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Faith Issues Today

Faith Issues Today is a continuous learning and Professional Development Series offered at Regis College. This series offers non-credit courses on scripture, church history, theology and its relevancy in today’s world.
Classic Cinema from Catholic Countries: Short Masterworks by Six Legendary Filmmakers

Tuesdays, April 25-May 30, 6:30pm-8:30pm. In-Person Only. $160

A series of one-hour masterpieces by

  • Luis Bunuel
  • Vittorio De Sica
  • Federico Fellini
  • Krzysztof Kieslowski
  • Louis Malle
  • Roberto Rossellini

 

Introducing postwar European culture in six theologically oriented works by popular writers and filmmakers.  After each viewing, discussion will explore the historical, social, and spiritual worlds behind each film.

 

Discover the wartime roots of Italian Neorealist filmmaking in short films by such important masters as Roberto Rossellini, Vittorio De Sica, and Federico Fellini.

 

Follow the influence of the Neorealists on young French critics-turned-filmmakers such as Louis Malle, who produced the “New Wave” masterworks that transformed the art of cinema worldwide.

 

Explore the principles of the Italian Neorealists shaping the iconoclastic Surrealism of the Spaniard, Luis Bunuel.

 

Appreciate a modern theological classic from late-Communist Poland by the great Krzysztof Kieslowski.

 

Enjoy the immortal acting of internationally known stars as Brigitte Bardot, Alain Delon, Sophia Loren, Anna Magnani, and Marcello Mastroianni.

 

All films will be screened in original languages with English subtitles.

 

Registration

 

Click the link to register below. A credit card is required.

 

 

Register by mail by downloading the registration form and completing by hand. Enclose cheque payable to “Regis College” and mail to Regis College, 100 Wellesley Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2Z5.

 

 

Conditions of Enrolment:

 

  • Before registering, please read the conditions of enrolment.
  • Faith Issues Today courses are non-credit courses. No record of attendance or payment receipt will be issued.
  • Participation in each course is restricted to registrants only.
  • Cancellation must be requested in writing prior to the course. Only completed forms with full payment will be processed.
  • Confirmation will be emailed to applicants.
  • Regis College reserves the right to cancel or change the course offered.
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For assistance in registering, please contact regis.communications@utoronto.ca or call 416-922-5474 x 229.