Tuesday, August 26, 6:00 p.m. & Sunday, August 31, 12:00 p.m. | In WHEN THE KID WAS A KID (2011, dir. Anahita Ghazvinizadeh, USA, 17 min., in Persian with English subtitles / Format: Digital), 10-year-old Taha takes part in a role-play game with other children, appearing as his single mother. He speaks little, yet inwardly begins to see both himself and his mother in a new light. In 14E ARRONDISSEMENT, from the PARIS, JE T’AIME anthology (2006, dir. Alexander Payne, France, USA, 6 min., in English / Format: Digital), Carole, a middle-aged mailwoman from Denver who speaks French with a thick American accent, recounts her solo trip to Paris, from its most clichéd tourist highlights to a quietly profound inner experience. In LOIN DU 16E (2006, dirs. Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas, France, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, 5 min. / Format: Digital) a young immigrant mother leaves her own baby in daycare to care for the child of a wealthy family. We follow her closely through her daily journey, quietly inhabiting her point of view, in this simple slice of life bracketed by a lullaby. And in BLUE (2018, dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand, 12 min., in Thai with English subtitles / Format: Digital, pictured), a woman lies awake beneath a blue blanket as images, light, and flames flicker around her.
Interiority on Screen Lecture Series | Fall 2025
This series focuses on cinematic works that depict the subjectivities and mental states of their characters in unconventional, intimate, and poetic manners. Tuesday film screenings will be accompanied by lectures, where these films will be discussed not only from the standpoint of critical spectatorship but also from a filmmaker’s point of view. Select titles offered with Sunday encores. Tickets for Sunday encores are regular price and do not include the lecture. Presented in collaboration with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Art History, Theory, and Criticism department. Lecturer: Anahita Ghazvinizadeh, Assistant Professor of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation.
The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu