IFS Spring 2023 Film Schedule
Rocky Horror Picture Show, February 9th
February 9th at 7:00 pm in Lindou Auditorium
The story centres on a young engaged couple whose car breaks down in the rain near a castle, where they seek a telephone to call for help. The castle or country home is occupied by strangers in elaborate costumes celebrating an annual convention. They discover the head of the house is Dr. Frank N. Furter, an apparently mad scientist, among other things, who creates a living muscle man named Rocky in his laboratory.
Mary & the Witche's Flower, February 23rd
February 9th at 7:00 pm in Lindou Auditorium
This anime film tells the story of a girl named Mary Smith (Sugisaki) who finds "fly-by-night", a mysterious flower that can give her the power to become a witch for only one night, and the adventures that follow.
They Called Me King Tiger, March 1st
March 1st at 5:00 pm in Lindou Auditorium
In 1967, the court of Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico, is assaulted by armed men under the command of Chicano leader Reies López Tijerina. People speak of him as a saint who uses violence in pursuit of a just cause.
The Breadwinner, March 23rd
March 23rd at 7:00 pm in Lindou Auditorium
Parvana is an 11-year-old girl who lives in Kabul under the Taliban's Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001). Her father, Nurullah, is a former school teacher who became a hawker after losing his left leg in the Soviet–Afghan War. When her father is captured, Parvana disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.
Cyrano, April 6th
April 6th at 7:00 pm in Lindou Auditorium
Cyrano is a 2021 musical romantic drama film directed by Joe Wright and with a screenplay by Erica Schmidt, based on Schmidt's 2018 stage musical of the same name, itself based on the 1897 Edmond Rostand play Cyrano de Bergerac.
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, April 20th
April 20th at 7:00 pm in Lindou Auditorium
One thousand years have passed since the Seven Days of Fire, an apocalyptic war that destroyed civilization and created the vast Toxic Jungle, a poisonous forest swarming with giant mutant insects. In the kingdom of the Valley of the Wind, a prophecy predicts a saviour "clothed in blue robe, descending onto a golden field". Nausicaä, the 16-year-old princess of the Valley of the Wind, explores the jungle and communicates with its creatures, including the gigantic, trilobite-like armored Ohm. She hopes to understand the jungle and find a way for it and humans to co-exist.
The Shop on Main Street, April 27th
April 27th at 6:00 pm in Lindou Auditorium
During World War II in a small town in the First Slovak Republic (a client state of Nazi Germany), mild-mannered Slovak carpenter Antonín "Tóno" Brtko is chosen by his brother-in-law, who holds an influential position in the local fascist government, to take over the sewing notions (i.e. haberdasher) shop owned by the elderly Jewish widow Rozália Lautmannová as part of the Aryanization efforts in the country.
