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Film Series
Past Film Series-
Edward Yang’s Taipei Stories
March 1–May 11, 2024Replete with new restorations, Edward Yang’s Taipei Stories offers the opportunity to see all seven of the director’s brilliantly constructed, emotionally resonant films—cornerstones of the Taiwanese New Wave with enduring universal appeal.
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Nicolás Pereda Selects: Recent Films from Mexico
March 20–May 2, 2024Impressed with the wealth of great Mexican movies in the last decade, we asked filmmaker Nicolás Pereda to select some of his favorites, along with a program of his own short films, to screen at BAMPFA this spring.
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Viva Varda!
March 23–May 5, 2024A towering figure of world cinema, Agnès Varda (1928–2019) had a long and wonderfully productive career as a photographer, filmmaker, and visual artist. This series provides an opportunity to view many of her major accomplishments. Varda’s short films, showcased here in two programs, are a must-see to gain a full appreciation of her bold and creative approach to filmmaking.
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Special Screenings
OngoingRecent releases, restored classics, and special guests grace the Barbro Osher Theater.
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67th San Francisco International Film Festival at BAMPFA
April 25–28, 2024BAMPFA is an official partner of the 67th San Francisco International Film Festival presented by SFFILM.
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Les Blank: A Life Well Spent
June 7–July 27, 2024This summer, BAMPFA showcases many of Les Blank’s films in recent digital restorations. We also host filmmakers who collaborated with Blank, as well as several individuals who were subjects in his films.
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Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Cinema
June 8–August 31, 2024All of Hayao Miyazaki’s feature films—environmental allegories, fantasy epics, and intimate family adventures—populated by a bestiary of snarling, grotesque demons and cute, cuddly sprites (appearances can be deceiving) are presented here in their original Japanese versions.
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Film Noir Classics: America’s Dark Dreams
June 14–August 8, 2024From The Maltese Falcon (1941) to The Killing (1956), BAMPFA’s series offers viewers a chance to see many archival 35mm prints and digital restorations of film noir masterpieces and revel in the plot twists of these vastly entertaining and suspenseful mysteries, melodramas, and crime thrillers.
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Made in Italy: Morricone, Leone, and More
July 12–August 31, 2024BAMPFA celebrates the legacy of composer Ennio Morricone (1928–2020) with a series of films he scored for great Italian directors, including Marco Bellocchio, Liliana Cavani, Sergio Leone, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Elio Petri, Gillo Pontecorvo, and Lina Wertmüller.
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Hiroshi Shimizu: Notes of an Itinerant Director
July 19–August 28, 2024One of the great directors of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema, Hiroshi Shimizu depicts the struggles of people on the margins with a light touch, avoiding melodrama and inflecting even the most serious stories with humor and profound humanity.
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Something Different: The Films of Věra Chytilová
July 26–August 30, 2024This is a series of films roiling with unruly energy and feminist fury from Věra Chytilová, “one of the Czech New Wave’s most rebellious, irreverent and boundary-breaking talents” (Sight & Sound).
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Lynne Ramsay in Person
August 22–25, 2024BAMPFA is honored to welcome Lynne Ramsay to present a retrospective of her extraordinary films this August.
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