Explore the world through six award-winning international films presented in their original language with English subtitles. Each film is followed by COD faculty-led discussion.

Global Flicks is co-sponsored by COD Field Studies/Study Abroad and McAninch Arts Center.

Click here for a research guide created by COD Library staff, providing film reviews, themes and background on each featured country.

View the archive of all Global Flicks by clicking below:

Global Flicks Archive

Wednesday, Feb 19 | 1:30 & 7:30p

Broker Director: Hirokazu Koreeda South Korea | Drama, 2022 2h, 9m | Korean The Broker is a heartfelt drama about an unlikely group brought together by abandoned children. In South Korea, a young mother decides to give her newborn child to a church for adoption. When she reconsiders her choice, she discovers an illegal baby…

Wednesday, Feb 26 | 1:30 & 7:30p

Miss Hokusai Director: Keiichia Hara Japan | Drama/Anime, 2015 1h, 33m | Japanese Speakers: Maria Ritzema – History Professor, Adam Fotos – Humanities Assoc. Professor, Justin Witte – CCMA Curator, Julia Walker – CCMA Assistant Curator Miss Hokusai is based on the life and works of Japanese artist and ukiyo-e painter Katsushika Hokusai, as seen…

Wednesday, Mar 5 | 1:30 & 7:30p

XTrillion Director: Eleanor Church North Pacific | Documentary, 2024 1h, 8m | English Speaker: Shamili Ajgaonkar – Biology Professor X Trillion follows the grueling journey of an all-women, 14-member crew who sail 3,000 miles across the North Pacific Ocean through the densest accumulation of ocean plastic on the planet. The international crew includes scientists, sailors,…

Wednesday, Mar 12 | 1:30 & 7:30p

Of Gods & Men Director: Xavier Beauvois France | Drama/History, 2010 2h, 2m | French, Arabic An order of Trappist-Catholic monks live among the Muslim population in a quiet corner of Algeria. In the mid-1990s, the country is plunged into civil war and the men of God must decide whether to stay to continue their…

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