Global Lens 2013 film series presented by Parkland Art Gallery

Parkland Art Gallery is pleased to announce the Global Lens film series that begins this summer. The Global Lens 2013 film series—a showcase of critically acclaimed narrative feature films—will screen selected movies at Parkland College this summer and fall.

All events are FREE!              Location: Parkland College, C118 at 6:30pm

Global Lens is an annual, touring film series launched in 2003 by the Global Film Initiative to support the distribution of exceptional cinematic works from around the world. The Parkland Art Gallery and Office of Institutional Advancement sponsor the 2013 series. To learn more, visit www.globalfilm.org.

Thu Aug 1 • STUDENT

A solitary philosophy student steers his directionless life toward the commission of a violent crime, spurred on by postmodern musings and a corrupt and ruthless post-Soviet order. Inspired by Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment, director Darezhan Omirbayev’s brooding protagonist may prove the willing student of the age, but he alone must reckon with the consequences of his actions.

Director:DarezhanOmirbayev | Kazakhstan | 2012 | 90minutes | KazakhandRussian,withsubtitlesinEnglish

Global Lens 2013 film series presented by Parkland Art Gallery

Parkland Art Gallery is pleased to announce the Global Lens film series that begins this summer. The Global Lens 2013 film series—a showcase of critically acclaimed narrative feature films—will screen selected movies at Parkland College this summer and fall.

All events are FREE!              Location: Parkland College, C118 at 6:30pm

Global Lens is an annual, touring film series launched in 2003 by the Global Film Initiative to support the distribution of exceptional cinematic works from around the world. The Parkland Art Gallery and Office of Institutional Advancement sponsor the 2013 series. To learn more, visit www.globalfilm.org.

Thu Jul 18 • SOUTHWEST (Sudoeste)

In this gorgeous, dreamlike tale, a young woman named Clarice gives birth on her deathbed to a baby girl also christened Clarice by the bruxa (witch) attending the nearly simultaneous moments of death and birth. Baby Clarice lives her whole life in the span of twenty-four hours, and yet even so com- pressed a lifetime remains impossible to fully contain. In Eduardo Nunes’s debut, precious strands of memory, identity, and desire affirm our place in the ineffable stream of life.

Director:EduardoNunes | Brazil | 2011 | 128minutes | Portuguese,withsubtitlesinEnglish

Global Lens 2013 film series presented by Parkland Art Gallery

Parkland Art Gallery is pleased to announce the Global Lens film series that begins this summer. The Global Lens 2013 film series—a showcase of critically acclaimed narrative feature films—will screen selected movies at Parkland College this summer and fall.

All events are FREE!              Location: Parkland College, C118 at 6:30pm

Global Lens is an annual, touring film series launched in 2003 by the Global Film Initiative to support the distribution of exceptional cinematic works from around the world. The Parkland Art Gallery and Office of Institutional Advancement sponsor the 2013 series. To learn more, visit www.globalfilm.org.

Thu Jun 27 • MODEST RECEPTION (Paziraie Sadeh)

Leila and Kaveh are a mysterious pair from Tehran, traveling the mountainous countryside in their Lexus coupe to push big bags of money on the locals. Led by riveting performances from Taraneh Alidoosti and writer-director Mani Haghighi, this bold comedy-drama unfurls with unexpected force amid subtle themes of power, privilege, and corruption.

Director:ManiHaghighi | Iran | 2012 | 100minutes | Farsi/Persian,withsubtitlesinEnglish