Schedule of Films at II

  

Schedule of Global Lens Films at Michigan

“Those Three” [An Seh], dir. Naghi Nemati, IRAN
Presented by: the Center for International & Comparative Studies
WHEN: Sept. 15, 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
WHERE: International Institute Room 1636, 1080 South University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
ABOUT: A day from completing their military training, three conscripts abandon a dismal army life and head off for freedom through the frozen wilderness of Northern Iran.

“What a Wonderful World,” dir. Faouzi Bensaïdi, MOROCCO
Presented by: the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies
WHEN: Sept. 29, 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
WHERE: International Institute Room 1636, 1080 South University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
ABOUT: On the streets of Casablanca, a prostitute’s best friend – a tough traffic cop – falls in love with her best customer, a contract killer.

“Sleepwalking Land” [Terra Sonâmbula], dir. Teresa Prata, MOZAMBIQUE
Presented by: the University of Michigan Center for International & Comparative Studies
WHEN: Oct. 6, 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
WHERE: International Institute Room 1636, 1080 South University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
ABOUT: In war-torn Mozambique, a young boy searches the desolate countryside for his family with the aid of an affectionate yet hard-hearted elderly guide.

“Getting Home” [Luo Ye Gui Gen], dir. Zhang Yang, CHINA
Presented by: the University of Michigan Center for Chinese Studies
WHEN: Oct. 27, 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: International Institute Room 1636, 1080 South University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
ABOUT: In a show of loyalty, an aging construction worker carries the body of his fallen friend hundreds of miles to a burial site in China’s Three Gorges region.

“I am from Titov Veles” [Jas Sum Od Titov Veles], dir. Teona Strugar Mitevska, MACEDONIA
Presented by: the University of Michigan Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia
WHEN: Nov. 3, 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
WHERE: International Institute Room 1636, 1080 South University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
ABOUT: Set in the quaint but scarred town of Veles, three sisters put self-interest above family as they take desperate steps to escape their dying community.

“Mutum” dir. Sandra Kogut, BRAZIL
Presented by: the University of Michigan Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies
WHEN: Nov. 10, 2:30 p.m. and 4 p.m.
WHERE: International Institute Room 1636, 1080 South University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
ABOUT: Burdened by his parents’ unhappy marriage and father’s abuse, a young boy in rural Brazil grapples with his disintegrating family and uncertainties of the adult world.

“Possible Lives” [ Las Vidas Posibles], dir. Sandra Gugliotta, ARGENTINA
Presented by: the University of Michigan Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies
WHEN: Nov. 17, 2:30 p.m. and 4 p.m.
WHERE: International Institute Room 1636, 1080 South University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
ABOUT: A woman searching for her missing husband in remote Patagonia encounters a man who appears to be her spouse, but has another name, another wife and another life.

“My Time Will Come” [Cuando Me Toque a Mi], dir. Victor Arregui, ECUADOR
Presented by: the University of Michigan Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies
WHEN: Dec 1, 2:30 p.m. and 4 p.m.
WHERE: International Institute Room 1636, 1080 South University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
ABOUT: In Ecuador’s capital city, a coroner’s fragile emotional life is threatened when he develops a personal interest in his cases.

“The Photograph” dir. Nan Triveni Achnas, INDONESIA
Presented by: the University of Michigan Center for South East Asian Studies
WHEN: Dec 8, 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
WHERE: International Institute Room 1636, 1080 South University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
ABOUT: A prostitute struggling to support her family forms a bond with the reclusive portrait photographer from whom she rents a room.

“Song from the Southern Seas” [Pesn’ Juzhnykh Morej ], dir. Marat Sarulu, KAZAKHSTAN
Presented by: the University of Michigan Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia
WHEN: Nov 24, 2:30 p.m. and Dec 15, 2:30 p.m.
WHERE: International Institute Room 1636, 1080 South University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
ABOUT: A darkly comic feud is ignited when a Russian man suspects that his son is the result of an affair between his wife and a Kazakh neighbor.

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**These films are deemed educational and acceptable for audiences over 18, however all featured films are from cultures whose rating systems and/or determinations of ‘acceptable’ content may differ from those in the U.S.**