Foreign Film Series
Admission
Season subscription only.
$30 for the entire season, plus 3 free guest passes.
Students are admitted FREE with Parkside ID on Sundays at 3 pm.
Screenings
Thursday | 7:30pm
Friday | 7:30pm
Saturday | 7pm
Sunday | 3pm
Switching Policy
Switching to a different showtime is allowed and will be accommodated if possible. No prior notice is required.
Venue
The Rita | Main Stage Theater
Avenue of the Arts, Kenosha, WI 53144
Parking: Lot B
(ALL viewings of “Last Summer” on Apr 9-12 will be held in Molinaro Hall-D137, Parking: Lot A)
MORE INFO: MPAA ratings | Reviews | Film History Database
Foreign language films are subtitled, and subtitles are used on English language films when available.
The Films
All We Imagine as Light
India | 2024 | Payal Kapadia | 118 min
September 18 – 21
In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha’s routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend. IMDB
8 ½
Italy | 1963 | Federico Fellini | 138 min
October 2 – 5
A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies. IMDB
Touki Bouki
Senegal | 1973 | Djibril Diop Mambéty | 89 min
October 23 – 26
Mory, a cowherd, and Anta, a university student, try to make money in order to go to Paris and leave their boring past behind. IMDB
Evil Does Not Exist
Japan | 2023 | Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | 106 min
November 6 – 9
Takumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. One day the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a camping site near Takumi’s house, offering residents a comfortable escape to nature. IMDB
Totem
Mexico | 2023 | Lila Avilés | 95 min
November 20 – 23
Seven-Year-old Sol is spending her day at her grandfather’s home, for a surprise party for Sol’s father, Tonatiuh. As daylight fades, Sol comes to understand that her world is about to change dramatically. IMDB
The Lure
Poland | 2015 | Agnieszka Smoczynska | 92 min
February 5 – 8
In Warsaw, a pair of mermaid sisters are adopted into a cabaret. While one seeks love with humans the other hungers to dine on the human population of the city. IMDB
The Other Side of Hope
Finland | 2017 | Aki Kaurismäki | 100 min
February 19 – 22
A poker-playing restaurateur and former traveling salesman befriends a group of refugees newly arrived to Finland. IMDB
In the Mood for Love
Hong Kong | 2000 | Wong Kar-wai | 98 min
March 5 – 8
Two neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect their spouses of extramarital activities. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs. IMDB
Ali, Fear Eats the Soul
Germany | 1973 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 93 min
March 19 – 22
A lonely widow meets a much younger Moroccan worker in a bar during a rainstorm. They fall in love, to their own surprise and to the outright shock of their families, colleagues, and drinking buddies. IMDB
Last Summer
France | 2023 | Catherine Breillat | 104 min
April 9 – 12
The film follows Anne, a brilliant lawyer who lives with her husband Pierre and their daughters. Anne gradually engages in a passionate relationship with Theo, Pierre’s son from a previous marriage, putting her career and family life in danger. IMDB
Support Affordable Access To Foreign Film
We are proud to offer 10 foreign films for one very low subscription price. However, providing this program – film licensing fees along with mailing and labor cost – is increasingly expensive.
To help us defray the cost of the program, and to ensure that we can keep the subscription price low, we are seeking additional support from patrons who are able to chip in. Donations can be made online or by mail.
Make out a check to “UW-Parkside”, write “FFS” in the memo line, and mail it to:
UW-Parkside Foreign Film Series
900 Wood Road
Kenosha, WI 53141
Please, no cash donations.
We understand that patrons may need to see a film at an alternative time. Switching to a different showtime is allowed and under normal circumstances will be accommodated; it requires no prior notice, but patrons are encouraged to switch to our least crowded screenings if possible, Saturday 7 pm and Sunday 3 pm.
Admission is based on season subscription only. Tickets are not available for individual films, but at $3 per film, a season pass is an outstanding entertainment bargain. In addition, all season ticket holders receive three free guest passes.
We recommend that you order your season tickets as soon as possible. Our most popular show times (Thursday 7:30 pm and Friday 7:30 pm) have sold out for a number of years running.
The UW-Parkside Foreign Film Series does not provide ratings generated by the Motion Picture Association of America. Many foreign films have not received ratings from the MPAA, and the rating system itself may not reflect the sensibilities of our patrons.
For FFS patrons who are interested in taking children to one of our films, we recommend that they visit kids-in-mind for more information about a film’s violence, sex, and profanity content. This site, however, does not include films that have not received a MPAA rating. In those cases where MPAA ratings are not available we encourage patrons to read reviews.
All films in this year’s program have been linked to an external review. Patrons who would like to read alternative reviews are encouraged to visit online review search engines. Here are three online resources that we recommend:
Questions?
Joe Lambin or Jay McRoy
foreignfilm@uwp.edu
Location
The Rita, Main Stage Theatre
Avenue of the Arts
Kenosha, WI 53144
Parking: Lot B
About The Rita
The UW-Parkside Foreign Film Series is a program of the College of Arts and Humanities and is included in the array of arts and cultural programming bearing the Rita name. Despite the film screenings taking place outside of the walls of the Rita Tallent Picken Regional Center for Arts & Humanities, we are proud to be counted among the the state-of-the-art instructional facilities, stunning performance venues, and award-winning academic programs that serve our community. Learn more about The Rita.