Films Week of Thursday, July 25, 2024-Wednesday, July 31, 2024
![Raqib Shaw, Ode to the Country Without a Post Office, 2019–20, acrylic liner and enamel on birchwood](https://static.mfah.com/images/raqib-shaw-ode-to-country-without-post-office.13532762637338831198.jpg?width=540&height=540&bgcolor=blur)
Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West Through September 2, 2024
Raqib Shaw blends Eastern and Western influences to create mesmerizing works of art that merge fable, history, and autobiography.
17 Aug Sat / 2024
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Aurora Picture Show Summer Filmmaking Camp World Premiere
1 p.m.—2:45 p.m.Walk the red carpet for Aurora’s annual Summer Filmmaking Camp World Premieres event, where young filmmakers’ visions come to life on the screen! This free screening showcases a wide range of creative short films made by Houston kids and teens (ages 7–15) through Aurora’s summer youth education program.
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Man Ray: Return to Reason
7 p.m.—8:15 p.m.In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Le Retour à la raison, Sqürl—the Jim Jarmusch-Carter Logan combo—presents Man Ray: Return to Reason, with a newly recorded drone rock soundtrack for all four films. The band’s cosmic sounds complement Ray’s work by conjuring the beautiful, ineffable, haunting, and sublime.
18 Aug Sun / 2024
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Green Border (Zielona granica)
2 p.m.—4:30 p.m.Along the treacherous forests (“green border”) between Belarus and Poland, refugees from the Middle East and Africa are lured by government propaganda promising easy passage to the European Union. Instead, they become trapped in an escalating geopolitical standoff.
23 Aug Fri / 2024
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Best of the 2023 Ottawa International Animation Festival
7 p.m.—8:15 p.m.For adult audiences
Ten short films highlight cutting-edge achievements in the art of animation, representing the myriad styles, techniques, and perspectives that animation is uniquely capable of realizing.