Films


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  • Naked Gardens Movie Poster
    Naked Gardens
    Directed by Patrick Bresnan and Ivete Lucas
    (United States, 2022, 90 minutes, in English)
    Brown Auditorium Theater

    The visually stunning Naked Gardens immerses audiences in the complex, unseen world of a family nudist resort in the Florida Everglades. 

    Friday, March 24, 2023
    7 p.m.
    Saturday, March 25, 2023
    7 p.m.
  • The Art of Silence Movie Poster
    The Art of Silence (L’art du silence)
    Directed by Maurizius Staerkle Drux
    (Switzerland, Germany, 2022, 81 minutes, in German, English, and French with English subtitles)
    Brown Auditorium Theater

    An uplifting new documentary about legendary mime Marcel Marceau provides insights into his role in the French Resistance during World War II, smuggling Jewish children to safety. 

    Sunday, March 26, 2023
    1 p.m.
  • Cinema Sabaya Movie Poster
    Cinema Sabaya
    Directed by Orit Fouks Rotem
    (Israel, 2021, 91 minutes, in Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles)
    Brown Auditorium Theater

    A heartfelt portrait of art’s capacity to connect disparate communities, this film chronicles a fictional group of Arab and Jewish women taking part in a video workshop.

    Sunday, March 26, 2023
    4 p.m.
  • Children Of The Mist Film Poster
    Children of the Mist
    Directed by Hà Lệ Diễm
    (Vietnam, 2021, 92 minutes, in Hmong and Vietnamese with English subtitles)
    Brown Auditorium Theater

    Winner of multiple international awards, this documentary is a tender portrait of a community on the cusp between tradition and modernity, and one girl tragically stuck in the middle.

    Saturday, April 1, 2023
    7 p.m.
    Sunday, April 2, 2023
    5 p.m.
  • Turn Every Page Film Poster
    Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
    Directed by Lizzie Gottlieb
    (United States, 2022, 112 minutes, in English)
    Lynn Wyatt Theater

    This lively and engaging documentary explores the remarkable 50-year relationship between two literary legends: writer Robert Caro and his longtime editor, Robert Gottlieb.

    Friday, April 7, 2023
    7 p.m.
    Saturday, April 8, 2023
    2 p.m. 7 p.m.
    Sunday, April 9, 2023
    5 p.m.
    Thursday, April 13, 2023
    2 p.m.
  • La Civil Film Poster
    La Civil
    Directed by Teodora Ana Mihai
    (Belgium/Romania/Mexico, 2022, 145 minutes, in Spanish with English subtitles)
    Lynn Wyatt Theater

    All of a sudden, Laura, the teenage daughter of Cielo, is kidnapped in northern Mexico. With no support from the authorities, Cielo takes matters into her own hands, transforming into a vengeful militant. 

    Friday, April 14, 2023
    7 p.m.
    Saturday, April 15, 2023
    7 p.m.
    Sunday, April 16, 2023
    5 p.m.
  • North by Northwest Film Poster
    North by Northwest
    Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
    (United States, 1959, 136 minutes, in English)
    Lynn Wyatt Theater

    Featuring a memorable encounter with a crop duster in the middle of nowhere, and the thrilling climax at Mount Rushmore, this riveting and engaging movie laid the groundwork for countless action thrillers.

    Friday, April 21, 2023
    7 p.m.
    Saturday, April 22, 2023
    7 p.m.
    Sunday, April 23, 2023
    5 p.m.

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  • La Jauria Film Poster
    La Jauría
    Directed by Andrés Ramírez Pulido
    (Colombia, France, 2022, 86 minutes, in Spanish with English subtitles)
    Lynn Wyatt Theater

    Winner of the Grand Prize at Cannes’ Critics’ Week, the enigmatic debut feature by Andrés Ramírez Pulido is a powerful tale of lost innocence. 

    Thursday, April 27, 2023
    5 p.m.
    Saturday, April 29, 2023
    9:30 p.m.
  • The Visitor Film Poster
    The Visitor (El visitante)
    Directed by Martín Boulocq
    (Bolivia, Uruguay, 2022, 86 minutes, in Spanish and Quechua with English subtitles)
    Brown Auditorium Theater

    In Cochabamba, Bolivia, ex-convict Humberto makes a modest living by singing at wakes. Filmmaker in Attendance

    Thursday, April 27, 2023
    7:30 p.m.
  • Vicenta B Film Poster
    Vicenta B
    Directed by Carlos Lechuga
    (Cuba, France, USA, Colombia, Norway, 2022, 77 minutes, in Spanish with English subtitles)
    Brown Auditorium Theater

    The story of Vicenta, an Afro-Cuban woman who can see into the future, is a compelling parable about healing and the power of letting go.

    Friday, April 28, 2023
    7 p.m.
  • The Bone Woman Film Poster
    Huesera: The Bone Woman (Huesera)
    Directed by Michelle Garza Cervera
    (Mexico, Peru, 2022, 93 minutes, in Spanish with English subtitles)
    Brown Auditorium Theater

    This acclaimed Tribeca-award-winning supernatural horror movie uses Mexican folklore to tell a terrifying and unexpected story about motherhood. Filmmaker in Attendance

    Friday, April 28, 2023
    9 p.m.
  • Argentina 1985 Film Poster
    Argentina, 1985
    Directed by Santiago Mitre
    (Argentina, USA, 2022, 140 minutes, in Spanish with English subtitles)
    Brown Auditorium Theater

    Inspired by a true story, public prosecutors Julio César Strassera, Luis Moreno Ocampo, along with their young legal team of unlikely heroes, engage in a David-vs-Goliath battle to prosecute Argentina’s bloodiest military dictatorship.

    Saturday, April 29, 2023
    1 p.m.
  • I Have Electric Dreams Film Poster
    I Have Electric Dreams (Tengo sueños eléctricos)
    Directed by Valentina Maurel
    (Costa Rica, Belgium, France, 2022, 101 minutes, in Spanish with English subtitles)
    Brown Auditorium Theater

    The award-winning debut feature by writer/director Valentina Maurel focuses on Eva, a 16-year-old girl who lives with her mother, her younger sister, and their cat, but who wants to move in with her estranged father.

    Saturday, April 29, 2023
    4:30 p.m.
  • Charcoal Film Poster
    Charcoal (Carvão)
    Directed by Carolina Markowicz
    (Brazil, 2022, 107 minutes, in Portuguese and Spanish with English subtitles)
    Brown Auditorium Theater

    Carolina Markowicz’s accomplished debut feature—with an outstanding ensemble cast featuring Argentine actor César Bordón, Maeve Jinkings, and Rômulo Braga—is a captivating thriller, with poignant humor, and biting social commentary.

     

    Saturday, April 29, 2023
    7 p.m.
  • Perlimps Film Poster
    Perlimps
    Directed by Alȇ Abreu
    (Brazil, 2022, 80 minutes, in Portuguese with English subtitles)
    Lynn Wyatt Theater

    The animated Perlimps is a dreamlike and exuberant fantasy adventure that follows Claé and Bruô, two secret agents from enemy kingdoms sent to a world controlled by giants that is in the midst of a terrible war. 

    Sunday, April 30, 2023
    1 p.m.
  • The Eternal Memory Film Poster
    The Eternal Memory (La memoria infinita)
    Directed by Maite Alberdi
    (Chile, 2023, 84 minutes, in Spanish with English subtitles)
    Lynn Wyatt Theater

    This highly emotional film tells the story of a man who has fought to prevent national atrocities by the military dictatorship but now struggles to preserve his own memory.

    Sunday, April 30, 2023
    3 p.m.
  • Love and Mathematics Film Poster
    Love & Mathematics (Amor y matemáticas)
    Directed by Claudia Sainte-Luce
    (Mexico, 2022, 85 minutes, in Spanish with English subtitles)
    Brown Auditorium Theater

    Set in Monterrey, this satirical comedy about the ambitions and aspirations of upper-middle-class Mexican society follows former popular boy band member Billy Lozano, who is now a thirtysomething unhappily married man.

    Sunday, April 30, 2023
    5 p.m.
  • Chile '76 Film Poster
    Chile ’76 (1976)
    Directed by Manuela Martelli
    (Chile, Argentina, 2022, 95 minutes, in Spanish with English subtitles)
    Lynn Wyatt Theater

    Set during the early days of Pinochet’s dictatorship, Chile ’76 builds from a quiet character study to a gripping suspense thriller as it explores one woman’s precarious flirtation with political engagement.

    Sunday, April 30, 2023
    7:30 p.m.
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