Yale Common Rooms Mid-year Mixer
2024-07-19 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
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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