HOSTED BY BRYCE ANDERSON
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DIRECTED BY INGMAR BERGMAN
Disillusioned and exhausted after a decade of battling in the Crusades, a knight (Max von Sydow) encounters Death on a desolate beach and challenges him to a fateful game of chess. Much studied, imitated, even parodied, but never outdone, Bergman’s stunning allegory of man’s search for meaning...
HOSTED BY BRYCE ANDERSON
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DIRECTED BY PHILIP GRÖNING
In this contemplative documentary from filmmaker Philip Gröning, the Grande Chartreuse monastery opens its doors to the public for the first time since being founded by St. Bruno in 1084 to offer an intimate look at a lifestyle rarely experienced by those outside of the brotherhood.
HOSTED BY BRYCE ANDERSON
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DIRECTED BY XAVIER BEAUVOIS
Eight French Christian monks live in harmony with their Muslim brothers in a monastery perched in the mountains of North Africa in the 1990s. When a crew of foreign workers is massacred by an Islamic fundamentalist group, fear sweeps though the region.
directed by JENNA BASS
Shot using handheld camera and on a micro-budget, Bass’ film tells the story of two people who discover that their romantic relationships may be a part of a conspiracy to keep them in – or out – of love.
* FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE *
directed by JOLYNN MINNAAR
Unearthed, an independent South African feature documentary, investigates fracking in the United States – the technology’s place of origin – in order to understand what this new method of gas extraction could mean for the semi-arid Karoo...
HOSTED BY JOS KOETSIER
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DIRECTED BY PIER PAOLO PASOLINI
Master Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini beautifully re-imagines Euripides' ancient Greek tragedy with Maria Callas in the title role. In this haunting tale, Medea sacrifices everything to win the heart of Jason, captain of the Argonauts, but when he spurns her love, Medea exacts a scorching revenge that destroys everyone in its path.
HOSTED BY JOS KOETSIER
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TWO PART SCREENING:
1. INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR JULIE TAYMOR
2. OEDIPUS REX (1993)
An "Opera-oratorio in two acts after Sophocles" by Igor Stravinsky. The libretto, based on Sophocles's tragedy, performed in the language of the audience, in this version in Japanese.
directed by INGMAR BERGMAN
“God, why did you desert me?” With Winter Light, master craftsman Ingmar Bergman explores the search for redemption in a meaningless existence. In this stark depiction of spiritual crisis, small-town pastor Tomas Ericsson...
HOSTED BY JOS KOETSIER
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DIRECTED BY ALEKSANDR SOKUROV
In his spare, intense, lyrical ''Mother and Son,'' Sokurov immerses the viewer in an isolated landscape that resonates with pain and loneliness as a young man tends his dying mother. On the surface, little happens. In a small house in the countryside of Russia, a son cares for his sick, elderly mother as they prepare for her death...
Exploring femininity and masculinity in the films of Aleksandr Sokurov. (A sequel to the series, Oedipus Rex - A Tribute to Greek Drama)
The intention of the selection is to introduce some examination of the use of religious themes, imagery, and significances in movies. The Bergman films are typically austere in their exploration...
DSTV - DEKATv
DSTV - Dagbreek
HOSTED BY JOS KOETSIER
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DIRECTED BY PIER PAOLO PASOLINI
Edipo Re is a highly personal screenplay adaption by Pasolini of the Greek drama by Sophocles. As his first colour feature, Edipo Re makes brilliant use of wildly alternating Moroccan landscapes, to transpose collective myth into a particular vision that is at once tender, sensual, and wholly unsparing.
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