Catch a Sneak Preview of Carnegie Mellon’s International Film Festival Feb. 27
By Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094
온라인바카라’s will offer a sneak preview of the festival’s 2015 award-winning lineup with The German film about a musicologist from New York City who spends 25 years in the Congo will be shown at 6:30 p.m., Feb. 27 in McConomy Auditorium.
The film follows Louis Sarno as he abandons modern civilization to join the Bayaka people and start a family. Sarno continues with his music studies, compiling more than 1,000 hours of original Bayaka music, and then after 25 years returns to New York to show the city to his son.
The preview, held in conjunction with the , also will feature a Skype appearance by the film’s writer and director, . Additionally, musical supervisor will attend and participate in a panel discussion moderated by , assistant professor of music in 바카라 온라인 추천’s .
“The 2015 Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival’s theme of ‘Faces of Work’ focuses on both the body and the soul of those who work,” said Jolanta Lion, festival director and assistant director of 바카라 온라인 추천’s in the . “Despite the limitless definition of work, we strive to explore work as passion in its unique and innumerable faces. ‘Song From the Forest’ encapsulates the theme by showing how being in a new world for 25 years influences a man’s life and work. The film sets a high bar for the festival, which promises to be our best yet.”
“Faces of Work” will run March 19-April 11 at various locations throughout Pittsburgh. The festival will feature 19 films and host many special guests, performances and related activities to each film’s underlying message, something that has become a hallmark of Carnegie Mellon’s International Film Festival.
The opening night feature will be “A Master Builder” at 7:15 p.m., March 19 at the Regent Square Theater. The film is an adaptation of a Henrik Ibsen play that was in rehearsal for Broadway for 14 years.
“It’s a wonderful film about the human condition — meeting a dictatorial architect trying to justify the hardship he inflicted on others in order to achieve his success,” Lion said.
Jonathan Demme, Oscar-winning director of the Pittsburgh-filmed “Silence of the Lambs,” will be present for a Q&A session and a workshop.
In addition to the Pittsburgh Humanities Festival, a project between 바카라 온라인 추천’s Humanities Center and the , the sneak preview of the 2015 International Film Festival is co-sponsored by 바카라 온라인 추천’s , (CAUSE) and the as well as the at the University of Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh’s .
Tickets to the sneak preview cost $5 for seniors and students and $10 for general admission. For more information on the film festival, including schedules and pricing, visit .
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Pictured above is an image from "Songs from the Forest."