Hirschfield International Film Series

A family of six settles into their new home on Vancouver Island as internal dynamics are slowly revealed through the eyes of the youngest child.

Come at 6:30 pm for free pizza, popcorn, and snacks!

“A bold and intimate stunner and extraordinary debut feature.” - IndieWire
“An unexpected triumph…Heartbreaking, masterful, and transcendent.” - The Daily Beast
“One of the best of the year…Hits with such precision, it could break you open from the inside.” - RogerEbert.com

This is a screening of the film The History of Sound, followed by a live Q&A with director Oliver Hermanus

This is a screening of a new documentary, with a live Q&A with the film’s subject, dance choreographer Hadar Ahuvia.

This film explores love’s complexities through the Rashomon effect. Olivia, haunted by a past love, hides it under her bed. She trades flowers with this ghost in exchange for comforting rain clouds.

In this 2025 Tunisian film directed by Kaouther Ben Hania, Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A 6-year old girl is trapped in a car under IDF fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her.

Arrive early at 6:30pm for free pizza, popcorn, and snacks!

In this 2025 Ukrainian documentary directed by Kateryna Gornostai, it has been three years since Russia’s invasion. Despite the war, school life continues in Ukraine, with students and teachers striving to continue learning even under constant threat.

Arrive early at 6:30pm for free pizza, popcorn, and snacks!

“A profound meditation on the resilience of the human spirit within a fractured reality…A haunting, luminous record of a generation being forged in the dark.” - Gazettely

Come at 6:30pm for free pizza, popcorn, and snacks!
“No Other Choice”
directed by Park Chan-wook, 2025
After being unemployed for several years, a man devises a unique plan to secure a new job: eliminate his competition.

“A masterful work of cinema which might well be Chan-wook’s masterpiece.” - Time Out

“A stunningly energetic and endlessly creative film that delights the mind and the eyes.” - Next Best Picture

“Bleak, brilliant, and mordantly hilarious.” - Indiewire

Join us for pizza & popcorn at 6:30 PM.

“Memory of Princess Mumbi” directed by Damien Hauser, 2025.

In 2093, filmmaker Kuve visits Umata to document life after a war banned modern tech. Local filmmaker Mumbi challenges him to create without AI, leading him to discover beauty in life’s simple moments.

November 13th, 7pm, Dana Auditorium
Come at 6:30pm for free pizza, popcorn, and snacks!

“It Was Just An Accident”
directed by Jafar Panahi, 2025

“One of del Toro’s finest, this is epic-scale storytelling of uncommon beauty, feeling and artistry.” - The Hollywood Reporter.

Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro adapts Mary Shelley’s classic tale of Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.

Join us outside Dana to celebrate with pizza and popcorn at 6:30 PM

Come at 4:30 pm for pizza and snacks!
Q&A with co-director Michael T. Workman and Middlebury Professors
“The Encampments”
directed by Kei Pritsker and Michael T.

“Love”
Norway, 2024

In defiance of societal norms, a pragmatic doctor and a compassionate nurse seek intimacy beyond the bounds of conventional relationships.
Written and directed by Dag Johan Haugerud.

Sponsored by the Hirschfield Film Endowment and the Film and Media Culture Department.