International Film Series books, promotes, and screens movies not normally accessible to UW Oshkosh
students. This includes international films, independent films, silent films, and classic Hollywood movies. Questions and/or comments may be directed to Dave Kox, student in charge of scheduling and ordering films. Faculty advisor for International Film Series is Douglas Heil, Program Coordinator for Radio-TV-Film.

INTERNATIONAL FILM SERIES Spring 2008 SCHEDULE

All screenings take place at 7:00pm on Wednesdays in the Reeve Union third floor theater.

The Edukators - February 13 - Jan (Daniel Brühl) and Peter are the best friends behind the radical and mysterious group The Edukators, united by their passion to change the world. When the rich go on vacation, The Edukators break into their homes. They don't steal, but simply rearrange everything, leaving the message "Your days of plenty are numbered." Directed by Hans Weingartner. In German with English subtitles. 2004. The film will be introduced by Dr. Alan Lareau, who teachers German language, literature, and culture in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures.

Nights of Cabiria - February 27 - This Oscar-winning film by cinematic legend Federico Fellini is about the life of Cabiria, a wide-eyed waif and streetwalker living in a poor section of Rome . After heading to a local shrine to seek the Madonna's intercession, she meets an accountant who's seen her, hypnotized on a vaudeville stage, acting out her heart's longings. Is it fate that led to their meeting? Is this finally a man who appreciates her for who she is? Directed by Federico Fellini. In Italian with English subtitles. 1957. The film will be introduced by Dr. Franca Barricelli, Assistant Dean in the College of Letters & Science, and Associate Professor of History.

Goya in Bordeaux - April 2 - Francisco Goya, deaf and ill, lives the last years of his life in voluntary exile in Bordeaux , a Liberal protesting the oppressive rule of Ferdinand VII. He continues to paint at night, and in flashbacks stirred by conversations with his daughter, by awful headaches, and by the befuddlement of age, he relives key times in his life, particularly his relationship with the Duchess of Alba, his discovery of how he wanted to paint and his lifelong celebration of the imagination. Directed by Carlos Saura. In Spanish with English subtitles. 1999.

The Man Who Left His Will on Film - April 16 - A longhaired drip of a Japanese film student steals the Super 8 camera of an amateur shooting home-movie landscapes near an antiwar demonstration. The thief leaps from a tall building to his demise, and the hippie auteur is propelled into a romance-cum-mystery with the suicide's girlfriend. Directed by Nagisa Oshima. In Japanese with English subtitles. 1970.

TThe City of Lost Children - April 30 – “The movie follows the adventures of a brave nine-year-old girl who teams up with a gentle, simpleminded strongman in order to rescue her younger brother, who has been kidnapped, along with a handful of other kids, by a sad, rapidly aging old man named Krank, who uses his scientific genius to project himself into the world of the children's dreams in a vain attempt to liven up his dreadfully bleak existence on his secluded island fortress. ...In its current form, we have a movie charming enough to capture the simple magic of Méliès' A Trip to the Moon, yet high-tech enough to feature special-effects wizardry worthy of anything in Jurassic Park; sophisticated enough to grasp Terry Gilliam's jovial sense of cynicism, but wide-eyed enough to evoke a child's innocuous way of looking at things.” (From Joey O'Bryan's review in the Austin Chronicle. ) Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro. " In French with English subtitles." 112 minutes.