• Global Media Festival 2026: Mississippi Masala

    Cypress Theater in John Lewis Student Center 351 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

    Directed by Mira Nair, Mississippi Masala is a film about postcolonial displacement, nostalgia, and the urgent need for cross-racial empathy.  Expelled from their home, Uganda, by President Idi Amin, an Indian family […]

  • Global Media Festival 2026: The Dating Game

    Cypress Theater in John Lewis Student Center 351 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

    The Dating Game (China, 2025)Film screening and Q&A session with film director Violet Du Feng The film offers a candid and often humorous look at China’s contemporary dating scene, shaped by the long-term demographic effects of the one-child policy. Following three men navigating a highly competitive and uneven marriage market, the film explores how modern ideas of […]

  • Global Media Festival 2026: The Making of a Japanese

    Cypress Theater in John Lewis Student Center 351 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

    Film screening and Q&A session with film director Ema Ryan Yamazaki. It is an intimate portrait of childhood inside a Tokyo public school. Over the course of a year, 1st and 6th graders navigate daily routines and small dramas while learning discipline, empathy, and community, finding the balance between individualism and being respectful toward others. […]

  • Global Media Festival 2026: Los Bárbaros

    Cypress Theater in John Lewis Student Center 351 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

    The event is a screening of the film “Los Bárbaros” (Spain/Peru, 2024), and a Q&A with film director Martin Guerra. The film is set during the Spanish crisis around 2010 and follows three young people living in an abandoned building on the outskirts of Madrid. Indie, contemplative, and with subtle humor, “Los Bárbaros” portrays the […]

  • Global Media Festival 2026: Petra Kelly – Act Now!

    Cypress Theater in John Lewis Student Center 351 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

    Petra Kelly was convinced that a single person can change the world and, as a co-founder of Germany's Green Party, she did. Director Doriz Metz crafts an enlightening portrait of one of the most influential political figures of the 20th century. Join Georgia Tech's GERMAN PROGRAM to see how visionary activist and politician PETRA KELLY […]