CORVALLIS, Ore. - Oregon State University's annual International Film Festival, which includes 18 films from 10 countries, will be held Nov. 9-15 at Darkside Cinema and Whiteside Theater in Corvallis.

The festival is organized and hosted by the School of Language, Culture and Society in the College of Liberal Arts at OSU. Since 2009, the festival has showcased different perspectives in contemporary filmmaking.

The festival will open with "Berlin - Sinfonie der Großstadt," or Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis, that will be accompanied live by the German band, ALP, which is flying in from Berlin for the event. The event, sponsored by the German Embassy in Washington, D.C., will also feature giveaways and a reception with the musicians after the screening. For more information about the reception, email [email protected].

Other highlights of this year's festival include "After the Storm", a 2016 Cannes Film Festival selection about a father reconnecting with his son in the days before a typhoon, and "The Second Mother," a Portuguese comedy about the life of a housekeeper.

All of the screenings are free and open to the public but attendees need to obtain a ticket at the respective cinema before entering the auditorium. Tickets are limited so early arrival is encouraged.

The schedule of screenings is:

Nov. 9 - Whiteside Theater:
·    7 p.m. - "Berlin - Sinfonie der Großstadt," (Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis), Germany, 1927, a silent film with live guitar, bass and synthesizer music accompaniment by the band ALP.

Nov. 10 - Darkside Cinema:
·    5 p.m. - "Usfahrt Oerlike," (Exit Oerlikon) Switzerland, 2015, drama in Swiss German.
·    7 p.m. - "3 Bellazas," (3 Beauties) Venezuela, 2014, a comedy, horror, thriller in Spanish.
 
Nov. 11 - Darkside Cinema:
·    3:30 p.m. - "Rettet Rafi," (My Friend Raffi), Germany, 2015, children's film in German.
·    5:30 p.m. - "Que Horas Ela Volta?" (The Second Mother) Brazil, 2015, drama in Portuguese with English subtitles.
·    8 p.m. - "Streif," (One Hell of a Ride) Austria, 2015, documentary in English.

Nov. 12 - Darkside Cinema:
·    1 p.m. - "Paradise Trips," Netherlands, 2015, a comedy, drama in Dutch with English subtitles.
·    3 p.m. - "NN," Peru, 2015, a drama in Spanish with English subtitles.
·    5:30 p.m. - "Umi yori mo Mada Fukaku," (After the Storm) Japan, 2016, drama in Japanese with English subtitles.
·    8 p.m. ­- "Fukushima Mon Amour," Germany, 2016, drama in German, Japanese and English.

Nov. 13 - Darkside Cinema
·    1 p.m. - "Pored Mene," (Next to Me) Serbia, 2015, a comedy, drama, in Serbian with English subtitles.
·    3 p.m. - "Pequeñas Menteras Piadosas," (The Travel Agent), documentary in Spanish.
·    5 p.m. - "Apprentice," Singapore, 2016, a drama in Malay and English with English subtitles.
·    7 p.m. - "Le bois dont les rêves sont faits," (The Woods Dreams Are Made Of), documentary in French.

Nov. 14 - Darkside Cinema
·    5 p.m. - "Con la pata quebrada," (Barefoot in the Kitchen,) documentary in Spanish.
·    7 p.m. - "Fuchi ni tatsu," (Harmonium), drama, Japanese with English subtitles.

Nov. 15 - Darkside Cinema
·    5 p.m. - "I am Femen," documentary in English and Russian with English subtitles
·    7 p.m. - "Blanka," drama in Tagalog with English subtitles.

The Whiteside Theater is located at 361 S.W. Madison Ave., Corvallis. Darkside Cinema is located at 215 S.W. 4th St., Corvallis. For more information, including a synopsis of each film, visit the festival website http://bit.ly/2enlT7U.

Story By: 

Joe Donovan, [email protected]

Source: 

Sebastian Heiduschke, [email protected]

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