International Film Series

The FIUTS International Film Series seeks to spread cultural understanding through the beatiful and vivid media of film. Every academic quarter FIUTS shows two films from around the world. Each film is followed by an engaging discussion about the film's themes, usually led by a faculty member or a student.

Previous Films from 08/09

Touch of Spice
Turkey/Greece 2003
Written and directed by Tassos Boulmetis

Shown: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 5:30 PM-9:00 PM

The film, a Greek-Turkish co-production, deals with a small boy and his Greek family who are kicked out of Istanbul in the late 1950s due to worsening Greco-Turkish relations.  The family settles in Athens but the boy always dreams of going back to "the city."  When he does, his best friend from childhood, a Turkish girl, has blossomed into a beautiful woman and the two rekindle the flame from the past. Touching and sweet. Written by Taso. Click here for more information and resources.

Persepolis
France 2007
Written and directed by Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi

shown Wednesday, November 19th 2008

In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study for a better life. However, this change proves an equally difficult trial with the young woman finding herself in a different culture loaded with abrasive characters and profound disappointments that deeply trouble her. Even when she returns home, Marji finds that both she and homeland have changed too much and the young woman and her loving family must decide where she truly belongs. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com) .

Film Series Archive 07-08