2025 Modern Languages Film Series Announced

Modern Languages at Michigan Tech is proud to present our Spring 2025 Film Series!

The films this year, under the theme “Dystopian Futures” will screen on consecutive Wednesdays at 7pm in Fisher 135, and are free and open to the public.

Still from "We Might As Well Be Dead showing a woman in a security uniform laying on the floor of a cramped apartment. Next to her another woman's head can be seen through the mail slot of a closed door with her hair hanging through.

We Might As Well Be Dead

Screening March 12, 2025

Sinelnikova 2022 | Germany

Security officer Anna lives with her 16-year-old daughter in a remote high-rise on the edge of a forest. The building provides its occupants a safe haven until the caretaker’s dog disappears and irrational fear spreads.

Still from the film showing a gray, dystopian landscape with a small doorway to an elevator shaft in the middle of the frame. A figure in a full-face oxygen mask walks to the left.

Aire: Just Breathe

Screening March 19, 2025

Tonos 2024 | Dominican Republic

In the year 2147, a virus as a result of a Great Chemical War has left all men on the planet sterile, bringing humanity to the brink of extinction. Biologist and scientist Tania tries to inseminate herself to ensure the survival of the human species, assisted by an artificial intelligence system called VIDA. However, everything changes when Azarias appears, a traveler with a dark past and possibly one of the last men on the planet.

An attractive young woman lays in a rectangular black tub filled with black liquid below a large half-circle window with washed-out white light shining through.

The Beast

Screening March 26, 2025

Bonello 2023 | France

In the near future the rise of AI has led to humans being deemed useless because their emotions compromise their decision-making. Gabrielle undergoes a procedure that will purify her and get rid of her emotions, a procedure which involves delving into their past lives.

Please join us for this great lineup of films from around the world!

For more information about Modern Languages minors at Michigan Tech, visit https://www.mtu.edu/humanities/undergraduate/modern-languages/

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