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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
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7 5 PM Drylongso Film In-Person Sunday, May 7, 2023 5 PM Drylongso Cauleen Smith, United States, 1998, (86 mins) “An enduringly rich work of DIY filmmaking, Drylongso remains a resonant and visionary examination of violence (and its reverberations), friendship, and gender” (Film at Lincoln Center). In Conversation Cauleen Smith Cauleen Smith is a filmmaker, interdisciplinary artist, and professor in the School of the Arts and Architecture at UCLA. Leila Weefur Leila Weefur is an artist, writer, and independent curator based in Oakland. Weefur is an educator at Stanford University and a founding member of the curatorial film collective The Black Aesthetic. Series Limited Engagements & Special Screenings Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	8	9	10 7 PM Mekong Hotel Film Wednesday, May 10, 2023 7 PM Mekong Hotel Apichatpong Weerasethakul, France, Thailand, United Kingdom, 2012, (105 mins) The Cannes-winning director of Tropical Malady returns with another mystical, magical blend of documentary, narrative, and fable, set in the crumbling Mekong Hotel, near the Thai/Laos border. With Ashes, Blue, La Punta, and Night Colonies. Series Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Cinema of Now Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	11 7 PM The Sentimental Policeman Film In-Person Thursday, May 11, 2023 7 PM The Sentimental Policeman Kira Muratova, France, Ukraine, 1992, (115 mins) A kindly policeman throws his life into chaos after finding an abandoned baby in Kira Muratova’s combination of Chaplinesque comedy, Kafkaesque satire, and bureaucratic nightmare. Introduction Stanislav Menzelevskyi Stanislav Menzelevskyi is the former head of the Research and Programming Department at the Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Center and is currently a PhD student at the Media School, Indiana University, Series Odessa’s Uncompromising Eccentric: The Films of Kira Muratova Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	12 7 PM Cemetery of Splendor Film Friday, May 12, 2023 7 PM Cemetery of Splendor Apichatpong Weerasethakul, France, Germany, Malaysia, Thailand, United Kingdom, 2015, (127 mins) A strange sleeping sickness befalls a group of soldiers in Weerasethakul’s mesmeric treatise on dreams, history, and magical thinking. “Cinema as the stuff dreams are made of” (Slant Magazine). With The Anthem. Series Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Cinema of Now Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	13 7 PM The Long Farewell Film In-Person Saturday, May 13, 2023 7 PM The Long Farewell Kira Muratova, Ukraine, USSR, 1971, (97 mins) The Long Farewell also screened Sunday, April 9 without an introduction by Stanislav Menzelevskyi. 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). Stanislav Menzelevskyi Introduction Stanislav Menzelevskyi is the former head of the Research and Programming Department at the Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Center and is currently a PhD student at the Media School, Indiana University, Series Odessa’s Uncompromising Eccentric: The Films of Kira Muratova Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS
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14 2 PM Film & Video Makers at Cal: Works from the Eisner Competition 2023 Film Free In-Person Sunday, May 14, 2023 2 PM Film & Video Makers at Cal: Works from the Eisner Competition 2023 (86 mins) Free Admission Student filmmakers join us for a screening of this year’s prizewinners and honorable mentions in the film and video category of the Eisner Prize competition, UC Berkeley’s highest award for creative media making. Free admission. Tickets available at the admissions desk beginning at 1 PM. Student Filmmakers In Person Series Limited Engagements & Special Screenings Google Calendar ICS 5 PM Eternal Homecoming Film In-Person Sunday, May 14, 2023 5 PM Eternal Homecoming Kira Muratova, Russia, Ukraine, 2012, (114 mins) A who’s who of Russian stage and screen greats appears in Kira Muratova’s final film, a wittily staged examination of performance and storytelling where the same scene is repeated over and over again, with different actors, intonations, and settings. Stanislav Menzelevskyi Introduction Stanislav Menzelevskyi is the former head of the Research and Programming Department at the Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Center and is currently a PhD student at the Media School, Indiana University, Series Odessa’s Uncompromising Eccentric: The Films of Kira Muratova Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	15	16	17	18	19	20
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28	29	30	31	1 7 PM Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans Film In-Person Thursday, June 1, 2023 7 PM Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans F. W. Murnau, United States, 1927, (95 mins) Restored 35mm Print F. W. Murnau handpicked Janet Gaynor to star in his first Hollywood feature, a masterpiece of silent cinema widely considered among the greatest films ever made, which tells an elemental tale with virtuosic visual invention. This film was among Tom Luddy’s favorites. As an undergraduate at UC Berkeley in 1966, Luddy founded the F. W. Murnau Film Society. Julie Huntsinger Introduction Julie Huntsinger is the executive director of the Telluride Film Festival. Orville Schell Introduction Orville Schell is a writer, academic, and activist best known for his works on China. Judith Rosenberg On Piano Series Ambassador of Cinema: Tom Luddy’s Lasting Influence at BAMPFA Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	2 7 PM Vivre sa vie Film In-Person Friday, June 2, 2023 7 PM Vivre sa vie Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1962, (85 mins) In twelve tableaux, Vivre sa vie tells of Nana (Anna Karina) at the brief, flickering moment when she takes responsibility for her life. Jean-Luc Godard’s cinema was greatly admired by Tom Luddy, who organized the first Godard retrospective with the artist present in March 1968. Introduction Sheldon Renan Sheldon Renan was the founding director of the Pacific Film Archive, where he worked between 1967 and 1973. Jean-Pierre Gorin Jean-Pierre Gorin is a French filmmaker and professor with a long association with UC San Diego. Series Ambassador of Cinema: Tom Luddy’s Lasting Influence at BAMPFA Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	3 5 PM Such a Pretty Little Beach Film In-Person Saturday, June 3, 2023 5 PM Such a Pretty Little Beach Yves Allégret, France, 1949, (91 mins) Digital Restoration Tom Luddy screened this classic French film noir many times during his tenure as a curator at the Pacific Film Archive. “Marvelously photographed by Henri Alekan and arguably Gérard Philipe’s finest study of romantic despair” (David Thomson, Biographical Dictionary of Film). Introduction Edith Kramer Edith Kramer was assistant film curator at the Pacific Film Archive between 1975 and 1980 and served as acting director in 1980. Jean-Pierre Gorin Jean-Pierre Gorin is a French filmmaker and professor with a long association with UC San Diego. Series Ambassador of Cinema: Tom Luddy’s Lasting Influence at BAMPFA Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS 7:30 PM Journey to Italy Film In-Person Saturday, June 3, 2023 7:30 PM Journey to Italy Roberto Rossellini, France, Italy, 1954, (85 mins) Digital Restoration Considered a predecessor to the existentialist works of Michelangelo Antonioni and hailed as a groundbreaking modernist work by the legendary film journal Cahiers du cinéma, Journey to Italy is a breathtaking cinematic benchmark. Among the major retrospectives Tom Luddy organized for the Pacific Film Archive was a Roberto Rossellini series in 1973 with Rossellini in person. David Thomson Introduction David Thomson is a noted film critic and historian who has authored more than twenty books. Series Ambassador of Cinema: Tom Luddy’s Lasting Influence at BAMPFA Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS