NYU SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES CENTER FOR PUBLISHING & APPLIED LIBERAL ARTS CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS (PALA/CE)

Continuing Education Programs in Publishing, the Humanities, Arts, Producing, Design, Writing, and Translation.

PALA/CE Events

The Hunt (Denmark)- April 18th, 6pm

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the_hunt_jagten_uk_dvd__140207183544On Monday, April 18 at 6pm*, CALA will screen The Hunt, a Danish movie directed by Thomas Vinterberg and starring Mads Mikkelson who is currently playing Hannibal Lecter on NBC’s hit show Hannibal.

The Hunt is a dark and complicated movie – evocative of most Danish TV productions over the past 10 years. Forbrydelsen, Borgen, and Bron/Broen were all made by Denmark’s public-service broadcaster, DR (http://www.dr.dk/) which was established by an act of parliament in 1926. For American TV audiences Forbrydelsen thekilling(the crime) transformed into the critically acclaimed series The Killing; Bron/Broen into The Bridge. Borgen, a political drama starring Sidse Babett Knudsen as Birgitte Nyborg, the country’s first female prime minister, was so good it was compared to Aaron Sorkin’s The West Wing by US critics – tak but no tak!

Netflix is currently streaming two seasons of Dicte which is about a crime reporter who, after divorce, returns to her hometown and immediately gets into trouble with the law. dictesesonMy favorite criticisms of the show were the complaints that most of the actors’ Copenhagen accents were not authentic for a show set in Aarhus. Perhaps Dorte Tulet, who teaches Danish at the Center for Applied Liberal Arts and who will be the moderator on April 18, will have a few moments to discuss some of Denmark’s wonderful television too. More shows to keep an eye out for are Klovn, Arvingerne, and Rita.

*The screening takes place at the National Opera Center, 330 7th Avenue, New York, NY.  RSVP here

by Anne Maguire

Departures (Japan): April 25th, 6pm

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departuresposterModerated by Ichiro Kishimoto (Adjunct Asst. Prof., Japanese), this film is part of CALA’s  film series“Are You Talking to Me?”

Departures (2008) is a Japanese drama film directed by Yojiro Takita. The film follows a young man who returns to his hometown after a failed career as a cellist and finds work as a nokanshi, a traditional Japanese ritual. In 2009, the film became the first Japanese production to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.  

The event takes place at the National Opera Center, 330 7th Avenue, New York, NY.

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Film Screening: The Hunt (Denmark)- April 18th, 6pm

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thehunt_2Moderated by Dorte Tulet, this film is part of CALA’s first film series “Are You Talking to Me?”

The Hunt (2012) is a Danish drama  directed by Thomas Vinterberg and starring Mads Mikkelsen. The story is set in a small Danish village around Christmas, and follows a man who becomes the target of mass hysteria after being wrongly accused of sexually abusing a child in his kindergarten class.

The event takes place at the National Opera Center, 330 7th Avenue, New York, NY.

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Film Screening: Aftershock (China) — March 7th, 6pm

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Aftershock_2Moderated by Prof. Harry Chotiner, this film is part of CALA’s first film series“Are You Talking to Me?”

Aftershock (2010) is a Chinese disaster-drama film directed by Feng Xiagang that depicts the aftermath of the 1976 Tangshan earthquake.

The event takes place at the National Opera Center, 330 7th Avenue, New York, NY.

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Film Screening: Central Station (Brazil) — Monday February 29th, 6pm

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Moderated by Patricia Trowbridge (Adj. Instructor, Portuguese),

this screening is part of CALA’s film series, “Are you Talking to Me” At the National Opera Center.

Central Station is a 1998 Brazilian-French film set in Brazil that tells the story of a young boy’s friendship with a jaded middle-aged woman. Directed by Walter Salles and featuring Fernanda Montenegro and Vinicius de Oliveira , the film received two Academy Award nominations (Best Foreign Film, Best Actress).

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