Foreign Film Friday: TBA Feature Film Winner from Twin Rivers Media Festival
The winner of the Feature Film category in 31st annual Twin Rivers Media Film Festival will be Friday’s film, yet to be announced. Check back for details! This will be part of the 3-day long event at Flood Gallery Sept. 25-27.
31st Annual Twin Rivers Media Festival
Screenings Sept. 25-26-27
Pre-buy tickets at https://filmfreeway.com/trmf/tickets or pay at the door. $10 per day or $30 for the whole weekend. Doors open half hour before start. Friday Feature Winner begins at 7pm. Saturday 11am-5pm features Documentary, Animation, and Short Drama Films. Sunday 11am-6pm features Anti War, Animation, Experimental Films, AI, Experimental Music performance (Featuring Emily Hay, Mongo Sondo, and Taumi Johanson), and Asheville Category Films. Check the Flood Gallery website and Facebook page for updated schedule and details. Complimentary food & drink available.
Foreign Film Friday: “Seven Beauties”
September features women directors/filmmakers from around the world!
(1975, 2 hr, Italy, Comedy/War/Drama by Lina Wertmüller)
Italian satirical drama that follows a small-time Neapolitan thug navigating war and imprisonment to survive. The narrative traces Pasqualino’s moral degradation from deserting the Italian army and entering a Nazi concentration camp to committing harrowing betrayals just to stay alive.
Donation-based admission. Light refreshments available.
Classic movies from around the world every Friday at 7!
Centrally located just off I-240 Exit 8; River Ridge Business Center, Suite 1200, 802 Fairview Rd, Asheville 28803 (behind Hamrick’s and Sun Soo Martial Arts, next to Hot Yoga Asheville and Asheville Dance Theater)
Lina Wertmüller
Foreign Film Friday: “Beau Travail”
September features women directors/filmmakers from around the world!
(1966, 1h 51m, French, Drama/War by Claire Denis)
French psychological drama about a group of French Foreign Legion soldiers stationed in the sunbaked desert of Djibouti, East Africa.
Donation-based admission. Light refreshments available.
Classic movies from around the world every Friday at 7!
Centrally located just off I-240 Exit 8; River Ridge Business Center, Suite 1200, 802 Fairview Rd, Asheville 28803 (behind Hamrick’s and Sun Soo Martial Arts, next to Hot Yoga Asheville and Asheville Dance Theater)
Director Claire Denis
Foreign Film Friday: “Portrait of A Lady On Fire”
September features women directors/filmmakers from around the world!
(2019, 2hours, French, Romance/ Drama by Celine Sciamma) 39 wins, 155 nominations)
French historical romantic drama about a painter who falls in love with the reluctant bride-to-be she has been secretly commissioned to paint.
Donation-based admission. Light refreshments available.
Classic movies from around the world every Friday at 7!
Centrally located just off I-240 Exit 8; River Ridge Business Center, Suite 1200, 802 Fairview Rd, Asheville 28803 (behind Hamrick’s and Sun Soo Martial Arts, next to Hot Yoga Asheville and Asheville Dance Theater)
Director Celine Sciamma
Foreign Film Friday: “ Viridiana”
(1961, 1h31m, Spain/Mexico, Comedy/Drama by Luis Buñuel)
Classic movies from around the world every Friday at 7!
Banned in Spain and denounced by the Vatican upon its premiere, Luis Buñuel’s irreverent vision of life as a beggar’s banquet is regarded by many as his masterpiece. In it, novice nun Viridiana (Silvia Pinal) does her utmost to maintain her Catholic principles, but her lecherous uncle (Fernando Rey) and a motley assemblage of paupers force her to confront the limits of her idealism. Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival, Viridiana is as audacious today as ever.
Donation-based admission. Light refreshments available.
Centrally located just off I-240 Exit 8; River Ridge Business Center, Suite 1200, 802 Fairview Rd, Asheville 28803 (behind Hamrick’s and Sun Soo Martial Arts, next to Hot Yoga Asheville and Asheville Dance Theater)
Foreign Film Friday: “ Persepolis”
(2007, 1h36m, France, War/Drama/Animation by Marjane Satrapi)
Classic movies from around the world every Friday at 7!
Persepolis balances the grim realities of the Islamic Revolution with dark comedy and humor, capturing Marji’s fiercely outspoken, rebellious childhood as she rocks out to smuggled Iron Maiden tapes. Even as the story shifts to the heartbreak of war and lonely European exile, it maintains a witty, energetic charm that highlights her resilient spirit before she ultimately chooses permanent freedom.
Donation-based admission. Light refreshments available.
Centrally located just off I-240 Exit 8; River Ridge Business Center, Suite 1200, 802 Fairview Rd, Asheville 28803 (behind Hamrick’s and Sun Soo Martial Arts, next to Hot Yoga Asheville and Asheville Dance Theater)
Foreign Film Friday: “Juliet of the Spirits”
(1965, 2h 17m, Italy, Fantasy/Comedy by Federico Fellini)
Classic movies from around the world every Friday at 7!
Fellini’s first feature-length color film is a surrealist drama starring his wife Giulietta Masina as Juliet, a middle-aged housewife who navigates a painful marital crisis through dreams, visions, and spiritualism.
Donation-based admission. Light refreshments available.
Centrally located just off I-240 Exit 8; River Ridge Business Center, Suite 1200, 802 Fairview Rd, Asheville 28803 (behind Hamrick’s and Sun Soo Martial Arts, next to Hot Yoga Asheville and Asheville Dance Theater)
Foreign Film Friday: “The Magic Flute”
(1975, 137m, Sweden, Musical/Fantasy/Comedy by Ingmar Bergman)
Classic movies from around the world every Friday at 7!
A joyous film adaptation of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera. Prince Tamino is tasked with rescuing Princess Pamina, aided by the bird-catcher Papageno and a magical flute. A celebration of love and forgiveness that exhibits a profound appreciation for the artifice and spectacle of the theater, The Magic Flute is among the most exquisite opera films ever made.
Donation-based admission. Light refreshments available.
Centrally located just off I-240 Exit 8; River Ridge Business Center, Suite 1200, 802 Fairview Rd, Asheville 28803 (behind Hamrick’s and Sun Soo Martial Arts, next to Hot Yoga Asheville and Asheville Dance Theater)
Foreign Film Friday: “Band of Outsiders”
(1964, 1h 35m, France, Crime/Comedy by Jen-Luc Goddard)
Classic movies from around the world every Friday at 7!
Two impressionable young men in Paris enlist the help of their naive, beautiful English-language classmate to rob her aunt’s lavish villa. Part crime caper and part romantic comedy, the French New Wave film deconstructs the gangster genre while delivering iconic, playful dance sequences and impromptu sprints through the Louvre.
Donation-based admission. Light refreshments available.
Centrally located just off I-240 Exit 8; River Ridge Business Center, Suite 1200, 802 Fairview Rd, Asheville 28803 (behind Hamrick’s and Sun Soo Martial Arts, next to Hot Yoga Asheville and Asheville Dance Theater)
Foreign Film Friday: “Theatre of Mr. & Mrs. Kabal”
(1967, 1h20m, France, Animation/Comedy by Walerian Borowczyk)
Classic movies from around the world every Friday at 7!
A series of loosely connected vignettes structured much like a vaudeville show, this “feature-length animated film for mature adults” is about a grotesquely mismatched but strangely loving couple who perform absurd, surreal, and sometimes cruel acts in a desert full of strange flora and fauna.
Donation-based admission. Light refreshments available.
Centrally located just off I-240 Exit 8; River Ridge Business Center, Suite 1200, 802 Fairview Rd, Asheville 28803 (behind Hamrick’s and Sun Soo Martial Arts, next to Hot Yoga Asheville and Asheville Dance Theater)
