The Rosa Goddard International Film Festival

The final film of the 2023 Rosa Goddard International Film Festival.
A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT (2014, dir. Ana Lily Amirpour)
WED, SEPT 27 @ 7:15PM | $6.50
https://www.kentuckytheatre.org/rosa-goddard (for info + tickets)

As always, arrive a few minutes early for a chance to win a prize through our free raffle!

Film two of three -- showing this Wednesday.
DRYLONGSO (1998, dir. Cauleen Smith)
WED, SEPT 20 @ 7:15PM | $6.50
https://www.kentuckytheatre.org/rosa-goddard (for info + tickets)

There will be a drawing for prizes shortly before the show starts. Please plan on arriving a little early if you’d like to participate!

Join us this Wednesday for the first showing of our annual celebration of international cinema!
MONSOON WEDDING (dir. Mira Nair)
WED, SEPT 13 @ 7:15PM | $6.50
https://www.kentuckytheatre.org/rosa-goddard (for info + tickets)

Be sure to arrive a little early if you’d like to participate in a free drawing for various prizes. We hope to see you there!

We're back! And for this year's Rosa Goddard International Film Festival, we're showcasing women telling their own stories. All three of this year's films were directed by women, about women's experiences, across a range of cultures. We generally shy away from screening films made in the United States, because although we believe they are a valuable part of the international film landscape, we frankly see enough of them! However, this year we're shifting our focus because we wanted the opportunity to show the recently restored DRYLONGSO, a riveting forgotten classic of Black American cinema currently celebrating its 25th anniversary. In fact, all three of our directors currently live and work in the United States, and while two of the films are set in other countries, all three were produced here, either in whole or in part.

All films will show on Wednesday evenings at 7:15 PM at The Kentucky Theatre. Tickets are $6.50 and can be purchased at the box office or in advance on the Kentucky's website: https://www.kentuckytheatre.org/rosa-goddard

We will also have a free drawing for prizes right before the film -- please plan to show up a little early if you'd like to participate!

SEPT. 13 | MONSOON WEDDING (2001, dir. Mira Nair)
“Cultures and families clash in Mira Nair’s exuberant Monsoon Wedding, a mix of comedy and chaotic melodrama concerning the preparations for the arranged marriage of a modern upper-middle-class Indian family’s only daughter, Aditi. [The film is] joyful and cathartic: a love song to [Nair’s] home city of Delhi and her own Punjabi family.” – Janus Films

SEPT. 20 | DRYLONGSO (1998, dir. Cauleen Smith)
“A rediscovered treasure of 1990s DIY filmmaking, Cauleen Smith’s Drylongso embeds an incisive look at racial injustice within a lovingly handmade buddy movie/murder mystery/romance. [...] Capturing the vibrant community spirit of Oakland in the nineties, Smith crafts both a rare cinematic celebration of Black female creativity and a moving elegy for a generation of lost African American men.” – Janus Films

SEPT. 27 | A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT (2014, dir. Ana Lily Amirpour)
“Strange things are afoot in Bad City. [...] The first Iranian Vampire Western, Ana Lily Amirpour's debut feature A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night basks in the sheer pleasure of pulp. A joyful mash-up of genre, archetype and iconography, its prolific influences span spaghetti westerns, graphic novels, horror films, and the Iranian New Wave. Amped by a mix of Iranian rock, techno and Morricone-inspired riffs, its airy, anamorphic, black-and-white aesthetic and artfully drawn-out scenes combine the simmering tension of Sergio Leone with the surrealism of David Lynch.” – Kino Lorber

The final film in this year's Rosa Goddard International Film Festival! We've had a blast and hope y'all have too. Join us tomorrow night and stick around afterward for a Q&A with Carmen Moreno-Nuño, Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Kentucky.

Our third and final film for the year:
THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE | El espíritu de la colmena (dir. Víctor Erice)
WED, SEP 28 @ 7:15PM | $6.50
Q&A with Carmen Moreno-Nuño, Professor of Hispanic Studies, University of Kentucky
https://www.kentuckytheatre.org/rosa-goddard (for info + tickets)

We will also have a free drawing for prizes right before the film -- please plan to show up a little early if you'd like to participate!

Showing tomorrow! Join us!

This year's second film:
MIRROR | Зеркало (dir. Andrei Tarkovsky)
WED, SEP 21 @ 7:15PM | $6.50
Q&A with Raymond De Luca, Assistant Professor of Russian Studies, University of Kentucky
https://www.kentuckytheatre.org/rosa-goddard (for info + tickets)

We will also have a free drawing for prizes right before the film -- please plan to show up a little early if you'd like to participate!

Coming up this Wednesday, the first film in this year's festival. We can't wait to see everyone back at the Kentucky Theater!

This year's first film:
GOOD MORNING | お早よう (dir. Yasujirō Ozu)
WED, SEP 14 @ 7:15PM | $6.50
Q&A with Masamichi Inoue, Associate Professor, Japan Studies, University of Kentucky
https://www.kentuckytheatre.org/rosa-goddard (for info + tickets)

We will also have a free drawing for prizes right before the film -- please plan to show up a little early if you'd like to participate!

Our third and final film for the year:
THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE | El espíritu de la colmena (dir. Víctor Erice)
WED, SEP 28 @ 7:15PM | $6.50
Q&A with Carmen Moreno-Nuño, Professor of Hispanic Studies, University of Kentucky
https://www.kentuckytheatre.org/rosa-goddard (for info + tickets)

We will also have a free drawing for prizes right before the film -- please plan to show up a little early if you'd like to participate!

This year's second film:
MIRROR | Зеркало (dir. Andrei Tarkovsky)
WED, SEP 21 @ 7:15PM | $6.50
Q&A with Raymond De Luca, Assistant Professor of Russian Studies, University of Kentucky
https://www.kentuckytheatre.org/rosa-goddard (for info + tickets)

We will also have a free drawing for prizes right before the film -- please plan to show up a little early if you'd like to participate!

This year's first film:
GOOD MORNING | お早よう (dir. Yasujirō Ozu)
WED, SEP 14 @ 7:15PM | $6.50
Q&A with Masamichi Inoue, Associate Professor, Japan Studies, University of Kentucky
https://www.kentuckytheatre.org/rosa-goddard (for info + tickets)

We will also have a free drawing for prizes right before the film -- please plan to show up a little early if you'd like to participate!

After a long hiatus, the Rosa Goddard International Film Festival is returning this fall! You can view this year's selections (and special guests!) on the Kentucky Theater's website. We've really missed this event (and the Kentucky) and we're excited to share films with all of you again. Join us this September!

Film Festivals — The Kentucky Theatre In addition to screening first-run, independent film, the Kentucky Theatre regularly programs film festivals featuring contemporary and historic cinema. Festivals are curated around artistic, historic, social, and political themes.