OXNARD FILM SOCIETY
The Oxnard Film Society is a non-profit 501(c)(3) ARTS organization (#20-5734347).
presents
THE monday night foreign film series
Celebrating Our 15th Year
All dialog in films from non-English speaking countries will be presented in its original language accompanied by English subtitles
All dialog in films from non-English speaking countries will be presented in its original language accompanied by English subtitles
We finally bring back the winning Macedonian film GOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNYA to our patrons after a false start in August. We conclude this year's films with a coming of age drama from Canada, BEANS and the superlative documentary JULIA, on the trail blazing cook book author and television superstar, Julia Child.
We are presenting films in a safe environment in which patrons are required to be vaccinated and masks be worn unless eating or drinking. Our recent attendance has reached 60-70 patrons per screening with allows plenty of room to sit unemcumbered in a room with 234 seats.
Our Monday Night Foreign Film Series screens two films each month, the first and third Mondays at 3:30pm and 6:30pm at Plaza Cinemas 14. In our Virtual Cinema library we are streaming Hope (Norway).
We will continue our mission of providing the best of world cinema to our film lovers on Mondays and via Virtual Cinema.
Thanks and Be Safe, George J. Sandoval, Executive Director
We are presenting films in a safe environment in which patrons are required to be vaccinated and masks be worn unless eating or drinking. Our recent attendance has reached 60-70 patrons per screening with allows plenty of room to sit unemcumbered in a room with 234 seats.
Our Monday Night Foreign Film Series screens two films each month, the first and third Mondays at 3:30pm and 6:30pm at Plaza Cinemas 14. In our Virtual Cinema library we are streaming Hope (Norway).
We will continue our mission of providing the best of world cinema to our film lovers on Mondays and via Virtual Cinema.
Thanks and Be Safe, George J. Sandoval, Executive Director
Plaza Cinemas 14, 255 West 5th Street, Oxnard CA 93030
General Admission: $11.25
Seniors/Children: $8
General Admission: $11.25
Seniors/Children: $8
Monday, November 29th at 3:30pm and 6:30pm
God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya
2020 Macedonia 1hr 40minutes
Drama NR
In Macedonian with English
In Stip, a small town in Macedonia, every January the local priest throws a wooden cross into the river and hundreds of men dive after it. Good fortune and prosperity are guaranteed to the man who retrieves it. This time, Petrunya dives into the water on a whim and manages to grab the cross before the others. Her competitors are furious -- how dare a woman take part in their ritual? All hell breaks loose, but Petrunya holds her ground. She won her cross and will not give it up.
2020 Macedonia 1hr 40minutes
Drama NR
In Macedonian with English
In Stip, a small town in Macedonia, every January the local priest throws a wooden cross into the river and hundreds of men dive after it. Good fortune and prosperity are guaranteed to the man who retrieves it. This time, Petrunya dives into the water on a whim and manages to grab the cross before the others. Her competitors are furious -- how dare a woman take part in their ritual? All hell breaks loose, but Petrunya holds her ground. She won her cross and will not give it up.
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"God Exists, Her Name is Petruyna" is an ambitious and provocative film which demonstrates that the spirit of patriarchy still needs to be exorcised." - Joel Mayward, Cinemayward
"The director, Teona Strugar Mitevska, draws on actual events for this good-humored story of occupation and resistance." |
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Monday, December 6th at 3:30pm and 6:30pm
Beans
2021 Canada/USA 1hr 32minutes
Drama PG-13
In English
Twelve-year-old Beans is on the edge: torn between innocent childhood and reckless adolescence; forced to grow up fast and become the tough Mohawk warrior she needs to be during the Oka Crisis, the turbulent Indigenous uprising that tore Quebec and Canada apart for 78 tense days in the summer of 1990.
2021 Canada/USA 1hr 32minutes
Drama PG-13
In English
Twelve-year-old Beans is on the edge: torn between innocent childhood and reckless adolescence; forced to grow up fast and become the tough Mohawk warrior she needs to be during the Oka Crisis, the turbulent Indigenous uprising that tore Quebec and Canada apart for 78 tense days in the summer of 1990.
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“Set against the real-life oak crisis of 1990 Beans vibrates with ferocious anger and righteous pride”---Screen Daily
"Beans stands out not just as a coming-of-age tale, with a lead character whose struggle we understand and feel keenly, but as a drama of a painful and pivotal moment in Indigenous and Canadian history." - Shelagh Rowan-Legg ScreenAnarchy "Beans" is a thoughtful, stirring reflection by someone who survived it all, quietly demanding acknowledgement not just of her land, but of her life." - Guy Lodge, Variety |
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Monday, December 20th at 3:30pm and 6:30pm
Julia
2021 USA 1hr 35minutes
Documentary PG-13
In English
JULIA brings to life the legendary cookbook author and television superstar who changed the way Americans think about food, television, and even about women. Using never-before-seen archival footage, personal photos, first-person narratives, and cutting-edge, mouth-watering food cinematography, the film traces Julia Child's 12 year struggle to create and publish the revolutionary Mastering the Art of French Cooking (1961) which has sold more than 2.5 million copies to date, and her rapid ascent to become the country’s most unlikely television star. It’s the empowering story of a woman who found her purpose – and her fame – at 50, and took America along on the whole delicious journey.
2021 USA 1hr 35minutes
Documentary PG-13
In English
JULIA brings to life the legendary cookbook author and television superstar who changed the way Americans think about food, television, and even about women. Using never-before-seen archival footage, personal photos, first-person narratives, and cutting-edge, mouth-watering food cinematography, the film traces Julia Child's 12 year struggle to create and publish the revolutionary Mastering the Art of French Cooking (1961) which has sold more than 2.5 million copies to date, and her rapid ascent to become the country’s most unlikely television star. It’s the empowering story of a woman who found her purpose – and her fame – at 50, and took America along on the whole delicious journey.
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"The nonfiction film its subject deserves (no offense, Meryl Streep ), a buoyant evocation of the life of Julia Child that's infused with uncommon intelligence and enhanced by voluptuous images of food." - Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
"Sleekly directed by Betsy West and Julie Cohen, the film is an elongated, colourful, occasionally thorny tribute to a strong-minded, stereotype-defying career woman who, in the face of having all the creature comforts, chose the road less travelled." - Jim Schembri, jimschembri.com |
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We'd like to thank the Port of Hueneme for becoming
a 2021 Annual Sponsor of the Oxnard Film Society.
a 2021 Annual Sponsor of the Oxnard Film Society.
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VIRTUAL CINEMA
Watch Now! ($12 - 3 day rental)
Hope
2020 Norway 2hr 4min
Drama NR
In Norwegian with English Subtitles
Norway’s official selection to the 93rd Academy Awards for the Best International Feature
ANJA lives with TOMAS in a large family of biological children and stepchildren. For a number of years the two adults have grown independent of each other, with creative jobs in parallel worlds. When Anja gets a terminal cancer diagnosis, their modern life breaks down and exposes neglected love. Alone with her grief and her fears, Anja realizes that she needs Tomas' full help and support. It's their only chance. How else will their children find the strength once she is gone, if their parents are unable to weather the storm together? Anja and Tomas are thrown into a crash course in mutual trust, and eventually a joint struggle, to deal with this unexpected and premature death. By getting to know each other anew, they unconsciously become principal characters in a love story, finally learning to truly love each other after a long life spent together.
Click on Link: https://kimstimvirtual.vhx.tv/products/hope-oxnard-film-society
Hope
2020 Norway 2hr 4min
Drama NR
In Norwegian with English Subtitles
Norway’s official selection to the 93rd Academy Awards for the Best International Feature
ANJA lives with TOMAS in a large family of biological children and stepchildren. For a number of years the two adults have grown independent of each other, with creative jobs in parallel worlds. When Anja gets a terminal cancer diagnosis, their modern life breaks down and exposes neglected love. Alone with her grief and her fears, Anja realizes that she needs Tomas' full help and support. It's their only chance. How else will their children find the strength once she is gone, if their parents are unable to weather the storm together? Anja and Tomas are thrown into a crash course in mutual trust, and eventually a joint struggle, to deal with this unexpected and premature death. By getting to know each other anew, they unconsciously become principal characters in a love story, finally learning to truly love each other after a long life spent together.
Click on Link: https://kimstimvirtual.vhx.tv/products/hope-oxnard-film-society
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"Andrea Bræin Hovig and Stellan Skarsgard are transcendent."
-Randy Myers, San Jose Mercury News "This is a very well-acted, well-written Norwegian drama... Clear-eyed, insightful, and heartfelt." -Claudia Puig, FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles) "Intensely moving...highly satisfying adult drama.” —David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter |
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The Oxnard Film Society is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit arts organization. Your contribution is tax deductible. Thank you. (#20-5734347)
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LOCATION
Plaza Cinemas 14 255 West 5th Street Oxnard, CA 93030 |
ADMISSION
Seniors $7.50 Matinee $8.25 Evening $10.75 |
Executive Director: George J. Sandoval Info at: geosand47@gmail.com - 805.798.0830
See you at the movies!