dir. Jonathan Glazer, 2023, 105 minBased loosely on the novel of the same name by the British author Martin Amis, The Zone of Interest represents the everyday lives of the Auschwitz concentration camp commandant Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel), his wife Hedwig (Sandra Hüller), and their five young children as they live a seemingly idyllic life in their meticulously maintained villa and grounds located directly alongside the walls of the camp’s gas chambers and crematoria where Jews, Roma, and other victims of the Nazis were brutally sent to their deaths. Directed by Jonathan Glazer (Sexy Beast, Under the Skin), The Zone of Interest has been met with widespread praise, having not only won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Feature Film in 2024, but also receiving multiple accolades and attention regarding its use of sound design to help evoke the spaces of Auschwitz. It has also sparked intense public and scholarly debates concerning the connections between the Holocaust and our contemporary moment.Screening will be followed by a roundtable discussion with Colgate faculty Daniella Doron (Jewish Studies), Rachel Moss (Theater), and Noah Shenker (Jewish Studies & Film and Media Studies).Co-sponsored by Jewish Studies and University Studies