A Retrospective of Pawel Pawlikowski’s films

Museum of the Moving Image 36-01 35th Avenue, Astoria, New York

Since making his first film nearly 30 years ago, Academy Award–winning director Pawel Pawlikowski has established himself as one of the most accomplished and adventurous filmmakers working today. Born in Warsaw, Poland, he emigrated to England as a teenager, and made his first films there—documentaries with peripatetic themes and titles (From Moscow to Pietushki: A Journey with Benedict Yerofeyev, Dostoevsky's…

Spanish Cinema Days | Film Screening: The fury of a patient man

King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center 53 Washington Square South, New York, United States

The Fury of a Patient Man (Raúl Arévalo / Spain / 2016 / 92 min) Synopsis Madrid, August 2007. Curro (Luis Callejo) is the only one arrested for the robbery of a jewelry store. Eight years later, his girlfriend Ana and their son are waiting for Curro to get out of prison. Jose is a solitary and reserved man who…

Moomins and the Winter Wonderland

Scandinavia House 58 Park Avenue, New York City, NY, United States

The beloved Finnish fairytale characters the Moomins come to Scandinavia House in this holiday film! It’s winter time in Moomin Valley, but Moomintroll doesn’t want to hibernate — this year he wants to explore the winter. And as the snow begins to drift and cover the garden, Moomintroll climbs out his window one day only to find that mysterious and…

Easy

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU) 24 West 12th Street, New York City, NY, United States

N.I.C.E. Closing Night New Italian Cinema Events (N.I.C.E.) Film Festival celebrates its 28th edition in the United States. Easy (Italy/Ukraine, 2017, 91 min.) Directed by Andrea Magnani Screening to be followed by Q&A with Andrea Magnani in conversation with Stefano Albertini, NYU. Isidoro, known to all as Easy is lonely and depressed. His career as a young go-cart driver was…

Call Me By Your Name

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU) 24 West 12th Street, New York City, NY, United States

Followed by a Q&A with author André Aciman This screening is part of the third edition of Italy on Screen Today. Call Me By Your Name (2017, 132 min.) Directed by Luca Guadagnino Written by James Ivory, based on the novel by André Aciman Starring Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg Followed by a Q&A with author André Aciman, in conversation with journalist…

Little Tito and the Aliens (2018)

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU) 24 West 12th Street, New York City, NY, United States

Introduced by director Paola Randi This screening is part of the third edition of Italy on Screen Today. Little Tito and the Aliens (Tito e gli alieni) (2018, 92 min.) Written and Directed by Paola Randi Starring Valerio Mastandrea, Clémence Poésy, Luca Esposito Introduced by director Paola Randi in conversation with journalist Silvia Bizio. After his wife's death, the Professor goes to…

1938 – Diversi

Calandra Italian American Institute at CUNY 25 W 43rd St #17, New York, NY, United States

Film screening and discussion with Giorgio Treves (filmmaker), Ernest Ialongo (Hostos Community College, CUNY) and Nina Valbousquet (Fordham University) 1938 – Diversi (2018), By Giorgio Treves Produced by Tangram Film/Roberto Levi and Carolina Levi, in collaboration with Sky Arte, Piemonte Film Fund, MiBACT, AB Groupe e AAMOD “Fascism can still return under the most innocent appearance. Our duty is to unmask…

Winter Flies: Window to Europe Film Series

Bohemian National Hall 321 E 73rd St., New York, NY, United States

Two mischievous adolescent boys embark on a journey of imaginative misadventure and coming-of-age self-discovery, in Olmo Omerzu's road-trip comedy celebrating the need to indulge the innocence, impulsiveness, and irrepressibility of youth. On a bright, wintry day, cherubic and ingenuous Heduš (Jan František Uher) catches doe-eyed friend Mára (Tomáš Mrvík) and his stolen car in his BB gun’s crosshairs. He spontaneously…

Film Screening & Discussion. The Leading Role (U.S. Premier)

Deutsches Haus Columbia 420 West 116th Street, New York City, NY, United States

Please join the Ukrainian Film Club at Columbia University for the New York premier of The Leading Role (2016) directed by Serhiy Bukovsky. Professor Yuri Shevchuk will introduce the film and mediate the discussion. Russian language with English subtitles. In his latest feature documentary, Serhiy Bukovsky, paragon of Ukrainian documentary filmmaking, pays tribute to his mother and actress Nina Antonova. A natural…

Redemption Blues

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU) 24 West 12th Street, New York City, NY, United States

(Peter Stastny, 2017) This event is part of Giorno della Memoria under the auspices of the Consulate General of Italy and in collaboration with Centro Primo Levi. Additional information available at www.primolevicenter.org. Redemption Blues (2017, Documentary, 84 min.) Directed by Peter Stastny Produced by Peter Stastny, Lucia Schrenk, Roland Hablesreiter – Transmitter Film Followed by a discussion between director Peter Statsny and Paola…