French director and screenwriter Julia Ducournau is known for her powerful, unique approach of genre cinema. Titane (2021) is a psychological-body-horror film that centers a young woman who, after being injured in a car crash as a child, has a titanium plate fitted into her head. Amidst an increasingly bizarre series of events, she meets a man in a crisis of paternity, mourning the disappearance of his son. 

After its world premiere at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, Titane took home the Palme d’Or, making Ducournau the second woman director to do so, following Jane Campion for The Piano (1993). 

Amalia Ulman is an Argentine-Spanish multidisciplinary artist whose practice includes installation, video, performance and net-art works.  Her 2019 short, Buyer Walker Rover (Yiwu) offers a perspective on media and global capitalism, depicting a young woman's journey to Yiwu.

As a graduate student-run film collective based in the Department of Art & Art History, Cinematheque advances a dynamic programming effort of film and video for the greater Stanford community. Cinematheque aims to serve as a generative hub of ongoing discovery for current students thinking about film and media across the University as well as a connective link between the University and the broader regional film culture. Please visit us in the 115 screening room on Sundays at 7!

VISITOR INFORMATION: Room 115 is located in the McMurtry Building on Stanford campus at 355 Roth Way. Visitor parking is available in designated areas and payment is managed through ParkMobile (free after 4pm, except by the Oval). Alternatively, take the Caltrain to Palo Alto Transit Center and hop on the free Stanford Marguerite Shuttle. If you need a disability-related accommodation or wheelchair access information, please contact Julianne Garcia at juggarci@stanford.edu. This screening event is open to Stanford affiliates only.

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