Series

International Art House Series

The International Art House Series features new films from the global art house community, restorations of little-screened classics, and the cutting edge of independent filmmaking.

Check out the International Art House films coming your way this spring programming season!

January 21, 7pm | Yi Yi (2000, Edward Yang): The extraordinary, internationally embraced final film from Edward Yang is a warm, sprawling, and dazzling epic regarded as an undisputed masterwork of the 21st century. New 4K restoration!

January 23, 7pm and January 24, 4pm | Santosh (2025, Sandhya Suri): Newly widowed Santosh inherits her husband’s job as a police officer in rural Northern India. When a girl is murdered, she is pulled into the investigation under the wing of charismatic female inspector Sharma.

January 30, 7pm | April (2025, Dea Kulumbegashvili): A complex and disquieting depiction of a caregiver in crisis, rich with haunting, metaphorical imagery that feels emanated from its acclaimed director's subconscious.

February 6, 7pm and February 7, 4pm | Happyend (2025, Neo Sora): In near-future Tokyo, best friends on the verge of adulthood must choose between a future of either abdication or resistance, coming to terms with political fear, the tenuous bonds of friendship, and questions of individual will in the process.

February 13, 7pm and February 14, 4pm | Nouvelle Vague (2025, Richard Linklater): The story of French New Wave classic Breathless comes to life: after writing for Cahiers du cinéma, young Jean-Luc Godard decides making films is the best film criticism.

February 20, 7pm | DJ Ahmet (2025, Georgi M. Unkovski): In this clash of modernity and tradition, DJ Ahmet reminds us all that music is a universal language. IU Cinema's first North Macedonian film presentation!

February 21, 4pm | Souleymane's Story (2025, Boris Lojkine): Racing through the streets of Paris making food deliveries on his bicycle, Guinean immigrant Souleymane (César Award-winner Abou Sangaré) is struggling to stay afloat.