PLEASE NOTE: The April 10th sceening at 11:30 is currently full. We are working on possibly scheduling a second screening.
World Cinema Day, a collaboration between UW-Madison’s IRIS and the Wisconsin Film Festival that began in 2004, brings school children and teachers to Madison for the screening of a high-quality, international film with an introduction and post-film discussion led by a member of the UW faculty or staff.
World Cinema Day 2026
Friday, April 10, 2026 | 11:30 AM
Barrymore Theatre, 2090 Atwood Avenue, Madison, WI 53704
Past Films: Here is the list of films we have shown at World Cinema Day since this event’s inception:
- 2025 – Yasmeen’s Element, Pakistan, 2024
- 2024 – Totem, The Netherlands, 2022
- 2023 – Rickshaw Girl, Bangladesh 2021
- 2022 – Mission Ulja Funk, Poland, German, Luxembourg 2021
- 2020 – Zu Weit Weg (Too Far Away), Germany 2019–for middle schoolers; المرشح المثالي (The Perfect Candidate), Saudi Arabia 2019–for high schoolers
- 2019 – Tito and the Birds (Brazil)–for middle schoolers; Midnight Traveler (Canada, Qatar, UK, USA)–for high schoolers
- 2018 – The Taste of Rice Flower (China)
- 2017 – Parting (Afghanistan, Iran)
- 2016 – Celestial Camel (Republic of Kalmykia)
- 2015 – Girlhood (France)
- 2014 – Village at the End of the World (Greenland)
- 2013 – The Painting (France)
- 2012 – Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
- 2011 – The Colors of the Mountain (Colombia)
- 2010 – Masquerades (Algeria)
- 2009 – Football Under Cover (Germany)
- 2008 – Fermat’s Room (Spain)
- 2007 – Of Love and Eggs (Indonesia)
- 2006 – Stolen Life (China)
- 2005 – Daughter of Keltoum (Tunisia)
- 2004 – Ticket to Jerusalem (Israel)
WCD was coordinated by UW-Madison’s Language Institute through 2009. Many of the films listed above were presented in collaboration with the Global Film Initiative. We thank them for their support and assistance over the years.