The Community and Civic Engagement Initiative presents the 2016 Italian Film Festival at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art. Films are co-sponsored by Miami General Consulate, Cinema Italy, the Auburn University Office of International Programs, and the Auburn University Cross-Cultural Center for Excellence to celebrate National Italian American Heritage Month and Arts and Humanities Month.

All films will be presented with English subtitles. A 1:30 pm reception will begin the program with a 2 pm film screening.

Film screenings:
Oct. 9 @ 2pm: Mia Madre
Oct. 23 @ 2pm: Lo chiamavano Jeeg Robot 

Trailers and more information are listed below. Admission is free, and advance registration is encouraged. RESERVE TICKETS HERE.

Mia Madre (2015)

R | 1h 46min | Drama

About:
Margherita, a director in the middle of an existential crisis, has to deal with the inevitable and still unacceptable loss of her mother.

Lo chiamavano Jeeg Robot

1h 52min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

About:
Enzo, a lonely and misanthropic small time crook, uses the superpowers gained after falling in the Tiber river to chase down a crazy gangster called “The gypsy.”