Film

An Appalachian Rendezvous with French Cinema: The Well Digger’s Daughter

Event date: 
Monday, July 23, 2012 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Farthing Auditorium
Admission: 
$10 / $9

Note: Film Festival Passes may only be purchased by calling the Farthing Auditorium Box Office at 1-800-841-ARTS or 828-262-4046.

Pre-film talk with festival film expert Dr. John Pfeifer begins at 8pm and will last approximately 30 minutes.

Sponsor: 
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Contact name: 
Farthing Auditorium Box Office
Contact email: 
boxoffice@appstate.edu
Contact telephone: 
(800) 841-ARTS or (828) 262-4046

An Appalachian Rendezvous with French Cinema: My Afternoons with Margueritte

Event date: 
Monday, July 16, 2012 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Farthing Auditorium
Admission: 
$10 / $9

Note: Film Festival Passes may only be purchased by calling the Farthing Auditorium Box Office at 1-800-841-ARTS or 828-262-4046.

Pre-film talk with festival film expert Dr. John Pfeifer begins at 8pm and will last approximately 30 minutes.

Sponsor: 
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Contact name: 
Farthing Auditorium Box Office
Contact email: 
boxoffice@appstate.edu
Contact telephone: 
(800) 841-ARTS or (828) 262-4046

An Appalachian Rendezvous with French Cinema: The Women on the 6th Floor

Event date: 
Tuesday, July 10, 2012 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Farthing Auditorium
Admission: 
$10 / $9

Note: Film Festival Passes may only be purchased by calling the Farthing Auditorium Box Office at 1-800-841-ARTS or 828-262-4046.

Pre-film talk with festival film expert Dr. John Pfeifer begins at 8pm and will last approximately 30 minutes.

Sponsor: 
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Contact name: 
Farthing Auditorium Box Office
Contact email: 
boxoffice@appstate.edu
Contact telephone: 
(800) 841-ARTS or (828) 262-4046

An Appalachian Rendezvous with French Cinema: The Hedgehog

Event date: 
Monday, July 2, 2012 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Farthing Auditorium
Admission: 
$10 / $9

Note: Film Festival Passes may only be purchased by calling the Farthing Auditorium Box Office at 1-800-841-ARTS or 828-262-4046.

Pre-film talk with festival film expert Dr. John Pfeifer begins at 8pm and will last approximately 30 minutes.

Sponsor: 
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Contact name: 
Farthing Auditorium Box Office
Contact email: 
boxoffice@appstate.edu
Contact telephone: 
(800) 841-ARTS or (828) 262-4046

Film series: Mad Hot Ballroom

Event date: 
Friday, July 22, 2011 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Farthing Auditorium
Admission: 
$10

Pre-film talk at 8pm; film starts at approximately 8:30pm.

Ballroom dancing goes from lame to cool for a group of New York City students in this insightful documentary, which follows a group of 11-year-olds as they learn to dance old-school styles, including the merengue, rumba, tango, foxtrot and swing. Candid interviews capture the kids' initial reluctance at learning ballroom dance and their transformation into serious competitors determined to win a citywide competition.

Rated PG; Directed by Marilyn Agrelo (2005); 105 minutes

Sponsor: 
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Contact name: 
Farthing Auditorium Box Office
Contact email: 
boxoffice@appstate.edu
Contact telephone: 
(800) 841-ARTS or (828) 262-4046
Map link: 
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Film series: Séraphine

Event date: 
Monday, July 18, 2011 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Farthing Auditorium
Admission: 
$10

Pre-film talk at 8pm; film starts at approximately 8:30pm.

Awestruck by the vibrant and imaginative artwork of uneducated housekeeper Séraphine Louis, German art critic, Wilhelm Unde, takes the promising painter under his wing. Though her neighbors and others dismiss Séraphine's work, Unde is determined to turn the obscure French artist into a star in this revelatory biopic.

Unrated; Directed by Martin Provost (2008); 125 minutes

Sponsor: 
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Contact name: 
Farthing Auditorium Box Office
Contact email: 
boxoffice@appstate.edu
Contact telephone: 
(800) 841-ARTS or (828) 262-4046
Map link: 
view map

Film series: Mao's Last Dancer

Event date: 
Thursday, July 7, 2011 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Farthing Auditorium
Admission: 
$10

Pre-film talk at 8pm; film starts at approximately 8:30pm.

11-year-old peasant villager Li Cunxin is chosen by Madame Mao's Beijing Dance Academy to study ballet in far-off Beijing, where he trains for seven grueling years to become one of China's greatest dancers. His efforts win him the opportunity to dance in America, opening his eyes to a new love and the possibility of a dramatic defection from China in this remarkable true story based on Cunxin's autobiography.

Rated PG; Directed by Bruce Beresford (2010); 117 minutes

Sponsor: 
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Contact name: 
Farthing Auditorium Box Office
Contact email: 
boxoffice@appstate.edu
Contact telephone: 
(800) 841-ARTS or (828) 262-4046
Map link: 
view map

Film series: The Concert

Event date: 
Monday, July 25, 2011 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Farthing Auditorium
Admission: 
$10

Pre-film talk at 8pm; film starts at approximately 8:30pm.

Golden Globe-nominated as Best Foreign Language Film, this uplifting comedy follows fallen Russian maestro Andrey Filipov, who seizes a chance to reunite his orchestra and reclaim his life. After intercepting an invitation sent to the Bolshoi to perform at a Paris theater, Filipov gathers a ragtag band of ex-colleagues and a French violinist to realize his dream.

Rated PG-13; Directed by Radu Mihaileanu (2009); 119 minutes

Sponsor: 
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Contact name: 
Farthing Auditorium Box Office
Contact email: 
boxoffice@appstate.edu
Contact telephone: 
(800) 841-ARTS or (828) 262-4046
Map link: 
view map