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Sunday, February 7

Sunday, February 7, 2016
11 AM-7 PM

Drop-in Art Making

Visit the Art Lab to participate in an evolving series of hands-on projects with a focus on drawing, collage, prints, and books. For all ages.

Included with admission

Sunday, February 7, 2016
12:45 PM
Ingmar Bergman,
Sweden,
1957,
(96 mins)

New 35mm Print!

A medieval knight challenges Death to a game of chess in Ingmar Bergman’s iconic work of cinematic philosophy. 
Please note that the 7 PM screening on February 7 will be without guest introductions.
  • Barbro Osher
    Introduction by Barbro Osher
    Barbro Osher is the Honorary Consul General of Sweden
  • Linda Haverty Rugg
    Introduction by Linda Haverty Rugg
    A professor in the Department of Scandinavian at UC Berkeley, Linda Haverty Rugg has written extensively on Ingmar Bergman.
Sunday, February 7, 2016
2-5 PM
Join artist Travis Meinolf for  a series of participatory, site-based weaving workshops using backstrap looms that physically connect the weaver to the new BAMPFA building. 
Sunday, February 7, 2016
3 PM
Maurice Pialat,
France,
1987,
(97 mins)

Imported 35mm Print!

Gérard Depardieu displays his range as an actor in this film about a parish priest for whom life is an endless struggle with Satan. Sandrine Bonnaire costars. Winner, Cannes Palme d'or.
Sunday, February 7, 2016
5:15 PM
Sergei Eisenstein,
USSR,
1925,
(70 mins)

New 35mm Print!

One of cinema’s greatest achievements shines again in a breathtaking new print. “A thrilling jolt of pure cinematic adrenaline” (LA Times).
Sunday, February 7, 2016
7 PM
Ingmar Bergman,
Sweden,
1957,
(96 mins)

New 35mm Print!

A medieval knight challenges Death to a game of chess in Ingmar Bergman’s iconic work of cinematic philosophy. 
Please note that the 7 PM screening on February 7 will be without guest introductions.
  • Barbro Osher
    Introduction by Barbro Osher
    Barbro Osher is the Honorary Consul General of Sweden
  • Linda Haverty Rugg
    Introduction by Linda Haverty Rugg
    A professor in the Department of Scandinavian at UC Berkeley, Linda Haverty Rugg has written extensively on Ingmar Bergman.

Monday, February 8

Tuesday, February 9

Wednesday, February 10

Wednesday, February 10, 2016
12 PM
(90 mins)
BAMPFA Director Lawrence Rinder talks about Architecture of Life, the inaugural exhibition in the new BAMPFA.
Included with admission
Series Big Ideas
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
3:10 PM
Peter Delpeut,
Netherlands,
1990,
(170 mins)

Lecture/screening class (3 hours). Special admission applies.

Lecture by Susan Oxtoby This compilation of rare silent film fragments is a paean to the subtle colors and shimmering luminescence of tinted nitrate. Delpeut’s pleasure in early filmmakers’ mastery is infectious, intimate, and inviting.
General admission: $13.50; BAMPFA members: $9.50; UC Berkeley students: $7.50; Seniors, disabled persons, UC Berkeley faculty and staff, non-UC Berkeley students, and 18 & under: $10.50
  • Susan Oxtoby
    The International Film Archive Movement
    BAMPFA Senior Film Curator Susan Oxtoby 
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
7 PM
Alan Berliner,
United States,
2013,
(88 mins)
Les Blank Lecture by Alan Berliner Berliner’s most recent film is a portrait of his cousin and mentor, Edwin Honig, a renowned poet who suffered from Alzheimer’s disease. “Heartbreaking, haunting, and unexpectedly heartening” (LA Times). With short Everywhere at Once.
  • Alan Berliner
    Les Blank Lecture

Thursday, February 11

Thursday, February 11, 2016
1-2:30 PM
Discover slingshots, parachutes, hitchhikers, helicopters, and other mechanisms that propel plant seeds in this UC Botanical Garden walk.
At UC Botanical Garden
Included with Botanical Garden admission
Thursday, February 11, 2016
12:15 PM
Get more out of your visit with a guided tour of BAMPFA's inaugural exhibition, Architecture of Life.
Included with admission; no advance reservations necessary.
Thursday, February 11, 2016
4–7 PM

Drop-in Art Making

Visit the Art Lab to participate in an evolving series of hands-on projects with a focus on drawing, collage, prints, and books. For all ages.

Included with admission

Thursday, February 11, 2016
7 PM
Ousmane Sembène,
Senegal,
1966,
(60 mins)
A young Senegalese woman takes a job as a maid in the French Riviera but finds her dreams dashed against the ordinary racism of the bourgeoisie in this landmark work of postcolonial resistance.
Thursday, February 11, 2016
8:30 PM
Gabriel Mascaro,
Brazil,
2013,
(75 mins)
Seven Brazilian teenagers from diverse backgrounds film their housemaids in this provocative work on race and class, an update to Black Girl.

Friday, February 12

Friday, February 12, 2016
12:15 PM

Lunchtime Talk

Edmund Campion, professor of music composition and director of the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies at UC Berkeley, discusses postwar avant-garde composer Iannis Xenakis.
Included with admission
Friday, February 12, 2016
4–9 PM

Drop-in Art Making

Visit the Art Lab to participate in an evolving series of hands-on projects with a focus on drawing, collage, prints, and books. For all ages.

Included with admission

Friday, February 12, 2016
6:30 PM
Sergei Eisenstein,
USSR,
1925,
(70 mins)

New 35mm Print!

One of cinema’s greatest achievements shines again in a breathtaking new print. “A thrilling jolt of pure cinematic adrenaline” (LA Times).
Friday, February 12, 2016
8:15 PM
Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson,
Canada,
2015,
(120 mins)

BAMPFA STUDENT PICK!

Guy Maddin in person Lost films are “rediscovered,” or at least filtered and re-projected through Maddin’s feverish mind, in this delirious ode to cinema. 
  • Guy Maddin
    Filmmaker in person

Saturday, February 13

Saturday, February 13, 2016
11:30 AM

Ages 6 to 12 with accompanying adult

Design a personal map with your family using watercolor paints, watercolor pencils, and inks. Led by artist Heide Miller.
Family Event
Free for kids 18 & under and one accompanying adult. Sign up onsite at least ten minutes before session.
  • Heide Miller
    With artist Heide Miller
    Heide Miller, who has been an educator at OMCA, the de Young Museum, SFMOMA, and The Contemporary Jewish Museum, has degrees in art practice and anthropology from UC Berkeley.
Series Family Fare
Saturday, February 13, 2016
11 AM–9 PM

Drop-in Art Making

Visit the Art Lab to participate in an evolving series of hands-on projects with a focus on drawing, collage, prints, and books. For all ages.

Included with admission

Saturday, February 13, 2016
1 PM

Ages 6 to 12 with accompanying adult

Design a personal map with your family using watercolor paints, watercolor pencils, and inks. Led by artist Heide Miller.
Family Event
Free for kids 18 & under and one accompanying adult. Sign up onsite at least ten minutes before session.
  • Heide Miller
    With artist Heide Miller
    Heide Miller, who has been an educator at OMCA, the de Young Museum, SFMOMA, and The Contemporary Jewish Museum, has degrees in art practice and anthropology from UC Berkeley.
Series Family Fare
Saturday, February 13, 2016
2 PM
Take a guided tour to learn more about the design of the new BAMPFA.
No advance reservations necessary
Included with admission
Saturday, February 13, 2016
3:30 PM
Charlie Chaplin,
United States,
1936,
(87 mins)

Recommended for ages 8 & up

Chaplin’s politically outspoken film also contains some of his funniest scenes, in which Charlie causes complete chaos simply by being human.
Saturday, February 13, 2016
6 PM
Lupu Pick,
Germany,
1923,
(88 mins)

Judith Rosenberg on piano

Introduced by Guy Maddin. Judith Rosenberg on piano A pub owner is caught in the intense rivalry between his possessive mother and his long-suffering wife in this rare treasure written by Carl Mayer (The Last Laugh). With the Quay Brothers’ Street of Crocodiles.
  • Guy Maddin
    Introduction
Saturday, February 13, 2016
8:15 PM
Guy Maddin,
Canada,
2007,
(86 mins)
Guy Maddin in person Maddin melds fact and fantasy, autobiography and mythology in this back-handed tribute to his hometown. With short The Heart of the World.
  • Guy Maddin
    Filmmaker in person