Country: Hungary Language: HungarianTwo women, each at a critical crossroads in life and love, find refuge in their friendship with one another in this multilayered look at female solidarity. With characteristic sensitivity, Mészáros traces the protective yet complex bond that forms between the two, each at a different stage of life.Presented at the Film Center as part of a highlighted retrospective of the feminist screenwriter and director’s filmography, newly restored and on the big screen.
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Country: Hungary Language: HungarianUnable to give birth, Szilvia, a wealthy heiress, offers Irén money in exchange for conceiving a child with her husband on her behalf. A piercing period elegy blurring social boundaries and leading all involved into an explosive moral, emotional, and romantic minefield.Presented at the Film Center as part of a highlighted retrospective of the feminist screenwriter and director’s filmography, newly restored and on the big screen.
Read MoreCountry: Hungary Language: HungarianMészáros drew on her own wartime experiences to craft this haunting portrait of a young woman coming of age amidst a turbulent historical moment, caught between the shock of World War II and the rising tide of Stalinism. Winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes.Presented at the Film Center as part of a highlighted retrospective of the feminist screenwriter and director’s filmography, newly restored and on the big screen.
Read MoreCountry: Hungary Language: HungarianMészáros’ follow-up to Diary for My Children picks up the story of teenage Juli, the director’s alter-ego, as she defies the wishes of her Stalinist aunt and leaves Hungary in order to pursue her dream of becoming a filmmaker in Moscow. A stirring depiction of a young woman finding her voice in a world intent on stifling it.Presented at the Film Center as part of a highlighted retrospective of the feminist screenwriter and director’s filmography, newly restored and on the big screen.
Read MoreCountry: Hungary Language: HungarianThe heartrending final installment of Mészáros’ autobiographical Diary trilogy. An epic and intimate portrait of history as she experienced it, bearing witness to both the horrors of totalitarian oppression and the courage of those who resist.Presented at the Film Center as part of a highlighted retrospective of the feminist screenwriter and director’s filmography, newly restored and on the big screen.
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Country: Sweden, AustraliaLanguage: English, SwedishAt the Film Center for two nights only, a fan event celebrating 50 years since the Swedish pop sensation was formed and 45 years since the film’s original release. Captured by director Lasse Hallström during their mega-successful tour of Australia, the newly remastered film will take you on a flashback journey to the 1970s when disco reigned supreme and ABBA were royalty.
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Country: United States Language: EnglishTheatrical Premiere presented at the Film Center as part of Cinema Columbus 2022 with co-producer Julianna Politsky in attendance.The true story of a military veteran who accidentally set off his medical alert pendant. Officers arrived on the scene. Two hours later he was dead.
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Country: United Kingdom Language: EnglishA quirky underdog story about humble British shipyard worker Maurice Flitcroft, the “world’s worst professional golfer.” World Premiere at the 2021 BFI London Film Festival.
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Country: Japan Language: JapaneseDirected by veteran animator Takayuki Hirao and produced by brand-new animation studio CLAP, Pompo the Cinephile is a rollicking, exuberant ode to the power of the movies, and the joys and heartbreak of the creative process.
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Country: United States Language: EnglishA From Book to Film selection. During the first day of his new school year, a fifth grade boy squares off against a bully and winds up accepting a dare that could change the balance of power within the class.
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