Here's an excerpt from a recent UVSC newspaper article about the international cinema I run (please excuse the font, I was too lazy to change it in the html): If you've been interested in exploring international cinema, but haven't known where to begin, hang this article on your fridge.
Beginning its second year, the Utah Valley International Cinema is cordially inviting students to attend free monthly screenings of foreign films.
Sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa and Reel Film Series, UVIC's primary purpose is to enable students to experience and enjoy international cinema.
Torben Bernhard, the president of UVIC, explained his motivation for launching the program: "At the time I started the cinema, I was probably watching five to 10 foreign films per week. I suppose I initially just wanted people to see the beautiful things I was seeing, and experience the films in the same way I was experiencing them."
Bernhard said that foreign films have a way of transporting us to a new culture that we know nothing about.
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