Sunday, March 18
Sunday, March 18, 2018
Double your member discount!
For one weekend only, BAMPFA members receive 20% off of most items at the BAMPFA Store!
Members-only event
Sunday, March 18, 2018
1 PM
Raúl Ruiz,
France, Italy, Portugal,
1999,
(158 mins)
New Digital Restoration
“For those who know the final volume of Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time, Ruiz’s film sets off its own chain of memories and associations; for those who do not, it serves as a superb introduction to the shape and texture of the Proustian universe” (Dave Kehr).
Sunday, March 18, 2018
10 AM
Members' event
As part of Member Appreciation Month, BAMPFA members are invited to have brunch with Director and Chief Curator Lawrence Rinder and hear about the latest happenings at BAMPFA.
Members'-only event. Each member cardholder is allowed one guest.
RSVP by Monday, March 12.
Sunday, March 18, 2018
11 AM–7 PM
Sunday, March 18, 2018
2 PM
Get fresh insights into the works in view in Way Bay with a tour led by a UC Berkeley graduate student.
Included with admission; no advance reservation required
Series
Guided Tours 2018
Sunday, March 18, 2018
3 PM
Ingmar Bergman,
Sweden,
1946,
(95 mins)
BAMPFA Student Committee Pick!
Two young people try to protect a fragile love on society’s margins in Bergman’s early look at adolescents in crisis, infused with a surprising warmth and optimism.
Screening in Theater 2; regular film ticket prices apply
Series
Bergman 100: The Early Years
Sunday, March 18, 2018
4:30 PM
Oliver Schmitz, Thomas Mogotlane,
South Africa,
1988,
(106 mins)
An apolitical small-time crook in Soweto gets swept up in political protests in this legendary 1988 film, the first anti-apartheid feature made in South Africa and a still-vital time capsule of protest, street culture, and pride.
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Cornelius Moore
IntroductionCornelius Moore is codirector of the Bay Area distributor/producer California Newsreel.
Series
African Film Festival 2018
Sunday, March 18, 2018
7 PM
Thom Andersen,
United States,
2015,
(108 mins)
The film essayist behind Red Hollywood and Los Angeles Plays Itself returns with this personal history of cinema, inspired by Gilles Deleuze. “Less a lecture than a wordless, associative, haunted journey not just through the history of cinematic innovation, but through the 20th century itself” (The Guardian).
Monday, March 19
Monday, March 19, 2018
6:30 PM
An evening with artist Irena Haiduk, founder of the “oral corporation” Yugoexport.
Free admission
Tuesday, March 20
Wednesday, March 21
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
12 PM
A talk by the celebrated filmmaker and media arts innovator.
Free admission
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
12:15 PM
Get fresh insights into the works in view in Way Bay with a tour led by a UC Berkeley graduate student.
Included with admission; no advance reservation required
Series
Guided Tours 2018
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
3:10 PM
Alexander Dovzhenko,
USSR,
1930,
(170 mins)
BAMPFA Collection
Ukrainian villagers take on their rich overlords in order to collectivize in this startlingly poetic work from the legendary Ukrainian director Alexander Dovzhenko.
Pre-sale to members at the Sponsor level and above Dec. 5–11. Public ticket sales begin Dec. 12.
Special admission: General: $15; BAMPFA members: $11; UC Berkeley students: $7; UC Berkeley faculty and staff, non-UC Berkeley students, disabled persons, ages 65+ and 18 & under: $12
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Anne Nesbet
LectureAnne Nesbet is an associate professor of Slavic languages and literatures and film and media at UC Berkeley. -
Judith Rosenberg
On Piano
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
7 PM
(60 mins)
A rare opportunity to see artistic reactions to colonial history, military dictatorships, and political violence by artists from Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, and Uruguay.
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Elena Shtromberg
IntroductionElena Shtromberg, an associate professor of art history at the University of Utah, is co-curator of the landmark survey from which this program is drawn. -
Oscar Muñoz
In Person
Series
Documentary Voices 2018
Thursday, March 22
Thursday, March 22, 2018
Curator's Circle Event
Members of the Curator's Circle are invited for a behind-the-scenes look at Way Bay.
Exclusively for Curator's Circle members
Thursday, March 22, 2018
4 PM–7 PM
Thursday, March 22, 2018
7 PM
Maria Govan,
Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, United States,
2016,
(92 mins)
Bahamian director Maria Govan, one of the Caribbean’s rising filmmakers, returns with this atmospheric noir drama on class divides, sexual repression, and identity in Trinidad.
Series
African Film Festival 2018
Friday, March 23
Friday, March 23, 2018
3:00 PM
For Cal students, faculty, and staff
Free seminar for UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff
Friday, March 23, 2018
4PM–9 PM
Friday, March 23, 2018
6 PM
Oakland-based art production organization House of Malico presents a discussion exploring contemporary issues affecting the social, cultural, and mental health of black people.
Included with admission
Friday, March 23, 2018
7 PM
Ingmar Bergman,
Sweden,
1982,
(188 mins)
35mm Print
This chronicle of an early twentieth-century theatrical family, told from the perspective of a young brother and sister, is comic and tragic, opulent and intellectual, mystical and autobiographical. Bergman called it "the sum total of my life as a filmmaker."
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Anna Serner
IntroductionAnna Serner is the CEO of the Swedish Film Institute. She has studied practical filmmaking at the Stockholm School of Film as well as film studies at Stockholm University.
Saturday, March 24
Saturday, March 24, 2018
11 AM–9 PM
Saturday, March 24, 2018
3 PM
(50 mins)
BAMPFA Collection Prints
Recommended for ages 7 & up
Cruikshank’s love of surreal 1930s cartoons is evident in her wildly colorful and wonderfully detailed films, some of which were made for Sesame Street.
Saturday, March 24, 2018
5 PM
Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori Alexandrov,
USSR,
1931/1979,
(125 mins)
Film to Table dinner follows
See Mexico through Eisenstein’s eyes in this compilation of footage shot in 1931, intended for an epic hybrid of documentary and fiction that the director never finished. With short Bezhin Meadow.
Saturday, March 24, 2018
6 PM
Programmed by Chika Okoye and David Brazil
East Bay choir Awon Ohun Omnira taps into the roots of African faith and culture through old Yoruba songs and the Ring Shout. You are invited to participate in this moving performance.
Included with admission
Series
Black Life 2018
Saturday, March 24, 2018
7:10 PM
See Mexico through Eisenstein’s eyes in this footage shot in 1931, intended for an epic hybrid of documentary and fiction. Then join in a lively discussion over dinner.
At Babette
Film tickets must be purchased separately.
Saturday, March 24, 2018
8 PM
Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel,
Austria, Italy,
2016,
(90 mins)
The spirits of early Fellini and De Sica can be felt in this captivating docudrama about an Italian lion-tamer on the hunt for the strongman who started him on the circus life.
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