International Film Festival

Welcome to Finkelstein Memorial Library's International Film Festival. Now in its twenty-ninth year, this series is dedicated to the presentation of significant international cinema. Discussions following the films are designed to foster an appreciation of film as art and as insight into other cultures. Films shown April 15 & 22, May 6 &13 have English subtitles.

Films will be shown on Tuesdays at 7 PM in the theater at the Cultural Arts Center at SUNY Rockland Community College, 145 College Rd., Suffern. Dr. Ann Fey will lead discussions following the films. The suggested donation is: $3 for adults; $1 for seniors and students.

We wish to thank SUNY Rockland Community College for use of the Cultural Arts Center and our patrons for their continued support.

For additional information or to request a film brochure, please call (845) 352-5700, ext. 231 or 244 during regular library hours.

THE ITALIAN [APRIL 15 at 7 PM];
Russian. 99 min.

For six-year-old Vanya finding his birth mother means more to him than being adopted by a wealthy Italian couple. The film, an official selection at the Toronto International Film Festival, addresses the issue of illegal adoptions in Russia with intelligence and poignancy.

OFFSIDE [APRIL 22 at 7 PM];
Farsi. 93 min.

"Offside" is about a group of Iranian girls who attempt to enter Tehran's Azadi Stadium dressed as boys in order to watch a big football match but some get caught and arrested. After the establishment of the Islamic Republic in Iran, women are not allowed to enter the stadiums. Official Selection: New York Film Festival.

AWAY FROM HER [APRIL 29 at 7 PM];
Canadian. 110 min.

A man coping with the institutionalization of his wife because of Alzheimer's disease faces an epiphany when she transfers her affections to another man, Aubrey, a wheel chair-bound mute who also is a patient at the nursing home.
"A gem of outer stillness and inner turmoil." David Germain, The Associated Press

AFTER THE WEDDING [MAY 6 at 7 PM];
Danish. 119 min.

A manager of an orphanage in India is sent to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he discovers a life-altering family secret. Official Selection: Toronto International Festival.

THE VALET [MAY 13 at 7 PM].
French. 85 min.

A porter and a top-model have to pretend to be a couple in order to salvage a CEO's marriage. A comedy of deceptions and misunderstandings from the director of The Closet, The Dinner Game and La Cage aux Folles.

"A sinfully delicious bonbon from the master of the modern French farce." Stephen Holden, The New York Times

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