World Cinema Day Invites Area Students to View and Discuss International Film

Hundreds of high school students and teachers from around Wisconsin were invited to the Orpheum Theatre for UW–Madison’s 8th World Cinema Day on March 31, 2011. World Cinema Day is held annually in conjunction with the Wisconsin Film Festival and invites high school students and teachers for the screening of a high-quality international film along with an introduction and discussion led by UW faculty and students. This year’s movie, The Colors of the Mountain by Carlos César Arbeláez, is about childhood in a remote, mountainous region in Colombia. A panel discussion with UW–Madison Professor Hernando Rojas and graduate students Laissa Rodrigues and Beatriz Botero was held after the movie . World Cinema Day is co-sponsored by Global Studies at UW–Madison and the Wisconsin Film Festival, with support from the Wisconsin International Outreach Consortium. Participating Schools Included: Logan High School Verona Area High School Lake Mills High School Kewaskum High School Whitewater High School Madison East High School Janesville Academy for International Studies Wisconsin Heights High School Work & Learn, Lapham Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah High School Madison East High School Indian Trail High School and Academy Highland High School Johnson Creek High School Freedom High School Sparta Area Independent Learning School (SAILS) About World Cinema Day World Cinema Day gives teachers an opportunity to discuss and integrate the screening into the classroom, and has offered films for high school students since 2004. Past screenings include: –  2010 ›› Masquerades (Algeria) –  2009 ›› Football Under Cover (Germany/Iran) –  2008 ›› Fermat’s Room (Spain) –  2007 ›› Of Love and Eggs (Indonesia) –  2006 ›› Stolen Life (China) –  2005 ›› Daughter of Keltoum (Tunisia) – 2004 ›› Ticket to Jerusalem (Israel)