APRIL COMING ATTRACTION:
A pre-theatrical release: It’s an Italian comedy that’s both thoughtful and thought-provoking!

Synopsis: After 40 years of teaching in Rome, an elementary school teacher gets assigned to a school made up of a single class, with children aged 7 to 10, in the heart of the Abruzzo National Park. Thanks to the help of the vice principal and the children, he overcomes his metropolitan inadequacy and becomes one of them. However, when everything seems to be going well, the news arrives that the school will close due to lack of enrolments. Thus begins a battle to avoid its closure with a real-world solution! Comedy/Drama - NR - Italian, with English subtitles - 112 min TRAILER

FRIDAY, APRIL 18TH - 4:30 PM
SATURDAY, APRIL 19TH
4:30 PM & 7:30 PM

WALNUT CREEK LIBRARY
1644 N. Broadway
Walnut Creek

$14.00 GENERAL ADMISSION
Tickets available at the door FOR NON-MEMBERS on a first-come basis. Some shows do sell out.

RESERVED TICKETS MAY BE PURCHASED IN ADVANCE BY CALLING: 925-787-6965
Convenience service fee: 50c per ticket.
OR, consider CONSIDER A 2024 pro-rated membership, with all the additional benefits! (see membership tab)

OUR HEALTH SAFETY PROTOCOLS: WE NO LONGER REQUIRE PROOF OF VACCINATION, AND MASKS ARE OPTIONAL AT THE DISCRETION OF THE ATTENDEE.









































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































OUR ONLINE PRE-THEATRICAL RELEASE:
sATURDAY, Nov. 14th, 4:30 PM, AND
SATURDAY, nov. 21st, 7:30 PM

An audience favorite at the Mill Valley Film Festival comes this yet-to-be-released new film by Mongolian filmmaker, Byambasuren Davaa. Synopsis: In a province in the middle of the Mongolian steppe, 11-year old Amra lives a traditional nomad life tending sheep with his family; until their peaceful routine is threatened by the encroachment of international mining companies, digging for gold and devastating the natural habitat. The boy’s father is the leader of the last nomads until he dies; and Amra is compelled to carry on his father's David vs. Goliath fight with his own cleverness and the tools of an 11-year-old boy. NR- Drama • Mongolia, with English • 97 min. TRAILER

MONTHLY FILMS ARE FREE FOR MEMBERS. IF YOU ARE NOT YET A MEMBER: YOU CAN PURCHASE A $12.50 GENERAL ADMISSION TICKET FOR OUR ONLINE SCREENINGS. HERE’S HOW:

1. Email Mountain Shadow: info@mountainshadow.org
2. Tell us which screening you'd like to "attend."
3. Provide a phone number and we'll call you for credit card charge information.
4. You'll receive a confirmation of your purchase by email.  5. The LINK will be emailed to you the day prior to the screening.

You will also receive a regular PLAYBILL to view and/or print at home!  As usual, we'll even have a Raffle Drawing!























































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Film Review & Commentary

Film Reviews
“When This Land is Your Land”
“When This Land is Your Land”

When a widow in Paris hears on the radio that an NGO is putting in touch homeless migrant refugees with people who are willing to welcome them -- she decides to welcome Reza who is a young Afghan broken by war and exile. Our March selection was a pre-theatrical release from France. Click on the image above to read a Mountain Shadow review of this film most appropriate for the times in which we find ourselves.

The "Best" of the Oscar Shorts
The "Best" of the Oscar Shorts

In advance of the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday, March 2nd, our show in February presented a variety of the Animated, Documentary and Live-Action shorts that have been nominated for an Oscar, for our own audiences to judge. For the complete list click on the image above.

  

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