Film fans are in for a treat with the arrival of Preston’s International Film Festival 2019.
The event, organised by the Worldwise Learning Centre at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), will screen nine foreign language films between Monday 14 October and Sunday 20 October.
The films being shown in UCLan’s Mitchell and Kenyon Cinema are:
Frantz (French and German) on 14 October at 7.30pm
One Hundred Days After Childhood (Russian) on 15 October at 7pm
Cold War (Polish) on 16 October at 7pm
Burning (Korean) on 17 October at 7pm
Dogman (Italian) on 18 October at 7pm
CJ7 (Chinese) on 19 October at 5pm
Shoplifters (Japanese) on 19 October at 7pm
The Heiresses (Spanish) on 20 October at 5pm
Capernaum (Arabic) on 20 October at 7pm
All screenings will have English subtitles.
To celebrate the launch of the International Film Festival on 14 October and the 10th anniversary of the Worldwise Learning Centre, a special evening event will take place. Starting at 5pm, Darius Rahimi, the Deputy Head of the Political Department for the German Embassy, will give a talk on the politics of reconciliation.
Other speakers will include UCLan’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Graham Baldwin, Derek Smith, from the Preston Twinning Partnership, and Frédéric Brayard, of UCLan’s School of Humanities, Language and Global Studies.
This will be followed by an opportunity to network and sample some traditional French and German nibbles and wine before the free screening of the French/German film ‘Frantz’, a film set in post-World War I with themes that are highly relevant in today’s divided world.
Tickets for the opening event and film screening on Monday 14 October are free, with tickets for the rest of the week starting at £2.50 per person.