Bona (1980) — Lino Brocka

Philippines, DCP, 85 mins.

“To claim that Lino Brocka has influenced our cinema is not accurate. Lino Brocka is part of our DNA, part of our national psyche,” said Lav Diaz, one of the icons of contemporary Filipino cinema. Coming to international attention thanks to Pierre Rissient in the mid-1970s, Brocka’s cinema has imposed itself with disruptive force since his first appearance at Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight in 1978.

This event is presented by the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and sponsored by the University of Minnesota Imagine Fund

New Restoration! Admission is free at the door

Playing as part of Archives on Screen

Cu Li Never Cries [Cu Li Không Bao Gio Khóc] (2024) — Pham Ngoc Lan

Vietnam/Singapore/France/Philippines/Norway, DCP, 93 mins.

This screening is free

The Edge of Daybreak (2021) — Taiki Sakpisit

Thailand/Australia, DCP, 115 mins.

This screening is free

Kinetic Visions in the Bentson Mediatheque

• Something Good — Negro Kiss |1898| dir. by William Nicholas Selig | u.s., 1 mins.

• All My Life |1966| dir. by Bruce Baillie | u.s., 3 mins.

• Living Inside |1989| dir. by Sadie Benning | u.s., 5 mins.

• 7-7-94 For my babe |2020| dir. by Paige Taul | u.s., 3 mins.

• Show Me Other Places |2021| dir. by Rajee Samarasinghe | Sri Lanka/U.s., 12 mins.

• Verticial Roll |1972| dir. Joan Jonas | u.s., 20 mins.

• Mirror Products Catalog |2023| dir. by Annapurna Kumar | u.s., 5 mins.

digital, ~50 mins.

In conjunction with the opening of the exhibition Motion Capture: Recent Acquisitions in Media and Performance, this playlist of kinetically driven imagery from the Ruben/Bentson Moving Image Collection, contemporary artists’ films, and other historic works loops in the Bentson Mediatheque on Thursday, March 21, 6 to 9 pm. It will remain available in the Mediatheque for self-select viewing until Thursday, April 4.

Sun Seekers [Sonnensucher] (1958) — Konrad Wolf

East Germany, DCP, 116 mins.

This screening is free

The Royal Tigress [Tigre reale] (1916) — Giovanni Pastrone

Italy, DCP, 80 mins., New Restoration

featuring a live performance by Italian musicians Stefano Maccagno and Furio Di Castri

preseneted by The Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Center of Minneapolis / St. Paul, and Archives on Screen, Twin Cities

This event is free

Gaza Ghetto: Portrait of a Palestinian Family (1985) — Per-Åke Holmquist, Joan Mandell, Pierre Björklund

Sweden/Palestine, 16mm, 82 min.

awtt.haaus is proud to present this event in collaboration with mizna and FLAGS-JP

This is a free screening of the first feature length documentary shot in gaza. Donations are being accepted and will be used for feminine hygiene kits for the women in gaza, courtesy of pious projects and the asad sisters.

Film Trailer

Il Cinema Ritrovato On Tour ‘24 Opening Night Program

Films in the Program:

• The Voice of the Nightingale [La voix du rossignol] (1923) | dir. by Ladislas Starevich (Wladyslaw Starewicz) | 12 mins. | with live musical accompaniment by Molly Raben

• Patouillard Has a Jealous Wife [Patouillard a une femme jalouse] (1912) | dir. by Romeo Bosetti | 6 mins.

• Germaine Dulac Illustrated Records

  • Celles qui s'en font (1930) | 6 mins.

  • Ceux qui ne s’en font pas (1930) | 8 mins.

  • Un peu de rêve sur le faubourg (1930) | 11 mins.

France, dcp, ~45 mins.

This event is free.

Highlighting restored, archival, and silent cinema from Il Cinema Ritrovato's annual festival in Bologna, Italy.

Presented by Archives on Screen Twin Cities

Foragers (2022) — Jumana Manna

Palestine, 65 mins.

This event is free.

sound for silents: film + music on the walker hillside

Join us at sunset on the hillside for Sound for Silents, an electrifying evening of live music paired with films from the Ruben/Bentson Moving Image Collection. Returning for its seventh year, this summer’s experience will feature a newly commissioned score from Twin Cities–based musicians.

The event begins at 7 pm with DJ and food trucks; film screening and live performance begins at 8:30 pm.

film: the living record of our memory (2021) — Inés Toharia Terán

spain/canada, DCP, 120 mins.

There is no charge for admission to this screening. Half of the available seats are offered for advance reservation online, and the remaining half will be available at the door on a first come basis, starting at 6:30pm on June 8th.

MONEY HAS FOUR LEGS (2020) — MAUNG SUN

MYANMAR, DCP, 98 mins.

ADMISSION IS FREE AT THE DOOR

railway sleepers (2016) — sompot chidgasornpongse

thailand, DCP, 102 mins.

ADMISSION IS FREE AT THE DOOR

the iron giant (1999) — brad bird

united states/denmark, hd digital file, 86 mins.

this screening is free

cineconcert: dante’s inferno [l’inferno] (1911) — giuseppe de liguoro, francesco bertolini, adolfo padovan

italy, dcp, 71 mins.

this screening is accompanied with live music by Stefano Maccagno (piano) and Furio Di Castri (double bass), based on the mesmerizing musical score composed by Maestro Maccagno

the event is free, with a suggested donation of $15. Seating is first come first served.

Highlighting restored, archival, and silent cinema from Il Cinema Ritrovato's annual festival in Bologna, Italy

the prison in twelve landscapes (2016) — brett story

canada/united states, dcp, 90 mins.

this screening is free

first daughter and the black snake (2017) — keri pickett

united states, dcp, 94 mins.

SCREENING IS FOLLOWED BY A DISCUSSION WITH THE DIRECTOR AND A GUEST SPEAKER FROM INDIGINOUS ROOTS. MODERATED BY CRAIG LAURENCE RICE.

legally blonde (2001) — robert luketic

united states, dcp, 96 mins.

this event is free, all you must do is rsvp.

an act of worship (2022) — nausheen dadabhoy

united states, dcp, 82 mins.

this screening is free, all you must do is reserve a ticket.

Cameron Downey and Crystal Z Campbell

united states, vhs & 35mm transferred to digital, 30 min.

films screening:

• hymn of dust (2018, 9 min.) — cameron downey, cooper felien, izzy commers, miles jameson

• go-rilla means war (2017, 20 min.) — crystal z, john l. philips

this event is free.

the silent twins (2022) — Agnieszka Smoczynska

poland/united kingdom/united states, dcp, 113 min.

this screening is free.