Presented as part of Bijou Horizons, a film series that brings awareness to diverse cultures through screenings of acclaimed international cinema. Free admission for UI students and $6 for general public.

U. of Iowa students who see all five Horizons shows in a semester will be eligible to win a study abroad scholarship! Miss one? There will be "make up" opportunities with other regularly programmed foreign films at FilmScene.

THE ORNITHOLOGIST

“Its scope is a series of various, massive location shots, but instead of filling them with CGI robots, it is humans who stick out as unnatural, secondary….The effect is both immersive for the world and luminous to the soul of Rodrigues’ film…This is a movie well worth seeing on the big screen” —Nick Allen, rogerebert.com

Fernando, a solitary ornithologist, is looking for black storks when he is swept away by the rapids. Rescued by a couple of Chinese pilgrims, he plunges into an eerie and dark forest, trying to get back on his track, until the pilgrims force him into extreme behavior to survive a series of brutal tests.