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
Tighten the airlock, fasten your seatbelts, and join us on a journey through space and time at this year's Rosa Goddard International Film Festival! All films will show on Wednesday evenings at 7:15 PM. Tickets are available on the Kentucky Theatre's website at thekentuckytheatre.org or at the box office.
September 11: Barbarella (1968, dir. Roger Vadim) - CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS
The film that launched a thousand drag queens: Roger Vadim and Jane Fonda's 1968 shag-carpeted intergalactic sex romp that gave Duran Duran their name, based on the comic series by Jean-Claude Forest, and featuring cinematography by Renoir's grandson -- yes, that Renoir! Also has an appearance by Blow-Up's David Hemmings as a planetary rebel.
September 18: Fantastic Planet (1973, dir. René Laloux) - CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS
René Laloux's French/
September 25: Ghost in the Shell (1995, dir. Mamoru Oshii) - CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS
Violent, pretty, and philosophical, director Mamoru Oshii's 1995 futuristic neo-noir anime is set in fictional New Port City, Japan, in the year 2029. The film gathered a cult following and has inspired directors such as the Wachowskis, exploring questions of consciousness that have perhaps even more relevance today with the rise of AI.
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