Events Calendar

Cinematheque is an informal film series curated by the UI International Writing Program (IWP) Fall Residents, who introduce and lead conversations around films they have chosen to show to the UI community.
These films are all by/with/for/about IWP 2018 Fall Residents and all have English subtitles. Free & open to all!
This Sunday, followed by a short Q&A with IWP 2018 Fall Residents
Rumena Bužarovska (Macedonia) and Tehila Hakimi (Israel): 

Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Written and directed by Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz 
Israel/France, 2014 (115 min)

“Film history is scattered with riveting courtroom dramas, from Madame X to Anatomy of a Murder, each finding ways of keeping the action flowing despite constant chatter and the single-room locale. Scripting and acting are keys, but the Elkabetzes’ lensing choices draw the viewers in, forcing them to question the judgmental nature of the gaze. For some, the theatrical nature of Gett may be a flaw, yet it has an immediacy precisely because of the stripped-down function of its staging.” - Variety

“Nothing if not dialectical, Gett … unfolds as a debate about love, marriage and human rights that turns on personal stories and philosophical asides, arguments and counterarguments. As one witness after another testifies about Viviane and Elisha’s marriage, her virtue, his rectitude, it becomes clear that divorce here isn’t a personal choice, but a matter for God and a people. 
This makes for gripping cinema from start to finish, almost implausibly so.”- Manohla Dargis, NYTimes

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Coming up Sunday 9/30: 
Reverón [dir. Diego Risquez. Venezuela, 2011] 

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Stay tuned to the IWP's Facebook page for announcements of the Residents' film choices for subsequent Sundays!