The NKU International Education Center
presents three Global Film Initiative screenings:
Monday, December 7, 2009, at 1:00, 3:00 & 5:00 pm, in the Budig Auditorium, University Center. Admission is $5.00 for all three films.
1:00 pm: I Am From Titov Veles (Jas Sum Od Titov Veles), director Teona Mitevska, Macedonia.
3:00 pm: Those Three (An Seh), director Naghi Memati, Iran.
5:00 pm: Possible Lives (Las Vidas Posibles), director Sandra Gugliotta, Argentina.
Directed by Teona Strugar Mitevska, Macedonian, with subtitles in English Macedonia, 2007, 102 minutes
Set in the quaint but scarred town of Veles, three sisters long to escape the suffocating environment of their dying community. Burdened by memories of their late father, each chooses a different path: Sapho struggles to secure a visa to Greece, Slavica desperately searches for a rich husband, and Afrodita harbors hopes for love and children. In this contemporary story of urban decay, director Teona Strugar Mitevska blends stark realism with memorable performances to create a vivid landscape of life and longing in post-communist Macedonia.
Directed by Naghi Nemati, in Farsi and Turkish, with subtitles in English Iran, 2007, 80 minutes.
Just one day from completing their military training, three conscripts desert their camp and escape into the frozen wilderness of Northern Iran. Travel through this mountainous, snowbound region is dangerous, but "those three" opt for the independence it promises and must now forge their way through an uncertain landscape, with only friendship to see them through. In this austere and mesmerizing debut feature, director Naghi Nemati's attention to the minutiae of human relationships is a quiet and deliberate meditation on the value of responsibility, connection and sacrifice.
Directed by Sandra Gugliotta Spanish, with subtitles in English Argentina, 2007, 80 minutes
After her husband mysteriously disappears during a business trip to Patagonia, Clara embarks on a desperate mission to find him. During her search, she makes a startling discovery: a man with an uncanny resemblance to her spouse, but with another name and a wife. Convinced the stranger may be her husband, she ignores entreaties to quit her search just as police discover a body that may be the real man she seeks. Shot amid majestic vistas and suffused with vibrant color and sexuality, director Sandra Gugliotta's feature is a haunting and suspenseful study of grief and letting go.