Show Film Fest gets approval introduces movies from many countries and cultures Jesse Dolce Dolc The Globe Earlier last month the International Film Festival received the green light from Fine ine Arts and Lectures Fees Committee Committe to provide aid in funding the fourteenth year of the festival The week-long week event will give students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents faculty and the community the chance to enjoy and discuss a set of films from many countries and cultures cultures cultures cul cul- tures this month The festival will complement the diversity programming programming programming program program- ming at for 2005 and 2006 We have very much appreciated the support of the fine arts committee for this event said Dianne Valentin co-chair co of the International Film Festival Committee She explained that the festival has grown in attendance each year since its beginning in 1992 with an attendance of around to over 1500 attendees Annual I. Fil i Festival i last year The festival is not as big as the Sundance Film Festival held in Park City each year though the films are supposedly of comparable quality The purpose of the festival is to use film to promote diversity and cultural understanding of the world We try to get our students to look at cultures in a very different way said Jim Dykman co-chair co of the International Film Festival Committee Last year one of the films from Finland was about war and a woman who uses her healing skills to help two s soldiers on opposite sides of that war Students that came out to the discussion discussion discussion dis dis- dis- dis were able to discuss how Film Fest Cont Cant on Page 3 hods hode rl I an fl l W Wn n uj i I Film Fest Cont Cant from front war affects different people on different sides and that's what we try to do with each film said Dykman This year the festival will offer twelve films of all types from comedy to drama as well as a crime thriller All films are presented in their original lan lan- An exciting film being presented presented presented pre pre- this year is a film designed to give students a look of at war from a different point view Turtles Can Fly is a dramatic war film that takes place near the Turkish Iraqi border border border bor bor- der on the eve on an American invasion It shows a year old boy on the forefront of events as they unfold The film is the first B II lit narrative v be belsho shot in Iraq following fal N oT aft addam Hussein Hundreds of orphaned children many with broken limbs from exploding land mines tell a story of war from their own unique point of view This is a look at war from a childrens children's perspective said Dykman I just wept Dykman wanted to convey messages messages messages mes mes- sages like those in Turtles Can Fly to students This is a heavy duty list of films films said Dykman He explained that many of the films deal with some serious subject matter is about a woman who shelters a group of girls suffering from the effects of female circumcision in Africa The ritual is still performed performed performed per per- formed in 38 of the 54 African countries This film is an i attempt attempt by the Director t to to bring this subject to the attention of the world and a plea for the act to be abolished For something a little lighter the festival offers a German comedy Good Bye Lenin which takes place in 1989 The comedy has a truly unique premise and promises to enter enter- tain The list of films this year includes titles from Canada Germany Sweden Columbia the United States South Korea Germany Mongolia Iran Iraq New Zealand Senegal France Switzerland Cameroon Morocco Tunisia and China The festival w will ll be presented March 20 25 at Redwood Campus in TB I |