Global Studies Center

Synonyms: 
GSC
Global Studies

Black Butterflies

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sun, 04/15/2012 - 18:30

The 2012 Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival: Faces of Others

Black Butterflies tells the story of Ingrid Jonker (1933-1965), a celebrated South African poet who lived during the time of the Apartheid racial segregations. Shortly after the passing of her mother, Jonker moved in with her estranged father, the Minister of Censorship in South Africa. (Directed by Paula van der Oest | South Africa/The Netherlands | 2011 | 100 min.)

+ Closing Night Reception

Location: 
McConomy Auditorium
Cost: 
$5 seniors and students* | $8 'Others'
Event Web Site: 
http://www.cmu.edu/faces/
Contact Person: 
Jolanta Lion
Contact Email: 
jola@cmu.edu

Essential Killing

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sat, 04/14/2012 - 19:00

The 2012 Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival: Faces of Others

After killing a small group of American soldiers in the desert of an unnamed country, the Arab insurgent Mohammed is apprehended and "rendered" to Europe for questioning, made impossible both by the language barrier and by his being deafened by an explosion. (Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski | Poland/Hungary/Ireland/Norway | 2011 | 83 min.)

Location: 
McConomy Auditorium
Cost: 
$5 seniors and students* | $8 'Others'
Event Web Site: 
http://www.cmu.edu/faces/
Contact Person: 
Jolanta Lion
Contact Email: 
jola@cmu.edu

Best Intentions (Din dragoste cu celemaibuneintentii)

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sat, 04/14/2012 - 14:00

The 2012 Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival: Faces of Others

Alex is a young Bucharest resident who lives a comfortable life with his girlfriend in their apartment. Unexpectedly, Alex's mother suffers a stroke and is hospitalized at the local town hospital, and concerned for his mother's health, travels back home on a whim. (Directed by Adrian Sitaru
Romania/Hungary | 2011 | 105 min.)

Location: 
Harris Theater
Cost: 
$5 seniors and students* | $8 'Others'
Event Web Site: 
http://www.cmu.edu/faces/
Contact Person: 
Jolanta Lion
Contact Email: 
jola@cmu.edu

Mourning

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 04/13/2012 - 19:30

The 2012 Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival: Faces of Others

When dawn breaks, a deaf couple is seen furiously arguing in sign language as they discover that their young nephew, Arshia, has been abandoned by his parents in the night. (Directed by Morteza Farshbaf | Iran | 2011 | 85 min.)

+ Reception

Location: 
McConomy Auditorium
Cost: 
$5 seniors and students* | $8 'Others'
Event Web Site: 
http://www.cmu.edu/faces/
Contact Person: 
Jolanta Lion
Contact Email: 
jola@cmu.edu

5 Broken Cameras

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 04/12/2012 - 19:00

The 2012 Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival: Faces of Others

Through five video cameras, Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat captures the different angles and developing story of his village's resistance to Israeli oppression. (Directed by Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi | The Netherlands/France/Israel/Palestine | 2011 | 90 min.)

+ Director Emad Burnat is scheduled to appear
+ Reception

Location: 
McConomy Auditorium
Cost: 
$5 seniors and students* | $8 'Others'
Event Web Site: 
http://www.cmu.edu/faces/
Contact Person: 
Jolanta Lion
Contact Email: 
jola@cmu.edu

Mum

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sun, 04/01/2012 - 18:30

The 2012 Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival: Faces of Others

Location: 
McConomy Auditorium
Cost: 
$5 seniors and students* | $8 'Others'
Event Web Site: 
http://www.cmu.edu/faces/
Contact Person: 
Jolanta Lion
Contact Email: 
jola@cmu.edu

El Sicario, Room 164

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sat, 03/31/2012 - 19:30

The 2012 Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival: Faces of Others

El Sicario, Room 164 explores the terrifyingly casual roots of evil through the eyes of an unnamed, former "el sicario”a hit man and enforcer for a drug cartel in Ciudad Juárez who once kidnapped and tortured someone in the very room in which Gianfranco Rosi films this thrilling documentary. (France/United States | 2011 | 80 min.)

Location: 
McConomy Auditorium
Cost: 
$5 seniors and students* | $8 'Others'
Event Web Site: 
http://www.cmu.edu/faces/
Contact Person: 
Jolanta Lion
Contact Email: 
jola@cmu.edu

Alps (Alpeis)

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sat, 03/31/2012 - 17:30

The 2012 Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival: Faces of Others

Alps is a mysterious and unique organization that provides an unusual service to relatives of the recently deceased: its members will take on the role of the dearly departed in order to help people deal with the loss of their loved ones. (Directed by Giorgos Lanthimos | Greece | 2011 | 93 min.)

+ Greek Reception

Location: 
McConomy Auditorium
Cost: 
$5 seniors and students* | $8 'Others'
Event Web Site: 
http://www.cmu.edu/faces/
Contact Person: 
Jolanta Lion
Contact Email: 
jola@cmu.edu

Position Among the Stars (Stand van de Sterren)

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sat, 03/31/2012 - 14:00

The 2012 Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival: Faces of Others

As the final segment of a trilogy, Position among the Stars follows the award-winning documentaries Eye of the Day and Shape of the Moon. This film focuses on Tari, a young Indonesian girl who will leave her village and family to receive a proper education. (Directed by Leonard Retel Helmrich | The Netherlands | 2010 | 111 min.)

+ Skype session with Director Leonard Retel Helmrich

Location: 
Harris Theater
Cost: 
$5 seniors and students* | $8 'Others'
Event Web Site: 
http://www.cmu.edu/faces/
Contact Person: 
Jolanta Lion
Contact Email: 
jola@cmu.edu

Joschka and Sir Fischer

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 03/30/2012 - 18:30

The 2012 Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival: Faces of Others

Standing in an old factory in Germany with historical footage projected on either side of him, German politician Joschka Fischer recounts his extraordinary personal story literally against the backdrop of 60 years of German history. (Directed by Pepe Danquart | Switzerland/Germany | 2011 | 138 min.)

+ Director Pepe Danquart is scheduled to appear
+ Reception

Location: 
McConomy Auditorium
Cost: 
$5 seniors and students* | $8 'Others'
Event Web Site: 
http://www.cmu.edu/faces/
Contact Person: 
Jolanta Lion
Contact Email: 
jola@cmu.edu

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