An Introduction to the Ann Arbor Film Festival
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
2435 North Quad
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
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(Still from the film Please Say Something, by David O’Reilly)
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The Ann Arbor Film Festival Membership & Outreach Committee presents an introduction to the Ann Arbor Film Festival. The Committee will show several short films, including Please Say Something (Director David O'Reilly), and talk about the Festival's screening process. Additionally, SAC's Senior Lecturer Terri Sarris will discuss the special winter 2017 SAC production class (SAC 304: Experimental Media Production: the AAFF) that she is teaching about the festival in connection with the University Bicentennial Theme Semester. Please join us to learn more about this beloved Ann Arbor tradition and Sarris's unique plan to celebrate and honor it with a community of students.
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Iranian Film Festival
Sundays Sept. 18 to October 23, 2016
Rackham Amphitheatre
4:00 p.m.
Free and Open to the Public
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Still from I Am Diego Maradona (dir. Bahram Tavakoli, 2015) Screening this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016
In this energetic black comedy, a stone thrown through a window becomes the catalyst for a family feud between two sisters and their families.
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The Department of Near Eastern Studies and the Iranian Graduate Students Association is proud to announce the first Annual Iranian Film Festival of Ann Arbor, showcasing the work of a new generation of Iranian filmmakers. For further information, visit our festival site (above) or email us at iranian-film-festival@umich.edu.
This festival is sponsored by Arts at Michigan, the Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies; the Depts. of Near Eastern Studies, Screen Arts & Cultures, Anthropology, and Women's Studies; the Iranian Graduate Students Association; the Islamic Studies Program; the Language Resource Center; and the Persian Students Association.
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Screening and Discussion of The Lies of Victors
Monday, September 19, 2016
Lecture Room 2 (1420) MLB
8:00 p.m.
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Screenwriter Ulrich Peltzer will be joined for the discussion by Bastian Obermayer, Knight-Wallace Fellow from the Süddeutsche Zeitung who helped break the Panama Papers. Johannes von Moltke, Chair of German and SAC, will moderate. The Lies of Victors (2014; Die Lügen der Sieger) by Christoph Hochhäusler, is a tight-knit thriller that takes place at the intersection of politics, finance capital and the world of journalism. Told in stunning images captured by Reinhold Vorschneider’s roaming camera, the film follows the exploits of investigative journalist Fabian Groys as he becomes sucked into a story of corruption and manipulation that threatens to devour him and his career.
Christoph Hochhäusler, whose previous films include Milchwald (This Very Moment, 2003), Falscher Bekenner (Low Profile, 2005) and Unter Dir die Stadt (The City Below, 2010), has been at the forefront of contemporary German cinema as member of the “Berlin School” and co-editor of the influential journal Revolver. With Lies of Victors, Hochhäusler joins a trend of many fellow Berlin-School-Filmmakers who have begun to explore and revise the conventions of Hollywood and genre filmmaking – which receive a cinephile nod in Lies when we see Bogart making a phone call in the Hollywood reporter film Deadline USA (1952) declaring “That’s the Press, Baby!”
Sponsored by the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, the Department of Screen Arts & Cultures, and the Screenwriting Program. For questions, please contact Gitta Killough (bkohlerk@umich.edu).
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New Writings from Germanic Languages and Literatures
Friday, September 23, 2016
Literati Bookstore
7:00 p.m.
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Please join us at Literati to celebrate the new work by the esteemed faculty of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures: Johannes von Moltke, Helmut Puff, Scott Spector, and Silke-Maria Weineck. Authors will be presenting and discussing their work -- and will have copies available for purchase. For a full list of works to be discussed, please click here.
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Little Stones Test Screening and Q & A
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Michigan Theater
6:30 p.m. (doors open at 6:00 p.m.)
Free, but registration required (see link below)
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Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and former PBS producer Sophia Kruz (SAC '11) along with cinematographer Meena Singh, will host a test-screening of their upcoming 90-minute documentary Little Stones, which explores the role of art in the global empowerment of women and girls. From a graffiti artist in the favelas of Brazil raising awareness about domestic violence, to a choreographer in India using dance to rehabilitate victims of sex trafficking, Little Stones profiles four artists who have found innovative ways to use their art to tackle the most pressing issues facing the women in their communities.
Click here to register.
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SPOTLIGHT ON WOLV TV: MEET THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
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WOLV TV Executive Board, 2016-17
photo credit, Morgan Cullen
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Meet the new Executive Board of WOLV-TV at the mass meeting TODAY, September 13, in Studio A of North Quad at 6:00 p.m. Both Co-General Managers, Jack Springgate and Karen Brownman, are eager to share why they care so much about WOLV. Jack explains how WOLV allowed him “to find a passion in something [he] love[s] with people [he] love[s].” He goes on to say, “WOLV has given me a place to apply my creativity and consistently challenge myself.” Karen is continuously blown away by WOLV because “we’re completely student run.” She explains how it illustrates what “the sheer willpower an amazing group of people can do!”
If you are interested in learning more about television production, producing, directing, advertising, marketing, PR, and other media-related careers, join WOLV-TV. As a purely student-run television station for the University of Michigan, you will gain valuable, hands-on experience to add to your repertoire! No prior experience required. Come ready to learn and meet spectacular students. Fill out the form on our website to get connected!
Written by Morgan Cullen
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Tune in for a great year -- and stay connected.
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THIS WEEK'S FEATURED PHOTO
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photo credit - Rob Gingerich-Jones
Senior Lecturer Robert Rayher and Lecturer Oliver Thornton's SAC 404 kicks off with a table read of the teleplay "Unplugged," by Carly Keyes (originally written in Thornton's SAC 411). Actors (left to right) Carley Costello (playing Diana), Annamarie Kasper (playing Cally), Ben Ahlers (playing Dr. Bradley), and Madeline Rouverol (playing Lucille), are joined by Nick Sheehan filling in for “Jones” who will be played by Kevin Corbett.
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