The Centre Film Festival is a week-long celebration of film and conversation connecting local voices with global ones through media arts, workshops and masterclasses. The Centre Film Festival brings multigenerational stories to the screen.
Schedule Of Events
2:00 Pm - Mediha + Afterward
"Oscar Winner Emma Thompson Joins ‘Mediha’ Team, Documentary On Yazidi Girl Who Survived ISIS Captivity. In a statement, Thompson said, 'what Mediha has had to face is overwhelming. One wonders how she survived it all — but she did and at the tender age of 18, she is heroically doing the essential work of bringing her perpetrator to justice and becoming an advocate for the Yazidi people. I couldn’t be prouder of her — and of the remarkable work Hasan has done to bring her story to light. It makes me proud to be human and it’s not often I can say that.'
6:30 Pm - Holey + Bad Shabbos at The State Theater
Kyra Sedgewick and Method Man join a hilarious cast in BAD SHABBOS. The sacred and profane collide in Holey .It's a night of dark comedy around the family table. Join directors Daniel Robbins and Bavly Soliman in a discussion after their unorthodox films screen.
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