NORWAY – The Norway Memorial Library will host an independent film series starting Saturday, Jan. 26, and continuing every other Saturday evening during February and March.

The first film is “The Way I Spent the End of the World,” an award winner at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007. Directed by Catalin Mitulescu, it is set in Bucharest in 1989, which is the last year of Ceausescu’s dictatorship. It is spoken in Romanian with English subtitles and vividly portrays family life within the traditions of a neighborhood on the brink of change.

The next film, to be shown Feb. 9, is “Arranged.” It takes place in Brooklyn, where two young teachers, a Muslim and an Orthodox Jew, become friends. This happens when their families are in the process of finding spouses for them. It is in English.

On Feb. 23, “Adam’s Apple,” a film set in a remote area of Denmark where an optimistic preacher takes in convicts to help his rural church, will be shown.

“Fraulein,” a film from Switzerland, will be shown March 8, with the Russian film “The Island” as the last in the series. The four foreign films have English subtitles.

All films will be shown at 7 p.m. at no charge. Complimentary popcorn will be available.

The films in this series are available through a monthly subscription to the Film Movement made possible by the The Friends of the Norway Memorial Library. Film Movement selects and distributes independent, foreign and documentary films. According to its Web site, www.filmmovement.com, board members from Lincoln Center, American Film Institute, and Roger Ebert’s Overlooked Film Festival have chosen the films from Film Festival winners and selections.

For more information, call the library at 743-5309.