Barrymore Theater: 2090 Atwood Ave, Madison, WI 53704 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
World Cinema Day brings middle and high school students and teachers to Madison for a special free screening of a high-quality, international film with an introduction before the film and a Q&A/discussion after the film. Advance registration is required for this event. This is an annual event sponsored by WIRC, and in conjunction with the Wisconsin Film Festival.
Music Hall, 925 Bascom Mall, Madison, WI 53706 @ 1:15 pm - 3:30 pm
Thoughtful and compelling throughout, featuring bravura naturalistic performances by a large cast of non-actors, and a complicated but engaging narrative structure, Happy Holidays premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Orizzonti Award for Best Screenplay. “Happy Holidays is a piercing, realistic family drama, the inflection points of which reveal deep cultural and political dimensions surrounding gender and ethnicity.” (Variety) (BR)
Flix Brewhouse: 85 E Towne Way, Madison, WI 53704 @ 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Thoughtful and compelling throughout, featuring bravura naturalistic performances by a large cast of non-actors, and a complicated but engaging narrative structure, Happy Holidays premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Orizzonti Award for Best Screenplay. “Happy Holidays is a piercing, realistic family drama, the inflection points of which reveal deep cultural and political dimensions surrounding gender and ethnicity.” (Variety) (BR)
1418 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Dr, Madison WI 53706 @ 4:00 pm
Drawing on empirical studies of historic patterns of democratic emergence and breakdown in Arab- and Muslim-majority countries, and of democratic attitudes among Muslims of different partisan stripes, this presentation attempts to make progress on a question that will continue to occupy scholars and concerned citizens for decades to come.
