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Friends of India Present: THE LUNCHBOX

Watch Trailer Director: Ritesh Batra
Cast: Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur
Awards: Grand Rail d'Or - Cannes Film Festival

“The Lunchbox…nicely captures the almost overwhelming crush and noise of contemporary India, and it plays cleverly and delicately with the tension of whether its two correspondents might eventually meet.” — Bob Mondello, NPR

About the film

The city of Mumbai’s lunchbox delivery system – a complexly-orchestrated system whereby hundreds of thousands hot lunches are delivered to workers all throughout the city every day – is well-known for its efficiency. However, in a rare mix-up, a lunchbox is accidentally delivered to the wrong person with the consequence of connecting two lonely people together in friendship.

Ila (played magnificently by Nimrat Kaur) is a housewife who seeks to rekindle the romance of a failing message by cooking delicious meals for her husband, including lovely notes in the meal tins, and having the food delivered to him at work. However, one of the meals is mistakenly delivered to Saajan (played by the late-great award-winning actor Irrfan Khan), a middle-aged widower who is unhappy in his work and his life. When Ila realizes the error, she reaches out to Saajan, thus initiating a back-and-forth correspondence between the two through which they discuss the details of their less-than-satisfied lives and wonder if they might be happier together instead. When a planned face-to-face meeting between them falls through, the fantasy is threatened. However, they may just end up together in the end.

 

All members of the Athens community are welcome – Admission is FREE but tickets are required.

Claim tickets in person at The Athena or by clicking the showtime link below.

There will be an intermission of approximately 20 minutes during the screening.

“Friends of India” will provide Indian snacks and Chai during intermission.

To learn more about the Ohio University’s Friends of India Endowment visit their website here

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Running Time: 104 MIN104 MIN
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Mean Girls Mimosa Matinee: THE CRAFT

Watch Trailer Cast: Fairuza Balk, Robin Tunney, Neve Campbell, Rachel True

Join us Saturday, February 15th at 12:00 p.m. for a fun matinee screening of THE CRAFT…with mimosas!

Admission $5

About the film

Upon relocating to L.A. with her parents, troubled teen Sarah Bailey strikes up a friendship with a trio of students at her new school – each suffering from troubled home lives and emotional stresses from the tough environment of high school. Other students have spread rumors about these girls being witches, and they do, in fact worship a deity they refer to as “Manon”. Sarah fits right in to this new group – she too appears to have magical abilities – and ends up completing the coven and enhancing its power. Things go awry, however, as the group ends up vying against one another to see who’s magic is the most potent.

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Running Time: 101 MIN101 MIN
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Let’s Do Lynch: TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME

Watch Trailer Cast: Sheryl Lee, David Bowie, Chris Isaak, Kiefer Sutherland, Harry Dean Stanton

Join us Tuesday, February 18th at 7:00 p.m. as Let’s Do Lynch: A David Lynch Retrospective pays a visit to the weirdest place in the Pacific Northwest!

Admission $8

About the film

When the series Twin Peaks premiered in 1990, it was without a doubt the strangest show to grace a television screen probably since Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone. Created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, the series was an immediate hit, spawning a demand among fans for a deeper look into the strange world contained in the weird little town in the Pacific Northwest.

In Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Lynch reunites with most of the show’s original cast (and a few very special cameos) to give fans a look inside the events leading up to the tragic murder of troubled prom queen Laura Palmer, in addition to a in-depth account of the last seven days of Laura’s life.

By the time of the film’s release, fans has already learned the answer to the burning question “Who killed Laura Palmer..?“, but Lynch felt compelled to stay in the world of the series long enough to give Laura’s character a chance to live on screen for one last horrifying hurrah since she was already dead in the narrative of the TV show. The result is a much darker journey through the town of Twin Peaks and its inhabitants.

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Running Time: 134 MIN134 MIN
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SHOW HER THE MONEY Documentary

Watch Trailer Director: Ky Dickens

Join us on Wednesday, February 19th at 7:00 p.m. for a special event screening of the documentary

“Show Her the Money”

To register for your ticket*, visit the link below:

https://ohio.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6xNbCtYZbX039TU

*If you register in advance for the screening, you will need to present your registration confirmation at the event and you will be given a ticket for admission.

The screening will also include a short special panel discussion with Jessica Kopelwitz of TechGrowth OHIO, Faith Voinovich of Ohio Innovation Fund, and Orlie Benjamin, Founder of Lasoh.

About the Film

This is a story that’s never been told.

Show Her The Money addresses how women are getting less than 2% of venture capital funding and demystifies what venture capital is.

Featuring rock-star female investors who invest in diverse women entrepreneurs with innovations that will change the world, Show Her The Money reminds us that money is power and women need it to achieve true equality.

The film follows four visionary entrepreneurs as they endure uphill battles to turn their ideas into reality. In spite of their dedication and passion constantly being challenged, these women, with the financial support and mentorship of their angel investors, become even more determined, resourceful and resilient, and the growth of their businesses is mind-blowing. Each business has the potential to become a “unicorn” … a billion dollar business.

It was a woman who invented the electric dishwasher, central gas heating, and the list goes on. Who knows how much our society and our planet will benefit from future generations of women with game-changing creations and innovative ideas? The only way we’ll ever know is if we SHOW HER THE MONEY!

This event was sponsored by the following organizations: The Center for Entrepreneurship, Ohio Women In Business, The Innovation Center, Women’s Center, and TechGrowth OHIO

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Running Time: 84 MIN84 MIN
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Heroes In Color: BLADE II

Watch Trailer Director: Guillermo del Toro
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Ron Perlman, Kris Kristofferson, Norman Reedus

Join us Friday, February 21st at 7:00 p.m. for the frightfully good continuation of our Heroes In Color Series…Blade II!

Admission is FREE – Tickets are required

Screening will include pre-show trivia, a special cocktail, and more!

Seating and pre-show activities start at 7:00 p.m. and the film will start around 7:30 p.m.

About the film

Blade is back! The blood-drinking anti-hero from the Marvel Cinematic Universe is still out there keeping the world safe from vampires. As he searches for his mentor who has been kidnapped and held prisoner by a gang of vampires, Blade discovers that a pandemic is spreading whereby the virus turns both humans and vampires into “Reapers”, a new menace with a higher degree of blood-thirstiness, a nastier bite, and an immunity to the usual weapons against vampirism. So, in order to combat this new threat, Blade has to team up with The Bloodpack – a group of elite vampire soldiers – who were once hired to assassinate him. When the virus infiltrates the newly-formed team, it’s anybody’s guess how Blade will handle himself when the threat of destruction is coming equally from without and within!

Directed by visionary filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, Blade II is a thrilling (and sometimes stomach-turning) follow-up to the film that started it all.

 

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Running Time: 117 MIN117 MIN
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Mean Girls Mimosa Matinee: LEGALLY BLONDE

Watch Trailer Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Selma Blair, Jennifer Coolidge

Join us Saturday, February 22nd at 12:00 p.m. for a fun matinee screening of LEGALLY BLONDE…with mimosas!

Admission $5

About the film

Thinking that her boyfriend has asked her to dinner to propose, SoCal sorority girl Elle Woods is surprised when he instead breaks up with her because he feels she isn’t serious enough to be suited for his future political aspirations. Desiring to win him back, Elle takes the LSAT, scores well, and gains admission to Harvard Law School.  However, she finds that acceptance in the Ivy League is hard to come by due to her California vibes and has trouble being taken seriously by her classmates and teachers. When she’s finally given the chance to prove herself, however, Elle demonstrates that she’s more than just a pretty (blonde-headed) face!

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Running Time: 96 MIN96 MIN
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Let’s Do Lynch: LOST HIGHWAY

Watch Trailer Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Robert Loggia, Robert Blake

Join us Tuesday, February 25th at 7:00 p.m. for Let’s Do Lynch: A David Lynch Retrospective — we’ll be heading out on a road-trip into surrealist neo-noir!

Admission $8

About the film

“Dick Laurent is dead…” This mysterious message is transmitted over the house intercom of Fred Madison, an avant-garde saxophonist living in Los Angeles. The next day, his wife, Renee, finds a manilla envelope on the stoop that contains a VHS tape. The two sit and watch it only to discover that the video footage is of their house. Another tape arrives soon thereafter, this time showing a more intrusive view of the couple in bed asleep — a POV that could only be obtained by someone standing in their bedroom. To make matters worse, Fred has been having a dream wherein his wife is attacked by creepy assailant. When Fred later actually encounters the strange man at a party, he is revealed to be a friend of Dick Laurent. When a third tape arrives showing Renee dead and dismembered, Fred is falsely accused of the murder and thrown in jail. As if all of this wasn’t weird enough, Fred’s incarceration kicks off a chain of events that plumb the depths of David Lynch’s hallmark style of surreal story-telling!

Returning to themes similar to those explored in Blue Velvet, David Lynch once again deals with the “femme fatale” and the hero who inhabits a bleak landscape of distrust, violence, lust, and greed. What sets this film apart, however, is that the “hero” is not embodied by two characters who seem to share a connection not defined by normal reality.

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Heroes In Color: THE LAST DRAGON

Watch Trailer Director: Michael Schultz
Cast: Taimak, Vanity, Julius Carry

Join us on Friday, February 28th at 7:00 p.m. as we present the final installment of our Heroes In Color Series – the kick-ass classic The Last Dragon!

Admission is FREE – Tickets are required

Screening will include pre-show trivia, a special cocktail, and more!

Seating and pre-show activities start at 7:00 p.m. and the film will start around 7:30 p.m.

About the film

Leroy “Bruce Leeroy” Green embarks on a quest through the gritty streets of New York to complete his training and gain the level of martial arts mastery that will make him a true black belt like his hero Bruce Lee. When Sho’nuff, the self-proclaimed “Shogun of Harlem”, catches wind of Leroy’s abilities, he challenges the youth to a fight to see who will glow brightest as the baddest butt-kicker in town.

Released in 1985, this film broke with tradition by featuring a mostly-black cast in a kung-fu action movie. Additionally, it was produced by Motown’s head-honcho Barry Gordy and, as a result, boasts a soundtrack that includes the smooth sounds of artists like Debarge, Smokey Robinson, The Temptations, Rockwell, and Stevie Wonder. As much an action-packed martial arts extravaganza as it is a love letter to all things ’80s, The Last Dragon is a cult classic that you surely won’t want to miss!

 

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Oscar Nominated Shorts: ANIMATION

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Screening Only on Friday, February 28th & Saturday, March 1st

The Oscar season is just around the corner! So, we’re excited to announce that we’ll be screening some of the short films that have been nominated for cinema’s most prestigious award. We’ll be showing films, presented by SHORTS, from both the Animated Shorts category and the Live Action Shorts category on February 28th and March 1st. We’ll also have ballots available for attendees, so you can cast your vote for the films you think best deserve to take home the handsome golden statue.

It’s a great honor to offer our community the chance to see these amazing and creative films before the official Academy Awards broadcast taking place on March 2nd, 2025!

Some films may contain content not suitable for children.

Featured Animated Shorts

Beautiful Men – Directed by Nicolas Keppens. Belgium/France/The Netherlands, 18 min, 2023. This film includes nudity, and may not be appropriate for audiences under 14 years old

Synopsis: Three balding brothers travel to Istanbul to get a hair transplant. Stuck with each other in a hotel far from home, their insecurities grow faster than their hair.

 

In The Shadow Of The Cypress – Directed by Hossein Molayemi and Shirin Sohani. Iran, 20 min, 2023.

Synopsis: Living in a house with his daughter by the sea, a former captain who has post-traumatic stress disorder leads a tough and secluded life.

 

Magic Candies – Directed by Daisuke Nishio. Japan, 21 min, 2024.

Synopsis: The other kids at the park never ask Dong-Dong to play. But he’s fine just playing marbles on his own. One day he goes out in search of new marbles, but ends up buying a bag of colorful, marble-shaped candies instead. But the first time he pops one of them into his mouth, he’s astonished to hear his old sofa talking to him! For the next few minutes, until the candy melts away, he has the most unexpected and amazing conversation of his life. Realizing that these are no ordinary candies, Dong-Dong looks at the rest of the colorful sweets. Who else will he be able to talk to, and what else will he learn, through these magic candies?

 

Wander to Wonder – Directed by Nina Gantz. The Netherlands/Belgium/France, 13 min, 2023. This film includes nudity, and may not be appropriate for audiences under 14 years old.

Synopsis: Mary, Billybud, and Fumbleton are three tiny humans who star in a kids’ TV series called WANDER TO WONDER. After the creator dies, they are left alone in the studio. Struggling to find enough to eat, they continue to make increasingly strange episodes for their fans.

 

Yuck! (Buerk!) – Directed by Loïc Espuche. France, 13 min, 2024.

Synopsis: Adults kiss each other on the mouth, and children find it disgusting! What’s more, you can see it from afar: when people are about to kiss, their lips become all pink and shiny. Little Léo makes jokes about it, as do the other kids at the summer camp. But, he has a secret he won’t tell his friends: his own mouth has actually begun glistening. And, in reality, Léo desperately wants to give kissing a try.

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Oscar Nominated Shorts: LIVE ACTION

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Screening Only on Friday, February 28th & Saturday, March 1st

Oscar season is just around the corner! So, we’re excited to announce that we’ll be screening some of the short films that have been nominated for cinema’s most prestigious award. We’ll be showing films, presented by SHORTS, from both the Animated Shorts category and the Live Action Shorts category on February 28th and March 1st. We’ll also have ballots available for attendees, so you can cast your vote for the films you think are most deserving of the handsome golden statue.

It’s a great honor to offer our community the chance to see these amazing and creative films before the official Academy Awards broadcast taking place on March 2nd, 2025!

Some films may feature content not suitable for children.

Featured Live Action Shorts

A Lien – Directed by David and Sam Cutler-Kreutz. USA, 14 min, 2023.

Synopsis: On the day of their green card interview, a couple confronts a dangerous immigration process.

Anuja – Directed by Adam J. Graves. India/USA, 22 min, 2024.

Synopsis: ANUJA tells the story of a gifted nine-year-old girl who, alongside her sister Palak, faces a life-changing opportunity that tests their bond and mirrors the struggles of girls worldwide.

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I’m Not A Robot (Ik ben geen robot) – Directed by Victoria Warmerdam. Netherlands/Belgium, 22 min, 2023.

Synopsis: After repeatedly failing CAPTCHA tests, music producer Lara becomes obsessed with a disturbing question: could sh be a robot..?

 

The Last Ranger – Directed by Cindy Lee. South Africa, 28 min, 2024.

Synopsis: When young Litha is introduced to the magic of a game reserve by the last remaining ranger, they are ambushed by poachers. In the ensuing battle to save the rhinos, Litha discovers a terrible secret.

 

The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent – Directed by Nebojša Slijepčević. Croatia/Bulgaria/France/Slovenia, 13 min, 2024.

Synopsis: In the middle of winter, a passenger train is stopped by paramilitary forces. As they arrest innocent civilians, only one man out of 500 dares to stand up to them. This is the true story of a man who could not remain silent.

 

 

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