Special Events and Guest Speakers

Visiting Artists and Guest Speakers

Twenty to thirty guest filmmakers and other speakers attend Cornell Cinema screenings each year to introduce and discuss their work. Some also visit film production or other classes while on campus. Over its near-50 year history, hundreds of filmmakers and other artists have been hosted by Cornell Cinema. Coming soon: a partial listing of visiting filmmakers, musicians & other guests hosted by Cornell Cinema over the past few decades.

Special Guests Spring 2020

Andrew Campana (Asian Studies): introduces Hiyao Miyazaki’s Castle in the Sky; Thur Jan 30 @ 8:30
Jumay Chu (PMA): introduces If the Dancer Dances; a backstage chronicle of choreographer Stephen Petronio's effort to revive Cunningham's 'RainForest'; Fri Feb 7 @ 6:45
Gospel ensemble Baraka Kwa Wimbo: performs prior to a screening of a 25th anniversary restoration of legendary gospel music doc Say Amen, Somebody; Wed Feb 12 @ 6:45
Dr. Philip Carli: provides live piano accompaniment to Steamboat Bill, Jr. starring Buster Keaton; Sat Feb 15 @ 2:00 (Special pricing: $7 for adults, $5 for kids age 12 & under (no All-Access Passes accepted))
Philip Carli (piano), Tammy Keller (cello) & M. David Shemancik (clarinet): perform Carli’s original score to the 1922 UK silent comedy The Wheels of Chance; Sat Feb 15 @ 4:30 (Special pricing: $7 general/$5 students (no All-Access Passes accepted))
Deborah Starr (NES) & Israeli filmmaker Rafael Balalu: Present Levantine; Director Balulu traces the footsteps of the Levantine thinker and author, Jacqueline; Tues Feb 18 @ 7:00 (FREE)
Andrew Campana (Asian Studies): Thur Feb 20 @ 8:45
Mistress of Purremonies Leah Shafer ’94/’99/’08: Sat Feb 22 @ 2:00 (Special pricing: $5 adults/ $4 kids age 12 & under (no All-Access Passes accepted)); Sun Feb 23 @ 4:30 (Special pricing: $7 general/$5.50 students (no All-Access Passes accepted))
Legendary guitarist Gary Lucas: performs his score to Paul Wegener’s classic 1920 German silent The Golem; Wed Mar 4 @ 7:15 (Special Pricing: $14 general/$11 students ($3 off for All-Access Pass holders))
Screenwriter Guinevere Turner: participates in a Q&A facilitated by film professor Jeff Palmer (PMA) following a screening of American Psycho; Turner, who adapted Bret Easton Ellis' novel about a yuppie serial killer in 80's New York for director Mary Harron also collaborated on Harron’s The Notorious Betty Page and Charlie Says (screening on Mar 9); Tues Mar 10 @ 6:45
Patricia Keller (Romance Studies): introduces All Night Long (La noche que no acaba) a doc about actress Ava Gardner's love affair with the country of Spain; Wed Mar 11 @ 6:45
Filmmaker Marcela Arteaga: Presents the doc The Guardian of Memory, profiling asylum seekers from Mexico; Mon Mar 16 @ 6:45 (FREE)
Co-director Robert Bahar: presents The Silence of Others; Filmed over six years, the film reveals the epic struggle of victims of Spain's 40-year dictatorship under General Franco as they organize a groundbreaking international lawsuit and fight a "pact of forgetting" around the crimes they suffered; Tues Mar 17 @ 6:45
Artist & filmmaker Luis Macias: performs Your Eyes are Spectral Machines: Live Projector Performance; Three projection performances—involving 16mm, 35mm and slide projectors—by artist Luis Macias, co-founder of Crater Lab; Fri Mar 20 @ 7:00
Patricia Keller (Romance Studies): Tues Mar 24 @ 6:45
Patricia Keller (Romance Studies): introduces Emotional Cartographies: The Films of Laida Lertxundi; Laida Lertxundi was born in Bilbao, Spain, and makes 16mm films primarily in and around Los Angeles; Wed Apr 8 @ 7:00
Andrew Campana (Asian Studies): introduces Makoto Shinkai’s 2016 anime Your Name; Thur Apr 9 @ 9:00
Filmmakers Deborah Hoard & Robert Lieberman: Echoes of the Empire: Beyond Genghis Khan, a stunning cinematic view of Mongolia's past and present; Sat Apr 11 @ 7:00 (Please note: All-Access Passes not accepted)
Filmmaker Brett Story: presents his doc The Hottest August, filmed over one month in New York City and its outer boroughs in 2017; Wed Apr 22 @ 7:00

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Special Guests Spring 2020