Screen/Society--"Ran" (Akira Kurosawa, 1985) | 40th Anniversary screening
Thursday, September 04, 2025
7:00 pm
Screen/Society--"The Lovers on the Bridge" (Leos Carax, 1991) | New 4K Restoration
Friday, September 12, 2025
7:00 pm
Introduced by Prof. Anne-Gaëlle Saliot (Romance Studies/Cinematic Arts)
Screen/Society--"Universal Language" (Matthew Rankin, 2024)
Sponsor(s):
Cinematic Arts
Saturday, September 13, 2025
4:00 pm
AADS Movie Screening of MAMA DANCERS
Thursday, September 18, 2025
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dr. Jingqiu Guan
Emily Jacir: Artist Talk & Screening
Sponsor(s):
Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Cinematic Arts, Provost's Office, and Social Practice Lab
Friday, September 19, 2025
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Screen/Society--"Plan 75" (Chie Hayakawa, 2022)
Sponsor(s):
Cinematic Arts and Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute (DHRC@FHI)
Thursday, September 25, 2025
7:00 pm
Discussion to follow with Robin Kirk, former director of the Duke Human Rights Center @FHI, and Anne Allison, Cultural Anthropologist and author of 'Being Dead Otherwise' (Duke Univ. Press, 2023) about new death practices in Japan.
Screen/Society--“New Moon Chapter One” (Li Xinyue, 2024)
Sponsor(s):
Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Cinematic Arts, and David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Friday, September 26, 2025
7:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Guo-Juin Hong (AMES); Xinyue Li (director)
Screen/Society--"Henry Fonda for President" (Alexander Horwath, 2024)
Thursday, October 02, 2025
7:00 pm
Introduced by Prof. Graham Culbertson (English & Comparative Literature, UNC-CH)
Screen/Society--"Three Days of the Condor" (1975) | Tribute to Robert Redford (1936-2025)
Sponsor(s):
Cinematic Arts
Friday, October 03, 2025
7:00 pm
Screen/Society--DukeEngage Colombia (Shorts Program) + 'Bila Burba' (Duiren Wagua, 2023)
Thursday, October 09, 2025
7:00 pm
Films will be introduced by members of DukeEngage Colombia
Screen/Society--“The Death of Baijiashan" (Liu Xiaoqian, 2024)
Sponsor(s):
Cinematic Arts, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, and Libraries
Friday, October 17, 2025
7:00 pm
Virtual Q&A to follow w/ filmmaker Liu Xiaoqian
Screen/Society--"The Hellstrom Chronicle" (Ed Spiegel & Walon Green, 1971)
Saturday, October 18, 2025
4:00 pm
Introduced by Prof. Josh Gibson (Cinematic Arts)
Screen/Society--“Tenebre" (Dario Argento, 1982)
Sponsor(s):
Cinematic Arts
Thursday, October 23, 2025
7:00 pm
Screen/Society--Cosmic Rays Touring Program 2025: "You Don't Know Me"
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
7:00 pm
Screen/Society--"Luo Luo’s Future" (Luo Luo, 2024)
Sponsor(s):
Cinematic Arts, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, and Libraries
Thursday, November 13, 2025
7:00 pm
Virtual Q&A to follow w/ filmmaker Luo Luo
Film Screening: “Silent War: Asian American Reckonings with Mental Health” (Changfu Chang, 2025)
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Eileen Chow; Yan Li; Lily Chen; Ling Jin; Pooja Mehta
Film Screening: Now It’s a Strange House
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies, Center for Documentary Studies (CDS), Cinematic Arts, and German Studies
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Cate Knothe (T'24) and Ethan Grossman
Screen/Society--"Self-Portrait: 47 KM 2020"
Sponsor(s):
Cinematic Arts, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, and Libraries
Thursday, November 20, 2025
7:00 pm
Virtual Q&A to follow w/ filmmaker Mengqi Zhang
Screen/Society--"Hesitation Wound" (2023) + Q&A w/ dir. Selman Nacar
Sponsor(s):
Cinematic Arts, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Duke University Middle East Studies Center, and Provost's Office
Friday, November 21, 2025
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Q&A to follow with filmmaker Selman Nacar, moderated by Prof. Didem Havlioğlu (AMES / Coordinator, Duke Turkish Program)
Screen/Society--"By the Stream"(Hong Sangsoo, 2024)
Sponsor(s):
Cinematic Arts
Thursday, January 15, 2026
7:00 pm
Screen/Society--"It Was Just an Accident" (Jafar Panahi, 2025)
Sponsor(s):
Cinematic Arts
Friday, January 16, 2026
7:00 pm
"Dìdi" (Sean Wang, 2024)
Sponsor(s):
Cinematic Arts, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Asian American and Diaspora Studies, Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), and English
Saturday, January 17, 2026
4:00 pm
Introduced by Prof. Cynthia Dong (English Department)
Screen/Society--"The Love That Remains" (Hlynur Pálmason, 2025)
Sponsor(s):
Cinematic Arts
Thursday, January 22, 2026
7:00 pm
Screen/Society--"Nostalgia for the Light (Patricio Guzmán, 2010)"
Sponsor(s):
Cinematic Arts, Arts & Sciences (A&S), Center for Documentary Studies (CDS), Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), Duke Space Initiative, and Libraries
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
7:00 pm
Introduced by Miguel Rojas-Sotelo (Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies/NC Latin American Film Festival) and Daniel M. Scolnic (Physics/Electrical & Computer Engineering)
Screen/Society--"Misericordia" (Alain Guiraudie, 2024) | 2026 French Film Festival
Sponsor(s):
Cinematic Arts, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Arts & Sciences (A&S), Center for French and Francophone Studies, and Romance Studies
Thursday, January 29, 2026
7:00 pm
Introduced by Prof. Eric Disbro (Romance Studies); Q&A to follow
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (Johan Grimonprez, 2024) | 2026 French Film Festival
Sponsor(s):
Cinematic Arts, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Arts & Sciences (A&S), Center for French and Francophone Studies, and Romance Studies
Friday, January 30, 2026
7:00 pm
Q&A to follow with Distinguished Professor Felwine Sarr (Romance Studies) and Distinguished Professor Mark Anthony Neal (African & African American Studies)
Screen/Society--"Ghost Trail" (Jonathan Millet, 2024) | 2026 French Film Festival [Rescheduled: Feb 10]
**CANCELED**
Sponsor(s):
Cinematic Arts, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Arts & Sciences (A&S), Center for French and Francophone Studies, and Romance Studies
Saturday, January 31, 2026
4:00 pm
Introduced by Emerita Professor miriam cooke (AMES); Q&A to follow
Screen/Society--"Holy Cow" (Louise Courvoisier, 2024) | 2026 French Film Festival
Sponsor(s):
Cinematic Arts, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Arts & Sciences (A&S), Center for French and Francophone Studies, and Romance Studies
Thursday, February 05, 2026
7:00 pm
Introduced by Dr. Emma Howell (Lecturing Fellow, Romance Studies); Q&A to follow
Screen/Society--"Meeting with Pol Pot" (Rithy Panh, 2024) | 2026 French Film Festival
Sponsor(s):
Cinematic Arts, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Arts & Sciences (A&S), Center for French and Francophone Studies, and Romance Studies
Friday, February 06, 2026
7:00 pm
Q&A to follow with Professor Eddie Malesky (Political Sciences) & Postdoctoral Associate Bradley DeMatteo (UNC, Dept. of Music)
Screen/Society--"The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" (Jacques Demy, 1964) | 2026 French Film Festival
Sponsor(s):
Cinematic Arts, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Arts & Sciences (A&S), Center for French and Francophone Studies, and Romance Studies
Saturday, February 07, 2026
4:00 pm
Q&A to follow with Prof. Anne-Gaëlle Saliot (Romance Studies/Cinematic Arts) & Abby Shepherd (Romance Studies)
Screen/Society--"Ghost Trail" (Jonathan Millet, 2024) | 2026 French Film Festival [*RESCHEDULED*]
Sponsor(s):
Cinematic Arts, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Arts & Sciences (A&S), Center for French and Francophone Studies, and Romance Studies
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
7:00 pm
Introduced by Emerita Professor miriam cooke (AMES); Q&A to follow
Screen/Society--"The Parallax View" (Alan J. Pakula, 1974)
Thursday, February 12, 2026
7:00 pm
Discussion to follow
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