Join the Dryden for your summer vacation, travelling from Sweden through Denmark, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Greece, Albania, Yugoslavia, Slovenia, Italy, and France to Spain, stopping for cinematic delights along the way. Mixing in world cinema classics with lesser-known films, preservations, and new experimental pieces, the series is as much an introduction to the cinema of Europe as it is a celebration of the vast array of films and artists working on the continent over the last seventy years.
Dates and Titles:
June 9: Persona (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden 1966, 83 min., 35mm, Swedish with English subtitles)
June 10: Ordet (Carl Theodor Dreyer, Denmark 1955, 126 min., DCP, Danish with English subtitles)
June 18: Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin, Wim Wenders, West Germany/France 1987, 128 min., DCP, German with English subtitles)
June 24: Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Angst essen Seele auf, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany 1974, 93 min., DCP, German and Arabic with English subtitles)
July 7: How I Celebrated the End of the World (Cum mi-am petrecut sfârsitul lumii, Cãtãlin Mitulescu, Romania/France 2006, 106 min., 35mm, Romanian with English subtitles)
July 8: Eternity and a Day (Mia aioniotita kai mia mera, Theodore Angelopoulos, France/Italy/Greece/Germany, 137 min., 35mm, Greek with English subtitles)
July 21: The Dream and the Lie (Elena Dorfman, Albania 2026, 67 min., DCP)
August 11: Alpe-Adria Underground (Ali je bilo kaj avantgardnega?, Matavez Jerman, Jurij Meden, Slovenia 2024, 98 min., DCP, Slovenian with English subtitles)
August 12: Journey to Italy (Viaggio in Italia, Roberto Rossellini, Italy/France 1954, 97 min., 35mm, Italian with English subtitles)
August 14: L’Avventura (Michaelangelo Antonioni, Italy/France 1960, 144 min., 35mm, Italian with English subtitles)
August 18: Celine and Julie Go Boating (Céline et Julie vont en bateau, Jacques Rivette, France 1974, 193 min., DCP, French with English subtitles)
August 21: Cleo from 5 to 7 (Cléo de 5à 7, Agnès Varda, France/Italy 1962, 90 min., DCP, French with English subtitles)
August 25: The Spirit of the Beehive (El Espíritu de la colmena, Spain 1973, 98 min., DCP, Spanish with English subtitles)
Events in this Series
The Dream & the Lie (DCP)
A Summer Trip through Europe(an Cinema) Designed as a three-channel installation, this cinematic version of Elena Dorfman’s debut film takes a deep dive into the hidden history of Albanian film. The Albanians established their Kinostudio with the help of the Russians, and went on to produce more than three hundred feature films and thousands of newsreels and documentaries — all of which were state sponsored and censored.
Eternity and a Day (35mm)
A Summer Trip through Europe(an Cinema) An elderly poet in Greece, alone and near death, takes comfort in memories of a happier time and the companionship of a young Albanian refugee.
Larks on a String (35mm)
A Summer Trip through Europe(an Cinema) Private moments are hard to come by in post-war Czechoslovakia. Whether it’s the recitation of a poem, a philosophical conversation, the playing of a saxophone, or a simple flirtation, all are looked on with suspicion by the government and its agents.
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (35mm)
A Summer Trip through Europe(an Cinema) | The Sight & Sound Club One night, Emmi (Brigitte Mira), an aging cleaning woman, wanders into an unfamiliar bar during a downpour. She ends up dancing with a young Moroccan guest worker named Ali (El Hedi ben Salem). Soon they are close friends, then lovers, then they decide to be married, despite their near 20 year age difference.
Wings of Desire (DCP)
A Summer Trip through Europe(an Cinema) Guardian angels left to watch over West Berlin after the Second World War listen to the thoughts and dreams of its citizens from the city’s rooftops.
Ordet (DCP)
A Summer Trip through Europe(an Cinema) | The Sight & Sound Club Director Dreyer explores multiple issues of faith through a family on the Danish highlands in 1925.