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
FREE! Bussing reimbursement is available!
The registration deadline is March 26, 2026 and space is limited. The film for World Cinema Day will be announced soon!
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.