Ackland Film Forum
Ackland Film Forum Talk: “Intermedial Feeling: How Kon Satoshi Animates the Self”
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesTalk by Thomas Lamarre, Middle Eastern and Asian Studies, Duke University The animated films of Kon Satoshi are often praised for the depth of their psychological portrayals. But how exactly is psychological depth produced in animation? To answer this question, I propose to consider the production of depth in animation in general, in order to…
Ackland Film Forum: “Mother” (dir. Bong Joon-ho, 2009, South Korea)
Varsity Theatre 123 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesMother Bong Joon-ho, South Korea, 2009 Introduction by I Jonathan Kief, Assistant Professor of Korean Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill, Department of Asian Studies 2h 9m FILM SYNOPSIS An early murder mystery from the director of Academy Award-winning “Parasite” (2019), “Mother” offers an exquisitely complex narrative and the eccentric mix of suspense and comedy for which Bong…
Ackland Film Forum: “The Grandmaster” (dir. Wong Kar-wai, 2013, South Korea)
Varsity Theatre 123 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThe Grandmaster Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong, 2013 2h 2m FILM SYNOPSIS Wong Kar-Wai, best known for his films "In the Mood for Love" and "Chungking Express," is has been a fixture of international art cinema for two decades. Coming to filmmaking from a background in design, Wong's films are richly textured, stunningly photographed, often driven…
CANCELED: Ackland Film Forum: “Ash is Purest White” (dir. Zhangke Jia, People’s Republic of China, 2018)
Varsity Theatre 123 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThe Ackland Art Museum has canceled this program as part of our response to the spread of coronavirus COVID-19 and based on recommendations from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Any additional updates will be posted on the Museum’s website. Ash is Purest White Zhangke Jia, People's Republic of China, 2018 Introduced by…
Ackland Film Forum: “Queer Genius” Watch Party & Panel
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThis fall, in collaboration with the Film Studies Programs in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill, the Ackland Film Forum presents an all virtual series on Queer Cinema. View the selected films on your own or join us for a watch party with the filmmaker. Watch parties will be followed by…
Ackland Film Forum: “In The Family” Watch Party and Panel
Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United StatesThis fall, in collaboration with the Film Studies Programs in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill, the Ackland Film Forum presents an all virtual series on Queer Cinema. View the selected films on your own or join us for a watch party with the filmmaker. Watch parties will be followed by…
Day With(out) Art 2020: TRANSMISSIONS
101 South Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesAckland Art Museum is proud to partner with Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2020 by presenting TRANSMISSIONS, a program of six new videos considering the impact of HIV and AIDS beyond the United States. The video program brings together artists working across the world: Jorge Bordello (Mexico), Gevi Dimitrakopoulou (Greece), Las Indetectables (Chile), George…
Ackland Film Forum: “But I’m a Cheerleader” Watch Party and Panel
Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United StatesThis fall, in collaboration with the Film Studies Programs in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill, the Ackland Film Forum presents an all virtual series on Queer Cinema. View the selected films on your own or join us for a watch party with the panelists. Watch parties will be followed by…
Ackland Film Forum: “Filibus” Watch Party and Panel
101 South Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThis spring, in collaboration with the Film Studies Programs in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill, the Ackland Film Forum continues its all virtual series on Queer Cinema, now expanding to a selection of four international films for a look at Global Queer Cinema. View the selected films on your own…
Ackland Film Forum: “Happy Together” Watch Party and Panel
Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United StatesJoin us for the second film in the Ackland Film Forum's spring series on Global Queer Cinema: Happy Together (Wong Kar Wai, 1997). The series is a collaboration with the Film Studies Program in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill, and features a selection of four international films presented in connection…