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Arts and Culture

International Film Series

The CF Ira Holmes International Film Series educates and inspires through films that are culturally, historically and artistically important. We hope you will join us as we explore and enjoy our world though great cinema.

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The College of Central Florida’s Ira Holmes International Film Series is excited to present this year’s season of films. Films this season will hail from countries inluding France, Sweden, Japan, the Netherlands and more. The season kickoff’s evening screening on Oct. 8 will be a special memorial event for our beloved series founder, Ira Holmes.

All films will be shown Tuesdays at 2 p.m. at the Appleton Museum of Art, 4333 E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala, and at 7 p.m. at the College of Central Florida, 3001 S.W. College Road, Building 8, Room 110, unless otherwise noted. Films at the Ocala Campus are free and open to the public. Films at the Appleton are free to all museum and film series members; nonmembers pay museum admission. Films may contain mature content.

Upcoming Screenings and Film Talks

International Film Collage

Full Film List

Sept. 20: “Belle”, Japan, 2021 – anime preseason event at the Marion Theatre

Oct. 8: “The Seventh Seal”, Sweden, 1957 – evening screening includes memorial reception honoring Ira Holmes

Oct. 22: “Psycho”, USA, 1960 – evening screening includes special film talk

Nov. 12: “Long Flat Balls”, Norway, 2006

Nov. 26: “Close to Vermeer”, the Netherlands, 2023 – evening screening includes special film talk

Jan. 19: “The Red Balloon”, 1956 and “A Cat in Paris”, 2010, France – family-friendly double matinee at the Marion Theatre

Feb. 11: “Hit the Road”, Iran, 2021

Feb. 25: “Some Kind of Heaven”, USA, 2020

March 11: “My Donkey, My Lover & I”, France, 2020

March 25: “Following the Ninth ”, USA, 2013 – evening screening includes special filmmaker Q&A at the Marion Theatre

March 26: “A League of Their Own”, USA, 1992 – evening screening includes special film talk

Support the Film Series by Becoming a Member

Contributions from donors help make the CF Ira Holmes International Film Series possible. Series membership includes free entry to the Appleton Museum day of film screenings. If you would like to donate, please select Film Series from this form and become a Film Series Member now!

Membership Levels

Student: $5 (must be an active, degree-seeking student. Student number required)
Individual: $15
Dual: $25
Stars: $50
Patron: $100
Lifetime: $1,000

About the Founder

Professor Ira Holmes was the founder of the CF International Film Series and served as its director for more than 30 years. Starting in 1962, Professor Holmes taught Humanities and Social Sciences courses, serving as as department chair and then division dean from 1978 to 1998. He established the first Studies Abroad course at the college and led more than 25 study tours to Europe.

Until his passing in summer 2024, Holmes served on the Ocala Historic Preservation Advisory Board and was a champion for the appreciation of film, theater, art, travel and historic preservation.

Ira Holmes