EXPAT CINEMA | INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL EDITION

𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗮: 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

Once every two months, International Center and Cinecitta organize Expat Cinema. The film evening for internationals in Tilburg. This month we will visit Tilburg's very own International Film Festival organized by Cinecitta! We will watch the Iranian film 'Until Tomorrow' (Ta farda) by Ali Asgari and we will have a meet & greet with drinks and live music after the screening.

𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗻

We are grateful to be screening an Iranian film and simultaneously aim to bring awareness to what is happening in Iran. In case you are not aware, please take a moment to educate yourself on this topic. Want to know what you can do? Take a look at this article: https://time.com/6220894/how-to-help-protesters-iran/

𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲

This edition, we have an extensive program prepared for you! Amin Ebrahimi will be hosting a Q&A with director Ali Asgari after the film screening. Take this chance to get a special insight into the film, the thought processes behind it, and its societal relevance with relation to Iran. After, we will host a 'borrel' (drinks). The drinks will be accompanied with live music by Bong Trio. Cinecitta will sponsor two drinks if you order the tickets via International Center. Take this opportunity to learn more about cinema and connect to the international community in Tilburg!

𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝘆 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗼

This jazz trio is a mix of acoustic and electronic instruments. Pianist Bongjin Jung (South Korea), bassist Ernest Zviedris (Latvia) and drummer Jeroen Heefer (Netherlands) all study at the conservatory in Tilburg. There is a natural chemistry between the three. This is why they started playing together and this is what gives their music an original sound.

Their repertoire consists of easy jazz, modern hip-hop, funk, classical and a mix of all of that. With jazz at the heart of their musical development, they have the ability to play a wide variety of styles with confidence.

'𝗨𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗧𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄' 𝗯𝘆 𝗔𝗹𝗶 𝗔𝘀𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗶

Young single mother Fereshteh (Sadaf Asgari), a self-possessed graphic designer, learns that her parents will be arriving in Tehran that very night. The problem? They know nothing about her born-out-of-wedlock two-month-old. Fereshteh, in league with best friend Atefeh (Ghazal Shojaei), sets out to find someone to care for her infant ‘until tomorrow’—a quest that becomes increasingly desperate as the hours tick away… Director Ali Asgari shows how Iranian millennials are trying to break away from patriarchal norms, and he does so with a real-life tension that makes us feel the urgency and implications of Fereshteh’s situation.

‘Asgari builds a tense and resonant drama from this most simple of premises, one that hinges on a moving performance by the director’s niece, Sadaf Asgari… [The film] has a lot to say about the way younger generations in Iran right now are picking away, thread by thread, at the country’s suffocating web of legal and social censure.’—Lee Marshall, Screen

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 - 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗘𝗦𝗡 𝗧𝗶𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴

For this international film festival, Cinecitta likes to work with important international parties in the city. This event originated from a collaboration between Cinecitta, ESN and International Center. Together we want to make film in particular and culture and the arts in general more accessible to the international residents of the city.