FAR OUT: RECENT FILMS FROM FINLAND
Series kicks off with Juha (1999), a silent film inspired by Juhani Aho's 1911 novel; Scandinavia House, 58 Park Ave. (37th St.), 212-779-3587; 6, call for price.
IRAN THROUGH THE EYES OF CHILDREN
Festival continues today w/Friendly Persuasion (2000) & The Jar (1992); Screening Room, 54 Varick St. (Canal St.), 212-334-2100; call for times, prices & complete sched. [through 4/5].
A LONG NIGHT'S JOURNEY INTO DAY
Winner of Sundance's Grand Jury Prize & nominated for an Academy Award, doc. on South Africa's Truth & Reconciliation Commission (an organization that offers amnesty to people found guilty of violent crime during apartheid) screens; Makor, 35 W. 67th St. (Central Park W. & Columbus Ave.), 212-601-1000; 7:30 & 9:30, $8 [through 4/5].
NICK PARK'S WORLD: THE ECCENTRIC ADVENTURES OF WALLACE & GROMMET
Ninety minutes of Wallace & Grommit claymation, incl. British commercials & three films; Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-6600; call for times, free w/mus. adm. [through 5/13].
NYU'S 59TH ANNUAL FILM FESTIVAL
See over 106 student films & videos at Cantor Film Center, 36 E. 8th St., #200 (betw. B'way & University Pl.), 212-875-5050; call for times & prices [through 4/7].
TRAFFIK
Five-part British television series that inspired the movie; Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-6600; call for times, free w/mus. adm. [through 4/29].
Friday 4/6
CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN SHADOWS & LIGHT: ITALIAN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Today, Vittorio Storaro paints Bertolucci's Il Conformista (1970); Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th Ave. (89th St.), 212-423-3500; 7, call for prices [through 7/28].
SEMBENE
Festival celebrates African director's work w/screening of Xala (1974); Film Forum, 209 W. Houston St. (6th Ave.), 212-727-8110; call for times & prices [through 4/8].
Saturday 4/7
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL
For all the wrong-headed, soulless film students, Peter Greenaway's stab at the Tempest?Prospero's Books (1991); Cinema Classics, 332 E. 11th St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 212-971-1015; 7, $5.50 [repeats 4/14].
A TREASURY OF FRENCH FILM
This week, Henri-Georges Clouzot's The Wages of Fear (1953); YWCA, 610 Lexington Ave. (53rd St.), 212-735-9717; 4:30, call for price [repeats Sun.].
Sunday 4/8
THE DEN OF CIN
Weekly cult classic series feat. Rocking on the Rhine?a collection of West German tv clips w/live performances by Jimi Hendrix, the Creation, the Yardbirds, the Kinks, Small Faces, the Hollies & others; Den of Cin beneath Two Boots, 44 Ave. A (betw. 3rd & 4th Sts.), 212-254-3300; 8, call for price.
Monday 4/9
PURE KORNGOLD
MOMA screens nine films scored by Austrian composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold (I thought he was Spanish), beginning today w/Anthony Adverse (1936); Museum of Modern Art, 11 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-708-9400; call for complete sched., free w/adm [through 4/16].
RENOIR: FILMS OF THE 30S
Festival continues today w/La Marseillaise (1938); BAM, 30 Lafayette Ave. (Ashland Pl.), 718-636-4111; call for times & prices.
Tuesday 4/10
CINEMA ITALIAN STYLE
Tonight, from the country that has won the most Oscars for "Best Foreign Picture," Bertolucci's The Spider's Stratagem (7); Roberto Rossellini's Paisan (8:45); Symphony Space, 2537 B'way (95th St.), 212-864-5400; call for price.