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 20th 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
Screenings at 3:30pm and 6:30pm at Plaza Cinemas 14 in downtown Oxnard.
On Monday May 18, our 20th Anniversary of presenting World Cinema to the community, we present this year's Academy Award Winner for Best Documentary, MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN, a surprisingly funny study of how authoritarian regimes break the spirit of all except the most unlikely.”
Join us in Celebrating 20 years at Pacifico's Restaurant (corner of 5th and A Streets) between 5pm and 6:30 pm for hors d'oeuvres and a no-host bar.
Just a reminder to our patrons that I personally preview each film to insure a great viewing experience each and every Monday screening.
Our Foreign Film Series usually screens two films (sometimes three) each month, on the first and third Mondays at 3:30pm and 6:30pm at Plaza Cinemas 14.
We will continue our mission of providing the Best of World Cinema to the Oxnard and Ventura County community along with supporting local filmmakers.
Thanks and Be Safe, George J. Sandoval, Executive Director
Join us in Celebrating 20 years at Pacifico's Restaurant (corner of 5th and A Streets) between 5pm and 6:30 pm for hors d'oeuvres and a no-host bar.
Just a reminder to our patrons that I personally preview each film to insure a great viewing experience each and every Monday screening.
Our Foreign Film Series usually screens two films (sometimes three) each month, on the first and third Mondays at 3:30pm and 6:30pm at Plaza Cinemas 14.
We will continue our mission of providing the Best of World Cinema to the Oxnard and Ventura County community along with supporting local filmmakers.
Thanks and Be Safe, George J. Sandoval, Executive Director
Plaza Cinemas 14, 255 West 5th Street, Oxnard CA 93030
General Admission: $11.75/ General Admission Matinee: $9.25
Seniors/Children/Military: $8.50
General Admission: $11.75/ General Admission Matinee: $9.25
Seniors/Children/Military: $8.50
We'd like to thank the Port of Hueneme for becoming
a 2026 Annual Sponsor of the Oxnard Film Society.
a 2026 Annual Sponsor of the Oxnard Film Society.
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Monday, May 18th at 3:30pm & 6:30pm
MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN
2025 Denmark, Czechia, Germany 1hr 30minutes
Documentary NR
In Russian with English subtitles
Winner of Best Documentary Feature - 98th Academy Awards
Pasha Talankin is an unlikely hero—a beloved Russian primary school teacher, known as a mentor and prankster who offers students a safe haven in his office. After Russia invades Ukraine, Pasha’s role in the school changes dramatically as he is reluctantly drawn into Putin’s propaganda machine. Forced to promote state-sanctioned messages and horrified by the transformation of his school and community, he struggles with guilt and a sense of powerlessness, leading him to become an international whistleblower.
As the school’s videographer, Pasha documents intimate and revealing footage of Putin’s regime, capturing the rise of militarized children’s groups, repressive laws, fervent nationalism, and the recruitment of graduating students to fight in the war. When he learns his own life may be at risk, Pasha is forced to plan a dangerous escape from Russia.
2025 Denmark, Czechia, Germany 1hr 30minutes
Documentary NR
In Russian with English subtitles
Winner of Best Documentary Feature - 98th Academy Awards
Pasha Talankin is an unlikely hero—a beloved Russian primary school teacher, known as a mentor and prankster who offers students a safe haven in his office. After Russia invades Ukraine, Pasha’s role in the school changes dramatically as he is reluctantly drawn into Putin’s propaganda machine. Forced to promote state-sanctioned messages and horrified by the transformation of his school and community, he struggles with guilt and a sense of powerlessness, leading him to become an international whistleblower.
As the school’s videographer, Pasha documents intimate and revealing footage of Putin’s regime, capturing the rise of militarized children’s groups, repressive laws, fervent nationalism, and the recruitment of graduating students to fight in the war. When he learns his own life may be at risk, Pasha is forced to plan a dangerous escape from Russia.
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“Through the eyes of its delightfully brave, yet utterly relatable subject (also the de facto cinematographer), this terrifying, revelatory and poignant exposé offers an unseen human angle on an ongoing conflict.”
– Carlos Aguilar, Variety “In the wave of documentaries about the Ukraine War that have come out over the past two years, there hasn’t been one that’s offered what Mr. Nobody Against Putin does — and certainly not with such wit, verve, and insight.” – Christian Blauvelt, Indiewire “A cross between School of Rock and 1984, a surprisingly funny study of how authoritarian regimes break the spirit of all except the most unlikely.” – Helen Rumbelow, The Times |
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Monday, June 1st at 3:30pm & 6:30pm
- LATE SHIFT
2025 Switzerland, Germany 92 minutes
Drama NR
In German, Turkish and French with English subtitles
Switzerland's Submission to Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
With a warm smile and positive attitude, Floria (Leonie Benesch, The Teachers’
Lounge) arrives at the surgical ward of the Swiss hospital where she works as a
nurse on the overnight shift. With one colleague out sick and no replacement on
deck, just two nurses and a nervous trainee will have to cover more than two dozen
patients. The doctors to whom the nurses are supposed to defer are nowhere to be
found. Floria juggles endless tasks: administering medication, updating charts,
soothing patients, answering phones, and managing complaints. Surrounded by
fluorescent lights, the steady beeping of monitors, and echoing footsteps, Floria
struggles to fight off exhaustion and maintain her professional demeanor. Every
second counts, and every interruption could mean the difference between life and
death.
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"It’s an intimate look at the fraying of nerves that happens when dealing with the fragility of the human body on a daily basis, a portrait of the caretaker as a soldier in the trenches." - David Fear, Rolling Stone
"Benesch’s beautifully controlled performance — a balancing act of anxious, fidgety physicality and poker-faced concentration — shows us the difficulty of honoring each patient’s humanity when workplace conditions demand efficiency over empathy." - Beatrice Loayza, New York Times |
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Monday, June 8th at 3:30pm & 6:30pm
THE AI DOC:
Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist
2025 USA Germany 1hr 44 minutes
Documentary PG
In English
From the Academy Award®-winning filmmakers behind Everything Everywhere All at Once and Navalny; a father-to-be tries to figure out what is happening with all this AI insanity. The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist is a hand-made, eye-opening documentary about the most powerful technology humanity has ever created... and what's at stake if we get it wrong.
Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist
2025 USA Germany 1hr 44 minutes
Documentary PG
In English
From the Academy Award®-winning filmmakers behind Everything Everywhere All at Once and Navalny; a father-to-be tries to figure out what is happening with all this AI insanity. The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist is a hand-made, eye-opening documentary about the most powerful technology humanity has ever created... and what's at stake if we get it wrong.
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"For all its scattered focus, this is when the film is at its most persuasive, showing how a once‑fringe worry has become a serious global project."
Peter Howell, Toronto Star "A scary, dizzying and essential documentary. If you have any interest in artificial intelligence (which is to say: the future), you should go out and see it right now."- Owen Gleiberman Variety "It seeks to raise awareness and spark conversation more than to draw conclusions." Brian Tallerico RogerEbert.com · |
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Monday, June 15th at 3:30pm & 6:30pm
AMRUM
2025 Germany 92 minutes
Drama NR
In German with English subtitles
It is the Spring of 1945 on the German island of Amrum, a remote outpost in the North Sea. The front is far away, and 12-year-old Nanning (newcomer Jasper Billerbeck) spends his days working the nearby farm and his nights fishing, helping his mother to feed their family. Despite the hardship, life on the beautiful, windswept isle seems idyllic. When their anti-fascist neighbor Tessa (Diane Kruger) mentions to Nanning that the war will soon be over, the boy – too young to understand the political implications – is pleased to imagine that his father, a Nazi officer, might soon be coming home. But his mother Hille (Laura Tonke) is a true believer, and word of Germany’s imminent defeat sends her into decline. One day from her sick bed, she wishes for white bread, butter and honey, near impossible luxuries on Amrum which Nanning innocently tries to find for her. But as he sets off on his quest, he learns from his neighbors that the enemy is far closer than he imagined. From Golden Globe Award-winning filmmaker Fatih Akin (In the Fade, Head-On), Amrum is a tender coming-of-age tale about the loss of innocence set against the waning days of the Second World War.
2025 Germany 92 minutes
Drama NR
In German with English subtitles
It is the Spring of 1945 on the German island of Amrum, a remote outpost in the North Sea. The front is far away, and 12-year-old Nanning (newcomer Jasper Billerbeck) spends his days working the nearby farm and his nights fishing, helping his mother to feed their family. Despite the hardship, life on the beautiful, windswept isle seems idyllic. When their anti-fascist neighbor Tessa (Diane Kruger) mentions to Nanning that the war will soon be over, the boy – too young to understand the political implications – is pleased to imagine that his father, a Nazi officer, might soon be coming home. But his mother Hille (Laura Tonke) is a true believer, and word of Germany’s imminent defeat sends her into decline. One day from her sick bed, she wishes for white bread, butter and honey, near impossible luxuries on Amrum which Nanning innocently tries to find for her. But as he sets off on his quest, he learns from his neighbors that the enemy is far closer than he imagined. From Golden Globe Award-winning filmmaker Fatih Akin (In the Fade, Head-On), Amrum is a tender coming-of-age tale about the loss of innocence set against the waning days of the Second World War.
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"Set on a picturesque windswept German island in the waning days of World War II, the Cannes selection walks an impossible morality line with delicate beauty." -
Tomris Laffly, Variety [Fatih Akin] fashions a tender coming-of-age film that steers clear of the sappy and the showy and touches a chord with both a sense of loss for and hope in a child’s innocence. - Namrata Joshi, The New Indian Express |
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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 MAIL ADDRESS
Plaza Cinemas 14 Oxnard Film Society 255 West 5th Street PO Box 606 Oxnard, CA 93030 Oxnard, CA 93032-0606 |
ADMISSION
Seniors/Students/Military $8.50 General Admission Matinee $9.25 General Admission Evening $11.75 |
Executive Director: George J. Sandoval Info at: [email protected] - 805.798.0830
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