Community Calendar

Cinema International is part of Murray State University’s educational mission and hosts a post-screening discussion for every film. Admission is free. All screenings are in Faculty Hall 208 at 7:30pm.

“Un traductor.”
Cuba/Canada, 2018.

Directed by Rodrigo and Sebastián Barriuso González-Mora. Starring Rodrigo Santoro, Maricel Álvarez, and Yoandra Suárez.

In Spanish and Russian with English subtitles. TV-MA, 107 minutes.

In 1989, a Cuban professor of Russian Literature is summoned to a hospital to translate for an unexpected group of patients: Soviet children dying of radiation poisoning after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. His involvement with the hospital strains his family life as Cuba enters its challenging post-Soviet “Special Period.” Based on the life of the directors’ father. Presented as part of the Spanish Film Club series with the support of Pragda and the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain.

Cinema International is part of Murray State University’s educational mission and hosts a post-screening discussion for every film. Admission is free. All screenings are in Faculty Hall 208 at 7:30pm.

“Un traductor.”
Cuba/Canada, 2018.

Directed by Rodrigo and Sebastián Barriuso González-Mora. Starring Rodrigo Santoro, Maricel Álvarez, and Yoandra Suárez.

In Spanish and Russian with English subtitles. TV-MA, 107 minutes.

In 1989, a Cuban professor of Russian Literature is summoned to a hospital to translate for an unexpected group of patients: Soviet children dying of radiation poisoning after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. His involvement with the hospital strains his family life as Cuba enters its challenging post-Soviet “Special Period.” Based on the life of the directors’ father. Presented as part of the Spanish Film Club series with the support of Pragda and the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain.

Cinema International is part of Murray State University’s educational mission and hosts a post-screening discussion for every film. Admission is free. All screenings are in Faculty Hall 208 at 7:30pm.

“Parallel Mothers.” Spain, 2021.

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Penélope Cruz, Milena Smit, Israel Elejalde, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Rossy de Palma, and Julieta Serrano.

In Spanish with English subtitles. R, 123 minutes.

When two pregnant Spanish women (Cruz and Smit) meet in a maternity ward and give birth on the same day, their lives become entangled in surprising and shocking ways. Acclaimed director Pedro Almodóvar connects this tale of crime, lies, love, and heartbreak to the reality of modern Spain, a nation still struggling to uncover the buried secrets of the Spanish Civil War. Presented as part of the Spanish Film Club series with the support of Pragda and the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain.

Cinema International is part of Murray State University’s educational mission and hosts a post-screening discussion for every film. Admission is free. All screenings are in Faculty Hall 208 at 7:30pm.

“Parallel Mothers.” Spain, 2021.

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Penélope Cruz, Milena Smit, Israel Elejalde, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Rossy de Palma, and Julieta Serrano.

In Spanish with English subtitles. R, 123 minutes.

When two pregnant Spanish women (Cruz and Smit) meet in a maternity ward and give birth on the same day, their lives become entangled in surprising and shocking ways. Acclaimed director Pedro Almodóvar connects this tale of crime, lies, love, and heartbreak to the reality of modern Spain, a nation still struggling to uncover the buried secrets of the Spanish Civil War. Presented as part of the Spanish Film Club series with the support of Pragda and the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain.

Cinema International is part of Murray State University’s educational mission and hosts a post-screening discussion for every film. Admission is free. All screenings are in Faculty Hall 208 at 7:30pm.

“Sugarcane.” Canada/US, 2024

Directed by Emily Kassie and Julian Brave NoiseCat. Starring Willie Sellars, Charlene Belleau, and Whitney Spearing.

In English and Secwepemctsín with English subtitles. NR, 107 minutes.

In this documentary, indigenous community members in British Columbia launch an investigation into the unmarked graves at St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School. The quest for truth is personal for co-director Julian Brave NoiseCat, whose own father was victimized by the school; the film is part of Canada’s national reckoning over state-sponsored violence against First Nations people. Presented with the support of the Department of English and Philosophy.

Cinema International is part of Murray State University’s educational mission and hosts a post-screening discussion for every film. Admission is free. All screenings are in Faculty Hall 208 at 7:30pm.

“Sugarcane.” Canada/US, 2024.

Directed by Emily Kassie and Julian Brave NoiseCat. Starring Willie Sellars, Charlene Belleau, and Whitney Spearing.

In English and Secwepemctsín with English subtitles. NR, 107 minutes.

In this documentary, indigenous community members in British Columbia launch an investigation into the unmarked graves at St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School. The quest for truth is personal for co-director Julian Brave NoiseCat, whose own father was victimized by the school; the film is part of Canada’s national reckoning over state-sponsored violence against First Nations people. Presented with the support of the Department of English and Philosophy.

Cinema International is part of Murray State University’s educational mission and hosts a post-screening discussion for every film. Admission is free. All screenings are in Faculty Hall 208 at 7:30pm.

“Memories of my Father.”
Colombia, 2022.

Directed by Fernando Trueba. Starring Javier Cámara, Nicolás Reyes Cano, and Juan Pablo Urrego.

In Spanish with English subtitles. NR, 136 minutes.

This drama portrays two decades in the life of Héctor Abad Gómez, a doctor, human rights activist, and politician whose fight for public health and poverty reduction in Colombia strains his relationship with his family and earns him dangerous enemies. Told from the perspective of Abad Gómez’s son, who in real life wrote the bestselling semiautobiographical novel on which the movie is based. Presented as part of the Spanish Film Club series with the support of Pragda and the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain.

Cinema International is part of Murray State University’s educational mission and hosts a post-screening discussion for every film. Admission is free. All screenings are in Faculty Hall 208 at 7:30pm.

“Memories of my Father.”
Colombia, 2022.

Directed by Fernando Trueba. Starring Javier Cámara, Nicolás Reyes Cano, and Juan Pablo Urrego.

In Spanish with English subtitles. NR, 136 minutes.

This drama portrays two decades in the life of Héctor Abad Gómez, a doctor, human rights activist, and politician whose fight for public health and poverty reduction in Colombia strains his relationship with his family and earns him dangerous enemies. Told from the perspective of Abad Gómez’s son, who in real life wrote the bestselling semiautobiographical novel on which the movie is based. Presented as part of the Spanish Film Club series with the support of Pragda and the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain.

Cinema International is part of Murray State University’s educational mission and hosts a post-screening discussion for every film. Admission is free. All screenings are in Faculty Hall 208 at 7:30pm.

“Vampire Cleanup Department”. Hong Kong, 2017.

Directed by Sin-Hang Chiu and Pak-Win Yan. Starring Babyjohn Choi, Min Chen Lin, and Siu-Ho Chin.

In Cantonese with English subtitles. NR, 93 minutes.

In this horror/comedy/romance/martial arts mashup, a young street sweeper with a tragic past joins a government agency that fights vampires in Hong Kong. As he trains to become a vampire hunter, he falls in love with a seemingly innocent vampire girl, who may or may not be able to regain her humanity. Drawing on Chinese vampire mythology, Daoist spirituality, and Western zombie and vampire films, Vampire Cleanup Department—like Hong Kong itself—lives at the intersection of multiple worlds.