FEATURED SERIES UCLA Festival of Preservation The UCLA Festival of Preservation showcases classics and seldom-seen gems of American film culture newly restored by The UCLA Film & Television Archive, spanning an entire century of moving image media.
Friday, January 22 at 7pm Double Feature
White Zombie
Dir, Van Halperin, USA, 1932, 35mm, 68 min. b/w
In a foreboding mountaintop castle, an evil necromancer, attended by an avian familiar, holds a virgin princess spellbound. Guided by a wise elder, her lover storms the aerie, overcomes the hideous creatures that guard it, destroys the sorcerer, and rouses his beloved from her enchantment. The most famous horror movie from Poverty Row is nothing but a fairy tale in mufti, pegged to a jazz age voodoo vogue popularized by William Seabrook’s occult writings. Preservation funding provided by the Packard Humanities Institute.
Followed by:
Saturday, January 16 at 7pm Double Feature
The Crime of Doctor Crespi
dir. Edgar G. Ulmer, USA, 1946, 35mm, 86 min. b/w
As a travesty of Edgar Allan Poe, The Crime of Doctor Crespi occupies a certain niche between Universal’s earlier literary deviancies (The Black Cat, 1934; The Raven, 1935) and American International’s abundant marketdriven liberties in the 1960s (House of Usher, 1960; The Conqueror Worm, 1968 et al). A ragtag riff on Poe’s The Premature Burial, Crespi was filmed on a shoestring in the Bronx. Independently produced by director John H. Auer, a Hungarian émigré, it was the first film to be released under the Republic Pictures brand and Auer would remain with Republic right up to the company’s demise in the 1950s.
Her Sister’s Secret
Her Sister’s Secret is a melodrama of two sisters, one of whom has a child out of wedlock, the other unable to have children but willing to adopt, leading to a conflict that Bertolt Brecht would later rework in The Caucasian Chalk Circle. Preservation funding provided by The Film Foundation and the Franco-American Cultural Fund.
Followed by:
The First Legion
dir. Douglas Sirk, USA, 1951, 35mm, 86 min. b/w
All is not well in the hushed spaces of Jesuit Saint Gregory’s Seminary. Dominated by conservative older men, the institution is sometimes suffocating to younger initiates such as Father John Fulton (Wesley Addy), whose spirituality is stimulated more by music concerts outside of the walls than by prayer and study within. Preservation funding provided by The Louis B. Mayer Foundation and The Carl David Memorial Fund for Film Preservation.
Thursday, January 21 at 7pm
Men in War
dir. Anthony Mann, USA, 1957, 35mm, 102 min. b/w
Following his brutal film noirs for Eagle-Lion and a memorable series of psychological westerns with James Stewart, director Anthony Mann made a brace of adult chamber films for Philip Yordan’s Security Pictures, God’s Little Acre (1958) and Men in War (1957). What All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) and The Story of G.I. Joe (1945) were to the great World Wars, Men in War is to the Korean War. Preservation funding provided by the Packard Humanities Institute.
Dir. John H. Auer, USA, 1935, 35mm, 63 min. b/w
Saturday, January 30 at 5pm Friday, January 29 at 7pm
My Best Girl
Dir. Sam Taylor, USA, 1927, 35mm, 90 min. b/w, silent
After nearly 15 years as the silver screen’s reigning “Queen of the Movies,” Mary Pickford lovingly concluded her silent movie career with one of her best films—the utterly charming romantic comedy, My Best Girl. Featuring future husband Charles “Buddy” Rogers as her leading man, Pickford shines as a department store Cinderella who falls in love with the owner’s son, once again exhibiting the wide-ranging talent that had made her a sensation the world over. Live musical accompaniment by Don Kinnear. Preservation funding provided by The Mary Pickford Foundation, The Packard Humanities Institute, and The Film Foundation.
The Son’s Return
Thursday, January 28 at 7pm
A Manly Man
Dir. J.L. Anderson, USA, 1967, 35mm, 82 min. b/w
Shot on location in rural southeastern Ohio, its rolling hills shimmering in eddies of black-and-white grain, accentuated by the film’s low-key lighting, Spring Night brings an earthy poetry to its death trap portrait of small town America. The galvanizing effect of Anderson’s lone directing credit comes not only from the power of his images and themes, but also from the mere fact of its existence. Dropped from the lineup of the 1968 New York Film Festival in favor of John Cassavetes’ Faces and with no other options for distribution, the film was picked up by exploitation distributor Joseph Brenner, who tacked on some nude scenes and released a bastardized version under the title Miss Jessica is Pregnant. The restored version screening here is Anderson’s original cut, ready to take its place, finally, among the pantheon of American independent cinema.
Dir. Frank Tuttle, USA, 1932, 35mm, 80 min. b/w
The Big Broadcast stars Bing Crosby in his first major role in a feature. Crosby portrays a radio heartthrob whose perennial tardiness – caused by Sharon Lynn’s vampy Mona Lowe – leads a sponsor to pull the plug on the WADX station. When Mona jilts him for another man, the inconsolable (and inebriated) Bing enters a suicide pact with newfound friend Leslie (Stuart Erwin), an equally lovelorn Texas oilman. In the sober light of day, Leslie resolves to set things right by buying the radio station and preparing the next big broadcast. Preservation funding provided by the Packard Humanities Institute and Universal Pictures.
Preceded by:
Preservation funding provided by the Packard Humanities Institute.
Spring Night, Summer Night
The Big Broadcast
Dir. D.W. Griffith, USA, 1909, DCP, 11 min. b/w, silent Dir. Thomas Ince, USA, 1911, 35mm, 12 min. b/w, silent
Friday, January 30 at 2pm
Bachelor’s Affairs
Dir. Alfred L. Werker, USA, 1932, 35mm, 64 min. b/w
Middle-aged playboy Andrew Hoyt, who had previously been a staunch bachelor, gets sucked into marrying a beautiful but vacuous young blond, after her older sister has expertly set the bait. Realizing pretty quickly that he is not up to the vigorous physical activity demanded by his eager 20-something spouse, he conspires with his best friend and his loyal secretary to find a new plaything for the soon to be ex-wife. Based on a play by James Forbes, Precious, that opened and closed on Broadway in 1929. Preservation funding provided by the Packard Humanities Institute.
Preceded by:
Me and the Boys
Dir. Victor Saville, USA, 1929, 35mm, 7 min. b/w
Preservation funding provided by the Packard Humanities Institute.
Saturday, January 30 at 8pm
The Long Voyage Home Dir. John Ford, USA, 1940, 35mm, 103 min. b/w
The powers and fascinations of director John Ford and playwright Eugene O’Neill are happily met in this 1940 feature dramatizing the lives of men who serve as crew members aboard commercial freighters. Adapted and updated by screenwriter Dudley Nichols (Ford’s frequent collaborator) from four of O’Neill’s early plays set aboard the fictional “SS Glencairn,” the film recounts the experiences of the ship’s crew while transporting ammunition from the West Indies to England during World War II. Preservation funding provided by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and The Film Foundation.
January
Saturday, January 9 at 2pm
Saturday, January 9 at 7pm
Azur & Asmar
The Organizer
Family Matinee
dir. Michel Ocelot, France, 2006, digital 99 min.
Azur & Asmar is the story of two boys raised as brothers. Blonde, blue-eyed, whiteskinned Azur and black-haired, brown-eyed, dark-skinned Asmar are lovingly cared for by Asmar’s gentle mother, who tells them magical stories of her faraway homeland and of the beautiful, imprisoned Djinn Fairy waiting to be set free. Time passes, and one day Azur’s father, the master of the house, provokes a brutal separation. Azur is sent away to study, while Asmar and his mother are driven out, homeless and penniless.
Tuesday, January 12 at 7pm
Friday, January 15 at 7pm
Ghina (working title)
Horse Money
Janus Collection
Scribe Video Center’s Producers’ Forum
dir. Mario Monicelli, Italy, 1963, 35mm, b/w, Italian w/ English subtitles, 130 min.
Christine Choy, Hong Kong, Italy, USA, 2016, 35 min.
In turn-of-the-twentieth-century Turin, an accident in a textile factory incites workers to stage a walkout. But it’s not until they receive unexpected aid from a traveling professor (Marcello Mastroianni) that they find their voice, unite, and stand up for themselves. This historical drama by Mario Monicelli, brimming with humor and honesty, is a beautiful and moving ode to the power of the people, and features engaging, naturalistic performances.
Director Christine Choy in person
Riots Remembrance and Rodney King Christine Choy, USA, 2015, 29 min.
Preceded by
The Taking of South Central…Philadelphia dir. Odunde and Scribe Video Center USA, 10 min
Producers’ Forums are supported by PNC Arts Alive, The National Endowment for the Arts, Philadelphia Cultural Fund, and The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. $5 Scribe + IHP Members; $8 Student + Seniors; $10 GA
Full Exposure
dir. Pedro Costa, Portugal, 2014, DCP, Portuguese w/ English subtitles, 103 min.
Pedro Costa’s Horse Money is a mesmerizing odyssey into the real, imagined and nightmarish memories of the elderly Ventura, a Cape Verdean immigrant living in Lisbon. The time is now, a numbing and timeless present of hospital stays, bureaucratic questioning, and wandering through remembered spaces... and suddenly it is also then, the mid ‘70s and the time of Portugal’s Carnation Revolution, when Ventura got into a knife fight with his friend Joaquim.
Wednesday, January 20 at 7pm
Penn Humanities Forum: Cinema, Censorship, and the Scandal of Sex
Syndromes and a Century
dir. A. Weerasethakul, Thailand, 2006, 105 min.
The Penn Humanities Forum on Sex opens its film series “Cinema, Censorship, and the Scandal of Sex” with this Thai drama in two parts. Set 40 years apart, the film – an autobiographical tribute to the director’s parents – speaks of feelings, memory, and transformation. Weerasethakul refused to cut four scenes that Thailand’s Board of Censors demanded, instead withdrawing it from domestic circulation.
Saturday, January 23 at 5pm Happy Birthday, Federico!
I Clowns
dir. Federico Fellini, Italy, 1970, digital, Italian w/ English subtitles, 90 min.
I Clowns reflects Fellini’s childhood obsession with clowns and begins with a young boy watching a circus set up from his bedroom window. Though comical and referred to as a “docu-comedy,” this film explores deeper human conditions that resonate through the various clowns, from a local sex-crazed hobo, a midget nun, to a mutilated Mussolini disciple. The film diverges from its narrative to a more documentary-like approach as Fellini searches out these jesters of his youth in Paris to see what has become of them.
February Wednesday, February 3 at 7pm
Penn Humanities Forum: Cinema, Censorship, and the Scandal of Sex
9 Songs
dir. Michael Winterbottom, UK, 2004, 71 min.
Antarctica and London rock concerts form counterpoint in this young British scientist’s recollection of a love affair. Thursday, February 4 at 7pm Unearthing Musidora – Les Vampires Centennial
Wednesday, February 10 at 7pm
Penn Humanities Forum: Cinema, Censorship, and the Scandal of Sex
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! dir. Pedro Almodóvar, Spain, 1989, 101 min.
In this dark romantic comedy written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar and starring Antonio Banderas and Victoria Abril, a recently released psychiatric patient kidnaps an actress and former porn star, hoping she will fall in love with and marry him, and bear his children.
dir. Henri d’Ursel, Belgium/France, video, 29 min., b/w, silent
D’Ursel made only one film, based on a screenplay by the poet Georges Hugnet. In a Paris straight out of the serials of Louis Feuillade, the hero goes in search of a pearl that constantly disappears in a string of bizarre encounters. Free Admission
Followed by a conversation with artist Michelle Handelman and special guests.
Saturday, January 23 at 8pm Happy Birthday, Federico!
Un amore in città
Federico Fellini’s notorious Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio features Anita Ekberg as a model in a milk advertisement whose image begins to haunt an aging prude.
Spirits of the Dead
(segment “Toby Dammit”) dir. Federico Fellini, Italy, 1968, digital, b/w, Italian w/ English subtitles, 37 min.
“Fellini’s version of Edgar Allen Poe’s Never Bet the Devil Your Head, a satirical attack on Transcendentalism by the author [Poe] in which the story’s narrator tries to curb his vice-ridden friend Toby Dammit from constantly making ill-judged bets.” – TCM Wednesday, January 27 at 7pm
Theory of Obscurity: A Film About The Residents dir. Don Hardy, USA, 2015, video, 87 min. Philadelphia premiere!
For the past four decades, the mysterious sound and video collective known as The Residents has continually reinvented music, theater and visual art, opening new possibilities for each art form, amassing a huge cult following along the way. Don Hardy’s new film documents the band as they embark on their 40th anniversary tour, incorporating interviews with fans (The Simpsons creator Matt Groening, members of DEVO, Primus and Ween), as well as plenty of archival footage and maybe even a few surprises.
1976, 15 min.
Mosori Monika 1970, 20 min.
Anselmo and the Women 1986, 35 min.
Anselmo and the Women Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
Wednesday, February 17 at 7pm Cityscapes: Vienna
Weinfilm 1896-1976
dir. Ernst Schmidt Jr., Austria, 1976 – 1977, ProRes file, color & b/w, German w/ English subtitles
Thursday, February 11, at 7pm Full Exposure
The Forbidden Room
dir. Guy Maddin, Canada, 2015, DCP, 130 mins. color.
The Forbidden Room is Guy Maddin’s ultimate epic phantasmagoria. Maddin and co-director Evan Johnson take us high into the air, around the world, and into dreamscapes, spinning tales of amnesia, captivity, deception and murder, skeleton women and vampire bananas.
“This film is a kind of anthology about Vienna, from the invention of film to the present day. The aim is to break down the usual clichéd “image of Vienna” such as that found in the traditional ‘Vienna Film’ by juxtaposing documentary footage, newly shot material and subjective sequences created by various artists. It is a collage of diverse materials aimed at conveying a distanced image of Vienna to the viewer.” – Ernst Schmidt Jr., director.
Saturday, February 13 at 2pm Family Matinee
Princess Mononoke
dir. Hayao Miyazaki, Japan, 1997, DCP, 134 min. color, in English
Princess Mononoke is a landmark of animation and a film of unsurpassed power and beauty. An epic story of conflict between humans, gods and nature, the film has been universally acclaimed by critics and broke the box office record on its original release in Japan.
Thursday, February 18 at 7pm
Experimental Films of the 1960s from Nihon University
Co-presented with Collaborative Cataloging Japan
Of ‘tales’ directed by Federico Fellini, Agenzia matrimoniale is the happiest one. It is brisk and witty in the beginning, and then gradually becomes more pathetic, as in the description of the clumsy country girl who’s willing to marry a werewolf as she really wants to ‘get married’. (segment “The Temptations of Doctor Antonio”) dir. Federico Fellini, Italy, 1962, digital, b/w, Italian w/ English subtitles, 60 min.
Mujer de Milfuegos
Prints Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
(segment “Agenzia matrimoniale”) dir. Federico Fellini, Italy, 1953, digital, b/w, Italian w/ English subtitles, 16 min.
Boccaccio ‘70
ETHNOGRAPHIC EXPERIMENTS
1986, 22 min.
dir. Michelle Handelman, US, 2014, video, 40 min.
La Perle
Canyon Cinema Luminaries 2016 CHICK STRAND – CELEBRATIONS and RESTORATIONS
Fake Fruit
Irma Vep, The Last Breath
Based on the protagonist of Louis Feuillade’s silent crime thriller Les Vampires and the life of the actress who portrayed her, Musidora, Handelman’s Irma Vep, The Last Breath imagines Irma Vep in conversation with her therapist while examining existential questions of identity and sacrifice. The legacy of screen criminal Irma Vep comes alive in the bodies of transgender artist and performer Zackary Drucker (Transparent) and legendary drag icon Flawless Sabrina (The Queen). Handelman mirrors Drucker and Sabrina’s relationship with that of Irma Vep and Musidora’s, to document a trans-generational evolution of gender and performance. Followed by:
Saturday, February 13 at 8pm
Saturday, February 6 at 12pm Unearthing Musidora – Les Vampires Centennial
Les Vampires
dir. Louis Feuillade, France, 1915-16, blu-ray, 415 min., b/w, silent
November 2015 - June 2016 is the 100-year anniversary of the legendary crime thriller Les Vampires (1915) directed by Louis Feuillade and starring the vamp of French cinema, Musidora, as Irma Vep. With 10 episodes screened in theaters from 1915 to 1916, it was part of the Feuillade trilogy, which includes Fantomas (1913) and Judex (1916).
Saturday, February 13 at 5pm Canyon Cinema Luminaries 2016 CHICK STRAND – CELEBRATIONS and RESTORATIONS
CELEBRATING LIFE
Saturday, February 6 at 8pm
IHP continues its Canyon Cinema Luminaries series with a celebration of Chick Strand’s work and restorations. Co-founder of Canyon with Bruce Baillie in the early 1960s, Strand (1931-2009) is most known for her exuberant experimental vision, her handheld moving 16mm camera, and her feminist engagement with women’s lives and experience. These screenings are in conjunction with Haverford College’s ‘Strange Truth’ screening of Strand’s film Soft Fiction on February 10, 2016 at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute.
Irma Vep
Introduction and post-screening discussion with Irina Leimbacher.
Les Vampires follows the exploits of a brazen Apache gang known as The Vampires who rob the elite of Parisian society. Free Admission
Unearthing Musidora – Les Vampires Centennial
Selected by film scholar Go Hirasawa, IHP and CCJ presents an evening of experimental films by three filmmakers associated with Nihon University in the 1960s. The first two works represent producers Motoharu Jonouchi and Masao Adachi’s activities within the Nihon University Cinema Club (Nihon Daigaku Eiga Kenkyukai, a.k.a. Nichidai Eiken), a collective formed in the late 1950s and associated with the university’s communist organization. Produced by Jonouchi, Pou Pou (1960) was made in the period leading up to, and in the context of the protests against the renewal of the Japan–U.S. Security Treaty in 1960, which allowed the continuation of American military bases in the country. After failures to prevent the security treaty renewal, Adachi produced Wan (Bowl) (1961), expressing the political landscape from his leftist point of view. Though not a member of the Cinema Club, Tomita produced The Martyr as a filmproduction student at Nihon University. Pou Pou dir. Nihon University Cinema Club, Japan, 1960, 16mm, b/w, 22 min.
Wan (Bowl) dir. Nihon University Cinema Club, Japan, 1961, 16mm, b/w, 25 min.
dir. Olivier Assayas, France, 1996, 35mm, 99 min.
Erik and the Monsters
Starring Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung (playing herself) in a story about the disasters that result as a middle-aged French film director (played by Jean-Pierre Léaud ) attempts to remake Louis Feuillade ‘s classic silent film serial Les Vampires. Cheung plays the film-within-the-film ‘s heroine, Irma Vep, a burglar. It is less a film about representing the past, than it is a film about addressing the present, specifically the place of France within the global economy.
1966, 3 min.
dir. Katsuhiro Tomita, Japan, 1963, 16mm, b/w, 28 min.
Angel Blue Sweet Wings
Saturday, February 27 at 2pm
Unearthing Musidora – Les Vampires Centennial is supported by a grant from the Lindback Foundation.
Kristallnacht
1966, 3 min.
Waterfall 1967, 6 min.
Elasticity 1976, 25 min.
Cartoon Le Mousse 1979, B&W, 15 min.)
Coming Up for Air 1986, 27 min. 1979, B&W, 7 min.
Fever Dream 1979, B&W, 7 min. Prints Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
The Martyr Family Matinee
Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet
dir. Roger Allers, USA/France/Canada/Lebanon/Qatar, 2014, digital, 84 min.
The Prophet, by celebrated Lebanese author Kahlil Gibran, is among the most popular volumes of poetry ever written, selling over 100 million copies in forty languages since its publication in 1923. Gibran’s timeless verses have been given enchanting new form in this painterly cinematic adventure about freedom and the power of human expression.
March
Saturday, March 26 at 2pm Family Matinee
The Tale of Princess Kaguya
dir. Isao Takahata, Japan, DCP, 137 min.
Wednesday, March 16 at 7pm
Thursday, March 3 at 7pm
Video and Before: Five Japanese Pioneers
Co-presented with Collaborative Cataloging Japan Video and Before explores various contexts in which artists began using video, bringing art historical, technical, social and biographical backgrounds forward against each artist’s discovery and experimentation of the new medium. The featured five artists were the first to use video as an artistic medium in Japan. These artists came to video from different areas: animation, experimental film, performance and sculpture. Presented chronologically within each artist’s group of works, the selections demonstrate their wide-ranging interests in filmic expression, technology, and themes. Works are sourced from either the artist or researchers working on preservation or digitization projects and are building archival records of the artists’ oeuvres. Researchers involved in this screening program are: Christophe Charles (Musashino Art University, media works of Katsuhiro Yamaguchi), and Hirofumi Sakamoto (Wakkanai Hokusei Gakuen University & Postwar Japan Moving Image Archive, works of Toshio Matsumoto).
Penn Humanities Forum: Cinema, Censorship, and the Scandal of Sex
Blue is the Warmest Color
dir. Abdellatif Kechiche, France, 2013, 179 min.
In this French romantic coming-of-age drama, a 15-year-old dreams of experiencing her first love, discovering lesbian sexual desire, love, and loss when a blue-haired aspiring painter enters her life. Based on Julie March’s 2010 graphic novel, Le bleu est une couleur chaude. Thursday, March 17 at 7pm Archive Fever! 7.0
Il Grido
dir. Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy, 1957, 35mm, 115mins. b/w, Italian w/ English subtitle
Shot in Antonioni’s native Po Valley region near Bologna, Il Grido focuses on individuals of the common classes rather than the bourgeoisie of his later films. From this humble and unpretentious subject matter, Antonioni fashions a spellbinding motion picture that keenly demonstrates his profound cinematic talents.
Saturday, March 12 at 2pm Family Matinee
Zarafa
Rémi Bezançon & Jean-Christophe Lie, France/Belgium, 2012, digital, 78 mins. color in English
An escaped Sudanese slave boy (Max Renaudin) befriends a baby giraffe and accompanies it on a perilous journey to the shores of France. March 12, 13 & 26
Israeli Film Festival
SPECIAL EVENTS Saturday, January 9 at 1pm All Around This World
Lebanese Folk Dance All Around This World, a Philadelphia-based global music and world cultures program for small children, is presenting a monthly series of participatory cultural workshops that will be fun for the whole family. $5 Adults + Children over 2; Free to Children 2 & under
Sunday, January 24 at 7pm
Intercultural Journeys: The Artistry of Identity and Transformation
Kinan Azmeh and Kevork Mourad: Home Within
Silk Road ensemble members Syrian composer and clarinetist Kinan Azmeh and Syrian-Armenian visual artist Kevork Mourad bring us Home Within, a 60-minute audio-visual performance. The duo offer an impressionistic reflection on the Syrian revolution and its aftermath, artfully documenting poignant moments in Syria’s recent history by interweaving live illustrations, visuals, and original compositions.
Works by: Takahiko Iimura, Toshio Matsumoto, Ko Nakajima, Katsuhiro Yamaguchi and Fujiko Nakaya For a list of all the films presented in this program visit www.ihousephilly.org
Legendary Studio Ghibli cofounder Isao Takahata (Grave of the Fireflies, Pom Poko) revisits Japan’s most famous folktale in this gorgeous, hand-drawn masterwork, decades in the making. Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter (James Caan) and his wife (Mary Steenburgen), a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady (Chloë Grace Moretz). The mysterious young princess enthralls all who encounter her – but ultimately she must confront her fate, the punishment for her crime.
$8 Students; $10 IHP Members; $15 GA
Wednesday, March 23 at 7pm
Cityscapes: The Vienna That Never Was
Museum Hours
dir. Jem Cohen, Austria/USA, 2013, digital, 107 min, German w/ English subtitles
Acclaimed filmmaker Jem Cohen’s new feature, Museum Hours, is a tale of two adrift strangers that find refuge in Vienna’s grand Kunsthistorisches Art Museum. A chance meeting sparks a deepening connection that draws them through the halls of the museum and the streets of the city.
Tuesday January 26 at 6:30pm
Culture and Cuisine
Join us for dinner and explore the wonderful diversity and culinary treasures in Philadelphia as we visit an ethnic restaurant for an authentic experience. Bring your friends and enjoy new tastes fron around the world. Visit www.ihousephilly.org for more details. Friday, February 5 at 7pm
15th Annual Lunar New Year Celebration Join us to welcome in the “Year of the Monkey” with traditional musical and dance performances and a sampling of delicious traditional Chinese cuisine.
The Israeli Film Festival celebrates its 20th season showcasing the best in Israeli films. For more information and details, visit www.iffphila.com.
Visit www.ihousephilly.org for more details.
Tuesday, March 1 at 7pm
IHP + The Geographical Society of Philadelphia Present
Egypt’s Secret Side
National Geographic explorer Karin Muller like to live in countries suffering conflict. Her riveting film will take you into the everyday life of Egypt before a riot almost took her life. Meet Karin and learn the secrets of Egypt. Free to IHP Residents; $10 Students; $20 IHP + Geographical Society Members; $25 GA
Saturday, March 5 at 1pm All Around This World
Greek Dancing All Around This World, a Philadelphia-based global music and world cultures program for small children, is presenting a monthly series of participatory cultural workshops that will be fun for the whole family. $5 Adults + Children over 2; Free to Children 2 & under
Friday, March 11 at 8pm
Intercultural Journeys: The Artistry of Identity and Transformation
Alex Shaw: The Mandinga Experiment
Percussionist/vocalist Alex Shaw debuts a new collaborative tribute to the cultural legacy of the Afro-Brazilian martial art Capoeira Angola. Accompanied by live vintage visuals and featuring musicians, dancers, and capoeiristas from both Brazil and the U.S., The Mandinga Experiment is an amalgamation of original compositions and contemporary interpretations of traditional Afro-Brazilian rhythms and songs. Free to IHP Residents; $10 Students; $20 IHP + Geographical Society Members; $25 GA
Thursday, March 24 at 4pm
Penn Nursing’s Renfield Foundation Award for Global Women’s Health IHP is proud to host a special presentation and Q&A with Dr. Denis Mukwege, a decorated humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prizenominated advocate for women’s rights, as he is honored with Penn Nursing’s Renfield Foundation Award for Global Women’s Health for his work in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Renfield Award for Global Women’s Health was established in 2012 with the goal of raising awareness of global women’s health issues, supporting multidisciplinary approaches to addressing these issues, and rewarding innovative strategies. Register Today: www.alumni.upenn.edu/2016RenfieldAward Tuesday, March 29 at 7pm Cultural Celebration
Nowruz
Nowruz is the Persian New Year, which marks the first day of spring and beginning of the year in the Persian calendar. Come celebrate at IHP by enjoying Middle Eastern delicacies and tea, experiencing Persian music and dance, and participating in interactive cultural activities. Learn about the symbolic haft-seen table display and be part of a celebration observed in over 15 countries around the world. Nowruz Mobarak! Free to IHP Member; $8 Students + Seniors; $10 GA
Pop: on Screen and Around the World Pop: On Screen and Around the World is presented in conjunction with International Pop, on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from February 24 – May 18, 2016. www.philamuseum.org
Friday, March 4 at 7pm
Additional programs on: Thursday, April 14, Friday, April 29 and Friday, May 13
Followed by:
Artist Derek Boshier will be in attendance.
Pop Goes the Easel Dir. Ken Russell, UK, 1962, video, 44 min.
Oh Yoko!
Dir. Tanaami Keiichi, Japan, 1973, video, 4 min.
Tokuten Eizo Anthology no. 1
Dir. Tadanori Yokoo, Japan, 1964, video, 7 min.
Reel
Kiss Kiss Kiss
Mr. Freedom
Link
Kachi Kachi Yama
Preceded by:
Change
Dir. Derek Boshier, UK, 1970, video, 10 min.
Andy Warhol Re-Reproduction
Dir. William Klein, US/France, 1958, 35mm, 12 min.
Circle
Free Admission
Thursday, February 25 at 7pm Dir. William Klein, France, 1969, 35mm, 92 min.
Broadway by Light Free Admission
Saturday, February 27 at 7pm Godard Double Feature!
2 or 3 Things I Know About Her
Dir. Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1967, 35mm, 87 min.
Followed by:
Made in USA
Dir. Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1966, 35mm, 85 min.
Dir. Derek Boshier, UK, 1970, video, 7 min. Dir. Derek Boshier, UK, 1970, video, 12 min.
Dir. Derek Boshier, UK, 1972, video, 5 min. Free Admission
Tuesday, March 15 at 7pm
Dir. Tadanori Yokoo, Japan, 1964, video, 3 min. Dir. Tadanoori Yokoo, Japan, 1965, video, 8 min.
Dir. Toshio Matsumoto, Japan, 1974, video, 23 min.
Thursday, March 31 at 7pm
Society of the Spectacle
Artist Tanaami Keiichi will be in attendance.
Dir. Guy Debord, France, 1973, video, 88 min.
Commercial War
Cosmic Ray
Dir. Tanaami Keiichi, Japan, 1971,video, 5 min.
Dir. Bruce Conner, US, 1962, 16mm, 4 min.
Goodbye Marilyn
Free Admission
Dir. Tanaami Keiichi, Japan, 1971, video, 5 min.
Goodbye Elvis and USA Dir. Tanaami Keiichi, Japan, 1971,video, 7 min.
Preceded by:
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International House Philadelphia is located at 3701 Chestnut Street, in the University City neighborhood, one block south of Market Street and one block north of Walnut Street.
Public Transportation
It’s a short walk from either of the Green Line’s 36th Street stops or the MarketFrankford El’s 34th Street stop. From Center City, take the 21 bus west on Walnut Street to 37th Street. From West Philly, take the 21 bus east on Chestnut to 37th.
Parking
It’s easy to park in University City! Plenty of metered street parking is available on Chestnut and Market Streets, as well as throughout University City. Metered parking is $2 per hour, free after 8pm. Discounted parking for guests of IHP is also available at the Sheraton University City parking garage, located at 3549 Chestnut Street. Bring your parking receipt to our front desk or box office for a validation stamp to receive $2.00 off their regular hourly rates. The garage is open 24-hours.
Contact Us
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