Author:Author unknown, Issue: November 1999, Topic: Movies

Academic Year 1999-2000

OVERVIEW: This festival presents many films rarely shown outside of the countries in which they were made. While some are mainstream, most are alternative films. The main purpose of this festival is to introduce rarely shown classic movies.

VENUE: Tsukuba Women's University (Auditorium) Azuma 3-1, Tsukuba-shi
TIME: 6:30-8:30 (note that some films run longer than others)
COST: No charge for any of the films
INQUIRIES: (0298)58-4813 (Japanese); (0298)58-6337 (English); juppe[at]in.kasei.ac.jp

Note that seating is limited to 500.

SCHEDULED FILMS

• November 11 Ballad of a Soldier (Soviet Union, 1959)
• November 18 A Girl in Black (Greece, 1956)
• November 25 Dragon Chow (Germany, 1988)
• December 2 Night is My Future (Sweden, 1947)
• December 9 A Summer to Remember (Soviet Union, 1960)
• December 16 Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (Canada, 1993) (NOTE: Subtitled in Japanese)
• January 13 Grand Illusion (France, 1937)
• January 20 Mere Jeevan Saathi (India, 1965)
• January 27 Mexican Bus Ride (Mexico, 1951)
• February 3 Cold Days (Hungary, 1966)
• February 10 Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (Ukraine, 1964)
• February 17 Time for Revenge (Argentina, 1983)
• February 24 Black Orpheus (Brazil, 1958)

All films are in the original language with English subtitles.

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