The Rosa Goddard International Film Festival
Since 2011, SQecial Media has sponsored the Rosa Goddard International Film Festival every fall at the Kentucky Theatre. Rosa Goddard was a longtime fan of international film and the festival was originally founded to celebrate her love of cinema. We have been proud to continue the tradition in her name.
The posters for our festival are designed by local artist Ed Franklin, who also curates each year's films.
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PAST FILMS BY YEAR
2023
For this year's Rosa Goddard International Film Festival, we showcased women telling their own stories. All three of this year's films were directed by women, about women's experiences, across a range of cultures. We also had the opportunity to show the recently restored Drylongso, a riveting forgotten classic of Black American cinema currently celebrating its 25th anniversary.
(2001, directed by Mira Nair)
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SEPT. 20 | DRYLONGSO
(1998, directed by Cauleen Smith)
SEPT. 27 | A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT
(2014, directed by Ana Lily Amirpour)..
2022
Good Morning (1959, dir. Yasujiro Ozu) - Mirror (1975, dir. Andrei Tarkovsky) - The Spirit of the Beehive (1973, dir. Víctor Erice)
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2019
In memory of director Agnès Varda: La Pointe Courte (1955) - Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) - Faces Places (2017)
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2018
La Notte - The Double Life of Veronique - Ida
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2017
Tampopo - Stalker - The Lure - Funeral Parade of Roses
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2016
A Man Escaped - La Haine - Wings of Desire
2015
Hiroshima Mon Amour - Solaris - Heartbeats - A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
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2014
Last Year at Marienbad - Valerie and Her Week of Wonders - Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962, dir. Agnès Varda)
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2013
L'Atalante & Zéro de conduite (double feature) - Black Orpheus - Orpheus
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2012
Diva - Knife in the Water - Band of Outsiders - Weekend
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2011
La Belle et la Bete - Wings of Desire - Fantastic Planet
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