The International Film Festival - Around the World in 8 Films - is hosted by Paradise Valley Community College and free to the public. Located at 18401 N. 32nd Street in northeast Phoenix, doors open at 6 p.m. and each film begins promptly at 6:30 p.m. A post-film discussion will take place with Gary Zaro, director of PVCC’s Film Festival.
Barbara (PG-13; 2012, Germany, 105 minutes)
In East Germany, 1980, Barbara Wolff is a young doctor who has applied for an exit visa from the GDR and, as punishment, has been transferred from her prestigious post in Berlin to a small pediatric hospital in the country. She must weigh her absolute dedication to her patients against a potential escape to the West, and her newfound attraction to a doctor in whom she sees a kindred spirit. Watch trailer