IHP Magazine, Summer 2013 by International House Philadelphia

SUMMER 2013

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Friday, July 12 at 7pm TOTALLY TERRIBLE 80s! Xanadu – Outdoor screening!

Thursday, August 1 – 4 2nd Annual BlackStar Film Festival

Saturday, July 13 at 7pm THE JANUS COLLETION The Earrings of Madame de... Wednesday, July 17 at 7pm INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART Bernadette Corporation Thursday, July 18 at 7pm WARREN SONBERT RETROSPECTIVE: Queer Identity / From Mise-en-Scene to Montage Friday, July 19 at 7pm WARREN SONBERT RETROSPECTIVE: Overarching Themes: Art & Industry, Militarism & Feminism (The Female Gaze) / The Travel Diary Saturday, July 20 at 5pm WARREN SONBERT RETROSPECTIVE 60’s New York Saturday, July 20 at 7pm WARREN SONBERT RETROSPECTIVE: Silent Rhythms / Sound Symphonies Thursday, July 25 at 7pm REELBLACK PRESENTS Big Words Friday, July 26 at 8pm TOTALLY TERRIBLE 80s! Electric Dreams – Outdoor screening! Saturday, July 27 at 2pm FAMILY MATINEE My Neighbor Totoro Saturday, July 27 at 7pm Best of the Ottawa International Animation Festival 2012 Wednesday, July 31 at 7pm FREE TO LOVE: THE CINEMA OF THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION Fight Repression of Erotic Expression – Free Screening & Discussion

Tuesday, August 6 at 7pm CETRA LANGUAGE SOLUTIONS The Woman with the 5 Elephants Wednesday, August 7 at 7pm PRESERVATION ALLIANCE Coltrane’s Philadelphia: A Documentary Film – Premier! / Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise

Tuesday, August 20 at 7pm SCRIBE PRODUCERS’ FORUM Shored Up

Tuesday, September 17 at 7pm SCRIBE PRODUCERS’ FORUM Gideon’s Army – Philadelphia Premiere!

Friday, August 23 at 8pm EXHUMED FILMS

Thursday, September 19 at 7pm EUROPEAN CINEMA REDISCOVERED Cinematic Inclusions: Time, People and Places

Monday, August 26 at 9pm INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART Last Dance: Dirty Looks at the End of Days Thursday, August 29 at 7pm The Animated Films of Suzan Pitt

Thursday, August 8 at 7pm FULL EXPOSURE Night Across the Street

Friday, August 30 at 8pm TOTALLY TERRIBLE 80S! The Legend of Billie Jean

Friday, August 9 at 8pm TOTALLY TERRIBLE 80s! Can’t Stop the Music – Outdoor screening!

SEPTEMBER

Saturday, August 10 at 2pm FAMILY MATINEE Red Balloon White Mane Saturday, August 10 at 7pm THE JANUS COLLETION The Makioka Sisters Wednesday, August 14 at 7pm SERGEI PARAJANOV: SURREALIST POET OF SOVIET CINEMA Nostalghia – New 35mm restored print! Thursday, August 15 at 7pm SERGEI PARAJANOV: SURREALIST POET OF SOVIET CINEMA The Legend of Suram Fortress Friday, August 16 at 7pm SERGEI PARAJANOV: SURREALIST POET OF SOVIET CINEMA Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors Saturday, August 16 at 5pm SERGEI PARAJANOV: SURREALIST POET OF SOVIET CINEMA Ashik Kerib Saturday, August 16 at 8pm SERGEI PARAJANOV: SURREALIST POET OF SOVIET CINEMA The Color of Pomegranates

– Outdoor screening!

Thursday, September 5 at 7pm JACQUES RIVETTE Le Pont du Nord

Friday, September 20 at 7pm FULL EXPOSURE Leviathan Saturday, September 21 at 2pm MOTION PICTURES: KEY CONCEPTS - MISE-EN-SCENE The Rules of the Game Saturday, September 21 at 7pm MOTION PICTURES: THE META-CINEMATIC 8 ½ – 50th anniversary screening! Wednesday, September 25 at 7pm MURAL ARTS

Friday, September 6 at 7pm JACQUES RIVETTE Céline and Julie Go Boating Saturday, September 7 JACQUES RIVETTE L’Amour Fou Wednesday, September 11 at 7pm ARCHIVE FEVER! 5.0 From the Pole to the Equator Thursday, September 12 at 7pm IHP’S BENEFIT ART AUCTION AND SEASON KICK-OFF Zola Jesus + J.G. Thirlwell Friday, September 13 at 8pm TOTALLY TERRIBLE 80S! Weekend at Bernie’s – Outdoor screening! Saturday, September 14 at 2pm FAMILY MATINEE Nana Saturday, September 14 at 7pm THE JANUS COLLETION Day of Wrath

tickets/box office: Tickets are available at www.ihousephilly.org + 215.387.5125 IHP’s Box Office is now open from 1pm – 8pm, Tuesday – Saturday. Purchase your tickets in person or with IHP over the phone during these hours and save the processing fee. Cover: L’Amour Fou

Dear Readers, We are thrilled to bring you some important news! This July we are giving you a sneak peek at our forthcoming exhibition of films from the early 1960s to the late 1970s, titled Free to Love: The Cinema of the Sexual Revolution. This is the first time a film series, on this scale, has been organized around the concept of the sexual revolution, and it offers an opportunity for our audience to revisit the pioneering work that brought sex and sexuality to the foreground of public consciousness. From depictions of group marriage, communal living, and other alternative relationships to challenging the notions of pornography and fighting censorship to giving rise to feminist and queer art, Free to Love examines the full spectrum of films from this era – and we are very excited to bring this major survey of both popular and underground cinema to Philadelphia! Our sneak peek event will be on July 31st, and then you’ll have several months ahead until we begin the series on January 10th, 2014 – starting the New Year off right!

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By looking at works from around the world, we will learn how events and ideas from outside the US had a powerful influence on its film culture while at the very same time the American ‘free love’ movement was being exported to artists and audiences in a global arena. Free to Love includes more than 15 feature length films and 25 short films, many of which will be introduced by historians, scholars, as well as several of the filmmakers. Don’t miss your chance to get in on the action before it all kicks off in January – head over to page 16 for more info on our July screening of Fight the Repression of Erotic Expression, a collection of shorts. Last but not least, this program has been made possible by the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage, and we are very grateful for their support.

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Our residents, members, and visitors have come to know IHP’s Fall and Spring Previews over the past few years as highlights of the season: fun parties with beer, snacks, and engaging performances, all in the name of getting you back in the door for the incredible programming lined up over the subsequent months. These previews come at a cost, and sometimes its worth reinventing the wheel. With that in mind, this Fall we are switching things up! As has been mentioned time and time again (but bears repeating still), International House is a non-profit that depends on the generous support of members, donors, grants, and other contributors to continue its long-standing tradition of bringing arts and culture to the Philadelphia area. We have plenty of exciting things in store for you from this July until next June, and we are so excited to announce some of our line up by way of hosting our first-ever arts benefit: IHP’s Benefit Art Auction and Season Kick-Off. The Benefit is a ticketed event this year, but admission gets you all the things you’ve come to expect (drinks and food!), plus the opportunity to bid on some highly collectible and impressive fine art from both regional and international artists, as well as a rare, live performance by the internationally acclaimed Zola Jesus + JG Thirlwell. A musician who straddles the Goth-rock and lo-fi genres incorporating a blend of orchestral instrumentals, ambient electronic sounds and strong diva-esque vocals, Zola Jesus has developed an incredible and not-to-be-missed collaboration with JG Thirlwell, an Australian

composer and pioneer of the No Wave and industrial music scenes. Thirlwell has also collaborated with Coil, Sonic Youth, Nice Cave, and Nine Inch Nails, and has arranged the music of Zola Jesus for electronics and a string quartet. This is sure to be a hypnotic performance by Zola Jesus, who has played in venues as venerable as the Guggenheim Museum in NY, and collaborated with artists as varied as Stephen Prutsman (internationally recognized as one of the finest American pianists of his generation) and Jim Jarmusch (who needs no introduction). To welcome Zola Jesus to IHP is to welcome international talent and high-art to Philadelphia...what better way to toast IHP’s programming and place in the community! Please join us on September 12 at 7pm to check out the silent fine art auction, season preview, and live performance. To say this will be a memorable evening would be an understatement. You don’t want to miss your chance to be a part of it, and of course, to support this fine institution we all know, love, and have come to rely on for introducing new perspectives, and keeping the Greater Philadelphia area up to speed on moving image culture and art. Six Points Brewery Proudly Sponsors International House Philadelphia’s Benefit Art Auction and Season Opening

Photo of Zola Jesus by Angel Ceballos. Photo of JG Thirlwell by Sebastian Mlynarski

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT InLiquid + IHP are pleased to present: Jessica Demcsak Suspension of Time For several years, International House Philadelphia has invited InLiquid, a local hub for artists, to exhibit work by their artists in our gallery space. This has been a wonderful partnership and has allowed us to expand upon our visual arts programming, connecting our audience with regional artists and innovative ideas. Over the past year, our visual arts programming has taken on a slightly new look. We now have one permanent exhibit that addresses the history of International House, and one rotating exhibition space. We are delighted to continue our partnership with InLiquid and to be able to offer artists and partners a larger and better defined space in which to show their work. This summer IHP is thrilled to present an InLiquid partnership exhibit of artist Jessica Demcsak and her painting show ‘Suspension of Time.’ In light of recent natural disasters like Superstorm Sandy, Demcsak’s new paintings of buildings on firewood and construction materials reflect on man-made structures and the significance of how time is spent in them. As Jessica writes in her artist’s statement: “Time has become a precious commodity. In our increasingly busy, multi-tasking heavy life, there seems to be a desire to save time or fill it with technology. Many of today’s technologies can save time if utilized; however, there is a sense of disconnection and suspension of time when used. It is rare for time to be suspended in order to have a sense of peace and quiet without the intrusion of technology. When Superstorm Sandy came, time stopped. The storm interrupted technology, lengthened time, and gave new meaning to strong shelter. Reflecting on that experience, I decided to begin painting on firewood and other raw building materials. Firewood symbolizes one of the most valuable commodities of times past that is now mostly overlooked except in an emergency. There is such beauty in these misshapen uneven pieces. I wanted to explore painting on their surface and elevate this wood to a final product instead of a means to an end. With the rise of natural disasters comes increasing thought on the strength and importance of structures as well as the significance of

how time is spent in them. The work created for this exhibit seeks to investigate these ideas and reflect on the past where although everyday activities took more time, there was a sense of connection and serenity.” InLiquid is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to creating opportunities and exposure for visual artists while serving as a free, online public hub for arts information in the Philadelphia area. By providing the public with immediate access to view the portfolios and credentials of over 280 artists and designers via the internt; through meaningful partnerships with other cultural organizations, through community-based activities and exhibitions; and through an extensive online body of timely art information, InLiquid brings to light the richness of our region’s art activity, broadens audiences, and heightens appreciation for all forms of visual culture. Please join us at IHP on July 17th, from 6-7:30pm to open Jessica Demcsak: Suspension in Time. Light hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will be served. The exhibit will be on display until October 1, 2013.

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RESIDENTS Welcome Week Each year, International House Philadelphia welcomes hundreds of new and returning residents, and the busiest time of year by far is September when everyone is heading back to school, starting internships, and winding down after all the summer fun. For one week every September, IHP hosts a series of events just for residents that aim to connect new friends, introduce the staff, learn your way around the building, and so much more! Monday, September 23 at 8am Breakfast Come jump start your morning with a ‘breakfast to go’! Stop by the lobby for a quick bite, compliments of the International House staff. Tuesday, September 24 at 8pm Town Hall Meeting and Movie Night Meet the staff of IHP, and then stick around for a film, when the Ibrahim Theater becomes your living room for the night! Popcorn, soda, and a film on the big screen are the perfect way to relax with your friends and neighbors.

Wednesday, September 25 at 8pm Game Night sponsored by IHP Resident Advisors Come to the Student Café and Game Room for an evening of food and fun! Thursday, September 26 at 6pm Tastes of IHP Share a dish from your own culture and sample a few dishes from other parts of the world in the Student Café. Bring a friend or make some new ones…just don’t leave hungry! Friday, September 27 at 6pm Welcome Week Closing Party International House Philadelphia will transform into a themed evening of fun. This formal welcoming event invites all residents to come and enjoy great music, dance, and food, while meeting new residents and welcoming old friends. Residents wishing to attend must RSVP in the Box Office on the first floor. Event to be held in South America on the 2nd floor. (theme to be announced closer to the time)

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FEATURED PROGRAMS

Totally Terrible 80s!

Weekend at Bernie’s

Outdoor Screenings This summer, IHP has put together a tribute to the best of the worst of 1980s American film! For the first time, we will be showing our outdoor films on Friday evenings – the perfect way to wrap up a long week, ushering in the weekend under the stars with an 80s flashback. Bring chairs, blankets, and a little pocket change to purchase snacks from our good friends at Little Baby’s Ice Cream as we salute some of our favorite guilty-pleasure films of the era. Our season kick-off is July 12th and will include a screening of Xanadu, DJs, drinks, and dancing at the opening party Nineteen Eighty-Disco. Free screening. Please bring chairs and blankets; rain or shine. Friday, July 12 at 7pm Friday, July 26 at 8pm Xanadu Electric Dreams Friday, August 9 at 8pm Friday, August 30 at 8pm Can’t Stop the Music The Legend of Billie Jean Friday, September 13 at 8pm Weekend at Bernie’s

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Xanadu City Tap House proudly sponsors International House Philadelphia’s Outdoor Movie Series and offers 10% off your check every Friday after 5pm all summer long. To redeem, pick up a coupon at an any IHP outdoor screening, or present your IHP ticket stub at City Tap House.

FAMILY MATINEES

My Neighbor Totoro

Family Matinees

All year long, International House Philadelphia will be entertaining families when we open the doors to all ages for our new series of family friendly matinees one Saturday every month at 2pm. The series aims to bring the big screen to children, inspiring their imaginations, and yours, too! Take this opportunity to encourage a love of film and art from a young ageâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;filmgoers of all ages will delight in this carefully curated selection of inspired cinema from around the world. These films will bring the best of both worlds: education and entertainment. With a diverse line-up of programming geared towards children, teens, parents, and grandparents, there is no reason to leave anyone at home! Saturday, July 27 at 2pm Saturday, August 10 at 2pm My Neighbor Totoro Red Balloon / White Mane Saturday, September 14 at 2pm Nana

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PROGRAMS Archive Fever! 5.0

Central to our visual culture, the archive is a repository for any personal memories, shared histories, objects, and documents through which we revisit the history of our time. In this series, we explore the myriad ways in which the archive, archival, and found materials are central to the works of film and video artists who are discovering the dynamic possibilities within archives. Wednesday, September 11 at 7pm From the Pole to the Equator

European Cinema Uncovered

Programs of recently-restored classics from European countries lesser-known worldwide for their cinematic history help us understand what cinema means to a people, a country, a heritage. The Embassy of Lithuania, the Albanian Cinema Project, the Academic Film Center Belgrade and Alternative Film/Video Festival Belgrade each present projects that allow us to discover and uncover a cinematic legacy we might not have otherwise been privy to. As more and more state governments realize and evaluate the importance of preservation of and access to moving images, we will begin to rediscover many histories that otherwise might have been lost. Note: this series continues into our fall season. Thursday, September 19 at 7pm Cinematic Inclusions: Time, People and Places

Family Matinees

All year long, International House Philadelphia will be entertaining families when we open the doors to all ages for our new series of family friendly matinee one Saturday every month at 2pm. The series aims to bring the big screen to children, inspiring their imaginations, and yours, too! Take this opportunity to encourage a love of film and art from a young age – filmgoers of all ages will delight in this carefully curated selection of inspired cinema from around the world. These films will bring the best of both worlds – education and entertainment. With a diverse line-up of programming geared towards children, teens, parents, and grandparents – there is no reason to leave anyone at home! Special discounted ticket price of $5; free to members Saturday, July 27 at 2pm Saturday, August 10 at 2pm My Neighbor Totoro Red Balloon / White Mane Saturday, September 14 at 2pm Nana

Full Exposure

Full Exposure is a series dedicated to recent works by innovative film and video makers from around the world, and is a snapshot of the current state of moving image production and it’s constantly evolving practice. Thursday, August 8 at 7pm Friday, September 20 at 7pm Night Across the Street Leviathan

Languages

Our Language Program offers the opportunity to study a foreign language or improve English conversation skills. At our friendly and affordable sessions, the small class setting will allow you to quickly learn how to communicate clearly outside of the classroom and enhance skills that assist with future goals. Fall 2013 Registration: September 9 – 13 from 9am – 5pm Fall 2013 Class dates: September 24 – December 5

For more information call 215.895.6592 or visit www.ihousephilly.org.

Motion Pictures

Motion Pictures is a monthly series that focuses on different movements in film culture such as science fiction, city symphonies, and New German Cinema. It has previously featured the films of Georges Méliès, John Ford, Preston Sturges, and Andrei Tarkovsky. Saturday, September 21 at 2pm Saturday, September 21 at 7pm The Rules of the Game 8 ½ – 50th anniversary screening!

The Janus Collection

Truly one of our national treasures, Janus Films is a vital part of American film culture. International House continues the Janus Collection with titles from their library, all in brand new or restored 35mm prints. Saturday, July 13 at 7pm Saturday, August 10 at 7pm The Earrings of Madame de... The Makioka Sisters Saturday, September 14 at 7pm Day of Wrath

Directors in focus: Jacues rivette

For more than half a century French director Jacques Rivette has created some of the most ambitious and imaginative works of cinema. Along with Jean-Luc Godard, Francios Truffaut, Claude Chabrol and Eric Rohmer, Rivette has long been associated with the French New Wave, the young group of film critics who radically changed film history when they began making films in the late 1950s. Many of Rivette’s films utilize extended running times and involve a unique blend of fantasy and reality. On the occasion of the newly restored 35mm print of Rivette’s overlooked gem Le Pont du Nord, International House will also screen two of Rivette’s major works Celine and Julie Go Boating and L’amour Fou. Thursday, September 5 at 7pm Friday, September 6 at 7pm Le Pont du Nord Céline and Julie Go Boating Saturday, September 7 L’Amour Fou

SERGEI PARAJANOV: SURREALIST POET OF SOVIET CINEMA

Born in 1924 in modern-day Tblisi, Georgia, Sergei Parajanov had a keen interest in art from a very young age. He enrolled in the Moscow film school VGIK and studied under prestigious Soviet filmmakers Aleksandr Dovzhenko and Igor Savchenko. However, after creating regime-sanctioned Soviet realist films through the 1950s, Parajanov dismissed his previous work in favor of a subversive style concerned with dreamlike visuals, innovative camerawork and effects, and poetic interpretations of regional folktales. The Color of Pomegranates, his most acclaimed film, was particularly shocking to authorities and was suppressed immediately upon release. He was sentenced on dubious charges and served the majority of a five-year prison sentence in the mid-1970s, despite the protests of figures as varied as Federico Fellini, Yves Saint Laurent, François Truffaut, John Updike and his close friend (and fellow Soviet filmmaker) Andrei Tarkovsky. IHP is proud to present Sergei Parajanov’s four wonderfully surreal and poetic feature films in beautiful 35mm prints. The Color of Pomegranates will be introduced via Skype by keynote speaker James M. Steffen whose forthcoming book The Cinema of Sergei Parajanov (University of Wisconsin Press) will be released in October 2013. In addition, we will kick off the series with a newly-restored 35mm print of Nostalghia, the 1983 landmark film-in-exile by Parajanov’s friend and collaborator Andrei Tarkovsky. Wednesday, August 14 at 7pm Thursday, August 15 at 7pm Nostalghia – New 35mm restored print! The Legend of Suram Fortress Friday, August 16 at 7pm Saturday, August 16 at 5pm Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors Ashik Kerib Saturday, August 16 at 8pm The Color of Pomegranates

PARTNER PROGRAMS Outdoor screenings: Totally Terrible 80s!

IHP is proud to present the best of the worst of 1980s American films for our annual outdoor screening series. An important decade for commercial cinema, many films of the 1980s are remembered for wild comedy, new wave music and for their supreme cheesiness. With Totally Terrible 80s!, we salute some of our favorite guilty-pleasure films of the era including the misguided disco musicals that were inspirations for the Razzie Awards (awards given to the “Worst Films of the Year”): Xanadu and Can’t Stop the Music. Join us on the IHP patio on selected Fridays this summer and bring chairs and blankets. Films were be screened rain or shine, with bad weather bringing the films back into The Ibrahim Theater. And be sure to join us on July 12 for DJs, drinks and dancing at our series-opening party, “Nineteen Eighty-Disco” prior to Xanadu. City Tap House proudly sponsors International House Philadelphia’s Outdoor Movie Series and offers 10% off your check every Friday after 5pm all summer long. To redeem, pick up a coupon at an any IHP outdoor screening, or present your IHP ticket stub at City Tap House. Little Baby’s Ice Cream will be available for sale at all screenings. Friday, July 12 at 7pm Friday, July 26 at 8pm Xanadu Electric Dreams Friday, August 9 at 8pm Friday, August 30 at 8pm Can’t Stop the Music The Legend of Billie Jean

CETRA Language Solutions

IHP’s Language Programs and CETRA Language Solutions presents a series of international language films. They range from drama to documentaries, a variety of foreign languages to sign language, and are both thought provoking and entertaining. Learn more about the world around you through these fabulous films being screened throughout the year. We are delighted to offer these films free of charge to the public. Tuesday, August 6 at 7pm The Woman with the 5 Elephants

EXHUMED FILMS

Formed in 1997, Exhumed Films was created to provide a theatrical venue for a much beloved art form that had all but disappeared in the 1990s and is in further decline in the early 21st Century: the cult horror movie. Friday, August 23 at 8pm TBA – please check our website for details.

ICA

The Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania www.upenn.edu believes in the power of art and artists to inform and inspire. The ICA is free for all to engage and connect with the art of our time.

Friday, September 13 at 8pm Weekend at Bernie’s

Wednesday, July 17 at 7pm Bernadette Corporation

Warren Sonbert

REELBLACK

Warren Sonbert (1947-1995) was one of the seminal figures working in American underground cinema. His passionate interest in film, classical music, experimental poetry, and travel is reflected in his films. Although Sonbert lived in San Francisco since the early 1970s, he spent much time in New York and traveled frequently, making personal appearances at showings of his works at film festivals, museums, cinematheques and other leading cultural institutions worldwide. Sonbert taught filmmaking at the San Francisco Art Institute, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Bard College. He also wrote opera and film reviews for weekly publications in San Francisco. Throughout his life, Sonbert was honored by career retrospectives in Austria, France, Germany, Norway and the United States, and individual films are represented in numerous institutional collections in the United States, Europe and Asia. Sonbert made 18 films during his career. Before he died of AIDS in 1995, Sonbert was working on Whiplash, which would be his final film. The postproduction on this film was completed according to Sonbert’s specific instructions by filmmaker Jeff Scher. Whiplash had its world premiere at The New York Film Festival in 1997. This is the first complete retrospective of Sonbert’s films in Philadelphia. Organized by Light Cone (Paris) & Gartenberg Media Enterprises (New York)

Monday, August 26 at 9pm Last Dance: Dirty Looks at the End of Days

Reelblack promotes discoveries and rediscoveries in African-American films. Thursday, July 25 at 7pm Big Words

Scribe Video Center Producers’ Forum

The Producers’ Forum in-person screening series is a lecture discussion program, that allows Scribe to invite important nationally and internationally recognized media makers to Philadelphia to share their work and talk about their process of creating. Tuesday, August 20 at 7pm Tuesday, September 17 at 7pm Shored Up Gideon’s Army

Thursday, July 18 at 7pm Friday, July 19 at 7pm Queer Identity / Overarching Themes: Art & Industry, From Mise-en-Scene to Montage Militarism & Feminism (The Female Gaze) / The Travel Diary Saturday, July 20 at 5pm Saturday, July 20 at 7pm 60’s New York Silent Rhythms / Sound Symphonies

Unless noted, all IHP screenings are free admission for IHP members; $7 students + seniors; $9 general admission.

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Xanadu Friday, July 12 at 7pm outdoor screenings: TOTALLY TERRIBLE 80s! Xanadu dir. Robert Greenwald, US, 1980, digital, 93 min.

Join us at 7pm for DJs, drinks and dancing at our outdoor screening series opening party “Nineteen Eighty-Disco.” Film starts at sundown. Introduction by DJ and musician Maria T. A campy guilty pleasure, this quintessential 1980’s “disco musical” was a box-office flop and despised by critics everywhere. True, the story of a muse (Olivia Newton-John) who comes to life to inspire a young artist (Michael Beck) is loaded with sappy and sometimes silly plot developments, and director Greenwald, while possessing a talent for visuals, hasn’t an idea about narrative. But for those willing to bask in its unpretentious and curiously effective fantasy elements and musical numbers, Xanadu is a disco-thumping, roller-boogeyin’ lark. The good score helps. Gene Kelly, in his final dramatic role (if you can call it dramatic), appears as sort of a wise sage who opens a dance hall and gets to perform a dance or two. — TLA City Tap House proudly sponsors International House Philadelphia’s Outdoor Movie Series and offers 10% off your check every Friday after 5pm all summer long. To redeem, pick up a coupon at an any IHP outdoor screening, or present your IHP ticket stub at City Tap House. Free screening. Please bring chairs and blankets; rain or shine. ihousephilly.org

The Earrings of Madame De... Saturday, July 13 at 7pm THE JANUS COLLETION The Earrings of Madame de...

dir. Max Ophüls, France, 1953, 35mm, b/w, French w/ English subtitles, 100 min.

The most cherished work from French master Max Ophüls, The Earrings of Madame de... is a profoundly emotional, cinematographically adventurous tale of deceptive opulence and tragic romance. When an aristocratic woman known only as Madame de... (Danielle Darrieux) sells a pair of earrings given to her by her husband (Charles Boyer) in order to pay some debts, she sets off a chain reaction of financial and carnal consequences that can end only in despair. Ophüls’s adaptation of Louise de Vilmorin’s incisive fin de siècle novel employs to ravishing effect the elegant and precise camera work for which the director is so justly renowned.

and members of the Black Bloc anarchist group. These elements yield a disorienting and critical video that ultimately questions its own status and role as much as that of its subjects. The artists write that Get Rid of Yourself functions as “a cine-tract that aligns itself with nascent forms of political resistance within the antiglobalization movement... a filmed essay that works by betraying its own form.” Organized in conjunction with White Petals Surround Your Yellow Heart, on view at the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania until July 28, 2013. Free screening.

Get Rid of Yourself Wednesday, July 17 at 7pm INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART Bernadette Corporation Confound your expectations with two provocative videos by Bernadette Corporation that look at identity through the lenses of fashion, protest, Chloe Sevigny, nothingness, and Mallarme. Hell Frozen Over

dir. Bernadette Corporation, US, 2000, video, 19 min.

Bernadette Corporation describes this work as “A fashion film about the poetry of Stéphane Mallarmé and the color white.” Produced for the 2000 Walker Art Center exhibition Let’s Entertain, this short film employs a range of strategies to approach the idea of nothingness, emptiness, and vacuity, with an eye to how these notions relate to contemporary mass-cultural entertainment. Juxtaposing “documentary” takes on a fashion shoot with footage of semiologist Sylvère Lotringer giving an impromptu lecture on Mallarmé on a frozen lake, Hell Frozen Over maintains an ambiguous stance from which to both critique and celebrate the power of surface. followed by:

Get Rid of Yourself

dir. Bernadette Corporation, US, 2003, video, 61 min.

This complex, multi-layered work, called an “anti-documentary” by its authors, combines footage of rioting at the 2001 G-8 summit in Genoa with performances by Chloe Sevigny, Werner von Delmont

July 17 – October 1, 2013 InLiquid + IHP present Jessica Demcsak: Suspension of Time Exhibit Opening: July 17 from 6-7:30pm, with light hors d’oeuvres and refreshments Jessica Demcsak is a visual artist based in Bridgewater, NJ. In light of recent natural disasters like Superstorm Sandy, Demcsak’s new paintings of buildings on firewood and construction materials reflect on man-made structures and the significance of how time is spent in them. 12

Short Fuse Thursday, July 18 at 7pm WARREN SONBERT RETROSPECTIVE: Queer Identity / From Mise-en-Scene to Montage Warren Sonbert (1947-1995) was one of the seminal figures working in American underground cinema. His passionate interest in film, classical music, experimental poetry, and travel is reflected in his films. Although Sonbert lived in San Francisco since the early 1970s, he spent much time in New York and traveled frequently, making personal appearances at showings of his works at film festivals, museums, cinematheques and other leading cultural institutions worldwide.

Friday, July 19 at 7pm WARREN SONBERT RETROSPECTIVE: Overarching Themes: Art & Industry, Militarism & Feminism (The Female Gaze) / The Travel Diary Introduced by Jon Gartenberg Divided Loyalties

1978, 15mm, color, silent, 22 min.

Honor and Obey 1988, 16mm, color, silent, 21 min.

A Woman’s Touch

Introduced by Jon Gartenberg

1983, 16mm, color, silent, 22 min.

Supported by a grant from The Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation

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Amphetamine

Carriage Trade

dir. Warren Sonbert and Wendy Appel, 1966, 16mm, b/w, sound, 10 min.

Noblesse Oblige 1981, 16mm, color, silent, 25 min.

Whiplash

1995, 16mm, color, sound, 20 min. [Restoration editor: Jeff Scher. Completed posthumously in 1997.] --Intermission--

The Bad and the Beautiful 1967, 16mm, color, sound, 34 min.

The Tuxedo Theater 1968, 16mm, color, silent, 21 min. ihousephilly.org

1972, 16mm, color, silent, 61 min.

Thursday, July 25 at 7pm REELBLACK PRESENTS Big Words

dir. Neil Drumming, US, 2013, digital, 93 min.

An Official Selection of the 2013 Slamdance Film Festival, Big Words, set in Brooklyn on the eve of Obama’s history-making election, tells the story of three former members of a promising hip-hop crew who cross paths again and discover that some things never change. Former frontman John, once known as Big Words, is now a working class guy who raps only to himself. James is a publicist living with his boyfriend, far removed from the days when he rhymed about getting girls. While DJ Malik still spins records with a longing for the glory days. Together again on the day of a landmark election, the friends reckon with dreams deferred and new hopes. Saturday, July 20 at 5pm WARREN SONBERT RETROSPECTIVE: 60’s New York Introduced by Jon Gartenberg Where Did Our Love Go?

1966, 16mm, color, sound, 15 min.

Hall of Mirrors 1966, 16mm, color, sound, 7 min.

The Tenth Legion 1968, 16mm, color, sound, 30 min.

Saturday, July 20 at 7pm WARREN SONBERT RETROSPECTIVE: Silent Rhythms / Sound Symphonies Rude Awakening 1976, 16mm, color, silent, 36 min.

Friendly Witness 1989, 16mm, color, sound, 22 min. --Intermission--

The Cup and the Lip 1986, 16mm, color, silent, 20 min.

Short Fuse

1992, 16mm, color, sound, 37 min.

$10 general admission, $7 students/seniors/Reelblack/IHP members.

Friday, July 26 at 8pm outdoor screenings: TOTALLY TERRIBLE 80s! Electric Dreams dir. Steve Barron, US, 1984, digital, 95 min.

“A boy, a girl and a computer: The most unusual triangle in the history of love!” Miles (Lenny Von Dohlen, Twin Peaks) is helpless, hopeless and about to blow a fuse. He has a problem. His computer Edgar (voiced by Bud Cort) has decided to wreck his life. He’s ruined his credit rating, run up his phone bill, cancelled his plane reservations, locked him out of his house and now he’s trying to steal his girlfriend Madeline (Virginia Madsen), the beautiful cellist who lives upstairs. Electric Dreams is a fun, quirky romance from Steve Barron, director of some of pop’s best ever music videos from Michael Jackson (Billie Jean), The Human League (Don’t You Want Me), Madonna (Burning Up), A-ha (Take on Me) and Dire Straits (Money for Nothing), as well as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Coneheads. The film features original songs by Giorgio Moroder, Jeff Lynne, Phil Oakey, Culture Club and Heaven 17. City Tap House proudly sponsors International House Philadelphia’s Outdoor Movie Series and offers 10% off your check every Friday after 5pm all summer long. To redeem, pick up a coupon at an any IHP outdoor screening, or present your IHP ticket stub at City Tap House. Free screening. Please bring chairs and blankets; rain or shine.

Saturday, July 27 at 7pm Best of the Ottawa International Animation Festival 2012 The Best of Ottawa program showcases many audience favorites and award winners from the OIAF Official Competition. This year’s highlights include Carlo Vogele’s tragicomic Una Furtiva Lagrima, Hisko Hulsing’s stunning grand-prize winner Junkyard and the hilarious crowd-favorite I Am Tom Moody. RECOMMENDED FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY Ballpit

dir. Kyle Mowat, Canada, 2012, digital, 2 min.

A Morning Stroll

dir. Grant Orchard, UK, 2011, digital, 7 min.

The Great Rabbit

dir. Atsushi Wada, France, 2012, digital, 7 min.

Sunny Afternoon

dir. Thomas Renoldner, Austria, 2012, digital, 7 min.

Rossignols en Décembre (Nightingales in December) My Neighbor Totoro Saturday, July 27 at 2pm FAMILY MATINEE My Neighbor Totoro

dir. Hayao Miyazaki, Japan, 1988, 35mm, English language version, 86 min.

Studio Ghibli presents a film about the magic of friendship and sisterhood from Academy Award-winning director Hayao Miyazaki (Best Animated Feature, 2001, Spirited Away). Celebrate the 25th anniversary of My Neighbor Totoro–on 35mm film and in English. Follow the adventures of Satsuki and her four-year-old sister Mei as they discover their new neighbor is a mysterious forest spirit named Totoro who can only be seen by the eyes of a child. As Totoro introduces the girls to his extraordinary friends, they embark on the journey of a lifetime. Featuring the voice talents of Tim Daly, Lea Salonga and real-life sisters Dakota and Elle Fanning, My Neighbor Totoro is an amazing animated adventure the whole family will fall in love with. Special discounted ticket price of $5; free to members. ihousephilly.org

dir. Theodore Ushev, Canada, 2011, digital, 3 min.

Rivière au Tonnerre (Thunder River)

dir. Pierre Hébert, Canada, 2011, digital, 8 min.

I Am Tom Moody

dir. Ainslie Henderson, UK, 2012, digital, 7 min.

Gum

dir. Noam Sussman, Canada, 2012, digital, 1 min.

Primus ‘Lee Van Cleef’ dir. Chris Smith, US, 2012, digital, 3 min.

Junkyard

dir. Hisko Hulsing, Netherlands, Belgium, 2012, digital, 18 min.

Una Furtiva Lagrima

dir. Carlo Vogele, Luxembourg/US, 2011, digital, 3 min. Total running time: 71 min.

Wednesday, July 31 at 7pm FREE TO LOVE: THE CINEMA OF THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION Fight Repression of Erotic Expression A Free Screening and Discussion In anticipation of Free to Love: The Cinema of the Sexual Revolution, a major film exhibition taking place in early 2014 at International House Philadelphia, we are pleased to host an evening of short films and conversation. Join filmmakers A.K. Burns, Barbara Hammer, M.M. Serra and A.L. Steiner for a public discussion on various aspects of sex, beauty, gender, pornography and the body as portrayed in art and cinema. Films to be screened include works by Peggy Awesh, Tom Chomont, James Franco, Kurt Kren and M.M. Serra. The Color of Love

dir. Peggy Ahwesh, US, 1994, 16mm, color, 10 min.

Razor Head

dir. Tom Chomont, US, 1984, 16mm, color, 4 min.

Darling International

dir. M.M. Serra and Jennifer Reeves, US, 1999, 16mm, b&w, 22 min.

September 20

dir. Kurt Kren, Austria, 1967, 16mm, b&w, 7 min.

The Feast of Stephen

dir. James Franco, US, 2009, video, color, 4 min.

Masculinity and Me

dir. James Franco, US, 2012, video, color, 10 min.

This program has been made possible by the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage. Free event.

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AUGUST Thursday, August 1 - Sunday, August 4 2nd Annual BlackStar Film Festival Dubbed “the black Sundance” by Ebony Magazine, the BlackStar Film Festival, presented by the Knight Foundation, is a unique gathering of filmmakers and cinéastes who will participate in screenings and related programming illuminating the global black experience. The only event of its kind in Philadelphia—focusing on work from the African Diaspora—BlackStar provides a highly visible platform for independent black filmmakers and films about black people from around the world, providing genre-defying and beautifully-crafted works to a diverse audience thirsty for fresh perspectives. Join us for approximately 40 films, over four days, from four continents! This year’s festival will offer exclusive Philadelphia premieres of international music videos, narratives, experimental films, and documentaries from a wide diversity of emerging and established directors and producers. In addition to special Q&As with several award-winning directors and producers, other activities include panel discussions, workshops, a children’s program, a program of youth-produced media, a special honor presented to the Howard University Film Program, a live screenplay competition featuring celebrity judges, and a transmedia performance featuring renowned composer and music producer King Britt. For more info visit blackstarfest.org. The 2013 BlackStar Film Festival is made possible by generous funding from the Knight Foundation, PECO, An Exelon Company, Howard University, individual donors, and in partnership with International House Philadelphia, The Barnes Foundation, two.one. five. Magazine, Okayplayer.com, Skai Blue Media, and our fiscal sponsor Art Sanctuary, Inc. Tuesday, August 6 at 7pm CETRA LANGUAGE SOLUTIONS The Woman with The 5 Elephants dir. Vadim Jendreyko, Switzerland/Germany, 2009, digital, German and Russian with English subtitles, 93 min.

The 5 elephants are Dostoyevsky’s great literary works, all of which have been translated by the 87-year-old Svetlana Geier, considered the world’s most masterful translator of Russian literature into German. The filmmaker visits with a woman whose fascinating, dramatic life story has been colored by some of the most violent events in 20th century European history: Stalin’s purges of the kulaks (responsible for her father’s death) and the Nazi occupation ihousephilly.org

of the Ukraine (ultimately responsible for saving her life and leading to a university education in Germany). A rigorous intellectual whom we’re privileged to watch parse the language, word by word, with her colleague, she warms the screen with the depths of her dignity and humanity. Language as a civilizing force is the thread that runs through Geier’s life, and it illuminates every minute of the film. Free screening.

Wednesday, August 7 at 7pm Preservation Alliance Contextualizing Jazz in Philadelphia: An evening of documentaries Coltrane’s Philadelphia: A Documentary Film – Premier! This short documentary relates the story of jazz giant John Coltrane and the years he spent in Philadelphia during the 1940s and 1950s. After migrating from his childhood home in North Carolina in 1943, Coltrane spent years honing his craft in the City of Brotherly Love. This short film, featuring interviews with jazz musicians who knew Coltrane when he called Philadelphia home, as well as footage of the City during the time period Coltrane lived here, illuminates the urban context in which the artist moved the music forward. Members of the production team will be available for question and answers at the screening. Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise dir. Robert Mugge, US, 1980, digital, 60 min.

This 1980 film documents performances by the Sun Ra Arkestra in Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and Baltimore. It features performances on the roof of the International House as well as interviews with Sun Ra and band members in both the University of Pennsylvania’s Museum of Archeology & Anthropology and at the band’s home base in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia.

Night Across the Street Thursday, August 8 at 7pm FULL EXPOSURE Night Across the Street

dir. Raul Ruiz, France, 2012, HD, Spanish and French with English subtitles, 110 min.

On the verge of a forced retirement, Don Celso, an elderly office worker begins to relive both real and imagined memories from his life – a trip to the movies as a young boy with Beethoven, listening to tall tales from Long John Silver, a brief stay in a haunted hotel, conversations with a fictional doppelganger of a real writer. Stories hide within stories and the thin line between imagination and reality steadily erodes, opening up a marvelous new world of personal remembrance and fantastic melodrama. In this playfully elegiac film, loosely adapted from the fantastical short stories of Chilean writer Herman del Solar, Raul Ruiz has crafted a final masterwork on his favorite subjects: fiction, history and life itself. Friday, August 9 at 8pm outdoor screenings: TOTALLY TERRIBLE 80s! Can’t Stop the Music dir. Nancy Walker, US, 1980, digital, 123 min.

New York City DJ-songwriter Jack Morell (Steve Guttenberg) needs a big break to get his music heard and land a record deal. With the help of his retired supermodel roommate (Valerie Perrine) and an uptight tax attorney (Olympic champion Bruce Jenner), Jack brings together six singing macho men from the Greenwich Village scene in this pseudo-autobiography of the Village People—a fun-filled adventure of fantasy and disco fever!

Can’t Stop the Music Can’t Stop the Music is notorious for being the first winner of the Worst Picture Razzie, for it was a double feature of this and Xanadu that inspired John J. B. Wilson to start the Razzies. The film was the sole feature by Nancy Walker, star of film, television and radio most known for her role is Ida Morgenstern on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rhoda, as well as a popular commercial campaign for Bounty paper towels (“the quicker-picker-upper”) from 1970 to 1990. Producer Allan Carr, wishing to replicate his success as writer-producer of Grease, hoped to score big with this big budget disco musical. However by the time of its release during the summer of 1980, the disco genre had not only peaked in the United States but was experiencing a backlash. The film received scathing reviews and audiences stayed away. At a cost estimated at $20 million, the film was a colossal failure financially, bringing in only a tenth of that in gross revenue. Since its initial failure, the film has gained something of a cult status as a camp film. The film has been screened at gay film festivals, including the 2008 London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, and is an annual New Year’s tradition on Australian television. City Tap House proudly sponsors International House Philadelphia’s Outdoor Movie Series and offers 10% off your check every Friday after 5pm all summer long. To redeem, pick up a coupon at an any IHP outdoor screening, or present your IHP ticket stub at City Tap House. Free screening. Please bring chairs and blankets; rain or shine.

Saturday, August 10 at 2pm FAMILY MATINEE Red Balloon/White Mane “The Red Balloon and White Mane have been acclaimed throughout the world as two of the finest films ever made for—and about— children. The stories French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse tells in these sharply crafted featurettes are quite simple, yet so skillful and subtle are the techniques he utilizes that these tales of a magical balloon and a wild white stallion cut straight to the heart of a child’s view of the world. Though shot on actual locations, both films are fantasies—children’s daydreams and “make believe” play activities made real before the camera’s eye. It’s a world every child will recognize instinctively—and every adult will remember with pleasure.” — David Ehrenstein Red Balloon

dir. Albert Lamorisse, France, 1952, 35mm, color, French with English subtitles, 34 min.

Newly restored on 35mm Albert Lamorisse’s exquisite The Red Balloon remains one of the most beloved children’s films of all time. In this deceptively simple, nearly wordless tale, a young boy discovers a stray balloon, which seems to have a mind of its own, on the streets of Paris. The two become inseparable, yet the world’s harsh realities finally interfere. With its glorious palette and allegorical purity, the Academy Award–winning The Red Balloon has enchanted movie lovers, young and old, for generations. White Mane

dir. Albert Lamorisse, France, 1952, 35mm, b/w, French with English subtitles, 39 min.

In the south of France, in a vast plain region called the Camargue, lives White Mane, a magnificent stallion and the leader of a herd of wild horses too proud to let themselves be broken by humans. Only Folco, a young fisherman, manages to tame him. A strong friendship grows between the boy and the horse, as the two go looking for the freedom that the world of men won’t allow them. Long unavailable in the U.S., this extraordinarily shot wonder from Albert Lamorisse, the director of The Red Balloon, is a work of technical sophistication and immense natural beauty. Special discounted ticket price: $5 for everyone!

The Makioka Sisters

Nostalghia

Saturday, August 10 at 7pm THE JANUS COLLETION The Makioka Sisters

Wednesday, August 14 at 7pm SERGEI PARAJANOV: SURREALIST POET OF SOVIET CINEMA Nostalghia – New 35mm restored print!

This lyrical adaptation of the beloved novel by Junichiro Tanizaki was a late-career triumph for director Kon Ichikawa. Structured around the changing of the seasons, The Makioka Sisters (Sasameyuki) follows the lives of four siblings who have taken on their family’s kimono manufacturing business, in the years leading up to the Pacific War. The two oldest have been married for some time, but according to tradition, the rebellious youngest sister cannot wed until the third, conservative and terribly shy, finds a husband. This graceful study of a family at a turning point in history is a poignant evocation of changing times and fading customs, shot in rich, vivid colors.

“As my teacher I consider an absoIuteIy young and amazing director, Tarkovsky, who even didn’t reaIize himseIf what a genius he was in Ivan’s ChiIdhood.” — Sergei Parajanov

dir. Kon Ichikawa, Japan, 1983, 35mm, Japanese with English subtitles, 140 min.

dir. Andrei Tarkovsky, Italy/Soviet Union, 1983, 35mm, Italian and Russian with English subtitles, 125 min.

We salute the friendship and cinematic kinship between Sergei Parajanov and Andrei Tarkovsky by beginning our series with a new 35mm restoration of one of Tarkovsky’s lesser-seen classics. Exiled from the USSR, consummate film poet Tarkovsky (Solaris, Stalker) poured his stirrings of homesickness into this spectrally beautiful, metaphysical exploration of spiritual isolation and Russian identity. While researching the turbulent life of a 17th-century composer in the perpetually mist-shrouded Tuscan countryside, a soul-sick Russian poet (Yankvosky) forms an unusual kinship with an apocalypse-obsessed local madman (Josephson). Tarkovsky evokes the textures of dreams and memories through ravishing monochrome and sepia-toned reveries and flashbacks, while conjuring the hushed and haunted tone of a trance in this latecareer masterwork. — BAM 20

The Legend of Suram Fortress Thursday, August 15 at 7pm SERGEI PARAJANOV: SURREALIST POET OF SOVIET CINEMA The Legend of Suram Fortress

dir. Sergei Parajanov, Soviet Union, 1984, 35mm, Georgian with English subtitles, 88 min.

“I always recaII with great gratitude and great pIeasure Sergei Parajanov’s fiIms which I Iove very much. He had a paradoxicaI and poetic way of thinking. The way he Ioved beauty, the way he couId be absoIuteIy free within his idea of the fiIm.” — Andrei Tarkovsky Based on an ancient legend, this dazzling film is a surreal ode to Georgian warriors throughout the ages who died for their country. Repeated efforts by the Georgian people to construct a defensive stronghold continually fail. The building collapses until a fortune teller remembers an old prophecy that the son of her erstwhile lover must be bricked up alive in order for the fortress to stand. The young man is faced with the prospect of sacrificing himself to save his country. Like his most-famous film, The Color of Pomegranates, the film consists in a series of tableaux. Once again minimal dialogue is used and the film abounds in surreal, almost oneiric power.

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Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors Friday, August 16 at 7pm SERGEI PARAJANOV: SURREALIST POET OF SOVIET CINEMA Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

dir. Sergei Parajanov, Soviet Union, 1964, 35mm, Ukrainian with English subtitles, 97 min.

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is a boldly conceived and astonishingly photographed blend of enchanting mythology, hypnotic religious iconography, and pagan magic. And although its unsentimental depiction of the harsh realities of Russian regional history forced Sergei Pararajanov into direct conflict with bureaucrats then controlling the Soviet film industry, the film became an international sensation when it was released in 1964. “There is no devil in church, only among men.” Deep in the Carpathian Mountains of 19th-century Ukraine, love, hate, life and death among the Hutsul people are as they’ve been since time began. While young Ivan’s mother mourns her husband’s brutal murder, Ivan is drawn to Marichka, the beautiful young daughter of the man who killed his father. But fate tragically decrees that the two lovers will remain apart. Unhappily married to another woman and cursed by a sorcerer in this life, Ivan’s obsession with his lost love lures him ever closer to a reunion with Marichka in death.

Ashik Kerib

The Color of Pomegranates

Saturday, August 17 at 5pm SERGEI PARAJANOV: SURREALIST POET OF SOVIET CINEMA Ashik Kerib

Saturday, August 17 at 8pm SERGEI PARAJANOV: SURREALIST POET OF SOVIET CINEMA The Color of Pomegranates

Parajanov’s last completed film was dedicated to his friend Andrei Tarkovsky who died two years earlier. It is a retelling of a popular romantic myth in Azerbaijani culuture with music and color playing important roles.

Keynote presentation by James M. Steffen whose forthcoming book The Cinema of Segei Parajanov (University of Wisconsin Press) will be released in October 2013.

dir. Sergei Parajanov, Soviet Union, 1988, 35mm, Georgian with English subtitles, 73 min.

The Ashik Kerib wants to marry his beloved, but her father opposes since Kerib is poor and he expects rich prospects for his “daughter from heaven.” She vows to wait for him for a thousand days and nights until he comes back with enough money to impress her father. He sets out on a journey to gain wealth and encounters many difficulties. In recounting Mikhail Lermontov’s fable, Paradjanov dispenses with conventional storytelling devices in order to present a boldly unique cinematic experience. Glorious tableaux, exquisitely composed, choreographed and photographed, are combined with intertitles, images of early Russian artwork and a haunting blend of traditional and contemporary musical forms, all of which combine to form an enthralling and utterly unique cinematic experience.

dir. Sergei Parajanov, Soviet Union, 1968, 35mm, Armenian with English subtitles, 74 min.

Sergei Paradjanov’s baroque masterpiece The Color Of Pomegranates was banned in the Soviet Union for its religious sentiment and nonconformity to “Socialist realism;” its director, a tirelessly outspoken campaigner for human rights, was convicted on a number of trumped-up charges and sentenced to five years of hard labor in the gulag. A wave of protest from the international film community led to his release in 1978. Aesthetically the most extreme film ever made in the USSR, Parajanov’s hallucinatory epic account of the life of the 18th century Armenian national poet, Sayat Nova, conveys the glory of what a cinema of high art can be like. Conceived as an extraordinarily complex series of painterly tableaux that recall Byzantine mosaics, the film is a dreamlike icon come-to-life with astonishing beauty and rigor. It evokes the poet’s childhood and youth, his days as a troubadour at the court of King Heraclius II of Georgia, his retreat to a monastery and his old age and death. There has never been a film like this magical work. It fully justifies critic Alexei Korotyukov’s remark: “Paradjanov made films not about how things are, but how they would have been had he been God.” 22

Tuesday, August 20 at 7pm SCRIBE PRODUCERS’ FORUM Shored Up – Philadelphia Premiere!

Monday, August 26 at 9pm INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART Last Dance: Dirty Looks at the End of Days

Ben Kalina in person for a post-screening discussion

Dirty Looks makes its Philadelphia debut! A New York-based roaming platform for queer experimental film and video, Dirty Looks will screen an evening of apocalyptic-themed recent work by Stephanie Barber, Harry Dodge, Jessie Mott and Steve Reinke, Michael Robinson, Luther Price, Nao Bustamante, and A.K. Burns. In an attempt to nurture a greater sense of community and to cultivate a dynamic view of historical queer production, Dirty Looks reimagines the screening situations of the experimental and Underground Film boom of the 1960s and 70s. Situating screenings in alternative spaces, Dirty Looks celebrates the collaborative and social aspects of NYC film culture. Hosted by the Institute of Contemporary Art, International House, Penn Cinema Studies, and the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center at Penn. (The evening kicks off at 9pm with a reception for incoming Penn students as part of Penn’s New Student Orientation.)

dir. Ben Kalina, US, 2013, digital, 83 min.

Shored Up is a documentary that asks tough questions about our coastal communities and our relationship to the land. What will a rising sea do to our homes, our businesses, and the survival of our communities? Can we afford to pile enough sand on our shores to keep the ocean at bay? In Long Beach Island, New Jersey and the Outer Banks of North Carolina, surfers, politicians, scientists, and residents are racing to answer these questions. Presented in partnership with Sierra Club Philadelphia Chapter. Friday, August 23 at 8pm EXHUMED FILMS Formed in 1997, Exhumed Films was created to provide a theatrical venue for a much beloved art form that had all but disappeared in the 1990s and is in further decline in the early 21st Century: the B-grade horror movie. From the late-1960s through the mid-1980s, low-budget horror films prospered by playing drive-in movie theaters and single-screen movie houses across the country. In these days before video, genre fans could see newly released “grindhouse” films at almost any local theater, often on double- or triple-bills with other horror movies from years past. Some of these movies – such as Night of the Living Dead, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween and Evil Dead – are now thought by many critics to be minor classics. As well, several of today’s most respected filmmakers cut their teeth on low budget horror.

Healing

dir. Stephanie Barber, 2012, 12 min.

Ipse Dixit

dir. Harry Dodge, 2011, 4 min.

A Day for Cake and Accidents dir. Jessie Mott and Steve Reinke, 2013, 4 min.

She Gone Rogue

dir. Zackary Drucker and Rhys Ernst, 2012, 22 min.

If There Be Thorns dir. Michael Robinson, 2009, 14 min.

Inside Velvet K dir. Luther Price, 2006, 10 min.

Tableau

dir. Nao Bustamante, 2013, 17 min.

Earthship 2013 dir. A.K. Burns, 2012, 8 min. Total running time: 90 min. Free screening. ihousephilly.org

Thursday, August 29 at 7pm The Animated Films of Suzan Pitt Suzan Pitt in person for introduction and post-screening Q&A Suzan Pitt’s works have pushed the boundaries of the animated film form, thriving in both the art world and the television, theatrical and festival venues. She has had major exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Holly Solomon Gallery in New York and the Stedlijk Museum in Amsterdam. She has designed two operas in Germany which were the first operas to include animated images for the stage (Damnation of Faust and The Magic Flute). In addition, Pitt has created two large multi-media shows at the Venice Biennale and Harvard University. A retrospective of her animated films was presented at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2006 and her films have been presented at the over 100 venues around the world, including the Film Forum in New York, Ottawa International Animation Festival, Sundance Film Festival, Morelia International Film Festival in Mexico and the Image Forum Film Festival in Tokyo, Japan. Pitt is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Fulbright Scholar Award, three National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships and a Rockefeller Fellowship. Her work is in the permanent collection of the Walker Art Center, The Museum of Modern Art and the Filmmuseum in Amsterdam.

The Legend of Billie Jean

Suzan Pitt currently teaches experimental animation at California Institute of the Arts. She lives in Los Angeles, Mexico and her remote cabin in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. – Ann Arbor Film Festival

Friday, August 30 at 8pm outdoor screenings: TOTALLY TERRIBLE 80s! The Legend of Billie Jean

Jefferson Circus Songs

Starring real life brother and sister Helen and Christian Slater as teens on the run and in search of justice, The Legend of Billie Jean is the ultimate time capsule of 80s youth rebellion. With a soundtrack featuring Billy Idol, Pat Benatar and the Divinyls, Legend tells the tale of outlaw hero Billie Jean who escapes the clutches of her would be rapist and ultimately turns the tables on him as she amasses a following of teens who help her along the way.

1973, US, video, 16 min.

Joy Street

1995, US, 35mm, 24 min.

El Doctor

2006, US, 35mm, 24 min.

Pinball

2013, US, video, 7 min.

Asparagus

1979, US, 35mm, 19 min.

dir. Matthew Robbins, US, 1985, digital, 96 min.

City Tap House proudly sponsors International House Philadelphia’s Outdoor Movie Series and offers 10% off your check every Friday after 5pm all summer long. To redeem, pick up a coupon at an any IHP outdoor screening, or present your IHP ticket stub at City Tap House. Free screening. Please bring chairs and blankets; rain or shine.

SEPTEMBER

Le Pont Du Nord Thursday, September 5 at 7pm + Saturday, September 7 at 2pm JACQUES RIVETTE Le Pont du Nord

dir. Jacques Rivette, France, 1981, 35mm, French with English subtitles, 129 min.

A puzzle, a hallucinatory cinephilic fever dream and a spellbinding, through-the-looking-glass thriller as only French New Wave titan Rivette could make, Le Pont du Nord plays like the darker, conspiracy-theory-obsessed cousin of the director’s beloved Céline and Julie Go Boating. This tale of two women follows ex-con Marie (Bulle Ogier), who is just out of prison, and Baptiste (Bulle’s reallife daughter Pascale) for a surreal, labyrinthine odyssey through a wintry Paris, replete with mysterious clues, codes, traps, and spies. — BAM “The ensuing journey is at once playful and tense, loaded with wry cine-references and propelled by an ebullient energy that suggests each new wrinkle of the plot were being dictated by a roll of the dice. (Like many of Rivette’s films, Le Pont du Nord was largely improvised by the actors.) Watching the film now, on the occasion of its first release in U.S. theaters, it seems more obvious than ever how much Rivette has influenced a subsequent generation of filmmakers—Spike Jonze, Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry—and expanded our sense of the possible.” — Scott Foundas, Film Comment

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Friday, September 6 at 7pm JACQUES RIVETTE Céline and Julie Go Boating

dir. Jacques Rivette, France, 1974, 35mm, French with English subtitles, 193 min.

Introduction by film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum. Like a Borges story swathed in a silk kimono, the maze-like turns of the epic-length Céline and Julie Go Boating are so welcomingly sensual, you’ll be just as likely to laze in the film’s warm beauty as you will be to decipher its Byzantine puzzles. A story about storytelling, Jacques Rivette‘s self-referential classic centers on the fanciful world of two women literally lost in the stories they tell each other. Crimson-curl-topped librarian Julie (Dominique Labourier) sees brunette Céline (Godard regular Juliet Berto)—for the first time—as she’s dazedly staggering through a park. But then, as they rapidly become best friends, the weird connections proliferate: Julie is hooked on magic, Céline is a professional magician (with a haughtily bizarre act); Céline pretends to be Julie at a meeting with an old flame, Julie hilariously and disastrously subs for Celine at an important audition; and they both take turns as the nanny at the house Céline had been fleeing from originally. Céline and Julie go from sharing a story about a haunted house to being part of a story about a haunted house — or is it a real haunted house that has been called up by the story? The film blurs the line between the telling of the story and the story itself, as Céline and Julie, like Alice in Wonderland, become part

Céline and Julie Go Boating of a surreal, drug-induced parallel universe; also like Alice, they ultimately become the heroines of the story that first imprisoned them. This enigmatic and fanciful film is one of the most distinctive and imaginative movies ever made. Rivette’s 1974 exploration of the nature of narrative is the most mischievously immersive of the French New Wave, casually bending our perceptions of both time and space even as it keeps us fully aware of its richlyrendered world. Céline and Julie Go Boating was Rivette’s biggest commercial hit in France, yet remains sadly unreleased on DVD in this country, so seize the chance to catch this master stroke of whimsy and wonderment on the big screen! Jonathan Rosenbaum is an American film critic. Rosenbaum was the head film critic for the Chicago Reader from 1987 until 2008, when he retired at the age of 65. He has published and edited numerous books and has contributed to some of the world’s most notable film publications, including Cahiers du cinéma and Film Comment. He openly promotes the dissemination and discussion of foreign film. His strong views on filmgoing in the U.S. hold that Hollywood and the media tend to limit the full range of the films Americans can see, at the cineplex and elsewhere. Jonathan Rosenbaum appears in the 2009 documentary For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism discussing the film criticism of Manny Farber, and giving his approval to young people writing film reviews today on the Internet. Rosenbaum has long been a champion of the films of Jacques Rivette and is one of the authorities on his work which he has examined closely for decades.

L’Amour Fou Saturday, September 7 JACQUES RIVETTE L’Amour Fou

dir. Jacques Rivette, France, 1968, 35mm, b/w, French w/ English subtitles, 255 min.

This legendary, largely unseen, four-hour masterpiece is the film that solidified Jacques Rivette’s reputation as a major innovator in French cinema. A study of disintegrating personal relationships, L’Amour Fou focuses on a theater group preparing to stage Racine’s Andromaque as they are being filmed by a television crew. During the rehearsal, the play’s director recasts the lead role, replacing his wife with his former mistress. The film, shot in both 16mm and 35mm, developed from the ideas of the cast and technicians who improvised during filming. Its length is integral to its meaning and texture, bearing what critic Jean-André Fieschi calls, “the fruit of an impossible encounter between the two extremes of absolute control and absolute freedom.” Saturday, September 9 – 13 from 9am – 5pm Language classes registration Our Language Program offers the opportunity to study a foreign language or improve English conversation skills. At our friendly and affordable sessions, the small class setting will allow you to quickly learn how to communicate clearly outside of the classroom and enhance skills that assist with future goals. For more information call 215.895.6592 or visit www.ihousephilly.org. 26

Wednesday, September 11 at 7pm ARCHIVE FEVER! 5.0 From the Pole to the Equator

dir. Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi, Italy, 1986, 16mm, tinted b/w, Italian inter-titles with English translation, 96 min. Print courtesy of MoMA.

“A remarkable feature by Italian avant-gardists Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi, made up exclusively of footage shot by Luca Comerio, an official documentarian to the Italian royal family, around 1910—tinted, step-printed into slow motion, and accompanied by an effective, wordless sound track. The images, as suggested by the title, come from all over—African jungles, Indian villages, European landscapes, polar icebergs—and the overriding themes are photography as imperialism and imperialism as photography. At once mesmerizing, haunting, and thoughtful, this fascinating and unique compilation, edited by D.A. Pennebaker, stays in the mind for a long time.” — Jonathan Rosenbaum Thursday, September 12 at 7pm IHP’S Benefit Art Auction and Season Kick-Off Zola Jesus + J.G. Thirlwell International House Philadelphia is pleased to announce its inaugural arts benefit and you are invited! On September 12, IHP will hold its first silent fine art auction hosted by Paddle8.com featuring a wide variety of exceptional artists (from all over the world), drinks, delicious hors d’oeuvres, and last but not least, a live performance and collaboration between the internationally acclaimed Zola Jesus & JG Thirlwell. A musician who straddles the Goth-rock and lo-fi genres incorporating a blend of orchestral instrumentals, ambient electronic sounds and strong diva-esque vocals, Zola Jesus has developed a collaboration with JG Thirlwell, an Australian composer and pioneer of the No Wave and industrial music scenes. Thirlwell has also collaborated with Coil, Sonic Youth, Nurse With Wound, Nick Cave, Lydia Lunch, and Nine Inch Nails. He has arranged the music of Zola Jesus for electronics and a string quartet. Help IHP, Philadephia’s premier resource for film, continue its tradition of avant-garde and culturally exploratory programming by attending its first arts program benefit. Proceeds from the evening will benefit IHP’s arts program specifically, and will ensure that our institution continues to bring the best of moving image culture and art to the Philadelphia area.

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Proudly sponsored by Six Points Brewery Photo of Zola Jesus by Angel Ceballos

$30 general admission, $25 IHP members.

Friday, September 13 at 8pm outdoor screenings: TOTALLY TERRIBLE 80s! Weekend at Bernie’s

Saturday, September 14 at 2pm FAMILY MATINEE Nana

This late-1980s classic finds co-workers Larry (Andrew McCarthy) and Richard (Jonathan Silverman) spending a weekend at the beach house of their boss, Bernie (Terry Kiser), who’s secretly planning to kill the duo because they’ve uncovered an accounting error at the company. But when the boys arrive, Bernie’s already been whacked, and hilarity ensues as Larry and Richard try to keep his death a secret so that they won’t be considered suspects. Wacky hijinks ensue.

Nan Goldin collaborator Valerie Massadian’s directorial debut stars a four year old. “There’s not one word, one gesture—nothing— that I imposed on her. We played,” she told Craig Hubert of Interview Magazine. Toddler actor Kelyna Lecomte plays Nana, a girl abandoned by her mother on the outskirts of her grandfather’s pig farm. Filmed with a voyeuristic distance, Nana unfolds in the allowed space as the character’s isolation endows her own developing independence. Audiences are given an innocently intimate, contemplative glimpse of the world as Nana views it. Played with extraordinary composure, the character of Nana is a quiet delight to watch. Winner of the Best First Film prize at the Locarno Film Festival, this is a sweet, life-affirming faux-fairytale, simultaneously enchanting and elegiac.

dir. Ted Kotcheff, US, 1989, HD, 98 min.

dir. Valerie Massadian, France, 2011, 35mm, 68 min.

Special discounted ticket price: $5 for everyone!

Wednesday, September 18 at 7pm Fringe Festival Anita Ranjani

Day of Wrath Saturday, September 14 at 7pm THE JANUS COLLETION Day of Wrath

dir. Carl Th. Dreyer, Denmark, 1943, 35mm, Danish with English subtitles, 97 min.

Filmed during the Nazi occupation of Denmark, Carl Dreyer’s Day of Wrath (Vredens dag) is a harrowing account of individual helplessness in the face of growing social repression and paranoia. Anna, the young second wife of a well-respected but much older pastor, falls in love with her stepson when he returns to their small seventeenth-century village. Stepping outside the bounds of the village’s harsh moral code has disastrous results. Exquisitely photographed and passionately acted, Day of Wrath remains an intense, unforgettable experience. Tuesday, September 17 at 7pm SCRIBE PRODUCERS’ FORUM Gideon’s Army – Philadelphia Premiere!

dir. Dawn Porter, USA, 2013, 95 min.

Presented in Partnership with International House Philadelphia Dawn Porter in person for a post-screening discussion An official selection of the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, Gideon’s Army follows a group of idealistic young public defenders–Travis Williams, Brandy Alexander and June Hardwick–in the Deep South, where lawyers face particularly difficult challenges due to high bonds, minimum mandatory sentencing and a culture that is traditionally “tough on crime.” Scribe’s Producers’ Forums are supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, Philadelphia Cultural Fund, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts ihousephilly.org

Anita Ranjani embodies the maturity, beauty, culture and power of the Bharathanatyam, a dance form known for its grace and purity. She plays a multi-dimensional role as a performer and teacher, with an understanding of the formal beauty of the dance form and its power to express a dancer’s personality. She preserves the grandeur of the technique in the fast-changing dance scene; by keeping her faith in tradition as a point of reference, she has grown out of its binding. Her performance is aesthetic, dignified, and imbued with deep understanding giving it an added dimension. In her solo renderings Anita reveals the Kalakshetra technique, which is exact and precise, laying equal emphasis on the purity of tradition and its correct execution. Illuminating the art form from within, Anita’s artistic abilities allow her to provide spiritual selffulfillment, while simultaneously imparting a sense of artistic and visual pleasure to the audience. $10 general admission.

Thursday, September 19 at 7pm EUROPEAN CINEMA REDISCOVERED Cinematic Inclusions: Time, People and Places The seven films that comprise the film program Cinematic Inclusions are the highlights of 20th century Lithuanian documentary cinema. Like mineral inclusions, these films capture the relics of times gone by. The filmmakers arrested moments from their present, and by so doing, captured the past. Some of these images have become imprinted on the collective memory of the nation, whilst others have been left to obscurity. Lithuanian documentary filmmakers are particularly interested in what has remained on the margins, or is about to vanish from collective memory. Therefore, marginal, forgotten heroes (be it a person, or a city district) have proven precious to Lithuanian documentary filmmakers. Their cameras frequently turn towards those people and places which remain at a distance from the platforms of fame. The films become ‘inclusions’ of the quotidian portraits of their heroes. Nonetheless, they tell more than a story of one person or one particular place. The portraits acquire, through the mediation of the lens, metaphorical meanings: in

JUNE The Dreams of the Centenarians

dir. Robertas Verba, Lithuania, 1969, 20 min.

Earth of the Blind one film reflecting the invisible sensations of a human being (A. Stonys, Earth of the Blind), whilst in another revealing the feeling of expectation and anxiety in the Lithuanian people prior to the declaration of independence (A. Matelis, Ten Minutes before the Flight of Icarus), or expressing the archetype of national character (the films of R. Verba, H. Šablevi ius). All films presented digitally and in Lithuanian with English subtitles. The Old Man and the Land dir. Robertas Verba, Lithuania, 1965, 20 min.

Robertas Verba’s first documentary film, described by film critic . . Živile Pipinyte as “the ‘ice-breaker’ which broke through the ice of Soviet ideology to form the peculiar stylistics of Lithuanian documentary film.” The hero of this film is the bright Lithuanian villager Anupras, whose archaic worldview becomes a symbol of the ethno-cultural Lithuanian identity that was often opposed to the identity constructed by Soviet propaganda. Time Passes through the City ˇ dir. Almantas Grikevicius, Lithuania 1966, 20 min.

The main hero of this film is the city of Vilnius. Vilnius is also a metaphor for the historicity of Lithuania. However, this film is unique not only for its cinematographic historical reflections on the statehood of Lithuania; it also reveals the history of cinema, encompassing both Russian (Soviet) montage techniques and the first traces of cinéma-vérité in Lithuanian cinema. A Trip across Misty Meadows dir. Henrikas Šablevicius, Lithuania, 1973, 10 min.

This film details the dismantling of the old railway Siaurukas in Lithuania and the construction of its new modern replacement. The old railway and the new railway become the symbol of the clash between the archaic rural Lithuania and Soviet industrialization. The film was often considered as an expression of the archetypes of Lithuanian character.

Though created to commemorate the centenary of Lenin, the documentary is far from celebrating soviet ideology. In the film people who are one hundred years old talk about their lives. Their remembrances illuminate traditions and past of Lithuania. The Black Box

dir. Algimantas Maceina, Lithuania, 1994, 38 min.

Algimantas Maceina reveals the theme of the genocide of Lithuanian society from a very personal perspective in this experimental documentary. He films the repatriation of the remains of his grandfather from Siberia to Lithuania. This personal approach to societal tragedy–the genocide caused by the Soviet regime– links personal to collective memory and erases the boundaries between personal film archives and publicly acknowledged films. Ten Minutes Before the Flight of Icarus dir. Arunas Matelis, Lithuania, 1990, 10 min.

A manifesto for the post-Soviet generation of Lithuanian filmmakers who rejected straightforward declarativity and immersed themselves into the silent observation of reality. Arunas Matelis traces the beginnings of post-soviet transformation not in the main squares of Vilnius but observes it in the daily life of the inhabitants of Užupis–a historical quarter of the old town of Vilnius. The film, awarded in the Oberhausen, Bornholm and Pärnu film festivals, was also screened as a feature in the Cannes Film Festival. Earth of the Blind

dir. Audrius Stonys, Lithuania, 1992, 24 min.

Filmmaker Audrius Stonys explains, “the film came into reality while trying to answer a question: how can one film the invisible?” The film subtly interweaves moments of interaction between people, animals and their surroundings. Long shots, the absence of words and the meditative images interplay with music, opens up to the viewer a haptic and philosophical realm which is beyond the visible. In 1992 the film received the FELIX (European Film Academy award) for the Best European Documentary film. Total running time: 142 min. Free screening.

Friday, September 20 at 7pm FULL EXPOSURE Leviathan

dir. Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Verena Paravel, US, 2013, HD, 87 min.

One of the most critically-acclaimed documentaries in recent years, Leviathan is a groundbreaking, immersive portrait of the contemporary commercial fishing industry. Filmed off the coast of New Bedford, Massachusetts – at one time the whaling capital of the world as well as Melville’s inspiration for Moby Dick; it is today the country’s largest fishing port with over 500 ships sailing from its harbor every month. Leviathan follows one such vessel, a hulking groundfish trawler, into the surrounding murky black waters on a weeks-long fishing expedition. But instead of romanticizing the labor or partaking in the longstanding tradition of turning fisher-folk into images, filmmakers Lucien Castaing-Taylor (Sweetgrass) and Verena Paravel (Foreign Parts) present a vivid, almost-kaleidoscopic representation of the work, the sea, the machinery and the players, both human and marine. Employing an arsenal of cameras that passed freely from film crew to ship crew; that swoop from below sea level to astonishing bird’s-eye views in the sky, the film that emerges is unlike anything that has been seen before. Entirely dialogue-free, but mesmerizing and gripping throughout, it breaks new ground in both cinema and anthropology, while presenting a cosmic portrait of one of mankind’s oldest endeavors. ihousephilly.org

Saturday, September 21 at 2pm MOTION PICTURES: KEY CONCEPTS - MISE-EN-SCENE The Rules of the Game

dir. Jean Renoir, France, 1939, 35mm, French with English subtitles, 106 min.

Introduced by Leonard Guercio, Temple University The cinematic image, regardless of aspect ratio, is always a frame or perspective through which filmmakers present the visual information they want us to see and know. In a brief introduction to the film, Philadelphia filmmaker and Temple University Film Tech Specialist Len Guercio will present a point-of-view on the notion and use of mise-en-scène in Jean Renoir’s 1939 classic film The Rules of the Game. Considered one of the greatest films ever made, Jean Renoir’s The Rules of the Game (La règle du jeu) is a scathing critique of corrupt French society cloaked in a comedy of manners in which a weekend at a marquis’ country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois acquaintances. The film has had a tumultuous history: it was subjected to cuts after the violent response of the premiere audience in 1939, and the original negative was destroyed during World War II; it wasn’t reconstructed until 1959. That version, which has stunned viewers for decades, is presented here.

Saturday, September 21 at 7pm MOTION PICTURES: THE META-CINEMATIC 8 ½ — 50th anniversary screening!

dir. Federico Fellini, Italy, 1963, 35mm, b/w, Italian with English subtitles, 138 min.

IHP presents this special 50th Anniversary screening with a brand new restored 35mm print, courtesy of Corinth Films Marcello Mastroianni plays Guido Anselmi, a director whose new project is collapsing around him, along with his life. One of the greatest films about film ever made, Federico Fellini’s 8½ (Otto e mezzo) turns one man’s artistic crisis into a grand epic of the cinema. An early working title for 8½ was The Beautiful Confusion, and Fellini’s masterpiece is exactly that: a shimmering dream, a circus and a magic act. “The beauty of the film lies in its confusion…a mixture of error and truth, reality and dream, stylistic and human values, in harmony between Fellini’s film language and Guido’s incoherent thoughts. It is impossible to distinguish Fellini from his fictional director. Consequently, Fellini’s faults coincide with Guido’s spiritual doubts. The osmosis between art and life is amazing. It will be difficult to repeat this achievement…Fellini’s genius shines in every single detail in this film, and this is a rare event in film-making. There isn’t a set, a character or a situation that doesn’t have a precise meaning on the great stage of Otto e mezzo.” — Giovanni Grazzini, Corriere della Sera, February 16, 1963

Wednesday, September 25 at 7pm MURAL ARTS An Evening with Jane, Jon, El & Dre Join Mural Arts Executive Director Jane Golden, filmmakers Jon Kaufman and El Sawyer, and Philly Painting artist Dre Urhahn for an exploration of the challenges and hopes of a North Philadelphia neighborhood, and the way that Mural Arts weaves in and out of our collective desire for a better future. The story will be told through two documentaries filmed simultaneously in the same neighborhood with overlapping characters and stories. The first is a short documentary that takes viewers behind the scenes of Philly Painting, an urban revitalization project of major scale along Germantown Avenue. The second is a special advanced screening of Pull of Gravity, an intimate portrait of three men in different stages of reentry from prison to society. The screenings will be followed by a short panel discussion. Philly Painting

dir. Jon Kaufman, US, 2011, video, 20 min.

Pull of Gravity

dir. Jon Kaufman & El Sawyer, US, 2013, video, 66 min.

Thursday, September 26 at 7pm An American Hippie in Israel

New restored 35mm print! dir. Amos Sefer, Israel, 1972, 35mm, English/Hebrew, 95 min.

Murderous mimes, bloodthirsty sharks, free-loving debauchery, robots and poignant anti-war monologues by raving mad hippies— far fucking out! All this and more is provided in writer/director/ prophet Amos Sefer’s previously lost early-’70s exploitationer— which, if you haven’t already surmised, is an epic blast. Clad in his dirty jeans, beads and a crude, handmade rabbit-fur vest, Israeli actor Asher Tzarfati plays the American “hippie” Mike, who, after thumbing a ride, connects with vivacious vixen Elizabeth. Fleeing from the aforementioned whacko mime patrol, the sun-baked duo gather a clutch of like-minded dropouts to set off together as a newly-minted “family” in search of a desert island utopia—but, of course, inevitable human chaos lurks in the journey ahead. Vacillating between Lord of the Flies and a zonked, unpredictable brand of Dennis Hopper-ian burnout psychedelia, An American Hippie In Israel will set your ass aflame with its collision of jarring edits, loose-lipped dubbing and pervasive total madness. — Grindhouse Releasing Friday, September 27 - Sunday, September 29 Philadelphia Film & Animation Festival The 8th Annual Philadelphia Film & Animation Festival™ is a celebration of independent shorts & features from all over the world, including entries into the 21-Day Filmmaking Competition, presented by Project Twenty1. Festival also includes industry workshops, after-parties in the University City area and Sunday’s Awards Ceremony. Discounted tickets & passes will be available for IHP residents and members. Schedule and more info will be available beginning on September 1st.

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A Unique Location for Your Next Event or Meeting! Whether you are planning a business conference, an intimate soiree, an executive meeting, or a large social event, International House Philadelphia has the space and services to meet your needs and make your event a success. Located in the heart of Philadelphia’s University City, IHP has over 8,500 square feet of available space with the capacity to meet the needs of groups as small as 10, or as large as 600. IHP’s Ibrahim Theater The Ibrahim Theater is a fully-equipped, multipurpose theater facility. Featuring a state-of-the-art concert sound-system, we can accommodate a variety of music presentations from small acoustic ensembles to fully amplified 10+ piece bands. The Ibrahim Theater is ideal for film and video screenings, with the capability to project 16mm and 35mm film as well as most video formats including DigiBeta, BetaSP, DVD, Blu-ray and miniDV. Additional devices can be incorporated into our system. There is also access from the stage, which is perfect for PowerPoint lectures and other visual presentations. Our lighting system is equipped with a digital lighting board. With a knowledgeable staff able to assist you, we can provide a complete package for most events. South America Room At almost 2,000 square feet, with a capacity of up to 150, South America is our most versatile space with a great view and an outdoor balcony. It is ideal for large seminars and classes, as well as receptions. Australia Lounge A uniquely designed atrium space, the Australia Lounge is an attractive setting for receptions, breakfasts, and as a breakout space for conferences, accommodating up to 100 for stand-up events and 50 for a seated gathering or meeting. Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America Rooms These rooms, which accommodate 10 to 60 people, are ideal for small board meetings, seminars, retreats, classes and conference breakout space. The Asia and Africa Rooms can be combined to form a larger meeting space. To inquire about hosting your event in IHP’s Ibrahim Theater or any of our other wonderful event spaces, please email events@ihphilly.org or call 215.895.6539.

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Great reasons to live at ihp • Free & Discounted admission to events • Convenient location • 24-hour security staff • Computer lab with web access • Resident cafÉ on premises • Leadership development programs • tv lounge + recreation center • discounted gYM membership • long And short term housing • laundry facilities & utilities included If you are a student, scholar, or professional trainee looking for an apartment or room in Philadelphia, consider International House. IHP is a multicultural residential center, and a source of distinctive arts and cultural programming. We are a warm and friendly living environment; a home for nearly 1,000 people from as many as 95 different countries around the world annually, including the US, who attend area colleges and universities. As a resident of International House, you’ll not only enjoy the privacy and quiet of our apartments and single rooms, you’ll also develop relationships while making friends with others from around the world, and become part of a unique community where all cultures are celebrated and shared. Our residents also enjoy the benefits of IHP membership, and get free admission and access to films, concerts, cultural events, art exhibits, leadership seminars, executive networking events and more throughout the year. Inquire today and start enjoying life at the intersection of Philadelphia and the World! housing@ihphilly.org, 215.895.6540, www.ihousephilly.org/student-housing

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