BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Kean University will present an International Film Series of Acadamy Award nominated and winning films by artists from Canada\, Jap an\, Argentina\, Israel and Mexico from January 29\, 2012 through Febru ary 26\, 2012. \; The series will be presented in the Jules Schwartz Lecture Hall of Kean University&rsquo\;s newly constructed environmenta lly &ldquo\;green&rdquo\; Science and Technology (STEM) Building\, a Lea dership in Energy and Environmental Design certified (LEED) academic fac ility on Kean University&rsquo\;s east campus.\nOn Sunday\, January 29\, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. the series begins with Water\, a film by Deepa Mehta (Canada\, 2005). \; Chuyia\, a child already married but living with her parents\, becomes a widow at eight-years-old. \; By tradition\ , she is unceremoniously left at with a group of widows forced into pov erty at a temple in the holy city of Varanasi during monsoon season.&nb sp\; The film chronicles the Hindu widows living a life of austerity in an ashram by the river Ganges set in 1938 when Gandhi's party is makin g inroads in women's rights.  \;Amid all this water\, the work quest ions whether rebirth is possible or if tradition drowns all.\nDepartures \, a film by Yōjirō Takita (Japan\, 2008) is the Academy Award®\; winner for Best Foreign Language Film screened on Sunday\, February 5\, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. \; Daigo Kobayashi is a devoted cellist in an orc hestra that has just been dissolved and he finds himself without a job.  \;He answers a classified ad entitled "Departures" thinking it is an advertisement for a travel agency only to discover that the job is actually for a funeral professional.  \;While his wife and others d espise the job\, Daigo takes a certain pride in his work and begins to perfect the art of "Nokanshi\," acting as a gentle gatekeeper between l ife and death\, between the departed and the family of the departed. &n bsp\;The film follows his profound and sometimes comical journey with d eath as he uncovers the wonder\, joy and meaning of life and living.\nO n Sunday\, February 12 at 3:00 p.m. another Academy Award®\; winner f or Best Foreign Language Film\, The Secret in their Eyes continues the s eries. \; This film by Juan Jose Campanella (Argentina\, 2009) feat ures a retired federal justice agent\, Benjamí\;n Espó\;sit o\, who is writing a novel\, using an old closed case as the source mat erial. \; Hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved hom icide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior\, Esposit o relives a past that rises up before his eyes and awakens all his demo ns.  \;Telling a story from the past becomes a narrow\, winding pat h he must take to understand and find justification for his own life an d to give some meaning to the years remaining to him.\nFrom Israel come s Ajami\, a film by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani and Academy Award® \; nominee Best Foreign Language Film (2009) on Sunday\, February 19\, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. \; This powerful crime drama is set on the street s of Jaffa&rsquo\;s Ajami neighborhood\, a melting pot of cultures and conflicting views among Jews\, Muslims and Christians. \; It is tol d through a cross section of the city&rsquo\;s inhabitants: a young Isr aeli fighting a criminal vendetta against his family\, a Palestinian re fugee working illegally to finance a life-saving surgery\, a Jewish pol ice detective obsessed with finding his missing brother and an affluent Palestinian dreaming of a future with his Jewish girlfriend. \; As their stories intersect &ndash\; and the film&rsquo\;s narrative shift s back and forth in time &ndash\; a dramatic collision of different wor lds and the tragic consequences of enemies living as neighbors is revea led.\nPan&rsquo\;s Labyrinth\, a film By Guillermo del Toro (Mexico\, 2 006) garnered three Academy Awards for Best Cinematography\, Best Art D irection and Best Makeup\, shown on Sunday\, February 26\, 2012. \; Pan&rsquo\;s Labyrinth unfolds through the eyes of Ofelia\, a dreamy l ittle girl who is uprooted to a rural military outpost commanded by her new stepfather. \; Powerless and lonely in a place of unfathomable cruelty\, Ofelia lives out her own dark fable as she confronts monster s both otherworldly and human. \; Award-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro delivers a unique\, richly imagined gothic fairy tale set aga inst the postwar repression of Franco&rsquo\;s Spain.  \;It is a tim eless tale of good and evil\, bravery and sacrifice\, love and loss.\nAl l movies in the International Film Series are screened at 3:00 pm. \ ; Tickets are only $8 standard or $5 with a Kean University ID and can be purchased by calling Kean Stage Box Office at 908.737.SHOW (7469)\, online at www.keanstage.com\, or at Kean University&rsquo\;s Wilkins Th eater Box Office\, 1000 Morris Avenue.\n \; URL:http://clark.patch.com/events/kean-university-presents-international- film-series SUMMARY:Kean University Presents International Film Series LOCATION:1000 Morris Ave\, Union\, NJ 07083: 1000 Morris Ave\, Union\, NJ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR