CF Ira Holmes International Film Series features ‘Calendar Girls’ screening and meet-and-greet

The College of Central Florida Ira Holmes International Film Series will continue Tuesday, Feb. 27, with a special screening of “Calendar Girls.”

A feel-good dance documentary directed and produced by Swedish filmmakers Maria Loohufvud and Love Martinsen, the film follows an unlikely group of senior women bonded by a love for dance and glitter in southwest Florida. But under the veil of fake lashes and unicorn horns lurks the deeper truths of what aging women face within society. Sisterhood, love and loss all come into play in this uplifting film about trying to age on one’s own terms and refusing to become invisible.

A screening will begin at 2 p.m. at the Appleton Museum of Art, 4333 E. Silver Springs Blvd., and is free to all museum and film series members; nonmembers pay museum admission. A second screening will begin at 7 p.m. at the CF Ocala Campus, 3001 S.W. College Road, Building 8, Room 110. The screening at the CF Ocala Campus is free and open to the public.

In conjunction with the film screening, the public will have the opportunity to meet the Calendar Girls in person. The group will present two, 15-minute performances Saturday, March 2, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., at the Appleton Museum as part of the museum’s Free First Saturday, where admission is waived on the first Saturday of each month. A screening of the film will follow the performances.

For a full series list and more information on the CF Ira Holmes International Film Series, contact Wendy Adams at 352-873-5800, ext. 1546, or visit www.CF.edu/filmseries.