Film & Media Culture

Tunisia, summer 2011. The holiday to Southern country ends in disaster for Fares, Meriem and their 10-year old son Aziz when he is accidentally shot in an ambush. His injury will change their lives as Aziz needs a liver transplant, which leads to the discovery of a long-buried secret. Will Aziz and their relationship survive? In Arabic and French with English subtitles. (1 hour 31 minutes.) Free. A Hirschfield International Film Series event.

Nelly has just lost her grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother’s childhood home. She explores the house and the surrounding woods. One day she meets a girl her same age building a treehouse. In French with English subtitles. (1 hour 12 minutes). Free. A Hirschfield International Film Series event.

Programmed in partnership with the Vermont International Film Festival.

Nelly has just lost her grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother’s childhood home. She explores the house and the surrounding woods. One day she meets a girl her same age building a treehouse. In French with English subtitles. (1 hour 12 minutes). Free. A Hirschfield International Film Series event.

Programmed in partnership with the Vermont International Film Festival.

FLEE tells the story of Amin Nawabi as he grapples with a painful secret he has kept hidden for 20 years, one that threatens to derail the life he has built for himself and his soon to be husband. Recounted mostly through animation to director Jonas Poher Rasmussen, he tells for the first time the story of his extraordinary journey as a child refugee from Afghanistan. In Danish, English, Dari, Russian, and Swedish with English subtitles. (1 hour 30 minutes). Free. A Hirschfield International Film Series event.

Programmed in partnership with the Vermont International Film Festival.

This film chronicles four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is. In Norwegian with English subtitles. (2 hours 1 minute). Free. A Hirschfield International Film Series event. 

Programmed in partnership with the Vermont International Film Festival.

This film chronicles four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is. In Norwegian with English subtitles. (2 hours 1 minute). Free. A Hirschfield International Film Series event. 

Programmed in partnership with the Vermont International Film Festival.

FLEE tells the story of Amin Nawabi as he grapples with a painful secret he has kept hidden for 20 years, one that threatens to derail the life he has built for himself and his soon to be husband. Recounted mostly through animation to director Jonas Poher Rasmussen, he tells for the first time the story of his extraordinary journey as a child refugee from Afghanistan. In Danish, English, Dari, Russian, and Swedish with English subtitles. (1 hour 30 minutes). Free. A Hirschfield International Film Series event.

Programmed in partnership with the Vermont International Film Festival.

A love letter to cinema, shot across the US, Iran, Chile, China and Thailand, by seven of today’s most vital filmmakers. New life in the old house. A breakaway, a reunion. Surveillance and reconciliation. An unrecognizable world, in the year of the everlasting storm. (2 hours). Q&A with Producer Brad Becker-Parton ‘11 and Co-Producer Matthew Cherchio ’11 on Zoom at 5:15pm. Free. A Hirschfield International Film Series event. 

In-person screenings open only to students, faculty, and staff approved to be on campus. All are welcome to stream online.

A love letter to cinema, shot across the US, Iran, Chile, China and Thailand, by seven of today’s most vital filmmakers. New life in the old house. A breakaway, a reunion. Surveillance and reconciliation. An unrecognizable world, in the year of the everlasting storm. (2 hours). Q&A with Producer Brad Becker-Parton ‘11 and Co-Producer Matthew Cherchio ’11 on Zoom at 5:15pm. Free. A Hirschfield International Film Series event. 

In-person screenings open only to students, faculty, and staff approved to be on campus. All are welcome to stream online.

UDPATE! New location: Middlebury Marquis Theatre, 65 Main Street, Middlebury, VT

THE RESCUE chronicles the dramatic 2018 rescue of 12 Thai boys and their soccer coach, trapped deep inside a flooded cave. Academy Award®-winning directors and producers E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin reveal the perilous world of cave diving, the bravery of the rescuers, and the dedication of an entire community that made great sacrifices to save these young boys. (1 hour 54 minutes). Free. A Hirschfield International Film Series event.