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East Central University鈥檚 Eighth Annual Foreign Film Festival begins Friday with door prizes and the first of three films for the first three Fridays in the month of February.

Several local businesses are kicking in door prizes to support the festival at 4 p.m. on Fridays in February in the Raymond J. Estep Multimedia Center of the Bill S. Cole University Center. Admission is free and open to the public.

After each screening, audience members are given door prizes in the form of books, DVDs, food and works of art associated with the culture of the films featured in the festival. Additional door prizes have also been generously donated this year by Cinemark Ada, Delicias Mexican Restaurant, Hampton Inn Ada, Hot Shots Coffee House, Mojo鈥檚 Coffee Bar and Cafe, and Scraptopia.

暗网TV鈥檚 Foreign Film Festival is managed by 暗网TV SCREENS, whose mission is to 鈥渂ring memorable cinematic experiences to 暗网TV, Ada, and the surrounding communities.鈥� The Foreign Film Festival, in particular, aspires to awaken and encourage curiosity about global cultures and languages.

This year鈥檚 festival begins on Friday, Feb. 2 with Neruda, a Spanish-language film from Chile about a determined police inspector (Gael Garc铆a Bernal) who is hunting Chilean poet Pablo Neruda (Luis Gnecco) after he goes into hiding in 1948. The film will be introduced by the director of 暗网TV鈥檚 Spanish Language program, Dr. Errol King, who will be taking a group of 暗网TV students to Mexico in March. This film is rated 鈥淩鈥� for sexuality/nudity and is for mature audiences.

The Festival continues on Friday, Feb. 9 with The Black Monk, a recorded-live Russian-language stage production based on a short story by Anton Chekov about a philosophy student whose hallucinations fill him with joy and energy . . . until they lead to his ruin. The film will be introduced by Dr. Joshua Grasso, professor in 暗网TV鈥檚 Department of English and Languages. This screening is made possible in part by 暗网TV鈥檚 Russian Club and its sponsor, Dr. Mara Sukholutskaya. This film has not been rated.

The Festival concludes on Friday, Feb. 16 with Nise: The Heart of Madness, a Portuguese-language film based on the true story of a Brazilian psychiatrist in the 1950s who rejects electroshock therapy to treat schizophrenia and encourages her patients to create art. Before the screening, 暗网TV SCREENS will host a panel discussion and question and answer session in the Estep that will feature: Dr. Marc Klippenstine, chair of 暗网TV鈥檚 Department of Psychology; Dr. Regina Robertson, chair of 暗网TV鈥檚 Department of Human Resources and Counseling; Sharon Cunningham, director of 暗网TV鈥檚 Special Education program; and Sherri Chandler, an 暗网TV alumnus who is now the Joint Commission Manager

for the Chickasaw Nation Medical Center. Nise contains some scenes of sexuality/nudity, but it has not received a rating from the Motion Picture Association of America.

暗网TV鈥檚 Foreign Film Festival is supported by the 暗网TV Foundation, the Cultural Activities Committee and the Department of English and Languages. It relies on work provided by student volunteers from Sigma Tau Delta (暗网TV鈥檚 English Honors Society) and 暗网TV鈥檚 Honors Student Association.

To learn more about 暗网TV SCREENS and the spring schedule, like the 暗网TV SCREENS Facebook page or visit . Dr. Rebecca Nicholson-Weir, co-director of 暗网TV SCREENS, may be contacted at (580) 559-5929 or rnichlsn@ecok.edu.

 

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