Happily, the couple dotes on their five year-old adopted daughter. However, questions are raised as to how Roberto managed the adoption of their daughter. Was her birth mother a willing participant or the victim of a secret government atrocity?

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Halima’s Path (Croatia, NR; 93 min.)

At the end of the Bosnian War, Halima, a peasant Muslim is trying to find the remains of her husband and son, both lost in the war. She is asked to give a DNA sample to test for her son’s remains. She refuses, which sets Halima on the trail of family secrets and heartbreaking revelations as she must track down a mysterious niece. What she discovers will shock her beyond her wildest imagination.

All films begin at 6:30 PM in the PVCC
Center for Performing Arts 
Admission is FREE!

 

Films @ Desert Foothills Library: 38443 N. Schoolhouse Rd., Cave Creek (Free admission)

Tuesday, September 16 @ 5:00P

I Am Become Death: They Made the Bomb (55 min.)

The development of the atomic bomb. A unique, 1st-hand, rare look from within. Hear the Manhattan Project physicists. Study guide available.
Film discussant: Gary Zaro, PVCC Humanities faculty

Tuesday, October 21@ 5:00P

An American Ism: Joe McCarthy (88 min.)

The making of the man who exploited anti-communist delirium & fear. His story is told by friends, victims, & politicians. The nature & fragility of our US democratic institutions is revealed.
Film discussant: Gary Zaro, PVCC Humanities faculty

Tuesday, November 18 @ 5:00P

A Crime to Fit the Punishment (46 min.)

The height of the Cold War & McCarthyism. Hollywood shows the film’s background and political atmosphere. A chronicle of defiance of the blacklist.
Film discussant: Gary Zaro, PVCC Humanities faculty

Tuesday, December 16 @ 5:00P

A Grin Without A Cat (180 min.)

An epic film-essay on the worldwide political wars of the 60s and 70s. A sweeping, global contemplation of a defining ten years’ political history.

Tuesday, January 20 @ 5:00P

Forever Lenin (52 min.)

The adventures of Lenin’s mummy and the laboratory scientists are shown to reflect the tumultuous history of the Soviet Union. The use of Lenin’s Tomb as a political podium.
Film discussant: Gary Zaro, PVCC Humanities faculty

Tuesday, February 17 @ 5:00P

Disco and Atomic War (80 min.)

Witty, charming, provocative recount of Western Rock and Roll sweeping into Estonia through illicit television antennas, while its Soviet government collapses.

Film discussant: Gary Zaro, PVCC Humanities faculty

Tuesday, March 17 @ 5:00P

Cycling the Frame (27min.)

The Invisible Frame (60 min.)

The Berlin Wall. Journey through time and bring a poetic and meditative view on one of the most important events of the 20th century.

Film discussant: Gary Zaro, PVCC Humanities faculty

Tuesday, April 21 @ 5:00P

Deadly Enemies (51 min.)

The secret history of biological weapons from World War II through the end of the Cold War. How science, history and politics became partners in a dance of death.

Film discussant: Gary Zaro, PVCC Humanities faculty

Tuesday, May 19 @ 5:00P

Fog of War (106 min.)

Politically powerful, Robert S. McNamara was witness to and participant in many crucial 20th century events leading to the creation of a new American meritocracy.

Film discussant: Gary Zaro, PVCC Humanities faculty

 

The Film Festival at PVCC 2012-13

Best Foreign Language Film Oscar Winners

Wednesday, September 4, 2013
A Separation (Iran, PG-13; 123 min.)

Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Tsotsi (South Africa, R; 94 min.)

Wednesday, October 2, 2013
The Secret in Their Eyes(Argentina, R; 129 min.)

Wednesday, October 16, 2013
The Counterfeiters(Germany, R; 98 min.)

Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Character (Holland, R; 122 min.)

Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Kolya (Czech Republic, PG-13; 105 min.)

Wednesday, February 19, 2014
No Man’s Land(Bosnia, R; 98 min.)

Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Departures (Japan, PG-13; 130 min.)

Wednesday, March 19, 2014
And Paint the Sky(U.S., NR; 90 min.)

Special Prescreening by Filmmaker Alan Tongret

All films begin at 6:30 PM in the PVCC Center for Performing Arts (Dates are tentative)

Admission is FREE!

Hispanic Cinema

Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Sin Nombre (Mexico, R)

Wednesday, September 19, 2012
The Devil’s Backbone (Spain/Mexico, R)

Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Pan’s Labyrinth (Spain/Mexico, R)

Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Valentin (Argentian, PG-13)

Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Viva Cuba (Cuba, NR)

Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Talk to Her (Spain, R)

Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Machuca (Chile, NR)

Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Lovers of the Arctic Circle (Spain, R)

All films begin at 6:30 PM in the PVCC
Center for Performing Arts

The Film Festival at PVCC2011-12

“WOMEN IN FILM”
Admission is FREE!

Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Amélie (France, R), films begin at 6:30 PM in the PVCC
Center for Performing Arts

Wednesday, September 21, 2011
The Stoning of Soraya M. (U.S./Undisclosed, R), films begin at 6:30 PM in the PVCC
Center for Performing Arts

Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Volver (Spain, R), films begin at 6:30 PM in the PVCC
Center for Performing Arts

Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Raise the Red Lantern (China, PG), films begin at 6:30 PM in the PVCC
Center for Performing Arts

Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Sophie Scholl (Germany, ~PG-13*), films begin at 6:30 PM in the PVCC
Center for Performing Arts
*This film is not rated by the MPAA

Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Caramel (Lebanon, PG), films begin at 6:30 PM in the PVCC
Center for Performing Arts

Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Water (India, PG-13), films begin at 6:30 PM in the PVCC
Center for Performing Arts

Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Maria Full Of Grace (Columbia/U.S., R), films begin at 6:30 PM in the PVCC
Center for Performing Arts

Spring 2011 offerings:
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
THE VALET (France)
6:30P in the Center for the Performing Arts

Wednesday, February 9, 2011
THE PERFECT CRIME (Spain)
6:30P in the Center for the Performing Arts

Wednesday, February 23, 2011
ELLING (Norway)
6:30P in the Center for the Performing Arts

Wednesday, March 9, 2011
CHINESE ODYSSEY 2002 (Hong Kong)
6:30P in the Center for the Performing Arts

Fall 2010 offerings:
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
SHALL WE DANCE (Japan)
6:30P in the Center for the Performing Arts

Wednesday, September 15, 2010
SEDUCING DR. LEWIS (Canada)
6:30P in the Center for the Performing Arts

Wednesday, September 29, 2010
MY LIFE AS A DOG (Sweden)
6:30P in the Center for the Performing Arts

Wednesday, October 13, 2010
IN JULY (Germany)
6:30P in the Center for the Performing Arts

Spring 2010
OSAMA (Afghanistan, 2003; PG-13)
COLOR OF PARADISE (Iran, 1999; PG)
RUMI RETURNING (United States, 2008; not rated)
CLOSE TO HOME (Israel, 2005; PG-13)
RANA'S WEDDING (Palestine, 2002; PG-13)

Fall 2009
"Films of the Middle East"
PARADISE NOW (Palestine, 2005; PG-13)
THE BAND'S VISIT (Israel, 2007; PG-13)
WEDDING IN GALILEE (Palestine, 1987; R)
WEST BANK STORY (U.S., 2005; PG)
JELLYFISH (Israel, 2007; PG-13)

Spring 2009
The Lives of Others (2006, Rated R) Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Good Bye Lenin (2003, Rated R) Directed by Wolfgang Becker
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979, Rated R) Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Wings of Desire (1987, Rated PG-13) Directed by Wim Wenders

Fall 2008
Cinema Paradiso (1988, Rated PG) Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
Amarcord (1973, Rated R) Directed by Federico Fellini
Divorce Italian Style (1961, PG-13) Directed by Pietro Germi
The Conformist (1970, Rated R) Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci

Spring 2008
The theme of the 2007-2008 FF@PVCC was Food cinema
Dinner Rush (2001) Directed by Bob Giraldi
Babette's Feast (1987) Directed by Gabriel Axel
Tortilla Soup (2001)Directed by Maria Ripoll
Tampopo (1987) Directed by Juzo Itami

Fall 2007
The theme of the 2007-2008 FF@PVCC was Food cinema
Big Night (1995) Directed by Campbell Scott and Stanley Tucci
*Crossing the Heart (2006) Directed by Steven Hood
Like Water for Chocolate (1993) Directed by Alfonso Arau
Mostly Martha (2002) Directed by Sandra Nettleback In a German
What's Cooking (2000) Directed by Gurinder Chadha

Spring 2007
The theme of the 2006-07 FF@pvcc was French cinema
Belle de Jour (1967) Directed by Luis Buñuel
Beauty and the Beast (1946) Directed by Jean Cocteau
Manon of the Spring (1986) Directed by Claude Berri
Mon Oncle (1959) Directed by Jacques Tati

Fall 2006
The theme of the 2006-07 FF@pvcc was French cinema.
The Chorus(2004) Directed by Christophe Barratier
Diabolique(1955) (1997) Directed by Henri-Gerorges Clouzot
La Cage Aux Folles (1978) Directed by Edouard Molinaro
Un Coeur en Hiver (1997) (1993) Directed by Claude Sautet

Spring 2006
Film Festival at PVCC (formerly New Horizons Film Festival)
The following movies were shown at the Performing Arts Center

The Entertainer
Blow Up
Henry V
The Remains of the Day

Fall 2005
New Horizons Film Festival
The following movies were shown at the Performing Arts Center

The 39 Steps
Look Back in Anger
Tom Jones
The Full Monty

Spring 2005
New Horizons Film Festival
The following movies were shown at the Studio Theater

Red Sorghum
The King of Masks
TJu Dou
Eat Drink Man Woman

Fall 2004
New Horizons Film Festival
The following movies were shown at the Studio Theater

Rashomon
Tokyo Story
The Woman in the Dunes
The Ballad of Narayama

Fall 2003
New Horizons Film Festival, Australian Films
The following movies were shown at the Studio Theater

Picnic at Hanging Rock
Breaker Morant
Muriel's Wedding
Rabbit-Proof Fence

Spring 2003
Film Festival, Krzysztof Kieslowski's Decalogue
The following movies were shown at Desert Ridge AMC 18 Theatres

I am the Lord thy God; thou shalt not have other gods before me and Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy and Honor thy father and thy mother
Thou shalt not kill and Thou shalt not commit adultery
Thou shalt not steal and Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife and Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods

Fall 2002
Losing Geography, Discovering Self
The following movies were shown at Desert Ridge AMC 18 Theatres

Song of the Exile
An Autumn's Tale
Farewell China
Picture Bride

Spring 2002
Cinema Promoting Tolerance
The following movies were shown at Harkins North Valley 16 theaters

4 Little Girls (guest speaker Lionel Lyons)
A Leap of Faith
Calling the Ghosts (guest speaker Mensura Barat)
Paragraph 175

Fall 2001
Mexican Cinema
The following movies were shown at Harkins North Valley 16 theaters

Frida (guest speaker Justine Mantor, MCC adjunct instructor)
Danzón
Macario (guest speaker David Rubi, PVCC Spanish instructor)
Reed: México Insurgente

Fall 2000/Spring 2001
Documentary Cinema
The following movies were shown on PVCC campus

Sequences from Olympia, Triumph of the Will, and The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl
Mr. Death: the Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
Hearts of Darkness
Return With Honor (guest speaker Larry Chesley)
Regret to Inform
Then There Were None (guest speaker Elizabeth Lindsay)
Maya Lin: A Strong, Clear Vision
American Movie (guest speaker Matt Englehart)

Spring 2000
Asian Cinema
The following movies were shown on PVCC campus

Raise the Red Lantern (China)
Children of Heaven (Iran)
Pather Panchali (India)
Aparajito (India)
Apur Sansur (India)

Spring 1999
Hispanic Cinema
The following movies were shown on PVCC campus
The Spirit of the Beehive (Spain)
Los Olvidados (Mexico)
Pixote (Brazil)
The Official Story (Argentina)
Memories of Underdevelopment (Cuba)