Week of March 6, 2016

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Sunday, March 13

Sunday, March 13, 2016
1:30 PM
Maurice Pialat,
France,
1971,
(360 mins)
One of Pialat's most beloved films, The House in the Woods tells of life in a French village during WWI and centers on a gamekeeper and his wife who take in children left abandoned in the war.
Screened with intermission
Sunday, March 13, 2016
2 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.

Monday, March 14

Tuesday, March 15

Wednesday, March 16

Wednesday, March 16, 2016
12 PM
Admission free. Please note that a ticket is required to visit the galleries.
Series Big Ideas
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
3:10 PM
Rithy Panh,
Cambodia, France,
2013,
(170 mins)

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

Lecture by Antonella Bonfanti Renowned Cambodian filmmaker Panh’s haunting, powerful, and personal investigation into the Cambodian genocide. With Warren Sonbert’s Hall of Mirrors and Stan Brakhage’s The Dark Tower.
General admission: $13.50; BAMPFA members: $9.50; UC Berkeley students: $7.50; 65+, disabled persons, UC Berkeley faculty and staff, non-UC Berkeley students, and 18 & under: $10.50.
  • Antonella Bonfanti
    Conservation Practice in Specialized Archives
    Director of the Canyon Cinema Foundation
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
7 PM
Patricio Guzmán,
Chile, France, Spain,
2015,
(82 mins)
Guzmán (Nostalgia for the Light) continues his excavation of Chile’s hidden past by using the theme of water to tie together strands of history and natural history in Patagonia.

Thursday, March 17

Thursday, March 17, 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, March 17, 2016
7 PM
Jean Epstein,
France,
1927,
(122 mins)

Archival Prints!

Lecture and booksigning by Sarah Keller. Judith Rosenberg on piano Two brothers inherit the family fortune; one falls in love with an opera singer who cannot be loved, while the other hopes to rescue him. With short Sa tête.
  • Sarah Keller
    Lecture & Booksigning
    Keller, assistant professor of art and cinema studies at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, is coeditor of the collection Jean Epstein: Critical Essays and New Translations.
  • Judith Rosenberg
    Live Music
    on piano
Series Jean Epstein

Friday, March 18

Friday, March 18, 2016
12 PM
Friday, March 18, 2016
6:30 PM
Jean Epstein,
France,
1932,
(79 mins)

Archival Prints!

Introduced by Sarah Keller Epstein’s moving yet disturbing portrait of the inhabitants of a remote, windswept island, is an early use of "natural actors" in a "natural set." With short Les berceaux.
  • Sarah Keller
    Introduction
    Keller, assistant professor of art and cinema studies at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, is coeditor of the collection Jean Epstein: Critical Essays and New Translations.
Series Jean Epstein
Friday, March 18, 2016
8:30 PM
Jean Epstein,
France,
1936,
(73 mins)

Archival Print!

Introduced by Sarah Keller The story of a young man from a wealthy family and a perfume girl with whom he falls in love. “A beautifully shot film, bathed in every kind of luminescence” (Anthology Film Archives).
  • Sarah Keller
    Introduction
    Keller, assistant professor of art and cinema studies at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, is coeditor of the collection Jean Epstein: Critical Essays and New Translations.
Series Jean Epstein

Saturday, March 19

Saturday, March 19, 2016
1:30 PM
Saturday, March 19, 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, March 19, 2016
3:30 PM
Michel Ocelot,
Belgium, France,
1998,
(75 mins)

Free for BAMPFA members. RSVP to bampfamember@berkeley.edu

Recommended for ages 6 & up 

English-Language Version

This gorgeously animated modern classic recounts the tale of little Kirikou, a brave newborn toddler who takes on an evil sorceress in order to save his village. Soundtrack by Youssou N’Dour.
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Saturday, March 19, 2016
6:30 PM
(69 mins)

Archival Prints!

Introduced by Sarah Keller Epstein’s innovative films created in the windswept, ocean-lashed region of Brittany: Le tempestaire, Mor'Vran, and Les feux de la mer.
  • Sarah Keller
    Introduction
    Keller, assistant professor of art and cinema studies at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, is coeditor of the collection Jean Epstein: Critical Essays and New Translations.
Series Jean Epstein
Saturday, March 19, 2016
8:20 PM
Maurice Pialat,
France,
1985,
(113 mins)

Imported 35mm Print!

Gérard Depardieu stars in this policier about a burnt-out cop, a Tunisian drug ring, and an elusive lover.
Saturday, March 19, 2016
All Day