Film & Media Culture

Season 4 of the German hit series “Babylon Berlin” has finally arrived in the United States. Set in the early 1930s in Germany and the period of the National Socialists’ rapid rise to absolute power, season 4 once again follows police inspector Gereon Rath (Volker Bruch) and police assistant Charlotte Ritter (Liv Lisa Fries) as they try to solve a murder-mystery set in the streets of Berlin. However, it is Gereon’s slow surrender to the power of Fascism that really drives this season and the relationship between the two protagonists who were once on the same page …

The annual showcase of student work produced in Advanced Filmmaking. A Film and Media Culture Department event. Free.  

A screening of senior projects produced by Film and Media Culture majors.  Expect a variety of media modes and styles.  A Film and Media Culture Department event.  Free.
This event is expected to reach capacity. Arrive early for seating.
 

Gathering for Film and Media Culture seniors and their families.

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.

Come watch 6 wonderful short films, the output of Advanced Filmmaking, FMMC 0335.

Films by Aylin Atzin, Graydon Hanson, Mathieu Houlier, Kalani Martial, Lauren Sayula, and Max Walters. With the collaboration of Daniela Garcia.

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.

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

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.

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

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