The Clarion University–Venango Campus Independent Film Series is free and open to the public. The series will feature films from independent filmmakers from Italy, the United Kingdom, Sweden and the United States. All films will be shown in the Robert W. Rhoades Center Auditorium. For questions regarding the series or any of the films, please contact Emily Aubele at 676-6591, ext. 1269.
All films will be shown on SATURDAYS at 7:00PM.
September 19, Wendy and Lucy, Rated R – Wendy Carroll is driving to Ketchikan, Alaska, in hopes of a summer of lucrative work at the Northwestern Fish cannery, and the start of a new life with her dog, Lucy. When her car breaks down in Oregon, however, the thin fabric of her financial situation comes apart, and she confronts a series of increasingly dire economic decisions, with far-ranging repercussions for herself and Lucy.
September 26, Milk, Rated R – In 1977, Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, becoming the first openly gay man to be voted into public office in America. His victory was not just a victory for gay rights; he forged coalitions across the political spectrum. From senior citizens to union workers, Harvey Milk changed the very nature of what it means to be a fighter for human rights and became, before his untimely death in 1978, a hero for all Americans.
October 17, The Son of Rambow, Rated PG-13 – Son of Rambow is a hilariously fresh and visually inventive take on friendship, family, film heroes and the death-defying adventures of growing up in the video age. The story takes place in 1980s Britain, where young Will Proudfoot is raised in isolation among The Brethren, a puritanical religious sect in which music and TV are strictly forbidden. When Will encounters his first movie, a pirated copy of Rambo: First Blood, his imagination is blown wide open. Now, Will sets out to join forces with the seemingly diabolical school bully, Lee Carter, to make their own action epic, devising wildly creative, on-the-fly stunts, not to mention equally elaborate schemes for creating a movie of total commitment and non-stop thrills while hiding out from The Brethren.
October 24, Revolutionary Road, Rated R – Adapted from the landmark novel by Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road is an incisive portrait of an American marriage seen through the eyes of Frank (three-time Academy Award® nominee Leonardo DiCaprio) and April (five-time Academy Award® nominee Kate Winslett)Wheeler. Yates’ story of 1950s America poses a question that has been reverberating through modern relationships ever since: can two people break away from the ordinary without breaking apart?
October 31, Let the Right One In, Rated R – Oskar is an androgynous 12-year-old-boy who is being bullied at school. He befriends a peculiar girl, Eli, who moves in next door, and it turns out that she is a vampire. The two form an odd friendship as she gives him the strength he needs to fight back at those who are picking on him. In Swedish with English subtitles
November 7, Phoebe in Wonderland, Not Rated – Phoebe is the young daughter of two writers who is confounded by her clashes with the rule-obsessed world around her. Phoebe is in trouble at school all the time but finds a temporary focus when she tries out for their upcoming production of “Alice in Wonderland.” A caring teacher and her concerned mother work through the confusing world of a child with undiagnosed Tourette’s syndrome.
November 14, My Brother is an Only Child, Rated R – In a province just south of Rome we are introduced to Accio, one of a family of seven, who is a difficult child and drives his parents to desperation. He thinks that he wants to join a mission but soon realizes that priesthood is not for him. He returns home and becomes politically involved in the local Fascist Party in rebellion against his family’s leftist beliefs.
November 21, Henry Poole is Here, Rated R – Luke Wilson (The Royal Tenenbaums, Old School), Academy Award® nominee Adriana Barraza (Babel) and Radha Mitchell (Finding Neverland) star in a modern-day fable about the unexpected wonders of the everyday from director Mark Pellington (U2 3D, The Mothman Prophesies). Henry Poole is Here tells the funny, poignant and uplifting story of a disillusioned man who attempts to hide from life in a rundown suburban tract home only to discover he cannot escape the forces of hope.
December 12, Charlie Bartlett, Rated R – An eccentric and wealthy teenager has trouble fitting in at his new school until he gets a reputation for dishing out psychiatric advice and the occasional prescription drug. He avoids trouble by using his talents to help the school's world-weary principal patch up his relationship with his estranged daughter.
Clarion University-Venango Campus, located in Oil City, is the oldest regional campus in Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education. The campus provides high-quality educational programs and personalized services to help students succeed. Students can begin any of Clarion University’s 90+ bachelor’s degrees at the Venango Campus, earn an associate degree, a bachelor’s or master’s degree in select areas, obtain a one-year certificate or participate in a variety of professional development and personal enrichment courses. The campus is home to Clarion University’s School of Nursing and Allied Health, the Department of Applied Technology, and the Venango Department of Arts and Sciences. Clarion University-Venango Campus is committed to serving the needs of the community.
