Movie Matinees for All Ages

Ongoing

Treat the family to an afternoon at the movies.

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  • The Painting

  • The Secret of the Roan Inish

  • The Lorax

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Past Films

  • CANCELED: The Secret of Roan Inish

    • Saturday, May 16 4:30 PM
    John Sayles
    United States, Ireland, 1994

    All film screenings and public programs at BAMPFA have been temporarily canceled. Learn more

    Newly Restored Print!
    Recommended for ages 9 & up

    In this charming, beautifully photographed film about storytelling and family ties, a girl living with her grandparents in a remote Irish fishing village discovers a world of myth and magic. A “first-rate, all-ages fairy tale steeped in Irish folklore” (Hollywood Reporter).

  • CANCELED: Free Family Day Screening: The Lorax

    • Sunday, April 26 3 PM
    Hawley Pratt
    United States, 1972

    All film screenings and public programs at BAMPFA have been temporarily canceled. Learn more

    Based on the book by Dr. Seuss, this short film tells the story of a young boy’s encounter with a ruined industrialist whose greed left his environment a treeless wasteland. If only the man had listened to the warnings of the wise old Lorax!

  • CANCELED: The Painting

    • Saturday, April 25 3 PM
    Jean-François Laguionie
    France, Belgium, Canada, 2011

    All film screenings and public programs at BAMPFA have been temporarily canceled. Learn more

    Recommended for ages 9 & up

    An animated parable set in a kingdom within a painting, where people are divided into three social classes based on how finely finished their painted figures are. This inventive and artful film is a treat for the eyes and imagination.

  • Jacquot

    • Saturday, February 22 3 PM
    Agnès Varda
    France, 1991

    Digital Restoration
    Recommended for ages 12 & up

    Inspired by the memories of her husband, director Jacques Demy, Varda crafted this affecting and enlightening portrait of the artist as a young boy in 1940s Nantes. “A one-of-a-kind celebration” (New York Times).

  • The Young Girls of Rochefort

    • Saturday, February 15 1 PM
    Jacques Demy
    France, 1967

    Digital Restoration
    Recommended for ages 12 & up

    Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac play twins lifted out of their small-town reveries by a troupe of wandering entertainers, including Gene Kelly. This musical by Varda’s husband, Jacques Demy, is “not merely charming or amusing, but profoundly moving” (Sight & Sound).

  • My Life as a Zucchini

    • Saturday, January 18 2:30 PM
    Claude Barras
    Switzerland/France, 2017

    Recommended for ages 12 & up

    Will Forte, Nick Offerman, Ellen Page, and Amy Sedaris lend their voices to this stylized and sympathetic stop-motion animation about an orphan boy called Zucchini. Nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature.