The Pop Culture Cluster & UBC Film Society Go Global with International Horror Festival
It’s our second collab with the UBC Film Society on the Annual Horror Film Festival for Arts Multilingual Week! The Global Horror Film Festival ran from Oct. 27-30 and was free to attend at The Normand Bouchard Memorial Theatre.
Icelandic Scholar Visit and The Day Iceland Stood Still
From October 22-25, 2025 we hosted three scholars from the University of Iceland at UBC for a range of activities including a guest lecture in a Nordic literature class, a public talk on Romani comics, relationship-building activities with faculty from Nordic Studies, and a public panel discussion following a screening of the 2024 documentary The Day Iceland Stood Still on the 50th anniversary of the Icelandic Women’s Strike on October 24, 1975. Panelists reflected on their own personal experiences related to the strike, its legacy, and the necessary work that carries forward in the strike’s wake.
Pop Culture Cluster launchs inaugural Multilingual Horror Film Festival at UBC!
Celebrate multilingualism this Halloween season at UBC’s inaugural Multilingual Horror Film Festival at The Norm Theatre from October 27-31!