Past Screenings

Listen to the Forest (Tesujiro Yamagami and Tomoki Imai, Japan, 2026) “In Japan, where 70% of the land is covered in forests, we embark on a journey to discover the true…

Mathonga Elizwe – Spirits of the Land (Tsogo Kupa, 2025, South Africa, 40 min.) “Mathonga Elizwe chronicles the poignant stories of Black families still living under oppression on white-owned land in…

Sirāt (Óliver Laxe, 2025, Spain/France, 114 min.) The Arabic word sirāt means “path” or “way”; in Islamic scripture, it refers to a narrow bridge that connects Paradise and Hell. That makes it a…

All That’s Left Of You (Cherien Dabas, 2025, Germany/Cyprus/Occupied Palestinian Territory/Jordan/Greece/Qatar/Saudi Arabia/United States/Egypt, 146 min.)  “An epic drama spanning three generations and over 70 years in the life of a Palestinian…

The Secret Agent (Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazil, 2025, 161 min.) “Amid the raucous revelry of Carnival week, a widower named Marcelo (Wagner Moura) arrives in 1977 in Recife, Brazil, a city…

Mambar Pierrette (Rosine Mbakam, 2024, Cameroon, 93 min.) Over the past decade, Cameroonian filmmaker Rosine Mbakam has distinguished herself with her incisive observational documentary portraits of African women. With Mambar Pierrette,…

The Journey Within (2026, Spain, 53 min.) Ten weeks. An off-campus university study program. An intercultural, cross-disciplinary, intergenerational journey where history meets memory, and the lived experience of life – with…

Wings of Desire [Der Himmel über Berlin] (Wim Wenders, 1986, Germany/France, 127 min.) “Wings of Desire is one of cinema’s loveliest city symphonies. Bruno Ganz is Damiel, an angel perched atop buildings…

A selection of short films by Fernando Saldivia Yanez Fernando Saldivia Yanez is a film director, producer, and educator based between Puerto Williams, Chile, and Chicago, USA.  He received his…

Home Is Somewhere Else (Carlos Hagerman/Jorge Villalobos, 2022, Mexico/USA, 87 minutes) An animated feature documentary providing a window into the hearts and minds of immigrant youth and their undocumented families.