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26 12:30 PM Lulu Film Free Sunday, March 26, 2023 12:30 PM Lulu William Kentridge, Luc de Wit, United States, 2015, (202 mins) Free Admission Lulu, one of the great operas of the twentieth century, written by Alban Berg in the late 1920s and early 1930s, deals with themes of fragility, impossibility, and the fragmentation of desire. William Kentridge’s stage design employs hand-drawn animated projections done in a German Expressionist style. Starring Marlis Petersen in the title role. Free admission. Tickets available at the admissions desk beginning at 11:30 AM. Presented with a 10-minute intermission Series Orchestrating Time: The Films of William Kentridge Google Calendar ICS 5 PM Certain Women Closed Captioned Film Sunday, March 26, 2023 5 PM Certain Women Kelly Reichardt, United States, 2016, (107 mins) Closed captioned Present-day Montana provides the possibly unlikely setting for this investigation of the gap between women’s desires and their less hopeful realities. With Laura Dern, Lily Gladstone, Kristen Stewart, Michelle Williams. Adapted from stories by Maile Meloy. Series Kelly Reichardt in Person Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	27	28	29 7 PM Bless Their Little Hearts Film In-Person Wednesday, March 29, 2023 7 PM Bless Their Little Hearts Billy Woodberry, United States, 1983, (97 mins) New 35mm Print “Billy Woodberry’s dramatic feature looks deeply into the life of one family in Watts and plots its crisis in three dimensions: race, money, and gender. . . . Woodberry crafts a passionately pensive realism” (New Yorker). With The Pocketbook, an adaptation of a Langston Hughes story. Billy Woodberry In Person Series Out of the Vault: Billy Woodberry in Person Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	30 7 PM Tropical Malady Film Thursday, March 30, 2023 7 PM Tropical Malady Apichatpong Weerasethakul, France, Germany, Italy, Thailand, 2004, (118 mins) This shape-shifting blend of modern romance and mystic parable ventures deep into the Thai jungle of myth. “A work of outstanding originality and power” (Sight & Sound). Series Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Cinema of Now Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	31 7 PM Meek’s Cutoff Film Friday, March 31, 2023 7 PM Meek’s Cutoff Kelly Reichardt, United States, 2010, (104 mins) BAMPFA Collection Three strong women and an assortment of men head west on the Oregon Trail in Reichardt’s feminist Western, starring Michelle Williams and Zoe Kazan. Series Kelly Reichardt in Person Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	1 7 PM Brief Encounters Film Saturday, April 1, 2023 7 PM Brief Encounters Kira Muratova, Ukraine, USSR, 1967, (96 mins) A love triangle of sorts forms between a harried city functionary, her maid, and an absent, wandering husband (seen only in flashbacks) in Kira Muratova’s impressionist new-wave work, banned for twenty years. Russian folk singer/cult hero Vladimir Vysotsky costars. Series Odessa’s Uncompromising Eccentric: The Films of Kira Muratova Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS
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2 12:30 PM The Magic Flute Film Free Sunday, April 2, 2023 12:30 PM The Magic Flute William Kentridge, Italy, 2012, (163 mins) Free Admission In 2005 William Kentridge directed a production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, which made use of projected drawings and animations. “The magic of the opera is in how complex and deep questions can be played out with such a light hand, and in the music, which simply floats to our ears, but which has such a gravitas to it at the same time” (Kentridge). Free admission. Tickets available at the admissions desk beginning at 11:30 AM. Series Orchestrating Time: The Films of William Kentridge Google Calendar ICS 4:30 PM Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives Film In-Person Sunday, April 2, 2023 4:30 PM Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives Mariposa Film Group, United States, 1977, (133 mins) New Restoration Perhaps the first feature-length documentary on gay and lesbian identity, this film features interviews with a diverse group of individuals, including poet Elsa Gidlow, activist Sally Gearhart, inventor John Burnside, civil rights leader Harry Hay, and filmmaker Nathaniel Dorsky. In Person Mariposa Film Group Members Andrew Brown, Lucy Phenix, and Veronica Selver appearing in person. Series Pioneers of Queer Cinema Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	3	4	5 7 PM Eami Film In-Person Wednesday, April 5, 2023 7 PM Eami Paz Encina, Paraguay, 2022, (93 mins) Cosponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies “A hazy daydream of a film,” Eami is “equal parts nature doc and choral poem, an experimental memory essay that’s also an urgent elegy for a people, a forest, a world” (Variety). With Paz Encina’s sound piece Traéme Agua, Traéme Miel. In Conversation Paz Encina Natalia Brizuela Natalia Brizuela is the Class of 1930 Chair of the Center for Latin American Studies and a professor in the Departments of Film & Media and Spanish & Portuguese at UC Berkeley. Series Documentary Voices 2023 Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	6 7 PM Memoria Film In-Person Thursday, April 6, 2023 7 PM Memoria Apichatpong Weerasethakul, China, Colombia, France, Germany, Mexico, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, 2021, (136 mins) BAMPFA Student Committee Pick Memoria also screens Friday, May 5 (without Apichatpong Weerasethakul in person). Set in Colombia and starring Tilda Swinton, Weerasethakul’s first feature film made outside of Thailand covers familiar thematic terrain for the veteran director in its exploration of the blurred boundaries between the natural world and spirit realm, and the way that collective traumas reemerge as memories and dreams. A limited number of wheelchair accessible spaces may still be available for this screening. Please contact bampfa@berkeley.edu if you would like a ticket for a wheelchair accessible space. Apichatpong Weerasethakul In Person Series Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Cinema of Now SOLD OUT Google Calendar ICS	7 3 PM Apichatpong Weerasethakul Masterclass Film In-Person Friday, April 7, 2023 3 PM Apichatpong Weerasethakul Masterclass (150 mins) Apichatpong Weerasethakul addresses his approach to making moving images for both the cinema and installations and alternative screening spaces. A limited number of wheelchair accessible spaces may still be available for this screening. Please contact bampfa@berkeley.edu if you would like a ticket for a wheelchair accessible space. In Conversation Apichatpong Weerasethakul Leila Weefur Leila Weefur is an artist, writer, and curator based in Oakland and a lecturer in the Department of Art and Art History at Stanford University. Series Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Cinema of Now SOLD OUT Google Calendar ICS 7 PM BAMPFA Student Committee Film Festival 2023 Film Free In-Person Friday, April 7, 2023 7 PM BAMPFA Student Committee Film Festival 2023 (86 mins) Free Admission A selection of outstanding student films from around the Bay Area. Free admission. Tickets available at the admissions desk beginning at 5 PM. Student Filmmakers In Person Series Limited Engagements & Special Screenings Google Calendar ICS	8 7 PM Syndromes and a Century Film In-Person Saturday, April 8, 2023 7 PM Syndromes and a Century Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Austria, France, Thailand, 2006, (105 mins) Inspired by the recollections of his doctor parents, Weerasethakul fashioned this gorgeous portrait of love and remembrance, mirrored in both the countryside and the city. “Profoundly mysterious, erotic, funny, gentle, playful, and utterly distinctive” (Guardian). A limited number of wheelchair accessible spaces may still be available for this screening. Please contact bampfa@berkeley.edu if you would like a ticket for a wheelchair accessible space. In Conversation Apichatpong Weerasethakul Arnika Fuhrmann Arnika Fuhrmann is a professor in the Department of Southeast Asian Studies at Cornell University and the author of Ghostly Desires: Queer Sexuality and Vernacular Buddhism in Contemporary Thai C Series Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Cinema of Now SOLD OUT Google Calendar ICS
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9 3 PM Blissfully Yours Film In-Person Sunday, April 9, 2023 3 PM Blissfully Yours Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Thailand, 2002, (126 mins) Young lovers travel to the verdant jungle seeking respite from everyday anguish in “a delicate, ethereal dream of a film” (New York Times). A limited number of wheelchair accessible spaces may still be available for this screening. Please contact bampfa@berkeley.edu if you would like a ticket for a wheelchair accessible space. In Conversation Apichatpong Weerasethakul Jean Ma Jean Ma is the author of At the Edges of Sleep: Moving Images and Somnolent Spectators. Series Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Cinema of Now SOLD OUT Google Calendar ICS 7 PM The Long Farewell Film Sunday, April 9, 2023 7 PM The Long Farewell Kira Muratova, Ukraine, USSR, 1971, (97 mins) BAMPFA Student Committee Pick The Long Farewell also screens Saturday, May 13 with Stanislav Menzelevskyi introducing. The relationship between mother and son forms the crux of Kira Muratova’s ephemeral second feature, banned for nearly two decades. “Rendered with a borderline avant-garde sense of aesthetic freedom and formal experimentation” (NYFF) Series Odessa’s Uncompromising Eccentric: The Films of Kira Muratova Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	10	11 5:10 PM Apichatpong Weerasethakul: Una’s Lecture Film Free In-Person Tuesday, April 11, 2023 5:10 PM Apichatpong Weerasethakul: Una’s Lecture For the Townsend Center for the Humanities’s Una’s Lecture, Apichatpong Weerasethakul appears in conversation with Hilton Als, who inquires into his career arc, filmmaking practice, and the particular political challenges involved in making film in his native Thailand. With Len Lye’s Free Radicals, Bruce Baillie’s Valentin de las Sierras, and Weerasethakul’s Ablaze. Free admission. Tickets available at the admissions desk beginning at 4 PM. In Conversation Apichatpong Weerasethakul Hilton Als Hilton Als is a staff writer at the New Yorker magazine and the author of The Women, White Girls, and My Pinup. Series Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Cinema of Now Google Calendar ICS	12 7 PM A Night of Knowing Nothing Film Wednesday, April 12, 2023 7 PM A Night of Knowing Nothing Payal Kapadia, France, India, 2021, (121 mins) In Indian director “Payal Kapadia’s kaleidoscopic, Cannes prize-winning documentary . . . love for the moving image—and love for artistic creativity—marches hand in hand with the fight for political freedom” (Guardian). With a short by Amit Dutta. Series Documentary Voices 2023 Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	13 7 PM Blackstar: Autobiography of a Close Friend Film In-Person Thursday, April 13, 2023 7 PM Blackstar: Autobiography of a Close Friend Tom Joslin, United States, 1977, (130 mins) New Restoration Tom Joslin’s prequel to Silverlake Life: The View from Here is an experimental, “self-ethnographic” documentary on gay love. With Choosing Children (1984), one of the first documentaries to challenge the assumption that being a lesbian means you can’t be a mom. Mimi (Kim) Klausner In Person Series Pioneers of Queer Cinema Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	14 6 PM Vicenta B. Film Friday, April 14, 2023 6 PM Vicenta B. Carlos Lechuga, Colombia, Cuba, France, Norway, United States, 2022, (77 mins) Vicenta is a gifted clairvoyant. While she can foretell others’ future, her own remains cloudy as she struggles to communicate with her ancestors to understand the journey ahead for her and her son, who is leaving Cuba for the United States. Special Admission General: $20 BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $16 Non-UC students, 65+, disabled persons: $19 BAMPFA's second-feature discount does not apply to SFFILM programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. SFFILM vouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. Series 66th San Francisco International Film Festival at BAMPFA Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS 8 PM Earth Mama Closed Captioned Film In-Person Friday, April 14, 2023 8 PM Earth Mama Savanah Leaf, United States, 2023, (97 mins) Closed captioned A single mother in Oakland navigates the foster care system while making a living at a family portrait studio in this intimate coming-of-age story. Special Admission General: $20 BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $16 Non-UC students, 65+, disabled persons: $19 BAMPFA's second-feature discount does not apply to SFFILM programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. SFFILM vouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. In Person Savanah Leaf Tia Nomore Tia Nomore is a member of the cast of Earth Mama. Keta Price Keta Price is a member of the cast of Earth Mama. Series 66th San Francisco International Film Festival at BAMPFA Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	15 12 PM The Tuba Thieves Audio Description Film In-Person Saturday, April 15, 2023 12 PM The Tuba Thieves Alison O’Daniel, United States, 2023, (91 mins) Open Captioned Audio description In this visually stunning work, which features a visceral, textured sound design and an almost entirely deaf cast, Alison O’Daniel invites the audience to listen to the world through the experiences of the deaf and hard of hearing. Special Admission General: $20 BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $16 Non-UC students, 65+, disabled persons: $19 BAMPFA's second-feature discount does not apply to SFFILM programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. SFFILM vouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. In Person Alison O’Daniel Daphne Hanrahan Daphne Hanrahan is the founder of the Deaf Club. Maya E. Rudolph Maya E. Rudolph is a producer of The Tuba Thieves. Series 66th San Francisco International Film Festival at BAMPFA Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS 2:30 PM Peafowl Film In-Person Saturday, April 15, 2023 2:30 PM Peafowl Byun Sung-bin, South Korea, 2022, (114 mins) A masterfully shot debut feature, Peafowl follows a professional waack dancer, Myung, as she confronts her relationship with her family and finds her own personal style of performance. Special Admission General: $20 BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $16 Non-UC students, 65+, disabled persons: $19 BAMPFA's second-feature discount does not apply to SFFILM programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. SFFILM vouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. Byun Sung-bin In Person Series 66th San Francisco International Film Festival at BAMPFA Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS 5:30 PM L’immensità Film Saturday, April 15, 2023 5:30 PM L’immensità Emanuele Crialese, France, Italy, 2022, (98 mins) Emanuele Crialese’s first film in eleven years is a portrait of two outsiders, an effusive, fun-loving mother (Penélope Cruz) and her daughter, trying to escape the confines of their environment in 1970s Rome. Special Admission General: $20 BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $16 Non-UC students, 65+, disabled persons: $19 BAMPFA's second-feature discount does not apply to SFFILM programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. SFFILM vouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. Series 66th San Francisco International Film Festival at BAMPFA Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS 7:45 PM Dalíland Film In-Person Saturday, April 15, 2023 7:45 PM Dalíland Mary Harron, United Kingdom, United States, 2022, (103 mins) A young gallery assistant is asked to deliver money to Salvador Dalí and his wife, Gala, and is swept into their world of art and parties filled with beautiful people and stimulating substances. Special Admission General: $20 BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $16 Non-UC students, 65+, disabled persons: $19 BAMPFA's second-feature discount does not apply to SFFILM programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. SFFILM vouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. In Person Mary Harron John C. Walsh John C. Walsh is the screenwriter of Dalíland. 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16 2 PM What These Walls Won’t Hold Closed Captioned Film In-Person Sunday, April 16, 2023 2 PM What These Walls Won’t Hold Adamu Chan, United States, 2022, (94 mins) Closed captioned Formerly incarcerated director Adamu Chan documents a community within and outside of prison thriving with relationships built on trust and an indomitable zeal to fight for a brighter and better future. With shorts How We Get Free and Sol in the Garden. Special Admission General: $20 BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $16 Non-UC students, 65+, disabled persons: $19 BAMPFA's second-feature discount does not apply to SFFILM programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. SFFILM vouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. In Person Adamu Chan Adamu Chan is the director of What These Walls Won’t Hold. Emily Cohen Ibañez Emily Cohen Ibañez is a codirector of Sol in the Garden. Débora Souza Silva Débora Souza Silva is a codirector of Sol in the Garden. Sol Mercado Sol Mercado is the subject of Sol in the Garden. Kathleen Lingo Kathleen Lingo is a producer of How We Get Free. Series 66th San Francisco International Film Festival at BAMPFA Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS 4:45 PM Snow and the Bear Film Sunday, April 16, 2023 4:45 PM Snow and the Bear Selcen Ergun, Germany, Serbia, Turkey, 2022, (93 mins) Director Selcen Ergun expertly balances the tension between patriarchal tradition and modernity, crafting a mystery-drama about a dedicated nurse starting a new job in a remote Turkish village. Special Admission General: $20 BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $16 Non-UC students, 65+, disabled persons: $19 BAMPFA's second-feature discount does not apply to SFFILM programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. SFFILM vouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. Series 66th San Francisco International Film Festival at BAMPFA Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS 7 PM Luxembourg, Luxembourg Film Sunday, April 16, 2023 7 PM Luxembourg, Luxembourg Antonio Lukich, Ukraine, 2022, (106 mins) Twin brothers embark on a road trip to search for their Yugoslavian father, who is rumored to be in Luxembourg. Special Admission General: $20 BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $16 Non-UC students, 65+, disabled persons: $19 BAMPFA's second-feature discount does not apply to SFFILM programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. SFFILM vouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. Series 66th San Francisco International Film Festival at BAMPFA Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	17	18	19 7 PM Hide and Seek Film In-Person Wednesday, April 19, 2023 7 PM Hide and Seek Su Friedrich, United States, 1996, (89 mins) “Hide and Seek is one of the most piquant memory films I know, at once roiling with the tenderness and cruelty of adolescence and marbled by the wisdom of age” (Scott Foundas). With shorts by Jan Oxenberg (Home Movie), Sadie Benning (If Every Girl Had a Diary), and Jenni Olson (Blue Diary). Jenni Olson Introduction 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 LGB Series Pioneers of Queer Cinema Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	20 7 PM Persistence of Vision Award: Mark Cousins + The March on Rome Film In-Person Thursday, April 20, 2023 7 PM Persistence of Vision Award: Mark Cousins + The March on Rome Mark Cousins, Italy, 2022, (98 mins) Filmmaker Mark Cousins is this year’s recipient of the Persistence of Vision Award, dedicated to Tom Luddy. Cousins will present his new film, The March on Rome. Special Admission General: $20 BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $16 Non-UC students, 65+, disabled persons: $19 BAMPFA's second-feature discount does not apply to SFFILM programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. SFFILM vouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. In Conversation Mark Cousins Thom Powers Series 66th San Francisco International Film Festival at BAMPFA Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	21 4 PM My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock Film In-Person Friday, April 21, 2023 4 PM My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock Mark Cousins, United Kingdom, 2022, (120 mins) Mark Cousins’s film dives into the oeuvre of the Master of Suspense, with actor Alistair McGowan as Alfred Hitchcock providing a lively lecture populated with clips from his entire career. Special Admission General: $20 BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $16 Non-UC students, 65+, disabled persons: $19 BAMPFA's second-feature discount does not apply to SFFILM programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. SFFILM vouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. Mark Cousins In Person Series 66th San Francisco International Film Festival at BAMPFA Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS 7 PM Martínez Film In-Person Friday, April 21, 2023 7 PM Martínez Lorena Padilla, Mexico, 2023, (93 mins) In this satirical take on workplace culture and urban alienation, Martínez deals with the death of a neighbor and his imminent forced retirement, finding hope and inspiration on the flip side of humiliation and despair. Special Admission General: $20 BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $16 Non-UC students, 65+, disabled persons: $19 BAMPFA's second-feature discount does not apply to SFFILM programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. SFFILM vouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. In Person Lorena Padilla Georgina González Georgina González is the producer of Martínez. Series 66th San Francisco International Film Festival at BAMPFA Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	22 12 PM 1000% Me: Growing Up Mixed Film In-Person Saturday, April 22, 2023 12 PM 1000% Me: Growing Up Mixed W. Kamau Bell, United States, 2023, (86 mins) W. Kamau Bell’s latest work profiles the joys and struggles of children growing up mixed-race. With shorts Creating Things and Southern Afternoon. Special Admission General: $20 BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $16 Non-UC students, 65+, disabled persons: $19 BAMPFA's second-feature discount does not apply to SFFILM programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. SFFILM vouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. In Person W. Kamau Bell W. Kamau Bell is the director of 1000% Me: Growing Up Mixed. Bryan Simpson Bryan Simpson is the codirector of Creating Things. Chenning Yang Chenning Yang is the assistant director of Southern Afternoon. Series 66th San Francisco International Film Festival at BAMPFA Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS 2:30 PM Milisuthando Closed Captioned Film In-Person Saturday, April 22, 2023 2:30 PM Milisuthando Milisuthando Bongela, Colombia, South Africa, 2023, (128 mins) Closed captioned Using archival and verité footage, along with deeply personal interviews, Milisuthando Bongela constructs this intimate essay about what it meant to grow up in South Africa’s Transkei during apartheid and her continuing process of coming to terms with the aftermath. Special Admission General: $20 BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $16 Non-UC students, 65+, disabled persons: $19 BAMPFA's second-feature discount does not apply to SFFILM programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. SFFILM vouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. Milisuthando Bongela In Person Series 66th San Francisco International Film Festival at BAMPFA Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS 5:30 PM Against the Tide Film In-Person Saturday, April 22, 2023 5:30 PM Against the Tide Sarvnik Kaur, India, 2023, (97 mins) As the Arabian Sea’s fish population dwindles, two fishermen from Mumbai’s Koli community endeavor to change their fortunes. United by a shared ambition, their friendship is tested as they employ different methods to achieve their goal. Special Admission General: $20 BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $16 Non-UC students, 65+, disabled persons: $19 BAMPFA's second-feature discount does not apply to SFFILM programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. SFFILM vouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. In Person Sarvnik Kaur Koval Bhatia Koval Bhatia is a producer of Against the Tide. Series 66th San Francisco International Film Festival at BAMPFA Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS 8:15 PM Something You Said Last Night Film Saturday, April 22, 2023 8:15 PM Something You Said Last Night Luis De Filippis, Canada, Switzerland, 2022, (96 mins) Luis De Filippis’s story of a family vacation, notable for its subtle, undramatic depiction of trans life on-screen, perfectly encapsulates the tensions that can arise from close proximity and overdetermined fun when paired with family dynamics. Special Admission General: $20 BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $16 Non-UC students, 65+, disabled persons: $19 BAMPFA's second-feature discount does not apply to SFFILM programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. SFFILM vouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. Series 66th San Francisco International Film Festival at BAMPFA Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS
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23 12 PM Rally Closed Captioned Film In-Person Sunday, April 23, 2023 12 PM Rally Rooth Tang, United States, 2023, (101 mins) Closed captioned Rooth Tang chronicles the life and legacy of Rose Pak, San Francisco’s atypical kingmaker, who worked tirelessly to bring Chinese American issues to the forefront of political discourse in this profile of a Bay Area mover and shaker. Special Admission General: $20 BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $16 Non-UC students, 65+, disabled persons: $19 BAMPFA's second-feature discount does not apply to SFFILM programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. SFFILM vouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. In Person Rooth Tang Michelle Moy Michelle Moy is a producer of Rally. Series 66th San Francisco International Film Festival at BAMPFA Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS 3 PM Fremont Closed Captioned Film In-Person Sunday, April 23, 2023 3 PM Fremont Babak Jalali, United States, 2023, (91 mins) Closed captioned A former translator for the US military, Donya now lives among the Afghan diaspora who call the eponymous Bay Area suburb home and works at a San Francisco fortune cookie factory in Babak Jalali’s wry, character-driven drama. Special Admission General: $20 BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $16 Non-UC students, 65+, disabled persons: $19 BAMPFA's second-feature discount does not apply to SFFILM programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. SFFILM vouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. Babak Jalali In Person Series 66th San Francisco International Film Festival at BAMPFA Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS 5:30 PM I Have Electric Dreams Film Sunday, April 23, 2023 5:30 PM I Have Electric Dreams Valentina Maurel, Belgium, Costa Rica, France, 2022, (100 mins) I Have Electric Dreams follows teenage Eva as she grapples with the emotions and realities of her parents’ split and her own shifting priorities and desires. Special Admission General: $20 BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $16 Non-UC students, 65+, disabled persons: $19 BAMPFA's second-feature discount does not apply to SFFILM programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. SFFILM vouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. Series 66th San Francisco International Film Festival at BAMPFA Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS 8 PM Animalia Film Sunday, April 23, 2023 8 PM Animalia Sofia Alaoui, France, Morocco, Qatar, 2023, (90 mins) In this wide-ranging, genre-encompassing debut, mysterious apparitions above a remote Moroccan lake bring chaos to the world of a pregnant woman. Special Admission General: $20 BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $16 Non-UC students, 65+, disabled persons: $19 BAMPFA's second-feature discount does not apply to SFFILM programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. SFFILM vouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. Series 66th San Francisco International Film Festival at BAMPFA Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	24	25	26 7 PM Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Film Wednesday, April 26, 2023 7 PM Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Apichatpong Weerasethakul, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, 2010, (113 mins) This Palme d’Or winner melds the last dying encounters of a farmer, Boonmee, with a gorgeously rendered landscape enlivened by the presence of ghostly apparitions. This is not magical realism, but realistic magic. Series Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Cinema of Now SOLD OUT Google Calendar ICS	27 7 PM Paris Is Burning Film In-Person Thursday, April 27, 2023 7 PM Paris Is Burning Jennie Livingston, United States, 1990, (103 mins) An influential documentary on New York City’s proudly queer and trans Black and Latinx Ballroom scene of the late 1980s. With shorts by Nikolai Ursin (Behind Every Good Man) and Pat Rocco (Changes). Allegra Madsen Introduction Allegra Madsen is the director of programming at Frameline San Francisco LGBTQ+ Film Festival, the largest and longest-running queer film festival in the world. Jenni Olson In Conversation 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 LGB Susan Stryker In Conversation Susan Stryker, Professor Emerita of Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Arizona, is the author of Transgender History: The Roots of Today’s Revolution, codirector of Screaming Queens: Series Pioneers of Queer Cinema Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	28 7 PM The Asthenic Syndrome Film Friday, April 28, 2023 7 PM The Asthenic Syndrome Kira Muratova, Ukraine, USSR, 1989, (153 mins) Legendary director Kira Muratova’s demented chronicle of the absurdities and insults of post-glasnost Soviet life takes its title and cues from a psychological condition in which the sufferer alternates between maniacal aggression and apathetic inaction. “A movie that breaks all the rules” (Jonathan Rosenbaum). For accommodation requests please contact bampfa@berkeley.edu. Series Odessa’s Uncompromising Eccentric: The Films of Kira Muratova Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	29 4 PM Black Life: Circling the Archive with Filmmaker Dwayne LeBlanc Film In-Person Saturday, April 29, 2023 4 PM Black Life: Circling the Archive with Filmmaker Dwayne LeBlanc (71 mins) Filmmaker LeBlanc joins Black Life cocurator ruth gebreyesus in person to share his film and discuss influences on his approach to filmmaking. The program also features a 35mm restored print of Charles Burnett’s first film, Several Friends. In Conversation Dwayne LeBlanc ruth gebreyesus ruth gebreyesus, a writer and producer based in the Bay Area, is currently the cocurator of Black Life. Series Limited Engagements & Special Screenings Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS 7 PM The Adventure of Iron Pussy Film Saturday, April 29, 2023 7 PM The Adventure of Iron Pussy Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Michael Shaowanasai, Thailand, 2003, (90 mins) Weerasethakul teamed up with performance artist (and San Francisco Art Institute graduate) Michael Shaowanasai for this outrageous genre-and gender-bending musical Western, which follows the exploits of a glamorous transvestite secret agent. Series Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Cinema of Now Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS
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30 5 PM The Times of Harvey Milk Film In-Person Sunday, April 30, 2023 5 PM The Times of Harvey Milk Rob Epstein, United States, 1984, (106 mins) New Restoration Rob Epstein’s powerful record of the beloved San Francisco activist/politician Harvey Milk’s inspirational life and work, from his improbable, heroic rise to his horrific murder. With shorts by Barbara Hammer (I Was/I Am) and Arthur J. Bressan Jr. (Coming Out). Jenni Olson Introduction Queer historian, writer, and filmmaker Jenni Olson is codirector of The Bressan Project, which worked with UCLA on the restoration of Arthur J. Bressan Jr.’s Coming Out. Series Pioneers of Queer Cinema Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	1	2	3 7 PM Tongues Untied Film Wednesday, May 3, 2023 7 PM Tongues Untied Marlon Riggs, United States, 1989, (123 mins) Marlon Riggs’s riveting combination of interviews, performance, stock footage, autobiography, poetry, and dance reveals the revolutionary potential of Black men loving Black men. With shorts by Todd Haynes (Dottie Gets Spanked), Michael Wallin (Decodings), Kenneth Anger (Fireworks), and Mike Kuchar (Seascape). Mike Kuchar In Person Series Pioneers of Queer Cinema Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	4 7 PM The Tuner Film Thursday, May 4, 2023 7 PM The Tuner Kira Muratova, Russia, Ukraine, 2004, (154 mins) Swindlers and eccentric faded aristocrats populate the crumbling Odessa of Kira Muratova’s berserk satire on Russia’s old and nouveau riche. A screwball 1930s comedy filtered through an almost assaultive theatrical style. “Like being trapped in an elevator with a psychotic” (Village Voice). Series Odessa’s Uncompromising Eccentric: The Films of Kira Muratova Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	5 7 PM Memoria Film Friday, May 5, 2023 7 PM Memoria Apichatpong Weerasethakul, China, Colombia, France, Germany, Mexico, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, 2021, (136 mins) BAMPFA Student Committee Pick Memoria also screens Thursday, April 6 (with Apichatpong Weerasethakul in person). Set in Colombia and starring Tilda Swinton, Weerasethakul’s first feature film made outside of Thailand covers familiar thematic terrain for the veteran director in its exploration of the blurred boundaries between the natural world and spirit realm, and the way that collective traumas reemerge as memories and dreams. A limited number of wheelchair accessible spaces may still be available for this screening. Please contact bampfa@berkeley.edu if you would like a ticket for a wheelchair accessible space. Series Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Cinema of Now SOLD OUT Google Calendar ICS	6