Yale International Alliance

Film Society presents "Roma"
2023-09-23 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York)
Join movie enthusiasts from our global alumni community to discuss and exchange views on films from around the world. And share your favorite film from your own country to view for discussion at a future meeting.

On September 23, 2023, we are discussing “Roma” by Alfonso Cuaron (Mexico, 2018). This film is based on Cuaron’s personal remembrance of growing up in Mexico City’s Roma neighborhood, and the special bond with the family’s maid who nurtured and supported them through a mutual period of personal and cultural unrest.

Prior to our discussion, participants will watch the movie on streaming platforms available in their regions. Online options may include Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Prime Video, etc.

Learning in the Age of Climate Change - Empowering Learners and Educators in the Face of Climate Disasters
2023-09-30 10:00 - 11:00
With Margaret Favretti ’85 (Author and Advisor to the Aspen Institute and the Climate Mental Health Network)

Moderated by Claudia Portogallo ’17 (Vice Chair of the Yale International Alliance and Mentor at Sankt Afra, Germany)

We invite you to bring in your questions for building regenerative community projects locally. You will gain insights into Maggie’s book, “Learning in the Age of Climate Disasters – Teacher and Student Empowerment Beyond Futurephobia.”. It’s a practical toolkit for creating revitalizing learning ecosystems. Discover how Maggie’s resources can invigorate your initiatives, fostering agency and resilience.

During the conversation, we’ll explore how to overcome feelings of immobilization, overwhelm, and uncertainty, instead enabling connection and impactful community action. Optional break-out rooms at the end of the webinar will facilitate brainstorming for local projects. Maggie’s and Claudia’s work includes collaborations with indigenous communities, climate disaster survivors, local regenerative learning centers, families, and educational institutions. Together, they proactively address climate challenges within their communities.

Film Society presents "Drive My Car"
2023-10-21 10:00 - 11:00
Join movie enthusiasts from our global alumni community to discuss and exchange views on films from around the world. And share your favorite film from your own country to view for discussion at a future meeting.

On October 21, 2023, we are discussing “Drive My Car” by Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Japan, 2021). “A renowned stage actor and director learns to cope with big personal loss when he receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya in Hiroshima.” The film is based on a story by Haruki Murakami.

We invite you to watch these bonus clips from Japan for discussion:

父と娘の風景｜相鉄東急直通記念ムービー｜Father and Daughter

父と娘の風景｜相鉄東急直通記念ムービー｜Behind The Scenes

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Voices of peace in times of war
2023-10-22 13:00 - 14:00
Join the Jerusalem Youth Chorus online to lift up the voices of our Israeli and Palestinian young singers and other artists using their music to foster dialogue, understanding, and empathy. Let us use the power of words and music to heal wounds and bridge divides, even in the worst of times.

L﻿earn more and support the Jerusalem Youth Chorus at http://www.jerusalemyouthchorus.org/involved/

Film Society presents "Force Majeure"
2023-11-18 10:00 - 11:00
Join movie enthusiasts from our global alumni community to discuss and exchange views on films from around the world. And share your favorite film from your own country to view for discussion at a future meeting.

On November 18, 2023, we are discussing “Force Mejeure” by Ruben Ostlund (Sweden, 2014). In this film, a Swedish family travels to the French Alps to enjoy a few days of skiing. A near avalanche throws the family dynamics into crisis.

Prior to our discussion, participants will watch the movie on streaming platforms available in their regions. Online options may include Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Prime Video, etc.

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Film Society presents "Queen of Katwe"
2023-12-16 10:00 - 11:00
Join movie enthusiasts from our global alumni community to discuss and exchange views on films from around the world. And share your favorite film from your own country to view for discussion at a future meeting.

On December 16, 2023, we are discussing “Queen of Katwe” by Mira Nair (India, 2016). This film explores a true story of a young girl from the streets of rural Uganda whose world rapidly changes when she is introduced to the game of chess.

Prior to our discussion, participants will watch the movie on streaming platforms available in their regions. Online options may include Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Prime Video, etc.

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Film Society presents "Society of the Snow"
2024-01-20 10:00 - 11:00
Join movie enthusiasts from our global alumni community to discuss and exchange views on films from around the world. And share your favorite film from your own country to view for discussion at a future meeting.

On January 20, 2024, we are discussing “Society of the Snow” by J.A. Bayona (Spain, 2023).

“In 1972, the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, chartered to fly a rugby team to Chile, catastrophically crashes on a glacier in the heart of the Andes. Only 29 of the 45 passengers survived the crash and finding themselves in one of the world’s toughest environments, they are forced to resort to extreme measures to stay alive.”

Prior to our discussion, participants will watch the movie on streaming platforms available in their regions. Online options may include Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Prime Video, etc.

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Film Society presents "Anatomy of a Fall"
2024-02-17 10:00 - 11:00
Join movie enthusiasts from our global alumni community to discuss and exchange views on films from around the world. And share your favorite film from your own country to view for discussion at a future meeting.

On February 17, 2024, we are discussing “Anatomy of a Fall” by Justine Triet (France 2023).

“A woman is suspected of murder after her husband’s death, and their visually challenged son faces a moral dilemma as the main witness.”

Prior to our discussion, participants will watch the movie on streaming platforms available in their regions. Online options may include Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Prime Video, etc.

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Film Society presents "The Assassin"
2024-03-16 10:00 - 11:00
Join movie enthusiasts from our global alumni community to discuss and exchange views on films from around the world. And share your favorite film from your own country to view for discussion at a future meeting.

On March 16, 2024, we are discussing “The Assassin” Hou Hsiao-Hsien (China 2015).

“A female assassin receives a dangerous mission to kill a political leader in eighth-century China.”

Prior to our discussion, participants will watch the movie on streaming platforms available in their regions. Online options may include Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Prime Video, etc.

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Film Society presents "La Dolce Vita"
2024-05-04 10:00 - 11:00
Join movie enthusiasts from our global alumni community to discuss and exchange views on films from around the world. And share your favorite film from your own country to view for discussion at a future meeting.

On May 4, 2024, we are discussing “La Dolce Vita” by Federico Fellini (Italy 1960).

“In 1959/1960 Rome, Marcello Rubini (Marcello Mastroianni) is a writer and journalist, the worst kind of journalist–a tabloid journalist.”

Prior to our discussion, participants will watch the movie on streaming platforms available in their regions. Online options may include Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Prime Video, etc.

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Film Society presents "Quo Vadis, Aida"
2024-05-18 10:00 - 11:00
Join movie enthusiasts from our global alumni community to discuss and exchange views on films from around the world. And share your favorite film from your own country to view for discussion at a future meeting.

On May 18, 2024, we are discussing “Quo Vadis, Aida?” by Jasmila Zbanic (Bosnia 2020).

“Bosnia, July 1995. Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp.”

Prior to our discussion, participants will watch the movie on streaming platforms available in their regions. Online options may include Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Prime Video, etc.

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Film Society presents "Black Orpheus"
2024-06-22 10:00 - 11:00
Join movie enthusiasts from our global alumni community to discuss and exchange views on films from around the world. And share your favorite film from your own country to view for discussion at a future meeting.

On June 22, 2024, we are discussing “Black Orpheus” by Marcel Camus (Brazil 1959).

“A retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, set during the time of the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro.”

Prior to our discussion, participants will watch the movie on streaming platforms available in their regions. Online options may include Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Prime Video, etc.

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Yale Common Rooms Mid-year Mixer
2024-07-19 12:00 - 14:00
Nowhere has more interesting people than a Yale Common Room. You knew it as a student. Join in again as a Yale Alum.

The Yale Common Rooms Mid-year Mixer is a one-off zoom get-together this summer, bringing together past and present YIA Common Room participants and hosts. Join other alums from around the world at any of these sessions in a time zone that works for you:

Session 1: 12 noon (EST) Friday July 19th, hosted by Vittoria Tagliabue

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Session 2: 1pm (EST) Sunday July 28th, hosted by Vittoria Tagliabue

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Session 3: 8:30pm (EST) Friday August 2nd, hosted by Huiqiong(Joan) Wang

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Catch up with alums you have met in your CR or click with someone new. Or join us to find out more about the Common Rooms experience.

“The Common Rooms are the best thing I’ve participated in as a Yale alum.”

There will be breakout rooms of 2 people at a time. Breakout rooms will be randomly selected and will change every 8 minutes. We know you will come away remembering just how unexpected and compelling the people you met at Yale were. They are still here. At Yale Common Rooms this summer.

Questions? Contact commonroom@yaleinternationalalliance.org

Film Society Presents “Io Capitano”
2024-09-21 10:00 - 11:00
On September 21, 2024, we are discussing “Io Capitano” by Matteo Garron (Italy 2023).

“A Homeric fairy tale that tells the adventurous journey of two young boys, Seydou and Moussa, who leave Dakar to reach Europe.”

Prior to our discussion, participants will watch the movie on streaming platforms available in their regions. Online options may include Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Prime Video, etc.

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Film Society Presents “Good Bye Lenin!”
2024-10-19 10:00 - 11:00
On October 19, 2024, we are discussing „Goodbye Lenin!“ by Wolfgang Becker (Germany 2003).

“In 1990, to protect his fragile mother from a fatal shock after a long coma, a young man must keep her from learning that her beloved nation of East Germany as she knew it has disappeared.”

Prior to our discussion, participants will watch the movie on streaming platforms available in their regions. Online options may include Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Prime Video, etc.

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Film Society Presents “4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days”
2024-11-23 10:00 - 11:00
On November 23, 2024, we are discussing „4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days“ by Cristian Mungiu (Romania 2007).

“A woman assists her friend in arranging an illegal abortion in 1980s Romania.”

Prior to our discussion, participants will watch the movie on streaming platforms available in their regions. Online options may include Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Prime Video, etc.

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Film Society Presents “Farewell My Concubine”
2024-12-21 10:00 - 11:00
On December 21, 2024, we are discussing „Farewell My Concubine“ by Kaige Chen (China 1993).

“Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China’s history.”

Prior to our discussion, participants will watch the movie on streaming platforms available in their regions. Online options may include Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Prime Video, etc.

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Film Society Presents “Burning”
2025-01-25 10:00 - 11:00
On January 25, 2025, we are discussing „Burning“ by Lee Chang-dong (Korea 2018).

“A psychological thriller about the search for meaning.”

Prior to our discussion, participants will watch the movie on streaming platforms available in their regions. Online options may include Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Prime Video, etc.

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Film Society Presents "The Old Oak"
2025-02-15 10:00 - 11:00
On February 15, 2025, we are discussing „The Old Oak“ by Ken Loach (Britain 2024).

​“The future for the last remaining pub, The Old Oak, in a village of Northeast England where people are leaving the land as the mines ar closed. Houses are cheap and available, thus making it an ideal location for Syrian refugees.”

​​Prior to our discussion, participants will watch the movie on streaming platforms available in their regions. Online options may include Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Prime Video, etc.

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Film Society Presents "Emilia Pérez"
2025-03-22 10:00 - 11:00
​On March 22, 2025, we are discussing „Emilia Pérez“ by Jacques Audiard (France 2024).

​“Mexico, today. Overqualified and exploited, lawyer Rita is wasting her talents working for a large firm far better at whitewashing criminal garbage than serving justice. But an unexpected way out appears, the sort of offers you can’t refuse…”

​​Prior to our discussion, participants will watch the movie on streaming platforms available in their regions. Online options may include Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Prime Video, etc.

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Film Society Presents "The Official Story"
2025-04-19 10:00 - 11:00
On April 19, 2025, we are discussing „The Official Story“ by Luis Puenzo (Argentinia 1985).

“During the final months of Argentinian Military Dictatorship in 1983, a high school teacher sets out to find out who the mother of her adopted daughter is.”

​​​Prior to our discussion, participants will watch the movie on streaming platforms available in their regions. Online options may include Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Prime Video, etc.

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Film Society Presents "Toni Erdmann"
2025-05-17 10:00 - 11:00
​On May 17, 2025, we are discussing „Toni Erdmann“ by Maren Ade (Germany 2016).

​“A practical joking father tries to reconnect with his hard working daughter by creating an outrageous alter ego and posing as her CEOs life coach.”

​​Prior to our discussion, participants will watch the movie on streaming platforms available in their regions. Online options may include Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Prime Video, etc.

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Film Society Presents "A Separation"
2025-06-21 10:00 - 11:00
​On June 21, 2025, we are discussing „A Separation“ by Asghar Farhadi (Iran 2011).

​“A married couple are faced with a difficult decision – to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer’s disease.

​​Prior to our discussion, participants will watch the movie on streaming platforms available in their regions. Online options may include Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Prime Video, etc.

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