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 My Neighbor Totoro
Saturday, September 14 at 2pm Nana saturday, August 10 at 2pm Red Balloon / White Mane
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 The Earrings of Madame de...
Saturday, September 14 at 7pm Day of Wrath saturday, August 10 at 7pm The Makioka Sisters
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 Le Pont du Nord
Saturday, September 7 L’ Amour Fou
Friday, September 6 at 7pm Céline and Julie Go Boating
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
Nostalghia – New 35mm restored print!
Friday, August 16 at 7pm Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Saturday, August 16 at 8pm The Color of Pomegranates
Thursday, August 15 at 7pm The Legend of Suram Fortress
saturday, August 16 at 5pm Ashik Kerib