An Academy Award nominee for best international feature film and a documentary exploring the power of sound open at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center March 29.

Continuing are “One Life” and “The Arc of Oblivion.”

Trailer for "Io Capitano"

“Io Capitano” was an Academy Award nominee for best international feature. The film from writer-director Matteo Garrone examines the immigration experience through a treacherous, cinematographically epic odyssey from West Africa to Italy. The acclaimed film, which won top directing and acting prizes at the Venice Film Festival, presents a “reverse shot” of the immigration experience. The story is told through the mind’s eye and experiences of two Senegalese teenagers living in Dakar who yearn for a brighter future in Europe. Yet between their dreams and reality lies a treacherous journey through a labyrinth of checkpoints, the scorched Saharan desert, a fetid North African prison and the vast waters of the Mediterranean, where thousands have died packed inside vessels barely fit for passage.

“Io Capitano” is not rated and is showing through April 4.

Trailer for "32 Sounds"

An immersive feature documentary and profound sensory experience from Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Sam Green, “32 Sounds” features original music by JD Samson. The film explores the elemental phenomenon of sound by weaving together 32 specific sound explorations into a cinematic meditation on the power of sound to bend time, cross borders and profoundly shape our perception of the world around us.

“32 Sounds” is not rated and is showing through April 3.

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