Film Festivals & Screenings

Please join us for a screening of MACHTAT by documentary filmmaker SONIA BEN SLAMA

Tuesday, September 19th, 2023
5:30 - 7:30 PM
Academic Building, Rm 2125

Machtat follows the life of Fatma and her two daughters, Najeh and Waffeh, who are wedding musicians, or "machtat," in Mahdia, a small city in Tunisia.  Filmed from the point of view of these three female wedding singers, the documentary explores issues of marriage and patriarchal rules in contemporary Tunisian society.

The screening will be followed by a discussion and a reception.

Sonia Ben Slama is a French-Tunisian documentary film maker.  She grew up in Paris where she studied art and cinema at the University Sorbonne-Nouvelle.  She is the director of Machtat (2023) and Maktouh (2015). 

This event is co-sponsored by the Department of French, AMESALL, Center for European Studies, Cinema Studies, Comparative Literature. 

a Fall 2023 film series
hosted by Russian & East European Languages & Literatures
co-sponsored by Cinema Studies

Friday, Sep 22, 11:30am
STALKER
(dir. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979)
screening and discussion
led by Prof. Kitzinger

Friday, Oct 20, 11:30am
SHADOWS OF FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS
(dir. Sergei Parajanov, 1965)
screening and discussion
led by Prof. Khazanov

Friday, Dec 8, 11:30am
THE LONG FAREWELL
(dir. Kira Muratova, 1971/1987)
screening and discussion
led by Prof. Van Buskirk

4140 Academic Building West (Cinema Studies Seminar Room)

all screenings with English subtitles
pizza and refreshments will be provided

For all inquiries, contact Prof. Khazanov (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Dance of Angels (© 2023, Albert Gabriel Nigrin)

Download New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2023 Flyer

The 42nd Bi-Annual New Jersey Film Festival will be taking place on the Fridays and Sundays between September 8-October 8, 2023. The Festival will be a hybrid one as we will be presenting it online as well as doing in-person screenings at Rutgers University. All the films will be available virtually via Video on Demand for 24 hours on their show date. Each General Admission Ticket or Festival Pass purchased is good for both the virtual and the in-person screenings. The in-person screenings will be held in Voorhees Hall #105/Rutgers University, 71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ beginning at 5PM or 7PM on their show date. General Admission Ticket=$15 Per Program; Festival All Access Pass=$100; In-Person Only Student Ticket=$10 Per Program. For more info scan the QR code below or go here:
https://watch.eventive.org/newjerseyfilmfestivalfall2023

Friday, April 28, 2023, 02:00pm - 05:00pm

In Nazarband, acclaimed filmmaker and theatre director, Suman Mukhopadhyay takes us on a visceral journey through Kolkata with an unlikely pair - Vasanti and Chandu - two jailbirds recently released from prison. Adapted from Bengali novelist Ashapurna Devi’s Chhuti Nakoch, the film stars Indira Tiwari and Tanmay Dhanania, and is a heartfelt exploration into the depths of companionship and the meaning of rejection and acceptance.

Flyer

Location Murray Hall, 301 College Avenue