Thursday, January 28–Friday, January 29
2010 Film Studies Graduate Student Conference
“Screens, Sounds, Seats”
(Film Studies Program, Film Study Center, and Films at the Whitney)
Auditorium
Saturday, January 30–Sunday, January 31
2010 South Asian Film Festival
Featuring Karma Calling (2009), Harishchandrachi Factory (2009), and Kaminey (2009)
(Asian American Cultural Center; Chaplain’s Office; Film Study Center; Films at the Whitney; Pacific Islander, Asian, and Native American Law Students; South Asian Film Society; South Asian Studies Council; Undergraduate Organization Funding Committee/Yale College Council; Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies; Paul Joskow, Yale ‘72 PhD)
2 pm, Auditorium
[Friday, January 29 screening of Sita Sings the Blues (2008) in LC 102 at 6:30 pm]
Thursday, February 4
Yale Law School Film Series
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence (USA, 1962) 123 min. 35mm.
Director John Ford
Introduction by Robert Post (Dean, Yale Law School)
Post-screening discussion on issues of jurisprudence in the film between Dean Post and Law School faculty and students.
Audience is welcome to stay and listen to the discussion.
(Yale Law School and Films at the Whitney)
6:15 pm, Auditorium
Friday, February 5–Sunday, February 7
Yale Film Studies Program Annual Conference
“The Avant-Garde in the Indian New Wave”
(Film Studies Program, Department of Comparative Literature, Edward J. and Dorothy Clarke Kempf Fund and Whitney Humanities Center)
Auditorium
Thursday, February 11
Award-winning Cuban filmmaker Miguel Coyula
Memorias del Desarrollo/Memories of Overdevelopment (Cuba/USA, 2010) 115 min. Digital format.
Post-screening discussion with Director Miguel Coyula following the film
(Center for Latin American and Iberian Studies and Films at the Whitney)
Wednesday, March 31
Award-winning film by Ashish Chadha
Nirakar Chhaya/Shadows Formless (India, 2007) 82 min. 35mm.
Introduction and post-screening Q&A with Director Ashish Chadha
(South Asian Film Society and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium
Thursday, April 1
Songs of a Sorrowful Man (India, 2006) 34 min.
Directors Lina Fruzzetti, Ákos Östör, and Aditi Nath Sarkar Followed by Q &A with Lina Fruzzetti
(South Asian Studies Council, South Asian Society, South Asian Graduate/Professional Association, Muslim Students Association, Women’s Center at Yale, and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium
Monday, April 5
Asian American Film Festival
The Cats of Mirikaitani (New York, 2006) 74 min.
Director Linda Hattendorf
(Japanese American Students Union, Council on East Asian Studies, East Asian Studies Department, and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium
Tuesday, April 6
2010 Environmental Film Festival at Yale
Houston We Have a Problem (USA, 2009) 84 min.
East Coast Premiere
Director Nicole Torre
Screening with New England Premiere
Hanasaari A (Finland, 2009) 15 min.
Directors Hannes Vartiaine and Pekka Veikkolainen
(Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium
Wednesday, April 7
2010 Environmental Film Festival at Yale
The Blood of the Rose (UK, Japan, Germany, 2009) 90 min.
U.S. Premiere
Director Henry Singer
Screening with One of the Last (Italy, 2009) 12 min.
Director Paul Zinder
(Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium
Thursday, April 8
2010 Environmental Film Festival at Yale
The End of the Line (UK, 2009) 90 min.
Connecticut Premiere
Director Rupert Murray
Screening with The Incident at Tower 37 (USA, 2009) 11 min.
Director Chris Perry
(Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium
Friday, April 9
2010 Environmental Film Festival at Yale
Dive! (USA, 2009) 45 min.
New England Premiere
Director Jeremy Seifert
Screening with U.S. Premiere
Soy Story (UK, 2009) 4 min.
Directors Caroline Eccles and David Pownall
and World Premiere
Foodshed (USA, 2010) 10 min.
Director Justin Freiberg
3 pm, Auditorium
***
New England Premiere
Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home (USA, 2009) 78 min.
Director Jenny Stein
Screening with U.S. Premiere
The Hunter and the Bear (Germany, 2010) 8 min.
Director Joachim Brandenberg
(Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium
Saturday, April 10
2010 Environmental Film Festival at Yale
Born Sweet (USA, 2010) 28 min.
New England Premiere
Director Cynthia Wade
Screening with East Coast Premiere
Pumzi (South Africa, Kenya, 2009) 23 min.
Director Wanuri Kahiu
3 pm, Auditorium
***
New England Premiere
Bananas!* (Sweden, 2009) 80 min.
Director Fredrik Gertten
Screening with Logorama (France, 2009) 17 min.
Directors Francois Alaux, Herve de Crecy and Ludovic Houplain Winner of the 2010 Academy Award for Best Animated Short
(Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium
Sunday, April 11
2010 Environmental Film Festival at Yale
The Cove (USA, 2009) 90 min.
Director Louie Psihoyos
Screening with Skylight (Canada, 2009) 5 min.
Director David Baas
3 pm, Auditorium
***
New England Premiere
Gasland (USA, 2010) 107 min.
Director Josh Fox
Screening with New England
Premiere Plastic and Glass (France, 2009) 9 min.
Director Tessa Joosse
(Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and Films at the Whitney)
6:30 pm, Auditorium
Thursday, April 15
Festival of New Italian Cinema
Fortapàsc/Fort Apache Napoli (2009) 108 min.
(Italian Study Center, Film Study Center, Office of New Haven and State Affairs, and Whitney Humanities Center)
7:30 pm, Auditorium
Friday, April 16
Festival of New Italian Cinema
Anche libero va bene/Along the Ridge (2006) 108 min. 35mm.
Director Kim Rossi Stuart
(Italian Study Center, Film Study Center, Office of New Haven and State Affairs, and Whitney Humanities Center)
7:30 pm, Auditorium
Saturday, April 17
Festival of New Italian Cinema
Si può fare/Yes We Can (2008) 111 min. 35mm.
Director Giulio Manfredonia
(Italian Study Center, Film Study Center, Office of New Haven and State Affairs, and Whitney Humanities Center)
7:30 pm, Auditorium
Sunday, April 18
Festival of New Italian Cinema
Fame Chimica/Chemical Hunger (2004) 114 min.
Directors Antonio Bocola and Paolo Vari
1 pm, Auditorium
Pranzo di Ferragosto/Mid-August Lunch (2008) 75 min.
Director Gianni Di Gregorio
(Italian Study Center, Film Study Center, Office of New Haven and State Affairs, and Whitney Humanities Center)
4 pm, Auditorium
Friday, April 23
Connecticut Premiere
Friends (With Benefits) (USA, 2009) 94 min.
Gorman Bechard, Director
What happens when two Yale Med students blur the line between friendship and romance?
Filmed entirely in the New Haven area, screening will feature an introduction and post-screening
Q&A with Gorman Bechard and many of the cast members.
(Films at the Whitney)
8 pm, Auditorium
Saturday, April 24
Special Screening
When You’re Strange (USA, 2009) 90 min.
Directed and Written by Tom DiCillo
(Yale Film Society and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium
Wednesday, April 28
EYale Undergraduate Film Festival
Exciting short films by independent undergraduate filmmakers at Yale
(Films at the Whitney)
8pm, Auditorium