Sunday, February 23
Sunday, February 23, 2025
11 AM–7 PM
Drop-In Art Making
The museum’s popular Fisher Family Art Lab welcomes drop-in visitors of all ages to explore their creativity through hands-on artmaking.
Series
Workshops
Sunday, February 23, 2025
1:00 PM
Daphne Matziaraki, Peter Murimi,
Greece, Kenya, United States,
2024,
(94 mins)
Drought, dwindling resources, and contentious elections in equatorial Kenya exacerbate the conflict between semi-nomadic Indigenous pastoralists and wealthy white ranchers in this documentary epic. “A tense, beautiful, and heartbreaking film” (Vulture).
In Conversation
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Maya Craig
Maya Craig is a cinematographer and coproducer of The Battle for Laikipia. -
Miswa Basil
Miswa Basil is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at UC Berkeley. -
Jennifer Redfearn
Jennifer Redfearn is an Academy Award–nominated filmmaker and the Director of the Documentary Program at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
Series
Climate Journalism on Screen
Sunday, February 23, 2025
1:00 PM
Space is limited; RSVP required
Local artist Julia Goodman shares a step-by-step process to make unique pieces of handmade paper. Taking inspiration from artworks on view in the exhibition Making Their Mark, participants explore techniques for making shaped paper.
Space is limited; RSVP required
Series
Workshops
Sunday, February 23, 2025
2:00 PM
UC Berkeley graduate students in the Departments of Gender & Women's Studies, History of Art, and Film & Media Studies offer tours of Making Their Mark: Works from the Shah Garg Collection on selected Wednesdays at 12:15 and Sundays at 2:00, and on Free First Thursdays at 1:15.
Included with admission
Series
Exhibition Tours
Sunday, February 23, 2025
4:00 PM
G. W. Pabst,
France, Germany,
1932,
(90 mins)
Dominated by the statuesque presence of Brigitte Helm this “campy, exotic fantasy takes place in a décor of dazzling white buildings, studio sand, and artificial pools” (Bloomsbury Foreign Film Guide).
Sunday, February 23, 2025
7:00 PM
Alfredo B. Crevenna,
Mexico,
1951,
(101 mins)
Filmoteca-UNAM’s Collection
A rare Mexican girls school melodrama of a student in love with her teacher, a remake of the 1931 German film Mädchen in Uniform (considered to be the first lesbian film ever made).
A limited number of wheelchair accessible spaces may still be available for this screening. Please contact
In Conversation
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Jenni Olson
Jenni Olson is a Berkeley-based queer film historian, writer, and filmmaker who is the proud proprietor of Butch.org, which features more information about all of her work as a longtime champion of LG -
Juana María Rodríguez
Juana María Rodríguez is a Professor of Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley and a cultural critic, public speaker, and award-winning author who writes about sexual cultures, racial politics, and the many ta
Monday, February 24
Tuesday, February 25
Wednesday, February 26
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
12:15 PM
UC Berkeley graduate students in the English and Critical Theory offer tours of To Exalt The Ephemeral on selected Wednesdays at 12:15 and Sundays at 2:00, and on Free First Thursdays at 1:15.
Included with admission
Series
Exhibition Tours
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
5 PM
Due to a three-day strike across the University of California system, BAMPFA is operating with reduced hours this week. Galleries will close early at 5 PM on Wednesday, February 26 and Thursday, February 27.
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
7:00 PM
Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw,
Argentina, United States,
2024,
(116 mins)
These two films document contemporary cowboy culture on two continents. Gaucho Gaucho chronicles the everyday life of Argentine cowhands, while Ten Five in the Grass captures the preparations for a calf roping event on the Black rodeo circuit.
Due to a three-day strike across the University of California system, BAMPFA is operating with reduced hours this week. Multiple film screenings have been canceled, and galleries will close early on Wednesday and Thursday. Click here for more information.
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Leila Weefur
IntroductionLeila Weefur is an artist, writer, and independent curator based in Oakland.
Thursday, February 27
Thursday, February 27, 2025
5 PM
Due to a three-day strike across the University of California system, BAMPFA is operating with reduced hours this week. Galleries will close early at 5 PM on Wednesday, February 26 and Thursday, February 27.
Thursday, February 27, 2025
7:00 PM
Roberto Faenza,
France, Italy, Portugal,
1995,
(104 mins)
Antonio Tabucchi’s novel According to Pereira “provides Marcello Mastroianni with one of his best roles” (David Rooney, Variety).
Due to a three-day strike across the University of California system, BAMPFA is operating with reduced hours this week. Multiple film screenings have been canceled, and galleries will close early on Wednesday and Thursday. Click here for more information.
Series
Marcello Mastroianni at 100
Friday, February 28
Friday, February 28, 2025
2 PM–7 PM
Drop-In Art Making
The museum’s popular Fisher Family Art Lab welcomes drop-in visitors of all ages to explore their creativity through hands-on artmaking.
Series
Workshops
Friday, February 28, 2025
4:30 PM
G. W. Pabst,
France,
1938,
(100 mins)
G. W. Pabst left Germany only to be censored by the French, his film recut. But as Nora Sayre advised in the New York Times, “Ignore the muddles and savor the cast of characters.”
Due to a three-day strike across the University of California system, BAMPFA is operating with reduced hours this week. Multiple film screenings have been canceled, and galleries will close early on Wednesday and Thursday. Click here for more information.
Friday, February 28, 2025
7:00 PM
Zacharias Kunuk,
Canada,
2016,
Maliglutit continues in the breathtaking vein of Canadian Inuk filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk’s unforgettable Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner with a story of cruelty and cold revenge inspired by John Ford’s The Searchers and spoken entirely in Inuktitut.
Due to a three-day strike across the University of California system, BAMPFA is operating with reduced hours this week. Multiple film screenings have been canceled, and galleries will close early on Wednesday and Thursday. Click here for more information.
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Shari Huhndorf
IntroductionShari Huhndorf is Class of 1938 Professor of Native American Studies, Department of Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley.
Saturday, March 1
Saturday, March 1, 2025
11 AM–7 PM
Drop-In Art Making
The museum’s popular Fisher Family Art Lab welcomes drop-in visitors of all ages to explore their creativity through hands-on artmaking.
Series
Workshops
Saturday, March 1, 2025
3:30 PM
Payal Kapadia,
France, India, Luxembourg, Netherlands,
2024,
(115 mins)
Crafted with visual poetry and emotional empathy, Payal Kapadia’s drama shines a light on three hospital workers as they negotiate love and life in the teeming metropolis of Mumbai. Outstanding performances and cinematography that reflects the small but wondrous epiphanies of everyday lives anchor this Cannes Grand Prix winner.
Series
Special Screenings 2025
Saturday, March 1, 2025
6:30 PM
Alf Sjöberg,
Sweden,
1944,
(123 mins)
Ingmar Bergman’s first produced screenplay was for the great Swedish filmmaker Alf Sjöberg’s Torment, a dark coming-of-age drama about a boarding-school senior who falls in love with a shopgirl, with a standout performance by Mai Zetterling. Preceded by a short documentary on Zetterling’s career.
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Linda Haverty Rugg
IntroductionLinda Haverty Rugg is Professor Emerita in the Department of Scandinavian at UC Berkeley.
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