Hirschfield International Film Series

Hirschfield, written on a piece of film strip.

Extraordinary international and independent films.
Free and open to the public.

New titles are being added regularly, so check back often and subscribe to ArtsMail to stay informed about upcoming screenings.

Some of the works in this series may be inappropriate for children; many titles are unrated or have not been rated at the time of the screening.

SCREENINGS AND EVENTS

Hirschfield is back!
Join us for our unique once-a-month event, at Dana Auditorium.
 

  • Hirschfield International Film Series - "Only the River Flows"

    The October screening of the Hirschfield series features a Chinese film that premiered in the Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival. Only the River Flows is an atmospheric thriller set in rural China, following a murder investigation that quickly leads to an obvious arrest and to many unanswered questions. Professor Chialan Sharon Wang will introduce the film, and the screening will be followed by a brief discussion led by Professor Nikolina Dobreva. Join us outside Dana to celebrate with pizza and popcorn at 6:30 PM

    Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

    Open to the Public

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ALREADY SCREENED

  • Hirschfield International Film Series

    The Hirschfield International Film Series opens with a selection of shorts from this year’s Sundance Film Festival. For details about each of the 7 films visit here. Free Admission.

    Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

    Open to the Public

  • HIRSCHFIELD THURSDAYS - MAMBAR PIERRETTE

    HIRSCHFIELD THURSDAYS PRESENTS:

    MAMBAR PIERRETTE, a free-spirited seamstress navigates poverty and patriarchy in the Cameroonian city of Douala.

    Cameroon/Belgium - 2023 - 93 minutes - A Film by Rosine Mbakam.

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

    Watch the trailer HERE
    Co-Sponsored by the Hirschfield Film Endowment

    Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

    Open to the Public

  • Hirschfield Thursdays: I Saw The TV Glow

    Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.

    USA - 2024 - 100 minutes - Written and Directed by Jane Schoenbrun

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

    Watch the trailer here.

    Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

    Open to the Public

    Free

  • HIRSCHFIELD THURSDAYS - A WOLFPACK CALLED ERNESTO

    HIRSCHFIELD THURSDAYS PRESENTS: A WOLFPACK CALLED ERNESTO.

    Mexican filmmaker Everardo González brings us inside the chilling world of Ernesto, an amalgam of various teenage boys, who, in choosing a gun and a life of organized crime, becomes both victim and perpetrator.

    Mexico, France - 2023 - 81 minutes.

    DIRECTOR EVERARDO GONZALEZ will be with us for a Q&A after the screening.

    Our unique once-a-month event. Join us outside Dana to celebrate with pizza and popcorn at 6:30 PM

    OFFICIAL TRAILER

    Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

    Open to the Public

  • Hirschfield Student Programming: PROBLEMISTA

    Come join us watch Julio Torres’ genius film Problemista.

    Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer who’s struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in New York City. As time on his work visa runs out, a job assisting an art world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country and realize his dream.

    Axinn Center 232

    Closed to the Public

  • Hirschfield Thursdays: The Zone of Interest

    Hirschfield Thursdays presents: The Zone of Interest.

    The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.

    Directed by Jonathan Glazer - US, UK, Poland - 105 minutes.

    Our unique once-a-month event. Join us outside Dana to celebrate with pizza and popcorn at 6:30 PM

    OFFICIAL TRAILER

    Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

    Open to the Public

  • Hirschfield Thursdays: Stonewalling

    Hirschfield Thursdays presents: Stonewalling.

    20 year-old Lynn is told she needs English classes, flight attendant school, and a go-getter attitude. She perseveres along this path of upward mobility until she finds out she’s pregnant. Indecisive and running out of time, she tells her boyfriend she’s had an abortion and instead returns to her feuding parents and their failing clinic to try and figure out (if she can) what’s next.

    HUANG Ji, OTSUKA Ryuji - Japan, China - 147 minutes

    Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

    Open to the Public

  • Hirschfield Thursdays - Like a Fish on the Moon

    When their son Ilya stops talking, Haleh and her husband Amir start searching for the reason and the remedy for his mutism. The more they try to talk to the boy or consults experts, the worst things become.

    WRITER DIRECTOR DORNAZ HAJIHA will be in attendance for a Q&A after the screening.

    Our unique once-a-month Thursday. Join us outside Dana to celebrate with pizza and popcorn at 6:30 PM.

    IRAN, 78 minutes, 2022.

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

    Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

    Open to the Public

  • Hirschfield Student Programming, Stress Buster: Bottoms

    Come bust your stress with BOTTOMS, the film.

    “Two unpopular queer high school students start a fight club to have sex before graduation.”

    What’s not to like?

    We will have popcorn and pizza at 6:30, outside of the screening room!

    Axinn Center 232

    Closed to the Public

  • Hirschfield First Thursdays presents: Anatomy of a Fall

    For the past year, Sandra, her husband Samuel, and their eleven-year-old son Daniel have lived a secluded life in a remote town in the French Alps. When Samuel is found dead in the snow below their chalet, the police question whether he was murdered or committed suicide. Samuel’s suspicious death is presumed murder, and Sandra becomes the main suspect

    Our unique once-a-month event every first Thursday. Join us outside Dana to celebrate with pizza and popcorn at 6:30 PM.

    Directed by Justine Triet - France - 2023 - 150 Minutes - Rated R

    Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

    Open to the Public

  • Hirschfield First Thursday Films: Mutt

    Hirschfield is back with a unique once-a-month event every first Thursday. Join us outside Dana to celebrate with pizza at 6:30 PM.

    Feña, a young trans guy bustling through life in New York City, is afflicted with an incessantly challenging day that resurrects ghosts from his past. Laundromats, subway turnstiles, and airport transfers are the hectic background to this emotional drama that overlaps past, present, and future.

    Directed by Vuk Lungulov-Klotz - USA - 2023 - 87 minutes

    Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

    Open to the Public

  • Hirschfield Student Programming: Halloweekend! - TALK TO ME

    BOO! Did we scare ya? Well this movie sure will!
    Come to our first annual Hirschfield Fright Night!

    Pizza, popcorn and candy will be provided at 4:30.
    Costumes are highly encouraged.

    TALK TO ME - SYNOPSIS
    When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits with an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill and high-stakes party game — until one of them goes too far by unleashing terrifying supernatural forces.

    Official Trailer

    Axinn Center 232

    Closed to the Public

  • Hirschfield First Thursday Films: The Royal Hotel

    Hirschfield is back with a unique once-a-month event every first Thursday. Join us outside Dana to celebrate with pizza at 7:00 PM.

    Americans Hanna and Liv are backpacking in Australia and take a temporary live-in job in a remote Outback mining town. Soon, they find themselves trapped in an unnerving situation that grows rapidly out of their control.

    Directed by Kitty Green (The Assistant) - Australia/UK - 2023 - 91 minutes

    Official Trailer

    Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

    Open to the Public

Department of Film and Media Culture

Axinn Center at Starr Library
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT 05753

Sheerya Berg, Coordinator

Axinn Center at Starr Library 210

(802) 443-3190

shberg@middlebury.edu

Axinn 210: Monday-Friday 10am-2pm and by appointment. Remote: Monday-Friday 8:15am-10am and 2pm-5pm.

Ioana Uricaru, Chair

Axinn Center at Starr Library 204

(802) 443-5425

iuricaru@middlebury.edu