Nov. 9, 16; Dec. 7, 21 — Oxnard Film Society presenting Monday Night Foreign Film Series

Monday Night Foreign Film Series

Celebrating Our 20th Year

The Oxnard Film Society is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. (#20-5734347)st

All dialog in films from non-English speaking countries will be presented in its original language accompanied by English subtitles

Just a reminder to our patrons that I personally preview each film to insure a great viewing experience each and every Monday screening.

Our Film Series screens two or three films each month, on the first and third Mondays at 3:30pm and 6:30pm at Plaza Cinemas in downtown Oxnard.

We will continue our mission of providing the best of world cinema to the Oxnard and Ventura County community and supporting local filmmakers.

Thanks, George J. Sandoval, Executive Director

Plaza Cinemas 14

255 West 5th Street, Oxnard CA 93030

General Admission: $11.75 – Seniors/Children/Students: $8.50 – Matinee: $9.25

We’d like to thank the Port of Hueneme for becoming a 2026 Annual Sponsor of the Oxnard Film Society.

Screening November 9, 2026 at 3:30pm and 6:30pm

PEOPLE OF THE WEST

Episode #1: First Contact

2026 USA 60 minutes

Documentary   PG-13

In English

People of the West is a groundbreaking documentary series that brings to light the authentic history of Native Californians, challenging conventional narratives and revealing stories that have been overlooked for generations. Through intimate interviews, archival footage, and stunning cinematography, this series explores the rich cultural heritage, resilience, and ongoing struggles of California’s indigenous communities.

Before colonization, California is a world of ceremony, sovereignty, and sacred balance, then everything changes. On Kumeyaay Ipai land in 1542, a teenager’s coming of age ceremony collides with the arrival of Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo. Guided by tribal protocols, the village greets the strangers in cautious diplomacy, until Spain’s Requerimiento reveals conquest masked as faith. A clash over fishing rights ignites violence, and two children are abducted, foreshadowing centuries of dispossession. Through the voices of California Indian scholars and cultural bearers, the episode reframes first contact from an Indigenous perspective, fusing oral history, expert insight, and cinematic dramatization to set the tone for the series that follows.

Each episode delves deep into different aspects of Native Californian life, from traditional practices and spiritual beliefs to contemporary challenges and triumphs in the modern world.

FREE ADMISSION. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. DONATIONS ACCEPTED

Screening November 16, 2026 at 3:30pm and 6:30p

THE CONDOR DAUGHTER

2026 Bolivia 1hr 33 minutes

Drama  PG-13

In Spanish and Quechua with English Subtitles

Official submission of Bolivia for the ‘Best International Feature Film’ category of the 99th Academy Awards in 2027.

Clara is a teenager growing up in a small indigenous community high in the Andes. Her adoptive mother, a midwife who took her in as a baby, has taught her the ancient songs used to guide women through childbirth, melodies passed down for generations, believed to bring new life safely into the world. But while her voice carries on this tradition, her dreams lie elsewhere: she longs to leave the mountains behind and become a folkloric music star in the big city.

Screening December 7, 2026 at 3:30pm and 6:30p

FJORD

2026  Romania 2hr 26minutes

Drama/Thriller   NR

In English, Romanian, Norwegian, Swedish with English Subtitles

Official submission of Romania for the ‘Best International Feature Film’ category of the 99th Academy Awards in 2027.

From two?-time Palme d’Or winner Cristian Mungiu, a Norwegian woman and her devout Romanian husband relocate with their five children to a remote, close? knit, coastal town. Their teenage children form a fast bond with a neighboring family as unease begins to simmer around their rigid beliefs. When allegations of abuse emerge, they are forced to confront a system of judgment that blurs the line between concern and prejudice.

Palme d’Or Winner for Best Director, Cristian Mungiu – Cannes Film Festival

Screening December 21, 2026 at 3:30pm and 6:30p

FATHERLAND

(VATERLAND)

2026  Germany 82minutes

Biography, Drama, History NR

In German, French and English with English Subtitles

Official submission of Poland for the ‘Best International Feature Film’ category of the 99th Academy Awards in 2027.

Set in the summer of 1949 amidst the rubble of a defeated Germany in the aftermath of World War II, Fatherland centers on the relationship between the Nobel Prize–winning novelist Thomas Mann (Zischler) and his daughter Erika Mann (Hüller) -actress, writer, and rally driver. Returning home after sixteen years of exile in the US, Thomas Mann must face not only a divided fatherland, but also a deep fissure within his own family, one that is both politically charged and emotionally challenging. As father and daughter embark on a fictionalized road trip across a torn Germany- still visibly scarred by battle and simultaneously in denial of its evils and culpability- they travel from US-dominated Frankfurt in the west to Soviet controlled Weimar in the east.

Palme d’Or Winner for Best Director, Pawe? Pawlikowski– Cannes Film Festival

Join us for our Annual Holiday Party between 5pm-6:30pm at Pacifico’s Restaurant. Hors d’oeuvres will be served with a no-host bar.