HAMBURG, N.Y. – Hilbert College President Dr. Michael S. Brophy is pleased to host a World Cinema Series at Hilbert’s William E. Swan Auditorium.  The program, which is co-sponsored by the Communications Department, is an educational film series incorporating an interdisciplinary approach for Hilbert students and supports Hilbert’s objective to boost lifelong learning in the community.   For this fall, the series will feature internationally renowned films from France, Germany, and Poland.

The World Cinema Series at Hilbert is free and open to the public. For more information and to pre-register, please go to - https://www.hilbert.edu/WorldCinema. The films for the fall semester are:

• Wednesday, September 15, 2021 at 7 p.m.  – “Les Intouchables” (France)
  Presented by Carol Bernat
  • Based on a true story, "The Intouchables" is the story of a wealthy, physically disabled risk taker, the picture of established French nobility, who lost his wife in an accident and whose world is turned upside down when he hires a young, good-humored, black Muslim ex-con as his caretaker. Their bond proves the power and omniscience that love and friendship can hold over all social and economic differences.  (Synopsis by FilmJabber)
• Thursday, October 28, 2021 at 7 p.m.  – “Wings of Desire” (Germany)
  Presented by Dr. Anthony Hughes
  • An angel tires of overseeing human activity and wishes to become human when he falls in love with a mortal. (Synopsis by IMDb)
• Wednesday, November 17 at 7 p.m. – “The Innocents” (Poland)
  Presented by Laura Dannebohm
  • 1945. Mathilde is a French Red Cross doctor working on a mission to help the French survivors of the German camps. While she works in Poland, she is asked for help by a nun. In her convent, several nuns are pregnant. (Synopsis by IMDb)

Hilbert is planning to continue the series in the spring 2022 semester, but details are still being finalized.

Hilbert College, located in suburban Hamburg, N.Y., south of Buffalo, is a private four-year college founded in 1957 in the Catholic Franciscan tradition. With nearly 800 students, Hilbert is a dynamic Western New York college that offers career-focused majors, including one of the top criminal justice programs in the region, and more than 50 minors and concentrations. The college’s engaging, student-centered campus community offers numerous leadership, internship, and service learning opportunities from which students launch successful careers while making positive changes in their communities. The Hilbert Blueprint promotes a well-rounded student experience over four years – starting with the Foundations Seminar in the freshman year, followed by Sophomore Service, Junior Symposium, and culminating with the Senior Capstone. Hilbert has expanded its academic offerings with the college’s first graduate programs in criminal justice administration and public administration, including a track in health administration.