OUR MISSION
FOSTERING CROSS CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING THROUGH
THE POWER OF WORLD CINEMA.
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Drawn from a cache of personal video recordings from the past 22 years, director Steve Loveridge’s Sundance award winning MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A. is a startlingly personal profile of the critically acclaimed artist, chronicling her remarkable journey from refugee immigrant to pop star. Read more→
The legendary Jean-Luc Godard adds to his influential, iconoclastic legacy with this provocative collage film essay, a vast ontological inquiry into the history of the moving image and a commentary on the contemporary world. Read more→
A staggeringly assured first feature, CRYSTAL PLUMAGE establishes the key traits that defines Argento’s filmography, including lavish visuals and a flare for wildly inventive / brutal scenes of violence. With sumptuous cinematography by Vittorio Storaro (APOCALYPSE NOW) and a seductive Ennio Morricone score, this landmark film has never looked or sounded better. Read more→
Winner of the 1995 Cannes Palme d'Or, Kusturica’s flamboyant, frenetic masterpiece is the national epic of a non-existent nation, tracing the inglorious history of Yugoslavia through the comic adventures of two boozing, brawling buddies, the naïve Blacky and the opportunistic Marko. Read more→
WILD RELATIVES explores how taxonomies of seeds and plants carry histories of violence and colonialism, as reflected by Syria’s work with the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway. Read more→
