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11 AM-7 PM
Sunday, November 28, 2021
11 AM-7 PM
Streaming All Day
Sunday, November 28, 2021
Streaming All Day
Juan Pablo Rebella, Pablo Stoll,
Uruguay,
2004,
(95 mins)
BAMPFA Collection
Winner of the Prix du Regard at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, Whisky is a deadpan comedy that looks at loneliness, family, friendship, and keeping up appearances. “Global cinema at its best. A truly great film!” (Film Threat).
Free for BAMPFA members only. Password required.
Available November 23–28
2 PM
Sunday, November 28, 2021
2 PM
3 PM
Sunday, November 28, 2021
3 PM
Alain Resnais,
France, Japan,
1959,
(92 mins)
Digital Restoration
Hiroshima mon amour depicts a brief affair between a French actress and a Japanese architect in the Hiroshima of 1959. The couple’s bliss is slowly eroded by the unavoidable memories of World War II.
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times.
3 PM
Sunday, November 28, 2021
3 PM
Scholar and collector Alan Templeton offers tours of The Enduring Mark with an emphasis on the evolution of drawing styles and the iconography of individual works featured in the exhibition.
Included with admission
Series
Talks & Conversations 2022
5 PM
Sunday, November 28, 2021
5 PM
Masahiro Shinoda,
Japan,
1986,
(130 mins)
BAMPFA Collection
Gonza the Spearman is based on an eighteenth-century bunraku play by Monzaemon Chikamatsu. Masahiro Shinoda established himself as a provocative independent stylist and an important bridge between art and commercial cinemas in Japan.
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times.
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7 PM
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
7 PM
(120 mins)
This program celebrates a range of materialist approaches to feminist filmmaking in the United States by Peggy Ahwesh, Nazli Dinçel, Jeanne C. Finely, Kelly Gallagher, Janis Crystal Lipzin, Jodie Mack, and Christina C. Nguyen.
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times.
In Person
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4–7 PM
Thursday, December 2, 2021
4–7 PM
This collection of sculptures, photographs, Japanese woodblock prints, and more centers on the visual tricks that reflections can play.
Free on first Thursday of the month
Series
Five Tables 2020–21
12 PM
Thursday, December 2, 2021
12 PM
 Available to the general public as livestream only. UC Berkeley students may attend in person with valid Cal One ID.
Carmine Cella shares his compositions and musical instrument intonations that produce novel sounds, music, and spatial experiences.
12:15 PM
Thursday, December 2, 2021
12:15 PM
Thursday, December 2, 2021
4 PM
International authority on the art of Gandhara Osmund Bopearachchi presents a lecture about Buddhist imagery in Gandharan art.
Included with admission.
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times.
Series
Talks & Conversations 2022
7 PM
Thursday, December 2, 2021
7 PM
Melvin Van Peebles,
France,
1968,
(87 mins)
Digital Restoration The Thursday, December 2 screening features an introduction with Ryanaustin Dennis. The Sunday, December 5 screening will be presented without an introduction.
In this exuberant, inventive, and poignant film about an American soldier’s sojourn in Paris, Melvin Van Peebles brilliantly balanced French New Wave style with profound social critique and psychological substance.
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times.
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2 PM-7 PM
Friday, December 3, 2021
2 PM-7 PM
7 PM
Friday, December 3, 2021
7 PM
Francis Ford Coppola,
United States,
1969,
(101 mins)
4K Digital Restoration
A disaffected Long Island housewife ditches her man, hits the road, and never stops heading west in Francis Ford Coppola’s striking early work, described as a female Easy Rider with a loose energy that recalls the French New Wave.
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times.
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11 AM-7 PM
Saturday, December 4, 2021
11 AM-7 PM
1:30PM
Saturday, December 4, 2021
1:30PM
American Sign Language interpreter Patricia Lessard, who specializes in the arts, offers ASL interpretation for a graduate student–led tour of New Time on Saturday, December 4, at 1:30 PM. All visitors are welcome.
Included with admission
Series
Talks & Conversations 2022
4:30 PM
Saturday, December 4, 2021
4:30 PM
Halina Dyrschka,
Germany,
2019,
(93 mins)
This documentary, which “bristles with the excitement of discovery and also with the impatience that recognition has taken so long,” illuminates the story of Swedish painter Hilma af Klint, the unsung modernist of the early twentieth century (New York Times).
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times.
7 PM
Saturday, December 4, 2021
7 PM
Shireen Seno,
Philippines,
2017,
(90 mins)
Set in Manila in the late 1980s, Nervous Translation depicts the delicate world of childhood via Yael, an intelligent, shy eight-year-old living alone with her mother while her father works abroad.
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times.
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11 AM-7 PM
Sunday, December 5, 2021
11 AM-7 PM
Sunday, December 5, 2021
1 PM
Join Osmund Bopearachchi—art historian, numismatist, and archaeologist—for an in-depth exploration of how Gandharan artists depicted episodes in the life of the Buddha as seen in the exhibition Beyond Boundaries.
Included with admission
Series
Talks & Conversations 2022
1:30 PM
Sunday, December 5, 2021
1:30 PM
Ric Burns,
United States,
2019,
(114 mins)
“At once tender and thrilling,” this moving and insightful portrait of neurologist and author Oliver Sacks centers on intimate interviews from his final months, facing death and looking back on his extraordinary life (Variety).
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times.
2 PM
Sunday, December 5, 2021
2 PM
Sunday, December 5, 2021
2 PM
The award-winning author of Unstill Life, Gabrielle Selz, introduces her new biography of the artist Sam Francis, Light on Fire: The Art and Life of Sam Francis (UC Press), in conversation with noted journalist and author Frances Dinkelspiel with a book signing to follow.
Included with admission.
Series
Readings 2021
4 PM
Sunday, December 5, 2021
4 PM
Melvin Van Peebles,
France,
1968,
(87 mins)
Digital Restoration The Thursday, December 2 screening features an introduction with Ryanaustin Dennis. The Sunday, December 5 screening will be presented without an introduction.
In this exuberant, inventive, and poignant film about an American soldier’s sojourn in Paris, Melvin Van Peebles brilliantly balanced French New Wave style with profound social critique and psychological substance.
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times.
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7 PM
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
7 PM
Jean-Luc Godard,
France, Switzerland,
1980,
(87 mins)
This achingly lyrical film—“a stunning, original work”—about the selling of the self revolves around three characters: a filmmaker, his estranged partner, and a prostitute.
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times.
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12:15 PM
Thursday, December 9, 2021
12:15 PM
6 PM
Thursday, December 9, 2021
6 PM
UC Berkeley professor and filmmaker Nicolás Pereda joins MATRIX artist Jumana Manna for a conversation about her new film, Foragers (2022), and the resonances between their filmmaking practices.
Included with admission.
Series
Talks & Conversations 2022
7 PM
Thursday, December 9, 2021
7 PM
Ric Burns,
United States,
2019,
(114 mins)
“At once tender and thrilling,” this moving and insightful portrait of neurologist and author Oliver Sacks centers on intimate interviews from his final months, facing death and looking back on his extraordinary life (Variety).
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times.
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2 PM-7 PM
Friday, December 10, 2021
2 PM-7 PM
7 PM
Friday, December 10, 2021
7 PM
Wong Kar Wai,
Hong Kong,
1994,
(102 mins)
Digital Restoration
Wong Kar Wai’s love letter to Hong Kong combines separate tales of two cops (Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Leung Chiu-wai) and their tenuous romantic connections (Brigitte Lin, Faye Wong) in “a film with style to burn” (Los Angeles Times).
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times.
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12:30 PM
Saturday, December 11, 2021
12:30 PM
 For ages 6–12 with accompanying adult(s)
Express your positive message in a visually dynamic poster to keep you inspired and powerful.
Advance registration required. The registration form will be available on Wednesday and Thursday, December 8 and 9, to receive a Zoom link on Saturday, December 11.
Series
Family Events
2:30PM
Saturday, December 11, 2021
2:30PM
 Recommended for ages 8 and up
Meet Ryan Hart, who approaches the challenges in her life with bravery, common sense, and humor.
Advance registration required. The registration form will be available on Wednesday and Thursday, December 8 and 9, to receive a Zoom link on Saturday, December 11.
Series
Family Events
3:30 PM
Saturday, December 11, 2021
3:30 PM
Francis Ford Coppola,
United States,
1982,
(107 mins)
Restored 35mm Print
Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Raul Julia, and Nastassja Kinski float through an even more artificial version of Las Vegas in Francis Ford Coppola’s lavishly surreal, giddily romantic valentine to a cinema of pure attractions.
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times.
7 PM
Saturday, December 11, 2021
7 PM
Hou Hsiao-hsien,
Taiwan,
1998,
(113 mins)
Digital Restoration
Tony Leung Chiu-wai stars in Hou Hsiao-hsien’s period-piece reverie set in a Shanghai brothel circa 1890. “‘Surrender’ is the key to this visually ravishing masterpiece” (Phillip Lopate).
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times.
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11 AM-7 PM
Sunday, December 12, 2021
11 AM-7 PM
11 AM
Sunday, December 12, 2021
11 AM
 All ages, Drop-in
Learn the basics of risograph printing in the BAMPFA Art Lab and go home with a collaboratively designed set of postcards.
Included with admission
Series
Workshops 2022
2 PM
Sunday, December 12, 2021
2 PM
2 PM
Sunday, December 12, 2021
2 PM
Halina Dyrschka,
Germany,
2019,
(93 mins)
This documentary, which “bristles with the excitement of discovery and also with the impatience that recognition has taken so long,” illuminates the story of Swedish painter Hilma af Klint, the unsung modernist of the early twentieth century (New York Times).
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times.
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7 PM
Wednesday, December 15, 2021
7 PM
Jean-Luc Godard,
France,
1982,
(87 mins)
BAMPFA Collection
Two directors create a film based on tableaux vivants of famous paintings, but they find the true stories beyond the frames in Jean-Luc Godard’s essay on labor, love, and capital.
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times.
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12:15 PM
Thursday, December 16, 2021
12:15 PM
7 PM
Thursday, December 16, 2021
7 PM
Hou Hsiao-hsien,
Taiwan,
1998,
(113 mins)
Digital Restoration
Tony Leung Chiu-wai stars in Hou Hsiao-hsien’s period-piece reverie set in a Shanghai brothel circa 1890. “‘Surrender’ is the key to this visually ravishing masterpiece” (Phillip Lopate).
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times.
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2 PM-7 PM
Friday, December 17, 2021
2 PM-7 PM
7 PM
Friday, December 17, 2021
7 PM
Ritwik Ghatak,
India,
1960,
(127 mins)
Digital Restoration
Directed by the visionary Bengali filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak, The Cloud-Capped Star tells the story of a family that has been uprooted by the partition of India and comes to depend on their eldest daughter, the self-sacrificing Neeta (Supriya Choudhury).
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times.
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11 AM-7 PM
Saturday, December 18, 2021
11 AM-7 PM
2 PM
Saturday, December 18, 2021
2 PM
The Future Is Female, Sarah Cahill’s seven-hour marathon investigation and reframing of the piano literature, allows audience members to listen for any length of time, come and go, and walk around the space.
Seating for Full performances is limited
Included with admission
Series
Full 2022
3:30 PM
Saturday, December 18, 2021
3:30 PM
Francis Ford Coppola,
United States,
1984/2019,
(139 mins)
4K Digital Restoration
This newly recut, restored version of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1984 vision of 1930s America brings new rhythm and nuance to the tale, reinstating many of the musical numbers and secondary stories that were cut from the original release.
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times.
7 PM
Saturday, December 18, 2021
7 PM
Wong Kar Wai,
Hong Kong,
1994,
(102 mins)
Digital Restoration
Wong Kar Wai’s love letter to Hong Kong combines separate tales of two cops (Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Leung Chiu-wai) and their tenuous romantic connections (Brigitte Lin, Faye Wong) in “a film with style to burn” (Los Angeles Times).
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times.
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11 AM-7 PM
Sunday, December 19, 2021
11 AM-7 PM
2 PM
Sunday, December 19, 2021
2 PM
2 PM
Sunday, December 19, 2021
2 PM
Linda Hoaglund,
Japan, United States,
2019,
(83 mins)
This beautiful examination of the tradition of Japanese folding screen and scroll painting explores the sensuous style and innovative methods of Edo-period painting and reveals its influence on Western art.
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times.
4:30 PM
Sunday, December 19, 2021
4:30 PM
Michael Powell,
United Kingdom,
1937,
(75 mins)
Restored 35mm Print
In a remote Scottish island community facing extinction through isolation, two young men embark on a foolish challenge. Michael Powell’s stunningly photographed film is a hybrid of documentary-like realism and poetic fatalism.
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times.
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Monday, December 20, 2021
Sign up to receive a special-edition risograph mailer, printed in the BAMPFA Art Lab, featuring an archival interview with Ernestine Eckstein from a 1966 issue of The Ladder: A Lesbian Review.
RSVP by December 20 to receive a limited-edition print project in the mail
Series
Black Life 2022
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All Day
Thursday, December 23, 2021
All Day
BAMPFA will be closed from Thursday, December 23, reopening Wednesday, January 5, 2022.
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All Day
Friday, December 24, 2021
All Day
BAMPFA will be closed from Thursday, December 23, reopening Wednesday, January 5, 2022.
Streaming All Day
Friday, December 24, 2021
Streaming All Day
Jamila Wignot,
United States,
2021,
(82 mins)
Told through Alvin Ailey’s own words and featuring evocative archival footage and interviews with those who intimately knew him, Ailey weaves together a resonant biography of an elusive visionary.
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All Day
Saturday, December 25, 2021
All Day
BAMPFA will be closed from Thursday, December 23, reopening Wednesday, January 5, 2022.
Streaming All Day
Saturday, December 25, 2021
Streaming All Day
Jamila Wignot,
United States,
2021,
(82 mins)
Told through Alvin Ailey’s own words and featuring evocative archival footage and interviews with those who intimately knew him, Ailey weaves together a resonant biography of an elusive visionary.
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All Day
Sunday, December 26, 2021
All Day
BAMPFA will be closed from Thursday, December 23, reopening Wednesday, January 5, 2022.
Streaming All Day
Sunday, December 26, 2021
Streaming All Day
Jamila Wignot,
United States,
2021,
(82 mins)
Told through Alvin Ailey’s own words and featuring evocative archival footage and interviews with those who intimately knew him, Ailey weaves together a resonant biography of an elusive visionary.
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Streaming All Day
Monday, December 27, 2021
Streaming All Day
Jamila Wignot,
United States,
2021,
(82 mins)
Told through Alvin Ailey’s own words and featuring evocative archival footage and interviews with those who intimately knew him, Ailey weaves together a resonant biography of an elusive visionary.
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Streaming All Day
Tuesday, December 28, 2021
Streaming All Day
Jamila Wignot,
United States,
2021,
(82 mins)
Told through Alvin Ailey’s own words and featuring evocative archival footage and interviews with those who intimately knew him, Ailey weaves together a resonant biography of an elusive visionary.
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All Day
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
All Day
BAMPFA will be closed from Thursday, December 23, reopening Wednesday, January 5, 2022.
Streaming All Day
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Streaming All Day
Jamila Wignot,
United States,
2021,
(82 mins)
Told through Alvin Ailey’s own words and featuring evocative archival footage and interviews with those who intimately knew him, Ailey weaves together a resonant biography of an elusive visionary.
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All Day
Thursday, December 30, 2021
All Day
BAMPFA will be closed from Thursday, December 23, reopening Wednesday, January 5, 2022.
Streaming All Day
Thursday, December 30, 2021
Streaming All Day
Jamila Wignot,
United States,
2021,
(82 mins)
Told through Alvin Ailey’s own words and featuring evocative archival footage and interviews with those who intimately knew him, Ailey weaves together a resonant biography of an elusive visionary.
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All Day
Friday, December 31, 2021
All Day
BAMPFA will be closed from Thursday, December 23, reopening Wednesday, January 5, 2022.
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All Day
Saturday, January 1, 2022
All Day
BAMPFA will be closed from Thursday, December 23, reopening Wednesday, January 5, 2022.
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