This inaugural festival will showcase some of the best Italian films of the last two years and one restored film from the heyday of Italian cinema. Our aim is to bring the finest Italian films each year to Richmond, to revive an important international film tradition, to involve students in the curatorial process and presentation of the films, and to connect with the local community and Italian institutions in the region. UR Campus will host screenings on campus with culminating film feature showing at Byrd Theater on Monday, March 24.
Friday, Mar. 21: 5:30 p.m. Opening Reception + 6:30 p.m. Screening, Jepson 118
Saturday, Mar. 22: 1:30 p.m. Screening + Roundtable, Ukrop Auditorium
Sunday, Mar. 23: 1:30 1st screening, 3:30 Roundtable, 6 p.m. 2nd screening; Jepson 118
Monday, Mar. 24: 7 p.m. screening, Byrd Theater, 2908 W Cary St., Richmond
Film production students creations are featured in this short video compilation. "I've often noticed that we are not able to look at what we have in front of us, unless it's inside a frame." --Abbas Kiarostami
UR Film students enjoy festivals and screenings with faculty on campus as well as throughout the Central Virginia area. "Being at a film festival reminds me of the power of film. The power that we have in our hands. Telling specific stories about personal matters can start the debate that is needed today, and that connect you with realities that you had no idea were connected." Diego Luna
Sonja Bertucci, assistant professor of languages, literatures, and cultures (film studies), was awarded the Special Jury Award for Inspirational Filmmaking for the film The Diamond Couple at the 2024 Arizona International Film Festival.
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Françoise Ravaux-Kirkpatrick, professor of French and film studies, has been awarded the rank of Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Minister of Culture for her contributions in the artistic and literary field. Learn more.
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Dr. Jessica Chan has published Chinese Revolutionary Cinema: Propaganda, Aesthetics, and Internationalism, 1949–1966 (London: I.B.Tauris, 2019) and has a forthcoming article “Literature of the Oppressed: Lu Xun and Nikolai Gogol,” in Frontiers of Literary Studies in China. .
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Mailing address:
Film Studies Program
217 Carole Weinstein International Center
211 Richmond Way
University of Richmond, VA 23173
Phone: (804) 662 3008
Fax: (804) 289-8313
Film Production Lab: 420 Weinstein Hall
Program Coordinator: Monika Siebert
Academic Administrative Coordinator: Lynn Hardwicke