FOREIGN FILM SERIES
ADMISSION
Season subscription only.
$30 for the entire season, plus 3 free guest passes.
To pay by check, please print and mail an ORDER FORM.
Students are admitted FREE with Parkside ID on Sundays at 3 pm.
SCREENINGS
Thursday | 7:30 pm
Friday | 7:30 pm
Saturday | 5 pm and 8 pm
Sunday | 3 pm
SWITCHING POLICY
Switching to a different showtime is allowed and will be accommodated if possible. No prior notice is required.
VENUE
Student Center Cinema
900 Wood Rd.
Kenosha, WI 53144
Parking: Lot A
MORE INFO: MPAA ratings | Reviews | Film History Database
Foreign language films are subtitled, and subtitles are used on English language films when available.
Anatomy of a Fall
France | 2023 | Justine Triet | 151 min
Sep 26-29
A woman is suspected of murder after her husband's death; their half-blind son faces a moral dilemma as the main witness. IMDB
Godland
Iceland & Denmark | 2022| Hiynur Palmason | 143 min
Oct 10-13
At the end of the 19th century, a young Danish priest is sent to a remote part of Iceland. The deeper he travels into the Icelandic landscape, the more he loses a sense of his own reality, his mission and his sense of duty. IMDB
The Zone of Interest
Great Britain | 2023 | Jonathan Glazer | 105 min
Oct 24-27
Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden beside the camp. IMDB
Monster
Japan | 2003 | Hirokazu Kore-eda | 127 min
Nov 7-10
A mother demands answers from her son's teacher when her son begins acting strangely. IMDB
Anselm
Germany | 2023 | Wim Wenders | 93 min
Nov 21-24
Anselm Kiefer is one of the greatest contemporary artists. His past and present diffuse the line between film and painting, thus giving a unique cinematic experience that dives deep into an artist's work and reveals his life path. IMDB
Joyland
Pakistan | 2022 | Saim Sadiq | 126 min
Dec 5-8
The youngest son in a traditional Pakistani family takes a job as a backup dancer in a Bollywood-style burlesque and quickly becomes infatuated with the strong-willed trans woman who runs the show. IMDB
Io Capitano
Italy | 2023 |Matteo Garrone | 121 min
Feb 6-9
A Homeric fairy tale that tells the adventurous journey of two young boys, Seydou and Moussa, who leave Dakar to reach Europe. IMDB
The Royal Hotel
Australia | 2023 | Kitty Green | 91 min
Feb 20-23
Backpackers Hanna and Liv take a job in a remote Australian pub for some extra cash and are confronted with a bunch of unruly locals and a situation that rapidly leaps out of their control. IMDB
Faya Dayi
Ethiopia | 2021 | Jessica Beshir | 120 min
Mar 6-9
A spiritual journey into the highlands of Harar, immersed in the rituals of khat, a leaf Sufi Muslims chewed for centuries for religious meditations - and Ethiopia's most lucrative cash crop today. IMDB
Perfect Days
Germany & Japan | 2023 | Wim Wenders | 124 min
Mar 20-23
Hirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo, lives his life in simplicity and daily tranquility. Some encounters also lead him to reflect on himself. IMDB
The Beast
France | 2023 | Bertrand Bonello | 146 min
Apr 10-13
In the near future artificial intelligence is in control of everyone's lives and human emotions are perceived as a threat. IMDB
Afire
Germany | 2023 | Christian Petzold | 102 min
Apr 17-20
A group of friends are in a holiday home by the Baltic Sea where emotions run high as the parched forest around them catches fire. IMDB
SUPPORT AFFORDABLE ACCESS TO FOREIGN FILM
We are proud to offer 14 foreign films for one very low subscription price. However, providing this program – film licensing fees along with mailing and labor cost – is increasingly expensive.
To help us defray the cost of the program, and to ensure that we can keep the subscription price low, we are seeking additional support from patrons who are able to chip in. Donations can be made online or by mail.
Instructions for making a donation by mail
Make out a check to “UW-Parkside”, write “FFS” in the memo line, and mail it to:
UW-Parkside Foreign Film Series
900 Wood Road
Kenosha, WI 53141
Please, no cash donations.
EXCHANGE POLICY
We understand that patrons may need to see a film at an alternative time. Switching to a different showtime is allowed and under normal circumstances will be accommodated; it requires no prior notice, but patrons are encouraged to switch to our least crowded screenings if possible, Saturday 8 pm and Sunday 5 pm.
ONLINE BOX OFFICE
Admission is based on season subscription only. Tickets are not available for individual films, but at $2 per film, a season pass is an outstanding entertainment bargain. In addition, all season ticket holders receive three free guest passes.
We recommend that you order your season tickets as soon as possible. Our most popular show times (Thursday 7:30 pm, Friday 7:30 pm, and Saturday 5:00 pm) have sold out for a number of years running.
MPAA Ratings
The UW-Parkside Foreign Film Series does not provide ratings generated by the Motion Picture Association of America. Many foreign films have not received ratings from the MPAA, and the rating system itself may not reflect the sensibilities of our patrons.
For FFS patrons who are interested in taking children to one of our films, we recommend that they visit kids-in-mind for more information about a film's violence, sex, and profanity content. This site, however, does not include films that have not received a MPAA rating. In those cases where MPAA ratings are not available we encourage patrons to read reviews.
Reviews
All films in this year's program have been linked to an external review. Patrons who would like to read alternative reviews are encouraged to visit online review search engines. Here are three online resources that we recommend:
Internet Movie Database Movie Review Query Engine Rotten Tomatoes
Questions?
Joe Lambin or Jay McRoy
foreignfilm@uwp.edu
Location
Student Center, Ground Floor
900 Wood Rd.
Kenosha, WI 53144
Parking: Lot A
About The Rita
The UW-Parkside Foreign Film Series is a program of the College of Arts and Humanities and is included in the array of arts and cultural programming bearing the Rita name. Despite the film screenings taking place outside of the walls of the Rita Tallent Picken Regional Center for Arts & Humanities, we are proud to be counted among the the state-of-the-art instructional facilities, stunning performance venues, and award-winning academic programs that serve our community. Learn more about The Rita.