Four short films will be screened as part of the Window to Europe Film Series, a monthly presentation of European films which explore the complexity and diversity of cinematic voices from across the continent. Films in this series: 1. The Nettle (2017), director: Piaoyu Xie, run time: 22 min, origin: Czech Republic. 2. Fluffy (2016), director: Lee Filipovski, run time: 24 min, origin: Serbia/Canada. 3. Gabi (2016),…
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Free and open to the public. Subtitles are in English. Screening introduced by Emmanuelle Saada. On a stage-like set, more than 200 actors interpret characters of the 1871 Paris Commune, especially the Popincourt neighborhood in the XIth arrondissement. They voice their own thoughts and feelings concerning the social and political reforms. The telling of this story rests primarily on depicting…
Book presentation: Italian Style. Fashion & Film from Early Cinema to the Digital Age (2016, Bloomsbury Academic), by Eugenia Paulicelli. This is the first in-depth, book-length study on fashion and Italian cinema from the silent film to the present. Italian cinema launched Italian fashion to the world. The book is the story of this launch. The creation of an Italian style and…