It’s shaping up to be an A-list summer at the movies, and we’re not just talking about a certain Marvel Comics franchise.
Read MoreBAMPFA's summer-long series dedicated to films by Michelangelo Antonioni kicks off June 15 with L’Avventura (1960), launching a comprehensive retrospective featuring more than two dozen films by the Italian moderni
Read MoreJay Heikes: Music for Minor Planets (detail), 2018; sheet music and two elements; 12 x 14 x 2.5 in.; published by RITE Editions.
“I feel we’re on trend to shortchange the art object,” Jay Heikes has said.
Read MoreBring the whole family to BAMPFA for Spring Free Family Day, an exciting day of Earth Day-inspired art-making, exhibition tours, live music, a movie matinee, and more.
Read MoreClockwise from top left: Angels Wear White (Vivian Qu, 2017); I Am Not a Witch (Rungano Nyoni, 2017); Godard, mon amour (Michel Hazanavicius, 2017); Shirkers (Sandi Tan, 2018)
More than a dozen internationally renowned filmmakers are set to visit Berkeley next month, when BAMPFA returns for its thirty-fourth year as the premier East Bay presenter for the San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM) April 5–15.
Read More"Contemporary South Africa is a hybridized culture.
Read MoreDECEMBER 8, 2017—In 2018, BAMPFA invites you to “focus” on the work of one of cinema’s greatest directors: Sergei Eisenstein, a pioneering filmmaker who ranks among the most lauded figures in Russia’s cultural history.
Read MoreAre you in the mood for love? So are we. We're also in the mood for Maggie Cheung, and you'll find plenty of both on our just-announced film calendar for November and December.
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