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ABOUT US

Belmont World Film is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit corporation that presents award-winning feature films, documentaries, animation, and shorts from around the world. We aim to bring people together, foster appreciation of the world's diversity, and stimulate discussion through the powerful universal language of film.

The series was inspired by a foreign language survey taken by the Belmont School Department in 2001, which brought up the subject of increasing awareness of foreign languages and cultures. The premise of Belmont World Film is that foreign-language film can not only be a vehicle for hearing another language in action, but also for gaining an emotional understanding of other cultures.
The films in the first series in the Spring of 2002 were near sell-outs. The final film in the series, Kandahar, was a complete sell-out with a line out the door and featured a question and answer period with Fozia Karzai, the sister of Afghanistan Prime Minister Hamid Karzai. In 2003, the series expanded to include the first weekend-long Family Festival, which also drew record crowds to the theater. "There seems to be a real hunger in the Greater Boston area not only to view foreign films, but also for the opportunity to talk about the experiences and cultures represented. And there are so many good foreign films, but they don't often get shown in this country," says Naomi Ellenberg-Dukas, BWF founder and executive director. "We hope that the carefully chosen international films we present will expand the world of our teenagers while drawing out members of the community, stimulating discussion, and bringing people together in a most basic way."

For more information contact:
Belmont World Film
P.O. Box 573
Belmont, MA 02478
Telephone: 617-484-3980
info@belmontworldfilm.org