Saturday, February 14 • 4:30pm Godard, seul le cinéma (Godard Cinema)Cyril Leuthy, MP4, 100 minFrance, 2023 (French) Official Selection, 2022 Venice International Film FestivalWisconsin premiere Jean-Luc Godard is synonymous with cinema. With the release of Breathless in 1960, he established himself overnight …
Sunday, February 22 • 1pm Dounia, le grand pays blanc (Dounia, the Great White North)Marya Zarif / André Kadi, MP4, 51 minQuébec, 2025 (French) 2024 New York International Children Film FestivalMidwest premiere Now settled in Canada after fleeing Syria in Dounia …
Saturday, February 21 • 4:30pm Le sang et la boue (Of Mud and Blood)Jean-Gabriel Leynaud, H264, 90 minFrance / Congo (DRC), 2025 (French, Swahili, English) Best International Documentary, 2025 Durban International Film FestivalMidwest premiere Numbi, a village in the Democratic …
Saturday, February 21 • 2pm Rendez-vous avec Pol Pot (Meeting With Pol Pot)Rithy Panh, Blu-ray, 112 minFrance / Cambodia, 2024 (French, Cambodian) Official Selection, Cannes Premiere, 2024 Cannes Film FestivalWisconsin premiere Democratic Kampuchea (Cambodia) – 1978. Three journalists are invited …
Friday, February 20 • 6pm Vingt Dieux (Holy Cow)Louise Courvoisier, MP4, 90 minFrance, 2024 (French) Winner of the Youth Award, Un Certain Regard, 2024 Cannes Film Festival After the tragic death of his father, 18 year-old Totone finds himself with …
Sunday, February 15 • 3:30pm Des “terroristes” à la retraite (“Terrorists” in Retirement)Mosco Levi Boucault, DCP, 71 minFrance, 1983 (French) 1983 Cannes Film Festival & 2020 Cinéma du Réel Too controversial to be shown on French TV when first released, …
Sunday, February 15 • 1pm Les fantômes (Ghost Trail)Jonathan Millet, DCP, 108 minFrance, 2024 (Arabic, French, English, Turkish) Official Selection: Critics’ Week at the 2024 Cannes Film FestivalWisconsin premiere Justice knows no borders for Hamid, who has taken refuge in …
Sunday, February 22 • 2:30pm La princesse Mandane (Princess Mandane)Germaine Dulac, DCP, 74 minFrance, 1928 (Silent) Étienne is engaged to Annette, a secretary in the factory where he works. Fantasizing about daring adventures, he decides to leave everything behind to …
Saturday, February 14 • 2pm Aux bords de la guerre, Ariane Mnouchkine et le Théâtre du Soleil à Kyiv (Kyiv Theater, an Island of Hope)Duccio Bellugi-Vannuccini / Thomas Briat, DCP, 59 minFrance / Ukraine, 2024 (French, English, Ukrainian) Wisconsin premiere Russia’s …
Friday, February 13 • 6pm La venue de l’avenir (Colors of Time)Cédric Klapisch, DCP, 126 minFrance, 2025 (French) Official Selection, 2025 Cannes FestivalMidwest premiere Brought together by the unexpected inheritance of a house in Normandy, four cousins discover they share a …
