Global Film Series

Join us Wednesday, February 21 at 7pm in Liberal Arts Room 120 for Die Vermessung der Welt (Measuring the World), the 2012 film that follows the parallel adventures of two brilliant and eccentric scientists, Alexander von Humboldt and Carl Friedrich Gauss, on their life paths in early-19th-century Germany and across the world. 

Film in German with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Out of the Comfort Zone" adventure film series!

Join us Wednesday, February 28 at 7pm in Liberal Arts Room 120 for a screening of the 2014 documentary Solidream that follows a group of friends as they slowly make their way by bike from France all the way around the world on a winding, twisting route that takes them across all 7 continents.

Film in French with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Out of the Comfort Zone" adventure film series!

Join us Wednesday, March 6 at 7pm in Liberal Arts Room 120 for a screening of 人在囧途 (Lost on Journey), the 2010 Chinese action comedy film that follows the boss of a toy corporation whose chance encounter with a stranger causes roadblocks in his trip back to Changsha to celebrate the New Year with his family.

Film in Chinese with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Out of the Comfort Zone" adventure film series!

Join us Wednesday, March 20 at 7pm in Liberal Arts Room 120 for Quando Sei Nato Non Puoi Più Nasconderti (Once you're born you can no longer hide), the 2005 Italian drama film that follows a young Italian boy who falls overboard while yachting with his father and is rescued by a boatload of undocumented immigrants attempting to reach Italy by sailing across the Mediterranean. 

Film in Italian with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Out of the Comfort Zone" adventure film series!

Join us Wednesday, March 27 at 7pm in Liberal Arts Room 120 for a screening of the epic 2017 Japanese fantasy adventure film Kamakura Monogatari (Destiny, The Tale of Kamakura), based on the popular manga about a mystery writer and his wife who discover a magical world and solve mysteries together.

Film in Japanese with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Out of the Comfort Zone" adventure film series!

Join us Wednesday, April 10 at 7pm in Liberal Arts Room 120 for a screening of La Sociedad de la Nieve (Society of the Snow), the 2023 survivor thriller film based on the experience of survivors of the 1972 plane crash in the Andes and the harrowing decisions they must make to survive while trapped in one of the most inaccessible and hostile environments on the planet. 

Film in Spanish with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Out of the Comfort Zone" adventure film series!

Join us Wednesday, September 27 at 7pm in Liberal Arts Room 136 for a screening of the 1999 film The Closed Doors,  powerful story set during the Gulf War that touches on several taboos in contemporary Egyptian society, examining their social and political implications with the story of a young man who embraces fundamentalist ideas as a way of dealing with the confusion of adolescence.

Film in Arabic with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Acting Out" series!

Join us Wednesday, October 11th at 7pm in Liberal Arts Room 136 for the iconic 1997 Japanese adult animated epic historical fantasy film Mononoke Hime (Princess Mononoke), written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and animated by Studio Ghibli. This tale of conflict between the forces of nature and civilization is in itself an act of environmental action, with a message of warning and hope that has remained timeless. 

Film in Japanese with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Acting Out" series!

Join us Wednesday, October 18th for Bande de Filles (Girlhood), the 2014 French coming-of-age drama film that tackles difficult themes of race, abuse, and navigating societal expectations while existing on the borders of society as an adolecent girl of color. 

Film in French with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Acting Out" series!

Join us Wednesday, October 25 at 7pm in Liberal Arts Room 136 for the German documentary NOW in which six young German climate activists speak out about why they became activists and what motivates them to action, with support from punk rock legend Patti Smith, filmmaker Wim Wenders, and many more. For this event, we will be giving students the opportunity to be panelists themselves, leading a discussion after the film on the pros and cons of social activism and what can be most effective as a way to affect real change in a lasting way.

Film in English and German with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Acting Out" series as well as the Germany on Campus: Climate Action and Energy Transition in Germany Today series, sponsored by the German Embassy!

Join us Wednesday, November 1st at 7pm in Liberal Arts Room 136 for or I Cento Passi (100 Steps), the 2000 Italian film about the life of Peppino Impastato, a left-wing political activist who opposed the Mafia in Sicily in the small town of Cinisi in the province of Palermo. 

Film in Italian with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Acting Out" series!

Join us Wednesday, November 8th for the 2012 Chilean historical drama NO, which follows an advertising executive who creates a campaign to defeat dictator Augusto Pinochet in Chile's 1988 referendum. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2013.

Film in Spanish with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Acting Out" series!

Rescheduled due to Snowstorm! 

Join us Wednesday, March 8th at 7pm in Liberal Arts Room 136 for a screening of
Breaking Bread, the 2019 documentary that follows Arab and Jewish chefs in Haifa, Israel as they collaborate in the kitchen. Connected through a shared love of food, the chefs unite to celebrate their cultures and the food of their region free from political and religious boundaries.

Film in English.

Part of the GELL Center "Food in Film" series!

Join us Wednesday, March 22nd at 7pm in Liberal Arts Room 136 for a screening of the touching 2017 Japanese film Papa no obentô wa sekaiichi, which portrays a recently divorced father who has never cooked as he works to prepare his daughter's daily lunch. 

Film in Japanese with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Food in Film" series!

 Rescheduled due to Snowstorm! 

Join us Wednesday, March. 29th at 7pm in Liberal Arts Room 136 for a screening of Délicieux, the mouth-watering 2021 historical comedy that follows a French chef and his enterprising protégé as they resolve to free themselves from servitude and open the first restaurant in 1700s France.

Film in French with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Food in Film" series!

 Join us Wednesday, April 5th, at 7pm in Liberal Arts Room 136 for a screening of Io sono l'amore, the 2009 Italian romantic drama film set in Milan, revolving around a woman and her relationship with her family, food, and love.

Film in Italian, English, and Russian with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Food in Film" series!

Join us Wednesday, April 12th, at 7pm in Liberal Arts Room 136 for a screening of Like Water for Chocolate, the celebrated 1992 magical realist drama based on the novel by Laura Esquivel that follows Tita, a Mexican woman living in the early 1900s, as she struggles with conflicts between love and family tradition, expressing her suppressed passions through her cooking.

Film in Spanish with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Food in Film" series!

Join us Wednesday, April 19th, at 7pm in Liberal Arts Room 136 for a screening of Mostly Martha, the 2001 German romantic comedy drama about love, loss, and the way we use food to communicate and connect.

Film in German with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Food in Film" series!

 Join us Wednesday, April 26th, at 7pm in Liberal Arts Room 136 for a screening of Eat Drink Man Woman (飲食男女), the delicious 1994 Ang Lee comedy about food, fatherhood, and family ties as a widower struggles with accepting his three daughters' sudden interest in romance.

Film in Mandarin with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Food in Film" series!

Join us Wednesday, May 3rd, at 7pm in Liberal Arts Room 136 for a screening of the 2010 Spanish drama 18 Meals, a film that follows the conversations and meals of a group of intertwined lives over one day in the historic city of Santiago de Compostela, where the most important conversations of life are held over food.

Film in Spanish with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Food in Film" series!

 Join us Wednesday, Oct. 5th, at 7pm in Liberal Arts Room 136 for a screening of
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World, a 2017 Canadian documentary film that profiles the impact of Indigenous musicians in Canada and the US on the development of rock music.

Film in English. 

Part of the GELL Center "Transgressions" film series!

Join us Wednesday, Oct. 12th at 7pm in Liberal Arts Room 136 for a screening of Snow White Murder Case, the 2014 Japanese mystery thriller film that highlights the destructive power of language and social media.

Film in Japanese with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Transgressions" film series!

Join us Wednesday, Oct. 19th at 7pm in Liberal Arts Room 136 for a screening of 2004 Italian psychological thriller film The Consequences of Love, which follows a lonely and secretive Italian businessman living in a Swiss hotel and explores the circumstances that brought him to that isolation.   

Film in Italian with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Transgressions" film series!

Join us Wednesday, Nov. 2nd at 7pm in Liberal Arts Room 136 for a screening of the classic 1931 noir thriller film M, starring Peter Lorre in his breakout role as a serial killer whose crimes spark a manhunt across all social spheres in 1930s Berlin.

Film in German with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Transgressions" film series!

 Join us Wednesday, Nov. 9th, at 7pm in Liberal Arts Room 136 for a screening of the 1998 Lebanese drama film West Beyrouth, following three teens in 1975 as they roam the streets of Beirut in the midst of civil war, filming the tumult around them on a Super 8 camera. 

Film in Arabic with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Transgressions" film series!

Join us Wednesday, Nov. 16th at 7pm in Liberal Arts Room 136 for screening of the remarkable 2019 French historical drama Portrait of a Lady on Fire, which subtly and beautifully explores the relationship between the  daughter of a 1770s French countess and the female artist commissioned to paint her wedding portrait.

Film in French with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Transgressions" film series!

 Join us Wednesday, Nov. 30th, at 7pm in Liberal Arts Room 136 for a screening of the 2009 Nicaraguan drama film La Yuma, which follows a boxer from a poor neighborhood in Managua struggling to find her place while transcending the gender and economic challenges of her environment.

Film in Spanish with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Transgressions" film series!

 Join us Wednesday, April 13th, at 7pm in Liberal Arts Room 120 for a screening of
Retorno a Hansala, a 2008 film that examines intersections of culture, borders, and international law as a woman struggles to return the body of her brother to their homeland.

Film in Spanish with English subtitles. 

Part of the GELL Center "Cultural Intersections" film series!

 Join us Wednesday, April 6th, at 7pm in Liberal Arts Room 120 for a screening of Einmal Hans mit scharfer Soße, a 2013 culture-clash comedy that explores intersections across ethnicity, religion, and generations in a modern interpretation of The Taming of the Shrew.

Film in German with English subtitles (subtitles created by students in our Fall 2021 GER 303 class!).

Part of the GELL Center "Cultural Intersections" film series!

Join us Wednesday, March 23rd, at 7pm in Liberal Arts Room 120 for a screening of A Summer in la Goulette, a 1996 comedy that subtly explores intersections of race, religion, gender, and generations in a small town in Tunisia just before the Six Day War of 1967.

Film in French, Arabic, and Italian
with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Cultural Intersections" film series!

Join us Wednesday, March. 2nd, at 7pm in Liberal Arts Room 120 for a screening of Perfect Strangers, a 2006 comedy-drama in which a dangerous game with cell phones at a dinner party reveals unexpected connections in relationships and identity, exploring the intersection of truth and lies in the stories we tell each other. 

Film in Italian with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Cultural Intersections" film series!

Join us Wednesday, Febr. 16th, at 7pm in Liberal Arts Room 120 for a screening of Throne of Blood, the 1957 film by renowned filmmaker Akira Kurosawa that intersects Shakespeare's Macbeth with traditional Japanese Noh theater to dramatic effect. 

Film in Japanese with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Cultural Intersections" film series!

Join us Wednesday, Nov. 17th, in Liberal Arts Room 136 for a screening of Welcome, Mr. President, the 2013 Italian comedy film directed by Riccardo Milani and starring Claudio Bisio.

Film in Italian with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Award Winners" film series!

Join us Wednesday, Dec. 1st, in Liberal Arts 136 for a screening of the award-winning 2002 French dark comedy musical film 8 Women,
a raucous murder mystery with holiday flair and an all-star cast.

Film in French with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Award Winners" film series!

Join us Wednesday, Nov. 3rd in Liberal Arts Room 136 for a screening of the thoughtful and provocative Shoplifters, an exploration of poverty and family;
winner of the 2018 Palm D'Or.

Film in Japanese with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Award Winners" film series!

Join us Wednesday, Nov. 10th, in Liberal Arts Room 136 for a screening of The Lives of Others, the beautiful and heartbreaking 2006 Oscar-winning film set under the surveillance state of Soviet-era Germany.

Film in German with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Award Winners" film series!

Join us Wednesday, Oct. 13th, in Liberal Arts 136  for the stunningly gorgeous 2000 film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, winner of 4 Academy Awards and an international sensation.

Film in Chinese with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Award Winners" film series!

Join us Wednesday, Oct. 20th in Liberal Arts Room 136 for the 1959 Brazilian romantic tragedy Orfeu Negro, based on the Greek Orpheus tragedy and winner of the Palm D'Or and Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.

Film in Portuguese with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Award Winners" film series!

Join us Wednesday, Oct. 27th in Liberal Arts Room 136 for a screening of Pedro Aldomovar's The Silence of Others, the award-winning 2018 film about the epic struggle of victims of Spain's 40-year dictatorship under General Franco.

Film in Spanish with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Award Winners" film series!

Join us Wednesday, Sept. 29th, in Liberal Arts 136 for a screening of the moving 2000 documentary by Lena Carr that follows her 13-year-old niece through a coming-of-age ceremony, connecting her to the larger Navajo community and culture.

Part of the GELL Center "Award Winners" film series!

Join us Wednesday, Oct. 6th, in Liberal Arts 136 for a screening of Caramel, the award-winning 2007 Lebanese film that follows the intersecting lives of five women in Beirut.

Film in Arabic with English subtitles.

Part of the GELL Center "Award Winners" film series!

This semester, we'll be exploring the healing balm of laughter in our Global Film Series "Laughter: the Best Medicine." Join us for films in Spanish, French, Japanese, Chinese, German and Italian on selected Thursday nights at 7pm.
All films will be shown with English subtitles and are open to NAU students in language courses.

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Join us Thursday, April 1 at 7pm for a Zoom watch party of the German contribution to this semester's GELL Film Series on the theme of "Laughter: The Best Medicine," the 2016 German film Toni Erdmann, in which a hard-working woman reluctantly agrees to spend time with her estranged father, a practical joker who tries to reconnect by pretending to be her CEO's life coach, utterly disrupting her life.
Nominated for awards at the Golden Globes, Academy Awards, and Cannes Film Festival, this deeply uncomfortable absurdist comedy displays surprising sensibility and subtlety. 
Film shown in German with English subtitles.
(NOTE: Film is rated R for Graphic Nudity|Brief Drug Use|Language|Strong Sexual Content)

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Join us Thursday, April 8 at 7pm for a Zoom watch party of the final contribution to this semester's GELL Film Series on the theme of "Laughter: The Best Medicine": The 2008 Italian comedy-drama Si può fare, set after the mass closure of state psychiatric hospitals and asylums in Italy under the Basaglia Law, after which many former patients were left homeless and hopeless. In this film, a work cooperative of former mental patients explores the ways their alternate perspectives can be turned around as strengths in learning new trades. Film shown in Italian with English subtitles.

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Join us Thursday, March 11 at 7pm for the 2010 French film Les femmes du 6ème étage. Set in Paris in 1962, the film contrasts a traditional wealthy family in a comfortable apartment whose lives are devoted to making money and meaningless socializing with the underpaid and overworked domestic servants living in cramped conditions above them, bringing these two worlds together to both comedic and very human and compassionate effect.
Filmed in French with English subtitles. 

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Join us Thursday, March 18 at 7pm for a Zoom watch party of the Japanese contribution to this semester's GELL Film Series on the theme of "Laughter: The Best Medicine," the 2005 film Densha Otoko (Train Man), which follows the halting courtship of a 22-year-old nerd and his subway crush after he rescues her from an inebriated businessman.
Filmed in Japanese with English subtitles.

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Thursday, March 25 at 7pm: The award-winning film The Farewell is a 2019 American comedy-drama written and directed by Lulu Wang and starring (among others) Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, and Zhao Shuzhen. The story follows a Chinese-American family who, after learning their grandmother is dying of lung cancer, with only a few months left to live, decide not to tell her and schedule a family gathering in China before she dies.
Filmed in English and Mandarin Chinese,
with English subtitles.

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Meeting ID: 819 5509 6628            Password: GLCFilm