Middlebury's International Film Festival is like no other film series. For nine consecutive Saturdays, and one Friday, starting in June, the Language Schools present a major foreign film on the big screen in Dana Auditorium.
What makes the festival different is language, ten of them to be exact. One film is shown in each of the Language Schools' ten languages—Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish—and all of the films are shown with English subtitles. The International Film Festival is free of charge.
Screenings are at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. in Dana Auditorium
The Arabic Film will have one showing at 7 p.m.
The 2008 International Film Festival
(click here for details on all ten films)
June 14, 2008 -Arabic* (one showing only at 7 p.m.)
Omaret Yakobean (
Yacoubian Building)
Directed by Marwan Hamed
Egypt, 2006
Color. 161 mins. Arabic with English subtitles http://www.arabfilm.com/item/444/
June 21, 2008- Japanese
Abduction: The Megumi Yakota Story
Directed by Chris Sheridan and Patty Kim
UK/USA, 2006
Color. 85 mins. Japanese with English subtitles
http://www.abductionfilm.com/
June 28, 2008-Chinese
Still Life
Directed by Zhang-Ke Jia
Hong Kong/China, 2006
Color. 108 mins. Chinese with English subtitles
http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/01/18/movies/18stil.html
July 5, 2008- French
Congorama
Directed by Philippe Falardeau
Canada/Belgium/France, 2006
Color. 106 mins. French with English subtitles
http://www.congorama-lefilm.com/
July 12, 2008 - German
Die Fälscher (The Counterfeiters)
Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky
Germany, 2007
Color. 98 mins. German with English subtitles
http://www.thecounterfeitersfilm.com/
July 19, 2008- Italian
L’ora di religione (My Mother's Smile
)
Directed by Marco Bellocchio
Italy, 2001
Color. 102 mins. Italian with English subtitles http://cineuropa.org/film.aspx?documentID=1591
July 26, 2008- Spanish
La Misma Luna (Under the Same Moon)
Directed by Patricia Riggen
Mexico/USA, 2007
Color. 106 mins. Spanish with English subtitles
http://www.laemmle.com/viewmovie.php?mid=3148
August 1, 2008- Portuguese
O Ano em Que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias (The Year My Parents Went on Vacation)
Directed by Cao Hamburger
Brazil, 2006
Color. 104 mins. Portuguese, with English subtitles
http://www.oano.com.br/english/
August 2, 2008- Hebrew
Michtavim Le America (Dear Mr. Waldman)
Directed by Hanan Peled
Israel, 2006
Color. 90 mins. Hebrew with English subtitles
http://www.eztakes.com/store/movie/Dear-Mr-Waldman-Movie-Download.jsp
August 9, 2008- Russian
Italianetz (The Italian)
Directed by Andrei Kravchuk
Russia, 2005
Color. 99 mins. Russian with English subtitles
http://www.sonyclassics.com/theitalian/