Film series: Campus Collaborations
Cornell Cinema is pleased to partner with departments and programs across campus to present films that engage diverse communities, explore pressing issues, and highlight cutting-edge research. Additional events will be added throughout the semester!
Jewish Studies Program at Cornell Cinema
The Jewish Studies Program ensures that the richness of Jewish culture is energetically presented at Cornell. This spring, Cornell Cinema is pleased to partner with the Jewish Studies Program to present three films that highlight prominent figures in Jewish cinema history. The program will include the 1937 Yiddish classic The Dybbuk, the new documentary Remembering Gene Wilder, which celebrates the life and work of actor Gene Wilder, and the Academy Award-winning drama The Brutalist, a provocative exploration of the Jewish immigrant experience in postwar American centered on a fictional architect László Tóth (played by Adam Brody).
Featuring:
The Dybbuk
(1937, dir. Michal Waszynski)
Tuesday, April 22, at 6pm
Remembering Gene Wilder - Q&A with writer Glenn Kirshbaum!
(2024, dir. Ron Frank)
Wednesday, April 23, at 7pm
The Brutalist
(2024, dir. Brady Corbet)
Thursday, April 24, at 7:30pm
Sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program at Cornell
Stories of Disability and Deafness
Stories about Deafness and disability are frequently told or portrayed by people who do not share these experiences. Just like with any other identity, it is crucial that Deaf and disabled individuals are given the platform to share their own voices. Representation matters.
Take the opportunity to learn from Deaf and disabled individuals directly, as they share their personal stories and journeys of identity. Each film offers a unique perspective, inviting you to reflect on the larger cultural context and how, regardless of being Deaf, disabled, or not, we all navigate this shared humanity together.
Featuring:
I Didn't See You There (2022, dir. Reid Davenport)
Tuesday, February 11, at 6pm
The Year Between (2022, dir. Alex Heller)
Monday, March 24, at 6pm
Deaf President Now! (2025, dir. Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim)
Monday, April 28, at 6pm
Sponsored by Student Disability Services at Cornell
North Campus Goes to the Movies
Sponsored by the Faculty Living-Learning Program
This spring, Cornell Cinema is pleased to partner with the Faculty-in-Residence Program on a series of film screenings that highlight a variety of themes. All events are free and open to the public and will feature commentary by faculty from the North Campus FIR program.
The Faculty-in-Residence (FIR) program was established in 1980 to enhance the personal growth and development of students and to nurture their intellectual interest through informal interactions with members of the faculty.
Oppenheimer (2023, dir. Christopher Nolan)
Wednesday, February 12, at 6pm
Alien (1979, dir. Ridley Scott)
Wednesday, March 19, at 7pm
Man's Best Friend (2023)
Wednesday, April 16, at 7pm
Love, Loss, and Longing
Join us for a two-part screening series offering tender glimpses into queerness centered on East and Southeast Asian contexts. Seen through the eyes of diasporic directors—Cambodian British Hong Khaou and Vietnamese American Leon Le—Lilting and Song Lang weave delicate, lyrical narratives to contemplate unexpected connections. Both debut feature films speak not only to the happenstance of those who enter our lives but also to the ephemerality of these relationships.
This series celebrates queer Asian filmmakers who employ cinematic language to traverse difficult spaces, reminding us of the playful gestures that films can offer to resituate our understanding of presence and absence, of memory and healing, and of intimacy and unspoken emotions.
Featuring:
Lilting (2014, dir. Hong Khaou)
Wednesday, March 5, at 6pm
Song Lang (2018, dir. Leon Le)
Wednesday, March 12, at 6pm
Sponsored by the East Asia Program and the Southeast Asia Program at the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies and co-presented by QGrads, Cornell’s LGBTQIA2S+ Graduate Student Association.
"Love, Loss, and Longing" is curated by Vince Ha, a Fulbright visiting researcher for the Southeast Asia Program at the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies.
All screenings are free and open to the public. For free tickets, please visit cornellcinema.eventive.org.
Criminal Court Case Closings in Cinema
In cinematic courtroom dramas, opening and closing arguments are frequently positioned as the climactic moment and filmmakers are meticulous in the ways they present rhetoric, pacing, physical performance, and audience reactions. This series showcases three memorable court cases in cinema in the hopes of educating and inspiring the lawyers of tomorrow.
Featuring:
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013, dir. Justin Chadwick)
Sunday, February 23, at 5pm
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962, dir. Robert Mulligan)
Sunday, March 23, at 5pm
Anatomy of a Fall (2023, dir. Justine Triet)
Sunday, April 20, at 8pm
Presented in collaboration with Professor Carlton Williams at Cornell Law School.
See below for more information about these and other campus collaborations added throughout the semester!
