“Mojave,” starring Oscar Isaac, Garrett Hedlund and Mark Wahlberg
Sunday, November 8, 7-9pm, Drexel Theater, 2254 E. Main St.
Written and Directed by Oscar winning screenwriter William Monaghan (The Departed). In this electrifying and darkly comedic Hollywood neo-noir, an artist has an ominous encounter with a drifter in the desert, which gets taken to shocking extremes when the drifter follows him back to his privileged L.A. home life.
In conjunction with Columbus International Film and Video Festival, 11-5-2015 to 11-14-2015.
LGBT Fest: Doc Night, presented by Stonewall Columbus
Saturday, November 7, 7-9pm, Columbus College Of Art and Design, Canzani Center, 60 Cleveland Ave.
Includes the following films:
• “How a Love Story Triumphed in the Courts”
• “11 Life Lessons From An Awesome Old Dyke”
• “Upstairs Inferno”
In conjunction with Columbus International Film and Video Festival, 11-5-2015 to 11-14-2015.
Saturday Morning Cartoons From Around the World
Saturday, November 7, 10-11:30am, Drexel Theater, 2254 E. Main St.
Come see some of the best cartoons from around the world. Free for all children. There will be animation activities before the event.
In conjunction with Columbus International Film and Video Festival, 11-5-2015 to 11-14-2015.
The Experimental Film Gallery, hosted at the Vanderelli Room!
Friday, November 6, 7-10pm, Vanderelli Room, 218 McDowell St.
An eclectic mix of the strange, the ambient visual eye candy from the new media category. Hosted at the Vanderelli Room in Franklinton, The Experimental Film Gallery will be presented in a unique gallery setting accompanied by some of Columbus’ best up-and-coming artists.
In conjunction with Columbus International Film and Video Festival, 11-5-2015 to 11-14-2015.
Columbus International Film and Video Festival Opening Night Film: “Krisha”
Thursday, November 5, 2015, 7:30-9:30pm, Drexel Theater, 2254 E. Main St.
This film is the SWSX grand jury prize winner.
In conjunction with Columbus International Film and Video Festival, 11-5-2015 to 11-14-2015.
See “My Left Foot” at the Puffin Collaborative Film Festival
Sunday, October 11, 2pm, Gateway Film Center, South Campus Gateway, 1550 N. High St.
Revolutionary Medicine: A Story of the First Garifuna Hospital
This is the second of two film screenings about Honduras with documentarian Jesse Freeston, a filmmaker and video-journalist based in Montréal, Québec. Revolutionary Medicine: A Story of the First Garifuna Hospital is a documentary film about a community that got fed up and built their own hospital.
Sponsored by OSU Center for Latin American Studies.
Resistencia: The Fight for the Aguan Valley
This is the first of two film screenings about Honduras with documentarian Jesse Freeston, a filmmaker and video-journalist based in Montréal, Québec. Resistencia: The Fight for the Aguan Valley is a film about farmers in the Aguan Valley of Honduras who have been resisting the takeover of their land by a wealthy businessman who wants to plant it with African palm oil trees. About 80 community leaders have been killed in the years-long confrontation with Facusse’s private guards.
Sponsored by OSU Center for Latin American Studies.
Director’s Dialogue on Art and Social Change, Featuring Cincinnati Goddamn
Advancing the role of the arts in sparking meaningful dialogue about contemporary issues, this fall’s “Director’s Dialogue” features the powerful and timely documentary Cincinnati Goddamn. Supported by our Film/Video Studio Program, the film captures the personal trauma and civic unrest that followed the deaths of 15 African American men at the hands of Cincinnati police from 1995 to 2001. The screening will be followed by a compelling discussion with filmmakers April Martin and the Wexner Center’s own Paul Hill.
“Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret”
Animal agriculture is the leading cause of deforestation, water consumption and pollution, is responsible for more greenhouse gases than the transportation industry, and is a primary driver of rainforest destruction, species extinction, habitat loss, topsoil erosion, ocean “dead zones,” and virtually every other environmental ill.