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The Global Film Initiative is pleased to announce that the following films are now available on DVD The Student | Excuse My French | 10 to 11 | Voice of My Father | Adios Carmen | Pegasus | Image Threads | Nina’s Dowry| The Pardon | Halima’s Path | Pelo Malo/Bad Hair | Southwest New York audiences have a second chance to view 9 Global Lens films that they might have been overlooked during their initial screenings. Our special thanks to Curator Jytte Jensen who has championed GFI’s activities for the past twelve years, and for her role as an uncompromising supporter of films from emerging nations. The films and the dates of screenings are as follows: Saturday, April 4 About 111 Girls (Darbare 111 Doktar) Iraq | Directed by Nahid Ghobadi & Bijan Zamanpira (79 mins.) — A government official, carrying a message from Iran’s president, travels across Iranian Kurdistan with his driver and a young guide on a mission to stop 111 young Kurdish women from committing suicide. Sunday, April 5 Egypt | Directed by Mohamed Diab (100 mins.)- Three Cairene women from different backgrounds join together in uneasy solidarity to combat the sexual harassment that has impacted each of their lives. Kazakhstan by Darezhan Omirbayev (90 mins.)-A solitary philosophy student steers his directionless life toward the commission of a violent crime. Monday, April 6 Pegase Morocco | Directed by Mohamed Mouftakir (104 mins.)-An emotionally exhausted psychiatrist assigned to a pregnant young woman found in the street muttering about “The Lord of the Hope.” Qarantina Iraq | Directed by Oday Rasheed (90 mins.)-A broken family with Continue reading Nine Global Lens Films Featured in April 2015 Series at MOMA Cairo, Egypt | Friday- 6 February, 2015 In a fresh breakthrough for Mohamed Khan‘s Factory Girl across film festivals worldwide, Arab Cinema in Sweden (ACIS), a distribution arm under the umbrella of Malmo Arab Film Festival, has announced the theatrical release of Factory Girl across Sweden on Friday, April 24th, 2015. Marking the film’s first release beyond the Arab world, Factory Girl is part of the European Film Market (EFM) within 65th Berlin International Film Festival. Across Sweden where the largest Arabic-speaking community resides in Europe, Factory Girl will release in 12 screening venues including, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Norrkoping, Fajo, Umeå, Luleå, Lund and Hillsburg. Produced by Mohamed Samir‘s DayDream Art Production, MAD Solution handled the distribution of Factory Girl in the Arab world, which also helms the Arab Cinema Center in its 1st edition at Berlinale as part of its long-term strategy to support and promote the Arab filmmaking industry in the Arab world. Alaa Karkouti, CEO and Co-founder of MAD Solutions commented, “Factory Girl‘s theatrical release across Sweden is going to function as a new window on the Arab cinema for all film lovers in Sweden. He further added, “Our collaboration with the ACIS is an important step to us, as the screening of Factory Girl will highlight the artistic diversity and abundance of the Arab cinema. Since its inception, Malmo Arab Film Festival has been playing a crucial role in backing Arab filmmakers and this step marks a culmination of these long-standing efforts.” Expressing his eagerness Continue reading Recipient of 2012 Global Film Initiative Grant Factory Girl – Congratulations!
On June 12th, more than 250 people gathered at the historic Clay Theater in San Francisco to meet Dr. Bruce Miller, UCSF Dept. of Neurology Memory and Aging Center and filmmaker, Banker White, at the screening of his extraordinary documentary film, The Genius of Marian—an intimate portrait exploring the tragedy of Alzheimers, the power of art, and the meaning of family. As our population ages and so many are connected to someone struggling with Alzheimer’s, The Genius of Marian offers inspiration, illuminating the love and dignity to be found along the journey.
Future Filmmaker, 2013 Young Filmmakers Camp Photo by Lizzy Brooks 2014 YOUNG FILMMAKERS CAMP JULY 7 - AUGUST 8 LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE, ENROLL NOW This intensive film program is an opportunity for teens to learn from first-class film professionals in a fun, interactive, collaborative environment. Aspiring filmmakers can enroll in in either the 2-week Starter Lab or the 2-week Advanced Lab — or take both for a full four weeks of total film.
THE PARADE (Global Lens 2013) plays The Human Rights Watch Film Festival in New York this June THE PARADE, STUDENT and the rest of Global Lens 2013 soak up the summer screen… Global Lens 2013 is heating up screens across the country all through the summer! This month in the spotlight: Srdjan Dragojević’s THE PARADE is set to screen at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival this month (June 13-23) in New York City. Through its humane and shrewdly comedic story, this powerful film exposes us to gay rights issues that many face in Serbia today.
Continue reading Now Playing: Global Lens Dives Into Summer  Leave a comment  About GFI, Asia, Canada, Central Asia, Distribution, Distributors, Eastern Europe, Europe, Events, Festivals, Films, Global Lens, New York, News, North America, Partners, Television, Theatrical & Non-theatrical  Anthology Film Archives, Belgrade, Darezhan Omirbayev, Gay Rights, Human Rights Watch Film Festival, Kazakhstan, serbia, Srdjan Dragojević, Student, The Parade, Vutopia
The Global Film Initiative held an event for local friends that might be called a purist-cinephile’s dream-a screening of Eduardo Nunes’ visually striking, black and white film, SOUTHWEST, in 35mm, at San Francisco’s historic Clay Theater. It was a return to the collective spectatorship that went hand-in-hand with the cinematic experience in days before the advent of personal computers and televisions, a celebration of film and the connectivity it can provide. Continue reading FEATURE: SOUTHWEST Screened at San Francisco’s Historic Clay Theater in 35mm 
Screening of TANTA AGUA NINAH’S DOWRY (Cameroon), SO MUCH WATER (Uruguay) and WHEN I SAW YOU (Palestine/Jordan) are just a few titles among a host of Global Lens films and grant recipients keeping our news feed a-buzzing… The buzz just won’t stop. From nominations, to awards, to screenings in festivals across the globe, GFI grant recipients and Global Lens films are continuing to impress in a big way. Check out the most recent news: Continue reading FESTIVALS & AWARDS: Africa Movie Academy Awards, Miami IFF, ReelWorld FF and festivals, festivals, FESTIVALS! Leave a comment About GFI, Africa, Awards, Central America, Distributors, Europe, Events, Festival, Festivals, Filmmakers, Films, Funders, Global Lens, Granting, Industry, Latin America, Los Angeles, Miami, News, North America, Producers, South America, Toronto, Washington D.C., West Coast Africa Movie Academy Awards, AMAA, Amurin Wumnembom, Ana Guevara, annemarie jacir, argentina, Argentina International Film Festival of Political Cinema, Ayam Beirut Al Cinema'iya, Bad Hair, Barranquilla International Film Festival, Beijing Flickers, Beirut DC, Berkshire IFF, BEV, Birds Eye View Film Festival, Cairo 678, cameroon, china, Cinema Days Beirut Arab Film Festival, colombia, Crista Eka, Cristian Pellegrini, Environmental Film Festival, Fat Bald Short Man, FICBAQ, FICG, FICIP, Guadala, IFFLA, Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, Indonesia, jordan, Jordan Alexander Ressler Screenwriting Award, Juan Sebastian Jacome, Knight Grand Jury Prize, Leticia Jorge, London, Mariana Rondon, Mbutung Seikeh, Mejor Opera Prima Award, Miami Future Cinema Critics Award, Miami International Film Festival, Modest Reception, ninah's dowry, palestine, Panama, Phoenix, Phoenix Film Festival, ReelWorld Film Festival, Route of the Moon, San Sebastian International Film Festival, Shyamal Uncle Turns Off the Lights, SO MUCH WATER, Sonoma, The Mirror Never Lies, Uruguay, Veronica's Passion, When I Saw You, Zhang Yuan 
Angelica Dongallo speaks to students and teachers at last year’s screening World Cinema Week is just around the corner, and with it comes our second annual educational screening with our neighbors at Ninth Street, TILT… As March draws to a close, it’s impossible not to notice a change in the San Francisco air. The weather is getting warmer, the birds are chirping, the flowers are blooming, and here at The Global Film Initiative we know that this can only mean one thing: World Cinema Week is right around the corner! Continue reading EDUCATION: TILT and GFI-A Match Made in Film Education Heaven Leave a comment About GFI, Children & Youth, Education, Events, Films, News, North America, Partners, Partners, San Francisco, Secondary & High School, Topics ACCC, Angelica Dongallo, Arab Cultural and Community Center, Arise High School, Bernadette Montez, Cairo 678, getting home, Midpen Community Media Center, Mohamed Diab, ninth street independent film center, Oakland School for the Arts, San Lorenzo High, Teaching Intermedia Literacy Tools, The Marin School, Thurgood Marshall High School, TILT, Visions in Education, world cinema week, zhang yang
The Global Lens film series first caught Robert Peaslee’s eyes as a doctoral candidate at the University of Colorado-Boulder. Fast forward to the present, and Peaslee, now an Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University, has been screening GFI’s Global Lens series at the university’s College of Media and Communications for five years! This relationship has fostered engaging discussions in an educational setting, while also providing an important context for students living in a world where international stories are told from a domestic perspective… Continue reading SPOTLIGHT: Rob Peaslee of Texas Tech University |
     
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A birth, a death, a lifetime-Eduardo Nunes’ incredible debut feature film contains the longest measure of time imaginable in a single day and on April 10, GFI hosted one unforgettable screening of the film…
Texas Tech University Professor of Media and Communication Robert Peaslee talks to GFI about screening Global Lens and the importance of international film in education…