The 2023 Wagner International Film Festival will feature screenings of two movies this month. All Wagner community members are invited to attend.
The annual film festival is hosted by the Film and Media program in Wagner's Department of Visual Arts. Screenings are free for all to attend.
On Monday, November 13, catch Burak Çevik's 2019 film Belonging, which takes a highly original and uniquely personal approach to the true-crime genre.
On Wednesday, November 15, Wagner community members can watch Ellie Foumbi's 2021 film Our Father, The Devil.
BELONGING
Monday, Nov. 13
6 p.m., Manzulli Boardroom (film running time 73 minutes)
Q&A with director Burak Çevik (on Zoom) following the screening
This Turkish film takes a highly original and uniquely personal approach to the true-crime documentary, mixing re-enactments of a horrific crime that profoundly affected the filmmaker's family, with a fictionalization of the criminals' lives.
"[A] bold grappling with the nature of love, death, and memory in its various forms." (The Film Stage)
"[A] therapeutic gesture that rises above psychological and moral judgments to navigate the complexity of family history." (Film Comment)
OUR FATHER, THE DEVIL
Wednesday, Nov. 15
6 p.m., Manzulli Boardroom (film running time 108 minutes)
Q&A with director Ellie Foumbi (in person) following the screening
A gripping psychological thriller about memory, trauma, and war. An immigrant from Guinea has made a new life for herself in France, but her hard-won peace is shattered by the arrival of a visitor from her homeland. OUR FATHER, THE DEVIL world premiered at the 2021 Venice Film Festival, won the Audience Award at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival, and was a Best Picture nominee at the 2023 Spirit Awards.
"Part psychological thriller, part spiritual journey, part cathartic experience... leaves an indelible mark on the viewer." (Ion Cinema)
"[It] goes places you almost certainly won’t expect — and, once there, makes you wonder how you ever thought it could have gone anywhere else." (Variety)
