Special Invitation Films
Great films are always in conversation with one another. The Special Invitation Films program highlights that dialogue by pairing selections from our official lineup with works that deepen their meaning and context.
This year, we present two such pairings. Chris Marker’s sci-fi classic La Jetée (1962) screens alongside La Jetée, the Fifth Shot (2024), a film from our main program that draws direct inspiration from Marker’s iconic imagery and structure.
Soda Kazuhiro’s Inland Sea (2018) is presented in tandem with Frederick Wiseman’s Domestic Violence (2001), offering a rare glimpse into the creative exchanges between two giants of observational cinema. Soda will also join us for a discussion as part of the Wiseman retrospective.
Through these curated dialogues, the Special Invitation Films program invites audiences to see each film not in isolation, but as part of a larger, evolving conversation.
