Returning to Pittsburgh is the "Pittsburgh Anime Film Series," this year featuring theatrical films from Japan. The series kicks off with 5 Centimeters Per Second, directed by Makoto Shinkai (2007). Told in three interconnected segments, we follow a young man named Takaki through his life as cruel winters, cold technology, and finally, adult obligations and responsibility converge to test the delicate petals of love.

During a stopover in Buenos Aires, Marka Falkenmayer hears a Spanish nursery song and reacts in a troubled way. Where does she, a young German, remember this melody and these lyrics from? In the search for an answer, she learns the truth about her family, her origin, and her identity.

Join us in room 114 of the O'Hara Student Center from 7-9 pm for a showing of the movie "Los abrazos rotos" (Broken Embraces). This Spanish film follows a blind writer as he faces the problems of his past. Check out the trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks0QxShQgkc

Come to room 114 in the O'Hara Student Center from 7-9 pm to watch a free showing of "Il y a longtemps que je t'aime" (I've Loved You So Long). It is a French film that follows the life of a woman after being in prison for fifteen years and how she reconnects with her family. Check out the trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2iSfhlNXZk

Come to room 114 of the O'Hara Student Center between 7-9 pm to view a free showing of the movie "A Separation." This is an Iranian movie about a couple that is forced to make a difficult decision about their future. Watch the trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Sswx_vrWk

Join us for a special film screening from the work of Masayo Kajimura! Kajimura will present and answer questions about the Mono no Aware Project and speak about her relationship with Japanese culture as someone from the Japanese diaspora. All are welcome to join!

A documentary about the 1912 racist massacre against the Partido Independiente de Color—this year marks the centennial of the massarcre
Panel: Gloria Rolando (Afro-Cuban filmmaker), Roberto Zurbano (editor of Movimiento, Casa de las Americas), and Tomas Fernandez Robaina (archivist, writer, and activist).
Moderator: Alejandro de la Fuente

A screening of works and a conversation with Masayo Kajimura, a Berlin-based video and installation artist. In her work Masayo creates a rich multi-layered flow of images that draw on settings and motifs from various global locations and cultural settings. Sharp insights and provocations underlie these evocative, lyrical, and associative projects.

MONDAY OCTOBER 29, 5-7PM
“THE LAST ILLUSION/DER RUF”
Director: Josef von Baky, b/w, 104 min., 1948/49
A German-Jewish university professor’s return to Germany at the end of the war brings
with it a difficult departure from his American émigré community, an unexpected
reunion with his ex-wife and a final battle against anti-Semitism. This film is based on
the displacement of actor and director Fritz Kortner and contains autobiographical elements.

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 7, 5-7PM
“THE SONG IN ME/DAS LIED IN MIR”
Director: Florian Cossen, colour, 94min, 2010