Featuring a caustic collage of new footage and propaganda films tracing the death throes of the Soviet Union from the end of the repressive Brezhnev regime through the brief heyday of perestroika to the shaky arrival of democracy, “Anna” (Russian with English subtitles) is the third of four films in the 1998 Spring Foreign Film Series, sponsored by L/A Arts and the Bates Student Film Board.

Also featured in the series is “Guelwaar” on April 4 and April 5.

All screenings will be in Room 105 of the Olin Arts Center at Bates College. All Saturday shows in the series are at 7 p.m., and all Sunday shows are at 2 p.m. Admission for all shows is $5.

Directed by Andre Techine and featuring Catherine Deneuve, Daniel Auteuil, Marthe Villalonga and Carmen Chaplin, Ma Saison Préférée (unrated: nudity and adult situations, subtitled in English) is the second of four films in the 1998 Spring Foreign Film Series, sponsored by L/A Arts and the Bates Student Film Board.

Also featured in the series are Anna on March 7 and March 8 and Guelwaar on April 4 and April 5.

All screenings will be in Room 105 of the Olin Arts Center at Bates College. All Saturday shows in the series are at 7 p.m., and all Sunday shows at 2 p.m. Admission for all shows is $5.