International House Philadelphia: Program Guide Fall 2013 | Page 33

Exhumed Films Minnesota before going to the Cannes Film Festival, then touring the rest of the United States. As both a history of the Nonpartisan League, and nascent example of the American Independent Cinema movement of the late 1970’s, Northern Lights is full of parallels between the story of the League and the making of the film. It is also, of course, as relevant now as it ever was. Thursday, December 5 – Sunday, December 8 New Authors of Italian Cinema The Cinema Studies Program and the Center for Italian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, in collaboration with the Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia, N.I.C.E. New Italian Cinema Events, and International House Philadelphia present the 2013 edition of New Authors of Italian Cinema. This four-day festival has been curated by Nicola M. Gentili (Penn, Cinema Studies) and aims at promoting new Italian Cinema abroad. Recently released feature films directed in the past two years by Italy’s most promising filmmakers will be presented and discussed by our Penn’s Italian Ph.D. students. The final remarks will be addressed by Stefania Benini, Professor of Italian Cinema at the University of Pennsylvania.
Free admission.

Friday, December 13 at 6pm Holiday Party It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Celebrate holidays from around the world with the IHP community, including residents, members, and the general public while sharing in the joy of the season. Our holiday gathering will culminate with the traditional lighting of the holiday tree, holiday treats, seasonal drinks, and festive music.
Free IHP residents; $8 IHP members; $10 general admission.

Friday, December 13 at 7:30pm 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. 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. 32