Take a limousine ride through Paris, be part of a reality show in Italy, and get to know a Nigerian couple living in Brooklyn, during Drew University’s second annual International Film Festival.
The 2014 festival, titled, “Transgressions,” opens Friday, Feb. 21, at 6 p.m. with a showing of Hannah Arendt in Learning Center 28.
Additional films will be shown daily until Thursday, Feb. 27. The entire schedule is listed here: http://drewfilmfest2014.wordpress.com/. Drew students, faculty and staff may attend the festival for free. There is a $3 charge for others.
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The film festival was organized by Shakti Jaising, an assistant professor of English, and Audrey Evrard, an assistant professor of French. Both are involved in teaching courses for the Film and Media Studies minor, which began last year.
“The films are international and take place in diverse locations,” said Jaising. “They’re contemporary and challenge cinematic and social conventions.”
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A Drew professor will offer a brief introduction before each film and Jaising hopes that the films will generate a buzz among students and other viewers. “We want to develop a cinematic culture on campus and use films to raise cultural debate.”
The professors chose the films based on other faculty recommendations and research. Besides Hannah Arendt, other films that will be shown at the festival include: Holy Motors from France, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, from US/UK/Qatar, Blancanieves from Spain, Mother of George from Nigeria, Laurence Anyways from Canada/France and Reality from Italy.
The 2014 Drew University International Film Festival is sponsored by the President of Drew and the Dean’s Office of the College of Liberal Arts. Films were made available through Swank, Oscilloscope, Zeitgeist, the Breaking Glass Pictures and IFC Films.
About Drew University
Drew University is a private, liberal arts university located in Madison, N.J., just 29 miles west of New York City. Ranked among the top liberal arts institutions nationwide by U.S. News & World Report, Forbes and Washington Monthly, Drew is also listed in Princeton Review’s Best 378 Colleges. The Drew promise—We Deliver Full-Impact Learning to the World—emphasizes the university’s commitment to borderless education that enables a student’s greatest success in a globally connected world. Drew has a total student enrollment of more than 2,000 in three schools: The College of Liberal Arts, the Caspersen School of Graduate Studies and the Drew Theological School. The undergraduate program offers degrees in 30 different disciplines, while Caspersen and the Theological School offer degrees at the masters of arts and doctorate levels.
