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First-Person Cinema: Marie Menken, Margaret Tait, and Ute Aurand
October 17–21, 2018German film artist Ute Aurand joins us to present her lyrical works alongside shorts by American underground filmmaker Marie Menken and Scottish film poet Margaret Tait.
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1968 and Global Cinema
October 19–November 29, 2018In conjunction with a new book, this series focuses on the radical cinema that emerged from the political and social upheavals of the late sixties.
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Afterimage: Agnieszka Holland
October 25–28, 2018Born in Poland, educated in Prague, and active internationally, the illustrious director for film and television joins us to discuss her work.
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Bergman 100: Late Works
October 28–November 30, 2018Salon Screenings in Theater 2
Presented in the intimate setting of BAMPFA’s Theater 2, three of Ingmar Bergman’s late works for television show his abiding interest in themes of desire, spirituality, and mortality.
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Jean Vigo Regained
November 2–23, 2018This series showcases new restorations of all four of Vigo’s playful and poetic films, plus rushes and outtakes that illuminate his innovative technique.
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Afterimage: Corneliu Porumboiu
November 8–16, 2018The Romanian filmmaker who has been called “one of our great contemporary observers of the human comedy” (Variety) visits BAMPFA to present and discuss his work.
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The Puppet Master: The Films of Jiří Trnka
December 1–19, 2018A selection of enchanting stop-motion films by a Czech puppeteer with the heart of a poet.
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Bergman 100: Full Circle
December 1–30, 2018The final installment in our yearlong celebration of the films of Ingmar Bergman features some of his greatest works, including the full-length TV version of his magnum opus, Fanny and Alexander.
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Fritz Lang & German Expressionism
December 7, 2018–February 23, 2019Our tribute to this essential director presents his German films alongside other enthralling works of German Expressionist cinema.
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Japanese Film Classics from the BAMPFA Collection
December 12, 2018–January 27, 2019This series showcases 35mm archival prints from BAMPFA’s outstanding Japanese cinema collection, from Mizoguchi to Miyazaki.
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Limited Engagements & Special Screenings 2019
OngoingRecent releases, restored classics, and special guests grace the Barbro Osher Theater.
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Out of the Vault
January 13–April 4, 2019Delve into BAMPFA’s collection of avant-garde film with screenings of work by Frank Stauffacher, Warren Sonbert, and Nathaniel Dorsky, plus programs guest curated by The Black Aesthetic.
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Documentary Voices 2019
January 23–April 24, 2019Our annual series of nonfiction films showcases inventive approaches to the documentary form.
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Life Goes On: The Films of Mia Hansen-Løve
January 25–February 14, 2019Mia Hansen-Løve’s profoundly humanist films are keenly attuned to the rhythms of life. The director joins us to present her work along with a selection of films she admires.
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Rhythms from Life: Jia Zhangke
February 6–17, 2019We survey the work of the internationally celebrated director whose films depict China’s relentless socioeconomic transformation and the people it leaves behind.
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James Ivory in Person
February 20–23, 2019The celebrated writer and director best known as half of the Merchant Ivory duo visits BAMPFA with early films that offer perspectives on postcolonial India.
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Out of the Vault: Black Interiors
February 21–April 4, 2019Delve into rarely seen educational, ethnographic, and experimental films from the BAMPFA’s collection with The Black Aesthetic.
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Afterimage: Ulrike Ottinger
March 1–May 17, 2019The German filmmaker joins us for a weeklong residency. From fantastical feminist fictions to ethnographic explorations, her films reflect a keen and wide-ranging eye for the marvelous.
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Painters Painting
March 1–April 28, 2019Inspired by BAMPFA’s Hans Hofmann retrospective, we screen a selection of exceptional films about painters and painting, from Van Gogh to Basquiat, Giotto to Joan Mitchell.
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African Film Festival 2019
March 2–May 10, 2019This year’s edition of the annual festival highlights the best of both new African cinema and films of the black diaspora, including a two-film tribute to the great Bill Gunn.
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Delphine Seyrig: Resistant Muse
March 8–April 27, 2019A tribute to an actress who contributed her profound intelligence, professional expertise, and sublime beauty to some of the most memorable films of the twentieth century, including Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman and Alain Resnais’s Last Year at Marienbad.
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In Focus: Hirokazu Kore-eda
March 13–April 24, 2019Lecture/Screening Series
This lecture/screening series is a chance to explore the stylistically restrained yet psychologically probing work of one of the most acclaimed directors working today.
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Remembering Nelson Pereira dos Santos
March 15–May 8, 2019A tribute to a founding member of Brazil’s Cinema Novo movement, whose fiery but loving dissections of postcolonial society helped put the Global South on the cinematic map.
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GLAS Animation Festival at BAMPFA
March 23–24, 2019Two programs from the GLAS Animation Festival showcase short works by Dennis Tupicoff and Jim Trainor, with the artists in person.
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62nd San Francisco International Film Festival at BAMPFA
April 11–21, 2019BAMPFA is proud to partner with the San Francisco International Film Festival, an annual global showcase of cinematic discovery and a major cultural event in the Bay Area.
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Boundless: Pema Tseden’s Cinema of Tibet
April 25–May 12, 2019Three films from a leading figure in Tibet’s emergent cinema, whose works have received acclaim worldwide and brought both the cultural vibrancy and the social concerns of contemporary Tibet to a global audience.
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Hirokazu Kore-eda: Reprise Screenings
May 2–18, 2019Missed a screening in our recent In Focus series devoted to Kore-eda, or want to revisit a favorite film? Here’s a second chance to explore the acclaimed Japanese director’s work.
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War and Peace
June 1–15, 2019Sergei Bondarchuk’s Academy Award–winning adaptation of Tolstoy’s revered novel, following good-hearted Pierre, battle-scarred Andrei, and tempestuous Natasha through the tumult of the Napoleonic Wars, was hailed by Roger Ebert as “the definitive epic of all time”; it demands to... View
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Julio Bracho and Mexican Cinema’s Golden Age
June 7–July 18, 2019From raucous music-hall comedy to tough urban noir, this selection of digitally restored works showcases the range and artistry of a master craftsman of midcentury Mexican cinema.
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Looking Again at Orson Welles
June 9–July 10, 2019An intriguing new documentary on Welles’s multifaceted creative career is the inspiration for this series revisiting several of his landmark films.
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