The School of Cinematic Arts and Regent Releasing invite you and a guest to a special preview screening of Taxidermia, a film by György Pálfi.

Admission is free and open to all.

About Taxidermia

Official Selection, Un Certain Regard, Cannes Film Festival

Taxidermia contains three generational stories, about a grandfather, a father and a son, linked together by recurring motifs. The dim grandfather, an orderly during World War II, lives in his bizarre fantasies; he desires love. The huge father seeks success as a top athlete — a speed eater — in the post-war pro-Soviet era. The grandson, a meek, small-boned taxidermist, yearns for something greater: immortality. He wants to create the most perfect work of art of all time by stuffing his own torso.

Historical facts and surrealism become intertwined as magical realism, as in the works of Gabriel García Marquez or the Hungarian writer Lajos Parti Nagy; the script is based on two of the latter's stories. Palfi added the third story, that of the grandson the taxidermist.

35mm print provided courtesy of Regent Releasing. Running time: 91 minutes. In Hungarian with English subtitles.

To learn more about the film and to view the trailer, click here.

About the School of Cinematic Arts Alumni Screening Series

This June through August, the School of Cinematic Arts (SCA) Alumni Screening Series will host a wide array of film screenings and filmmaker Q&As, highlighting new blockbuster and independent American films, international and documentary features, and recent work by our SCA alumni. These screenings will be hosted in various SCA venues. The screenings are free to the public, but will require an electronic reservation, which can be made through the Web site for each individual screening. Many screenings will be overbooked to ensure that capacity is met in the theater. Some screenings will be run from digital sources.

To view the calendar for the Alumni Screening Series, click here.

About Check-In and Reservations

The theater will be overbooked to ensure capacity, and the RSVP list will be honored on a first-come, first-served basis, with no reserved seating. Please bring a photo ID or printout of your reservation confirmation, which will automatically be sent to your email account once you successfully make an RSVP. Doors will open at 7:30 p.m.

About Parking

The USC School of Cinematic Arts is located at 900 West 34th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007. Parking passes may be purchased for $8 at USC Entrance Gate #5, located at the intersection of West Jefferson Boulevard and McClintock Avenue. We recommend parking in outdoor Lot M or V, or Parking Structure D, at the far end of 34th Street. Please note that Parking Structure D cannot accommodate tall vehicles such as SUVs. Metered street parking is also available along West Jefferson Boulevard.