DUE TO WEATHER AND POSSIBLE UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS WE HAVE RESCHEDULED TODAY'S FILM.

"The kind of character study that plays like a great thriller." THE TEACHER'S LOUNGE, nominated for Academy Award for Best International Film screening Monday, Feb 19.

Our Film Series screens (usually) two films each month, on the first and third Mondays at 3:30pm and 6:30pm at Plaza Cinemas in downtown Oxnard. 

We will continue our mission of providing the best of world cinema to the Oxnard and Ventura County community and supporting local filmmakers.

Thanks and stay safe. George J. Sandoval, Executive Director

We'd like to thank the Port of Hueneme for becoming a 2023-24 Annual Sponsor of the Oxnard Film Society.

RESCHEDULED - Screening February 26, 2023 at 3:30pm and 6:30pm

THE TEACHER'S LOUNGE

2023 Germany 1hr 34minutes   

Drama Not Rated

In German with English subtitles

NOMINATED for Academy Award for Best International Film.

NYTImes Critic's Pick Carla Nowak, a dedicated sports and math teacher, starts her first job at a high school. She stands out among the new staff because of her idealism. When a series of thefts occur at the school and one of her students is suspected, she decides to get to the bottom of the matter on her own. Carla tries to mediate between outraged parents, opinionated colleagues and aggressive students, but is relentlessly confronted with the structures of the school system. The more desperately she tries to do everything right, the more the young teacher threatens to break.

Screening March 4, 2023 at 3:30pm and 6:30pm

TOTEM

2023 Mexico 1hr 35minutes   

Drama Not Rated

In Spanish with English subtitles

Mexico's Submission to the Academy Awards for Best International Film.

NYTImes Critic's Pick In a bustling Mexican household, seven-year-old Sol is swept up in a whirlwind of preparations for the birthday party for her father, Tona, led by her mother, aunts and other relatives. As the day goes on, building to an event both anticipated and dreaded, Sol begins to understand the gravity of the celebration this year and watches as her family does the same. This poignant and emotionally expansive film from Lila Aviles (The Chambermaid) cements her skill at directing dynamic, ensemble performances in her stunning sophomore effort.

Screening March 18, 2023 at 3:30pm and 6:30pm

ZONE OF INTEREST

2023 UK 1hr 46minutes   

Drama/History/War PG-13

In German, Polish, Yiddish with English subtitles

NOMINATED for Academy Award for Best International Film, Best Film, Best Director, Best Adapted Script

The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.

Screening April 1, 2023 at 3:30pm and 6:30pm

TBA

Screening April 15, 2023 at 3:30pm and 6:30pm

THE PROMISED LAND

2023 Denmark 2hr 7minutes   

Drama/History Rated R

In Danish with English subtitles

Denmark's Submission to the Academy Awards for Best International Film.

In 18th century Denmark, Captain Ludvig Kahlen (Mads Mikkelsen) – a proud, ambitious, but impoverished war hero -- sets out to tame a vast, uninhabitable land on which seemingly nothing can grow. He seeks to start farming crops, build a colony in the name of the King, and gain a noble title for himself. This beautiful but forbidding area also happens to be under the rule of the merciless Frederik De Schinkel, a preening nobleman who realizes the threat Kahlen represents to his power. Struggling against the elements and local brigands, Kahlen is joined by a couple who have fled the clutches of the rapacious De Schinkel. As this group of misfits begins to build a small community in this inhospitable place, De Schinkel swears vengeance, and the confrontation between him and Kahlen promises to be as violent and intense as these two men.