CMU IFF 2024: OSCAR-WINNING FILMS, LOST SOULZ + 1HOOD PERFORMANCE & A DIRECTOR/ACTOR QnA!!

CMU IFF 2024 FINAL WEEK DETAILS ARE OUT!

CMU IFF 2024 PRESENTS: FACES OF FEAR! UPCOMING INTERNATIONAL FILMS  FINAL WEEK !!   ANATOMY OF A FALL(FRANCE)   LOST SOULZ (USA) + 1HOOD PERFORMANCE + DIRECTOR/ACTOR Q&A    SOMETIMES I THINK ABOUT DYING (USA)   20,000 SPECIES OF BEES(SPAIN) Final Week Details!   4 FILMS, 4 BRILLIANT DIRECTORS AND A WHOLESOME POST-SCREENING CULTURAL EXPERIENCE! CMU IFF FINAL WEEK SHOWTIME:   ANATOMY OF A FALL  by JUSTINE TRIET         ANATOMY OF A FALL    Directed by Justine Triet France | 152 minutes | French, German, and English with English Subtitles Thursday, April 4th  | 7PM @ McConomy Auditorium, Carnegie Mellon University How often do men simply fall to their deaths? In Anatomy of a Fall, the 2024 Academy Award-winner for Best Original Screenplay, novelist Sandra Voyter lives with her husband Samuel Maleski, and their 11-year-old visually-impaired son, Daniel. But their relationship is deeply strained, with Daniel often caught in the crossfire. Returning one morning from a walk with his service dog, the boy finds his father dead in the snow below their chalet, seemingly having fallen from the third floor. But did he jump? Or was he pushed? Or did the man just fall? The marriage of Sandra and Samuel slowly unfolds as audiences follow this unsettling psychological thriller across the icy sheets and murky depths that constitute a failing love-relationship.  This event includes: Post-Screening Panel Discussion, moderated by University of Pittsburgh Professors Melissa Lenos, Max Cotton, and Melissa Ruggiero Click https://www.cmuiff.com/event-details-registration/anatomy-of-a-fall to learn more about this event.   Presented By: HEINZ COLLEGE DICE  Sponsored By:   University of Pittsburgh Law, Criminal Justice, and Society (BA)   BUY TICKETS NOW! LOST SOULZ by KATHERINE POPPER  LOST SOULZ   Directed by Katherine Popper USA | 95 minutes | English Friday, April 5th  | 6:30PM @ McConomy Auditorium, Carnegie Mellon University Lost Soulz spins the poetic tale of rising rap sensation Sol, who abandons everything and everyone he knows to drift across the country in a once-in-a-lifetime road trip with some friends and mutual artists. Spurred on by producing original music and the constant thrill of seeking something more, Sol learns to make himself at home in strange places, and how to garner fame through epic (and oft-unconventional) means. But the truth remains that Sol is running from something, and the slow-burn pangs of a guilty conscience seem to chase his van down across the breadth of the Texas desert, even into California and the L.A. promised land.  This event includes: Sneak Peek of Film at Carlow University on 4/4 at 3:30pm at the Galliot Center Hip Hop Performance with 1Hood Media, emceed by Jordan Montgomery Live Q & A Discussion with Director Katherine Propper and Lead Actor Sauve Sidle, moderated by Jordan Montgomery Exclusive Workshop Saturday April 6th with Director Katherine Propper and Lead Actor Sauve Sidle! Click https://www.cmuiff.com/event-details-registration/lost-soulz to learn more about this event.    Presented By: CMU Center for the Arts in Society + 1Hood Media Academy + University of Pittsburgh David C. Frederick Honors College   Sponsored By: Center for Africanamerican Urban Studies and the Economy + WESA + WYEP   BUY TICKETS NOW! SOMETIMES I THINK ABOUT DYING by RACHEL LAMBERT  SOMETIMES I THINK ABOUT DYING   Directed by Rachel Lambert USA | 95 minutes | English  Saturday, April 6th | 7PM @ Harris Theater In the blissless monotony of everyday life, has there ever been a time when you've thought about dying? Sometimes, life is just that demoralizing. In  Sometimes I Think About Dying, protagonist Fran's mind is rooted someplace far away, buried in the peace of nature: sometimes, she is lying on a rotting log, sometimes surrounded by a forest. And she dies there. But upon pulling away, she returns to face the boring male bosses in the office, trivial matters, banal gossip. Living a cut-off life, she sets aside time in the evening hours for herself to watch films, drink wine, and finally unite body and spirit. Audiences are left to wonder whether those who wish most of all merely to withdraw from the world may simply be seeking out the warmth of a close embrace in secret.    This event includes: Zoom Q&A with the Director Rachel Lambert.   Click https://www.cmuiff.com/event-details-registration/sometimes-i-think-about-dying to learn more about this event.    Presented By: Heinz College DICE , University of Pittsburgh David C. Frederick Honors College     BUY TICKETS NOW! 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by ESTIBALIZ URRESOLA SOLAGURE 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES Directed by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren Spain | 128 minutes | Spanish, Basque, French with English Subtitles Sunday, April 7th | 5:00PM @ McConomy Auditorium, Carnegie Mellon University 20,000 Species of Bees follows the course of 8-year-old Lucia's transformative summer embedded in the Basque countryside alongside her mother's family. Sunsoaked and transparent, Lucia engages in faltering, anxious, and frustrating endeavors, seeming almost to tumble into the reality of her true self and her gender identity. Parallel to Lucia's adolescent struggle for assertion, her mother Ane strains against the weight of her father's career in the arts to find her own expressive authenticity. A subtle tension builds for both mother and daughter as they win the confidence to push free of ill-fitting molds; intrepidly pushing to secure acceptance and peace within the droning hum of their apiary community.   This event includes: Meet and Greet and Resource Fair at the Dowd Conference Room 2:30pm-4pm Closing Night Reception catered by Chantal's Cheese Shop!   Click https://www.cmuiff.com/event-details-registration/20-000-species-of-bees-1 to learn more about this event.    Presented By: CMU Sustainability Initiative, CMU Center for the Arts in Society Co-Sponsored By: Chantal's Cheese Shop, Collaboratory Against Hate, CMU Student Center for Diversity and Inclusion, Reel Q, CMU Wellness and Meaningful-Making Programs DONATE  Donate at: https://www.cmuiff.com/donation and help support the best international film festival in Pittsburgh!    FILM FESTIVAL WEBSITE :Check out our entire 2024 film festival Event details here: https://www.cmuiff.com/ SEE YOU NEXT YEAR AT THE MOVIES! THANK YOU FOR CELEBRATING 'FACES OF FEAR' WITH US!  The 2024 Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival is organized by  The Humanities Center at CMU. And is proudly sponsored by: CMU's Humanities Scholars Program, CMU Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion, Kosciuszko Foundation, CMU Humanities Center, Heinz DICE, UPitt Student Center for Diversity and Inclusion, Undergraduate Student Senate, Steiner Film Funds, TartanFunder Campaign, CMU Department of Modern Languages, CMU CAUSE, University Funding, Giving Day Crowdfunding,  CAS, Heinz College, MEIM, MAM, CMU Sustainability Initiative,  CMU Office of the Provost, SCREENSHOT: ASIA,  Carlow University, City Paper, WQED, WESA, WYEP,  Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York, Documentary Salon, University of Pittsburgh Frederick Honors College, Harris Theater, Chantal's Cheese Shop, Las Palmas Supermercado, Tartan Ink, Latin American Cultural Center, Pitt Slavic Languages and Literature, Polish Cultural Club at Pitt, Midwest Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Pittsburgh Chinese Cultural Center, Duolingo, Pittsburgh Hispanic Development Corporation, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and Dreamworks: Kung Fu Panda 4. The Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival is organized by The Humanities Center at CMU and is dedicated to the late Paul Goodman, a world-renowned filmmaker, psychologist, and CMU professor. The festival mirrors Paul's dedication to global awareness in his teaching and research, and his desire to bring to light important but often overlooked aspects of diverse individuals through filmmaking. CONNECT WITH US!