World Cinema Day (WCD) will take place Friday, April 4th, 11:30 am, at the Barrymore Theater in Madison. World Cinema Day brings middle and high school students and teachers to Madison for a special free screening of a high-quality, international film with an introduction before the film and a Q&A/discussion after the film. This is an annual event held in conjunction with the Wisconsin Film Festival.
This event is open to middle and high school students and their teachers from across Wisconsin.
Yasmeen’s Element (2024)
This year’s featured film is Yasmeen’s Element (2024). Yasmeen, a young Pakistani schoolgirl, is an eager student, curious, joyful and determined. When she loses her homework assignment in the winding hills on her way home, she sets out to find her professor and discover which of the elements in the periodic table she is to research. She discovers that when atoms collide, they make both beautiful and destructive combinations. So do the villagers she encounters in her search…
Reminiscent of Abbas Kiarostami’s Where Is the Friend’s House in both plot and perspective, Yasmeen’s determined search along rural roads and through village streets is full of both literal and figurative twists, and is revelatory for both Yasmeen and the audience.
