Special Screenings

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Recent releases, restored classics, and special guests grace the Barbro Osher Theater.

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  • Satyajit Ray: Days and Nights in the Forest, 1970

  • Inna Sahakyan: Aurora’s Sunrise, 2022

  • Howard Brookner: Robert Wilson and the CIVIL warS, 1986

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  • Days and Nights in the Forest

    Satyajit Ray
    India, 1970

    4K Digital Restoration

    Sunday, April 12, 4 PM

    “Adapted from Sunil Gangopadhyay’s celebrated 1968 novel, Days and Nights in the Forest is one of director Satyajit Ray’s greatest achievements, a modern search for connection that conjures the timeless resonance of a folktale” (Janus Films).

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  • Aurora’s Sunrise

    Inna Sahakyan
    Armenia, Germany, Lithuania, 2022
    Thursday, April 16, 4 PM
    Dzovinar Derderian and Myrna Douzjian in Conversation

    The film tells the true story of Aurora Mardiganian, a teenage survivor of the Armenian genocide, who escapes to the United States and becomes a silent-era Hollywood star to tell the world about the struggle of her nation.

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  • Days and Nights in the Forest

    Satyajit Ray
    India, 1970

    4K Digital Restoration

    Saturday, May 9, 7 PM

    “Adapted from Sunil Gangopadhyay’s celebrated 1968 novel, Days and Nights in the Forest is one of director Satyajit Ray’s greatest achievements, a modern search for connection that conjures the timeless resonance of a folktale” (Janus Films).

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  • Robert Wilson and the CIVIL warS

    Howard Brookner
    United States, 1986

    Digital Restoration

    Sunday, May 10, 4:30 PM

    Director Howard Brookner follows theater artist Robert Wilson (1941–2025), composers Philip Glass and David Byrne, and several production troupes over the course of the ill-fated epic historical opera’s conception.

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  • Film and Video Makers at Cal: Works from the Eisner Competition

    Free admission. Tickets available at the admissions desk beginning at 1 PM.

    Sunday, May 17, 2 PM
    UC Berkeley Student Filmmakers in Person

    Student filmmakers join us for a screening of this year’s prizewinners and honorable mentions in the film and video category of the Eisner Prize competition, UC Berkeley’s highest award for creative media making.

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