It Felt Like Love (2013) Directed by Eliza Hittman December 3 - Tuesday - 7:00 p.m. December 5 - Thursday - 9:30 p.m.* During an uneventful summer near Brooklyn, Lila, a lonely fourteen-year-old from Gravesend, turns her attentions to Sammy, an older thug at Rockaway beach. Wanting something to brag about, she weaves a tale about him and becomes fixated on seeing it realized. When she fails, Lila propels the lie, claiming they’ve had sex. It Felt Like Love captures the confusing emotions and developing identity of girl that explores what could euphemistically be called love. (2K DCP. 82 min. Not Rated.) *Director Eliza Hittman is scheduled to be present. A Touch of Sin (2013) Directed by Jia Zhangke December 6 - Friday - 9:30 p.m. December 7 - Saturday - 7:00 p.m. December 8 - Sunday - 3:00 p.m. A Touch of Sin, nominated for the Palme d’Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, follows four interlinked stories in this critique of violence in contemporary China. Jia Zhangke (Still Life, The World) draws upon news stories and China’s influential ‘wuxia’ films to craft the allegorical tales of a miner, a factory worker, a receptionist and a migrant worker, as they each must address the violence around them. In Mandarin language with English subtitles. (2K DCP. 133 min. Not Rated.) Blue is the Warmest Color (2013) Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche December 13 - Friday - 7:00 p.m. December 14 - Saturday - 7:00 p.m. December 15 - Sunday - 3:00 p.m. Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, the film follows Adèle along her coming of age journey. She will never be the same after seeing Emma, a blue-haired art student who she immediately falls for. The arc of their relationship gives us a precise, erotic tale of desire, passion and self-discovery. In French language with English subtitles. (2K DCP. 179 min. Not Rated.) cinema.indiana.edu Wadjda (2013) Directed by Haifaa Al-Mansour December 19 - Thursday - 7:00 p.m. December 20 - Friday - 7:00 p.m. Wadjda is a 10-year-old girl living in Saudi Arabia. Although she lives in a conservative world, she is fun loving and pushes the boundaries. Wadjda desires a beautiful green bicycle that is for sale but her mother won’t allow it, fearing repercussions from a society that sees bicycles as dangerous to a girl’s virtue. Wadjda enters a Koran recitation competition to win the money she needs. In Arabic language with English subtitles. (2K DCP. 98 min. Rated PG.) International Arthouse Series 9