The Rosa Goddard International Film Festival

Since 2011, SQecial Media has sponsored the Rosa Goddard International Film Festival every fall at the Kentucky Theatre. Rosa Goddard was a longtime fan of international film and the festival was originally founded to celebrate her love of cinema. We have been proud to continue the tradition in her name.

The posters for our festival are designed by local artist Ed Franklin, who also curates each year's films.

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COMING IN SEPTEMBER

This year’s Rosa Goddard International Film Festival returns not with a bang, but with a few lovely films that we’ve selected to bring you some respite from the cacophony of the world, and maybe a little bit of hope. All films will show at 7:15 and there will be a free drawing for prizes immediately before the film begins. Tickets will cost $6.50.

September 10 - AFTER LIFE
What if you could choose only one memory to take with you into the next world? The recently deceased struggle to make their decision and see their chosen memories reenacted for VHS in Hirokazu Kore-eda’s beautiful exploration of memory and cinema.

September 17 - LE HAVRE
A young African refugee who has landed in the wrong port city is aided by a French shoeshiner, who attempts to harbor him from the authorities. This dryly humorous “political fairytale” from acclaimed Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki celebrates connection and the embrace of community.

September 24 - YI YI
Edward Yang’s epic tells the story of a year in the life of a Taiwanese family, somehow touching on the whole of human emotion, from grief to hilarity. Widely considered one of the 21st century’s best films, at the end of this nearly three-hour masterpiece, you may – like our festival’s curator – find that you want to immediately watch it again. (However, we’re only showing it once!)