Adult Services - Foreign Films Collection

Description:

Red Deer Public Library’s new DVD collection of foreign films provides the original soundtrack with English subtitles. The movies in this collection represent widely celebrated and award-winning directors from around the world.

Access:

Foreign films are interfiled in the regular DVD Collection. The DVD case sports a green Foreign Film label and a sticker that indicates the original language of the film. All the foreign films can be accessed through the library catalogue under the uniform title “Foreign Films” and the search can be refined further by choosing the language of soundtrack/subtitles which differs from DVD to DVD.

Size:

The Foreign Films Collection will be expanded and updated on an annual basis.

Languages:

• Arabic
• Czech
• Chinese
• Mandarin
• Cantonese
• Danish
• French
• Japanese
• Hebrew
• Hindi
• Italian
• Kannada
• Korean
• Persian/Farsi
• Portuguese
• Punjabi
• Russian
• Spanish
• Swedish
• Tagalog
• Vietnamese 
• Ukrainian
  

You are welcome to check out our extensive DVD collection in Foreign languages, which gives our patrons an opportunity to watch movies in a variety of languages (national cinematography is not represented as it is in the Foreign Films Collection).

Funding:

The project was funded by:

- Red Deer Public Library

- Human Rights, Citizenship & Multiculturalism Education Fund

The movies keep coming to the library so you are welcome to check our catalogue for the new titles throughout the year: Foreign Films in Red Deer Public Library Collection.

Independent and international films delight and challenge the imagination and inform the artistic experience. However, an understanding of their historic, cultural and national context can enhance the impact of their imaginative richness.

Foreign Film Screenings in 2010

Thursday, February 11, 2010
Mother of the Bride (in Arabic with English subtitles)
Snell Auditorium
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Friday and Saturday, March 5 and 6, 2010
Day program of National Film Board of Canada films in French for children and adults
Snell Auditorium
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Thursday, April 8, 2010
Springtime in a small town (in Mandarin with English subtitles)
Snell Auditorium
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Thursday, May 13, 2010
The House of Sand (in Portuguese with English subtitles)
Snell Auditorium
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

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