Freer and Sackler Galleries Films

Mourning

11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Friday, February 10, 2012, 7 PM

Winner of the top prize at the 2011 Busan International Film Festival, Morteza Farshbaf’s debut feature is unique in a number of ways—not the least of which is that the two main characters are deaf and communicate almost entirely in sign language. As the characters bicker during a road trip, the audience learns tantalizing pieces of information about their passenger, a young relative whose parents disappeared in the middle of the night. A protégé of Abbas Kiarostami, Farshbaf “fashions a consistently surprising and blackly comic road trip that may herald the arrival of a major new Iranian talent” (Institute of Contemporary Art, London). (Dir.: Morteza Farshbaf, Iran, 2011, 84 min., Persian and sign language with English subtitles)

Categories: Films
Co-sponsor: This screening is copresented by the Global Film Initiative and is part of the Global Lens 2012 film series. For more information, visit www.globalfilm.org.
Venue: Freer Gallery
Event Location: Meyer Auditorium
Cost: Free; walk-in.

Mourning

12 Feb 2012 19:00:00 GMT

Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2 PM

Winner of the top prize at the 2011 Busan International Film Festival, Morteza Farshbaf’s debut feature is unique in a number of ways—not the least of which is that the two main characters are deaf and communicate almost entirely in sign language. As the characters bicker during a road trip, the audience learns tantalizing pieces of information about their passenger, a young relative whose parents disappeared in the middle of the night. A protégé of Abbas Kiarostami, Farshbaf “fashions a consistently surprising and blackly comic road trip that may herald the arrival of a major new Iranian talent” (Institute of Contemporary Art, London). (Dir.: Morteza Farshbaf, Iran, 2011, 84 min., Persian and sign language with English subtitles)

Categories: Films
Co-sponsor: This screening is copresented by the Global Film Initiative and is part of the Global Lens 2012 film series. For more information, visit www.globalfilm.org.
Venue: Freer Gallery
Event Location: Meyer Auditorium
Cost: Free; walk-in.

Noodles and a Movie at the Freer!

15 Feb 2012 23:00:00 GMT

Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 6 PM

To introduce Taiwan's food culture and celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office collaborates with the Freer and Sackler in welcoming foodies and cinema lovers to savor a free film and feast.

One of Taiwan's top culinary artists, chef Hou Chun-sheng, winner of the 2011 Taipei Beef Noodle Soup Competition, serves his special beef noodles during a reception at the Freer, followed by a screening of Eat Drink Man Woman. Chef Hou's beef noodles are a must-eat for international gourmets and the perfect dish to prepare viewers for Eat Drink Man Woman—Taiwan-born director Ang Lee's food-centered film about an elderly chef and his family as they experience the trials and joys of life in modern Taiwan. Settle in and enjoy an evening of homestyle Taiwan food culture! Free and open to the public.

Categories: Films
Venue: Freer Gallery
Event Location: Meyer Auditorium
Cost: Free; walk-in.

Here without Me

18 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Friday, February 17, 2012, 7 PM

Bahram Tavakoli’s adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play The Glass Menagerie is a brilliantly acted restaging of the original’s themes within the cultural confines of contemporary Iran. As in Williams’ play, the story is told from the point of view of a cinema-haunting young man. His shy, disabled sister takes refuge in her collection of glass animals while their overbearing mother, played with motor-mouthed aplomb by Montreal Film Festival award-winner Fatemeh Motamed-Arya, works desperately to match her with a marriageable man—which she thinks she may have found in her son’s best friend. (Dir.: Bahram Tavakoli, Iran, 2011, 97 min., Persian with English subtitles)

Categories: Films
Venue: Freer Gallery
Event Location: Meyer Auditorium
Cost: Free; walk-in.

Here without Me

19 Feb 2012 19:00:00 GMT

Sunday, February 19, 2012, 2 PM

Bahram Tavakoli’s adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play The Glass Menagerie is a brilliantly acted restaging of the original’s themes within the cultural confines of contemporary Iran. As in Williams’ play, the story is told from the point of view of a cinema-haunting young man. His shy, disabled sister takes refuge in her collection of glass animals while their overbearing mother, played with motor-mouthed aplomb by Montreal Film Festival award-winner Fatemeh Motamed-Arya, works desperately to match her with a marriageable man—which she thinks she may have found in her son’s best friend. (Dir.: Bahram Tavakoli, Iran, 2011, 97 min., Persian with English subtitles)

Categories: Films
Venue: Freer Gallery
Event Location: Meyer Auditorium
Cost: Free; walk-in.