We stand with Ukraine.
Sentimental Value
DRAMA By joaquim trier
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Playing Friday, March 6th at 7:30 pm
Madison Community Arts Center
10 Kings Road, Madison
Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star. Suddenly, the two sisters must navigate their comp-licated relationship with their father — and deal with an American star dropped right into the middle of their complex family dynamics.
Academy Award-Nominated
Short Films
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Playing Friday, Feb. 27th at 7:30 pm
Madison Community Arts Center
10 Kings Road, Madison
Showcasing the best short films from around the world, the 2026 Oscar®-Nominated Shorts includes three feature-length programs, one for each Academy Award® Short Film category: Animated, Documentary and Live Action.
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
Directors: David Borenstein &
Pavel Talankin
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Playing Sunday, March 8th at 5:30 pm
Madison Community Arts Center
10 Kings Road, Madison
Nominee, Best Documentary Feature - 98th Academy Awards
A riveting first-person expose of Russia's wartime student indoctrination program told through
the eyes and lens of a small-town primary school teacher who dared to challenge the program
and expose the truth.
The film depicts recruitment training for war in a Russian primary school, as part of the ongoing war against Ukraine. The footage was shot by teacher Pavel 'Pasha' Talankin, who co-directed the documentary with director David Borenstein. Pasha has now left Russia.
Winner of the Sundance World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award.
Holding Liat
Documentary by BRANDON KRAMER
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Playing Sunday, May 17 at 4 pm
Madison Community Arts Center
10 Kings Road, Madison
IIn the weeks unfolding after Liat is kidnapped, her father resists efforts to use her captivity to justify escalating violence in Gaza, exposing political and emotional rifts within his family as they struggle to find a way to bring her home.
PAST SCREENINGS AT THE FILM SOCIETY OF SUMMIT
Past Screenings at the Film Society of Summit
BONNARD, PIERRE AND MARTHA
DRAMA by Martin provost
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COMING SOON
Madison Community Arts Center
10 Kings Road, Madison
The beautiful and transporting new historical drama from multi award-winning director Martin Provost ('Séraphine', 'The Midwife') about the turbulent love story between the famous post-Impressionist painter and his lesser-known - but highly influential - wife. 1893. When aspiring French painter Pierre Bonnard (Macaigne) - a protégé of Claude Monet - meets Marthe de Méligny (de France), he has no idea that this self-proclaimed aristocrat will become the cornerstone of his life and work. From this moment, though she appears in over a third of his work, she's more than just a muse; together over five decades, the couple will explore creative fulfillment, love and jealousies that challenge the standards of the time, as the film interrogates the great mystery around their relationship. A brilliant story of creation and love, of fame and secrets, and the life of the remarkable artist nicknamed “the painter of happiness”. Provost’s vision for this material is clear and concise; what may appear as a traditional account of its subjects soon moves beyond conventions and evolves into something much more resonant and profound.
SING SING DRAMA
directed by Greg Kwedar
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Playing in January
Madison Community Arts Center
10 Kings Road, Madison
Divine G (Colman Domingo), imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn’t commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group with other incarcerated men. When a wary outsider joins the group, the men decide to stage their first original comedy, in this stirring true story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art, starring an unforgettable ensemble cast of formerly incarcerated actors. 13 actors — a majority of the cast — are former convicts who had themselves participated in the rehabilitative theater program. Most of the actors thought they would never again return to a correctional facility, let alone wear the green prison-issue uniforms. The film was shot in the summer of 2022 at the now-decommissioned Downstate Correctional Facility in the Hudson Valley. And in a dismaying twist, most of the actors had themselves been detained or processed through Downstate, the very facility that had become their movie set, a haunting reminder of their past selves and an opportunity — a calling, some said — to send a message.
SING SING DRAMA
directed by Greg Kwedar
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Playing in January
Madison Community Arts Center
10 Kings Road, Madison
Divine G (Colman Domingo), imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn’t commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group with other incarcerated men. When a wary outsider joins the group, the men decide to stage their first original comedy, in this stirring true story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art, starring an unforgettable ensemble cast of formerly incarcerated actors. 13 actors — a majority of the cast — are former convicts who had themselves participated in the rehabilitative theater program. Most of the actors thought they would never again return to a correctional facility, let alone wear the green prison-issue uniforms. The film was shot in the summer of 2022 at the now-decommissioned Downstate Correctional Facility in the Hudson Valley. And in a dismaying twist, most of the actors had themselves been detained or processed through Downstate, the very facility that had become their movie set, a haunting reminder of their past selves and an opportunity — a calling, some said — to send a message.