Films are screened in the Dan and Mary Miller Auditorium. All programs are free and open to the public unless otherwise stated. No tickets required. Eckerd College is located at 4200 54th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, Florida. Click here for driving directions and maps to Eckerd College. For further information, please contact the Eckerd College Office of Communications at 727-864-7979. The International Cinema Series is coordinated by Nathan Andersen, Associate Professor of Philosophy. All films are shown at 7 pm.

Spring Semester 2012

February 17, 2012 - 7pm

The Turin Horse
Directed by Bela Tarr (Hungarian with English Subtitles, 146m, 2011)

Shortly before his mental breakdown, the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche witnessed the beating of an old horse by a peasant in a cart. He tried to stop the beating, and when he couldn't he broke down and wept. This film imagines the story of what happened to that horse, and of the father and daughter who depended on it for their livelihood in a desolate landscape. Offered in collaboration with the "Visions of Nature/Voices of Nature" Environmental Film Festival.

February 24, 2012 - 7pm

OKA!
Directed by Lavinia Currier (English and French with English subtitles, 106m, 2011)

In a unique blending of fiction and ethnographic documentary, this film tells the story of an eccentric American ethnomusicologist, who lived among the Bayaka pygmies in Central Africa for 25 years, and his quest to capture their unique music. Offered in collaboration with the "Visions of Nature/Voices of Nature" Environmental Film Festival.

March 2, 2012 - 7pm

Melancholia
Directed by Lars von Trier (English, 136m, 2011)

A large family gathers for a wedding celebration, as a massive planet threatens to collide with the Earth. Lars von Trier's latest film is possibly his most accessible, and likely his most beautifully shot film, but manages to deal deftly with issues both personal and cosmic.

March 9, 2012 - 7pm

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkish with English subtitles, 150m, 2011)

An atmospheric and meditative murder mystery unravels as police search for a missing body in the Turkish countryside.

March 16 & March 23, 2012 - No films due to spring recess

March 30, 2012 - 7pm

The Skin I Live In
Directed by Pedro Almodovar (Spanish with English subtitles, 117m, 2011)

A brilliant and obsessed plastic surgeon designs the perfect synthetic skin, and tests it on the mysterious woman he holds captive in his home.

April 6, 2012 - No films due to Good Friday

April 13, 2012 - 7pm

Chico and Rita
Directed by Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal & Tono Errando (Spanish with English Subtitles, 94m, 2010, 35mm print)

Cuba, 1948. A young piano player with big dreams meets a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. From Havana to New York, Paris, Hollywood and Las Vegas, two passionate individuals battle impossible odds to unite in music and love. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Film in 2011. (Not rated, but some mature subject matter.)

April 20, 2012 - 7pm

Le Havre
Directed by Aki Kaurismaki (French with English Subtitles, 93m, 2011)

An aging shoeshiner develops an unlikely friendship with a young African refugee. The latest film by Finnish auteur and master of deadpan humor and political satire, Aki Kaurismaki. (Rescheduled from February 10, due to a print shipping error).

April 27, 2012 - 7pm

This is Not a Film
Directed by Jafar Panahi (Persian with English Subtitles, 75m, 2010, digital screening)

Celebrated filmmaker Jafar Panahi, confined under house arrest and forbidden by his government from making films, creates instead an extraordinary personal exploration of the difficulties facing contemporary Iranian cinema.

May 4, 2012 - 7pm

A Separation
Directed by Ashgar Farhadi (Persian with English Subtitles, 123m, 35mm print)

Set in contemporary Iran, A SEPARATION is a compelling drama about the dissolution of a marriage. Simin wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader and daughter Termeh. Simin sues for divorce when Nader refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer-suffering father. Her request having failed, Simin returns to her parents' home, but Termeh decides to stay with Nader.

When Nader hires a young woman to assist with his father in his wife's absence, he hopes that his life will return to a normal state. However, when he discovers that the new maid has been lying to him, he realizes that there is more on the line than just his marriage.

May 11, 2012 - 7pm

Wuthering Heights
Directed by Andrea Arnold (English, 129m, 2011, 35mm print)

British filmmaker Andrea Arnold delivers a potent yet unconventional adaptation of the classic novel by Emily Bronte. A poor boy of unknown origins is rescued from poverty and taken in by the Earnshaw family, where he develops an intense relationship with his young foster sister, Cathy.