The University of Toledo

2012/2013 FILM fridays

FALL 2013

Unless otherwise noted, these events are held on the dates listed at 7:30 p.m. in the University of Toledo Center for Performing Arts (PA1039). Each of the fall events are $3 each and your ticket includes popcorn and a small soft drink.

SEPT 14  |  Kafka (Steven Soderbergh, 1991)
Existential writer Franz Kafka works during the day at an insurance company where events lead him to discover a mysterious underground society with strange suppressive goals. 

SEPT 28  |  Cinema Baby Steps (varies)
A night films made by our students when they were kids. 

OCT 26    |  Orpheus (1950) 
Orphee is a poet who becomes obsessed with Death (the Princess). They fall in love. Orphee's wife, Eurydice, is killed by the Princess' henchmen and Orphee goes after her into the Underworld. Although they have become dangerously entangled, the Princess sends Orphee back out of the Underworld, to carry on his life with Eurydice.

NOV 2-3  |  Censorship Symposium
Screenings, lectures and discussions of issues relevant to freedom of expression in contemporary society.

NOV 9      |  Honor in the Valley of Tears (Dow, 2010)
Join us in honoring Veteran's Day with this special documentary screening. Director Eric Dow will be present to introducethe film and answer questions following the screening. 

 

SPRING 2013

JAN 18      |  Do the Right Thing (Lee, 1989)
On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.

Faculty Film Screenings

7:30 p.m. in the Center for Performing Arts - PA 1039
No charge. Refreshments will be served. Screenings will be followed by a discussion of the work. 

• • JAN 25 – Charlene Gilbert, Professor and Chair of Women’s Studies
  • FEB 8 – Tammy Kinsey, Professor of Film and Assoc. Chair of Theatre & Film Dept.
  • FEB 15 – Holly Hey, Associate Professor of Film

Aspiring Filmmakers Showcase

Screening of student works selected in juried competition. (Same works screened at both locations and dates.)
$5 General Admission, $3 Students, Faculty/ Staff & Seniors (Theatre & Film majors--FREE)

March 21 |  7:30 p.m.
Maumee Indoor Theater
601 Conant Street, Maumee, OH

March 23 | 7:30 p.m. (After-Party to follow in PA1039)
UT Center for Performing Arts Center Theatre 

New Writers’ Festival  -  March 22, 7:30 p.m.   |  CPA Center Theatre
Competitively selected student plays, screenplays and essays presented in staged readings. 
Admission – No Charge

Senior Student Showcases - Month of April - Check UT Calendar of Events for dates & times