BAMPFA News

Arthur Jafa receiving the Golden Lion at the 58th Venice Biennale. Photo: La Biennale di Venezia.

From BAMPFA to the Biennale: Arthur Jafa Takes Top Honor in Venice Biennale

American artist Arthur Jafa received the Golden Lion award this weekend for best artist in the Venice Biennale’s central exhibition, May You Live in Interesting Times, for his video The White Album.
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Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars screens August 16 as part of the series It's Only Rock 'n' Roll.

Summer Film Season Announced: Abbas Kiarostami, Orson Welles, Women Cinematographers, and More

This summer at BAMPFA is all about revolution, with a season of films that push boundaries, provoke dialog, and shake up social and artistic conventions. And it all starts with a rock ’n’ roll soundtrack!
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Grinnell and eggs in the Campanile nest box.

Watch the Campanile Peregrines Hatch Live on BAMPFA's Big Screen

Berkeley’s most famous falcons are nesting in the Campanile for the third consecutive year, incubating a clutch of three eggs that are due to hatch soon—and if all goes as expected, we’ll be watching!
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BAMPFA Announces SFFILM Screenings

The San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM) returns to Berkeley in April, with more than two dozen films by acclaimed directors screening at BAMPFA.
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Delphine Seyrig in Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)

Audio from the Archive: Delphine Seyrig

From French New Wave to Feminism—Archival Interviews with Delphine Seyrig at BAMPFA, April 1977
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James Ivory in Person & Five Questions for Graeme Vanderstoel

James Ivory during the filming of Savages, early 1970s.
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Aïcha Macky's The Fruitless Tree screens May 1 as part of the African Film Festival 2019.

Spring Film Season Announced: Ulrike Ottinger, Hirokazu Kore-eda, African Film Fest, and More

It’s been a little chilly in Berkeley this week, but spring is just around the corner—and we’ve put together a colorful spring film season that will sweep away the winter blues.
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Jia Zhangke

Chinese Director Jia Zhangke in Person

Chinese director Jia Zhangke, one of the greatest voices in twenty-first-century cinema, joins us February 10 in conjunction with BAMPFA's series devoted to his films, Rhythms from Life.
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Six Great Ways to Get Free Admission to BAMPFA

On a budget? We’ve got you covered. Here are six great ways to visit the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) without spending a dime. Free admission includes all gallery exhibitions, as well as many lectures, performances, and readings.
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Bo Widerberg's Adalen 31, one of Mia Hansen-Løve's picks, screens February 10.

Mia Hansen-Løve Selects: Five films that inspire her

Beginning with her luminous, fresh, and original debut feature All is Forgiven, Mia Hansen-Løve has crafted a half dozen films so lucid as to seem entirely unencumbered by the weight of the century of cinema that precedes them.
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