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4 PM
Sunday, October 1, 2023
4 PM
(73 mins)
New Shores, Ruling Star, and Bagatelle I beautifully mark Jerome Hiler’s move to San Francisco and ongoing meditations on life in California.
Series
Illuminations: Jerome Hiler
7 PM
Sunday, October 1, 2023
7 PM
(93 mins)
From Nigeria to South Africa, London to Lagos, these short films bear witness to the extraordinary talents and stories of Africa and the African diaspora. The program includes John Ogunmuyiwa’s Precious Hair & Beauty, Olive Nwosu’s Egúngún, Tisa Chigaga’s Frieda, and Reabetswe Moeti’s Botlhale and Mma Moeketsi.
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African Film Festival 2023
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7 PM
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
7 PM
(90 mins)
The films in this program reflect on what is seen and unseen. Histories are suggested but not explicit. The contact between humans and nature is central. With works by Eve Heller, Emily Chao, Kevin Jerome Everson, Adam Piron, Heehyun Choi, and Rebecca Baron and Douglas Goodwin.
Series
Alternative Visions 2023
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7 PM
Thursday, October 5, 2023
7 PM
Davy Chou,
Cambodia, France,
2011,
(96 mins)
Between the early 1960s and 1975, Cambodia was home to a vibrant film industry that produced more than four hundred features. When the Khmer Rouge seized control of the country, it halted production, demolishing the industry along with most of the rest of the country’s cultural life. Golden Slumbers resurrects this cinema’s heyday by using soundtracks, advertisements, posters, and lobby cards to re-create memories of a golden era.
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3:30 PM
Friday, October 6, 2023
3:30 PM
(80 mins)
A program of short films generated by training initiatives at the Bophana Center as well as a discussion of the institution's developmental role in fostering a new generation of Cambodian filmmakers. Executive Director Sopheap Chea is in conversation with Stephen Gong from the Center for Asian American Media.
In Conversation
7 PM
Friday, October 6, 2023
7 PM
Amir Naderi,
Iran,
1984,
(91 mins)
4K Digital Restoration
Amiro, an illiterate eleven-year-old orphan living alone in an abandoned tanker in the Iranian port city of Abadan, survives by shining shoes, selling water, and diving for deposit bottles, while being bullied by both adults and competing older kids. But he finds solace by dreaming about departing cargo ships and airplanes and by running . . . seemingly to nowhere.
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3 PM
Saturday, October 7, 2023
3 PM
Hirokazu Kore-eda,
Japan,
2023,
(126 mins)
This Rashomon-like drama explores a troubling school incident from multiple perspectives. Shoplifters director Hirokazu Kore-eda presents a study of bullying and youthful yearning, illustrating how confusing life can be to both adults and children. Oscar winner Ryuichi Sakamoto’s gorgeous score accentuates the delicate twists and turns of this exceptionally moving Cannes screenplay winner.
Special Admission General: $16.50 BAMPFA members, CAFILM members: $14 Seniors (65+), disabled persons: $15 Youth (12 & under), students, educators (with valid ID): $8 BAMPFA’s second-feature discount does not apply to these programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. 7 PM
Saturday, October 7, 2023
7 PM
Wim Wenders,
Japan,
2023,
(125 mins)
Wim Wenders’s poetic and contemplative new film, a prizewinner at Cannes, weaves together short stories revolving around Hirayama (Koji Yakusho), a contented middle-aged Tokyo toilet cleaner whose deep passion for music, books, and photography enriches his structured life. Delicate filmmaking captures Tokyo’s essence, set to a soundtrack brimming with 1960s pop.
Special Admission General: $16.50 BAMPFA members, CAFILM members: $14 Seniors (65+), disabled persons: $15 Youth (12 & under), students, educators (with valid ID): $8 BAMPFA’s second-feature discount does not apply to these programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. |
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1 PM
Sunday, October 8, 2023
1 PM
Nicole Newnham,
United States,
2023,
(116 mins)
This beautifully crafted documentary, about the author of the bestselling 1976 Hite Report on Female Sexuality, stays close to the source, foregrounding sexologist Shere Hite’s writing and television appearances among an abundance of interviews and archival materials. A hardworking history student destined to make history, Hite revolutionized the cultural conversation about sex.
Special Admission General: $16.50 BAMPFA members, CAFILM members: $14 Seniors (65+), disabled persons: $15 Youth (12 & under), students, educators (with valid ID): $8 BAMPFA’s second-feature discount does not apply to these programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged.
4 PM
Sunday, October 8, 2023
4 PM
Alice Rohrwacher,
France, Italy, Switzerland,
2023,
(133 mins)
In Alice Rohrwacher’s marvelous fantasy-comedy on the themes of love, loss, and Etruscan antiquities set in 1980s Tuscany, the terrific Josh O’Connor is Arthur, an archaeological scholar–turned–artifact robber who also yearns to reunite with his lost love.
Special Admission General: $16.50 BAMPFA members, CAFILM members: $14 Seniors (65+), disabled persons: $15 Youth (12 & under), students, educators (with valid ID): $8 BAMPFA’s second-feature discount does not apply to these programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. 7 PM
Sunday, October 8, 2023
7 PM
İlker Çatak,
Germany,
2023,
(94 mins)
Closed captioned
German director İlker Çatak’s gripping new drama examines racism and institutional bureaucracy, putting you through an emotional and moral wringer. Leonie Benesch stars as a middle-school teacher whose belief that she can make a difference in students’ lives leads to a split-second decision that brings her idealism crashing down.
Special Admission General: $16.50 BAMPFA members, CAFILM members: $14 Seniors (65+), disabled persons: $15 Youth (12 & under), students, educators (with valid ID): $8 BAMPFA’s second-feature discount does not apply to these programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. |
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7 PM
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
7 PM
(87 mins)
A selection of recent experimental cinema from the Festival of (In)appropriation, using a wide array of found media and pushing the limits of collage, remix, and more.
Series
Alternative Visions 2023
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3 PM
Thursday, October 12, 2023
3 PM
Trần Anh Hùng,
France,
2023,
(145 mins)
Juliette Binoche is divine as a witty nineteenth-century chef in director Trần Anh Hùng’s Cannes prizewinner, a sumptuous and impossibly romantic tribute to love, food, and joie de vivre.
Special Admission General: $16.50 BAMPFA members, CAFILM members: $14 Seniors (65+), disabled persons: $15 Youth (12 & under), students, educators (with valid ID): $8 BAMPFA’s second-feature discount does not apply to these programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged.
7 PM
Thursday, October 12, 2023
7 PM
Ousmane Zoromé Samassékou,
France, Mali, South Africa,
2021,
(85 mins)
A transit house on the edge of the Sahara provides the last refuge for African migrants on their way through the desert—toward Algeria, Europe, or failure. “An arresting, artful, fragmentary portrait” (Variety).
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African Film Festival 2023
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5 PM
Friday, October 13, 2023
5 PM
Monica Sorelle,
United States,
2023,
(95 mins)
Monica Sorelle’s breathtaking first feature unfolds as a hypnotic slow burn of one family’s struggles, focusing on a Haitian demolition worker watching the gentrification of his Miami neighborhood. This deeply powerful, brilliantly subtle drama presents an eye-opening observation of the attraction and challenge of the American dream.
Special Admission General: $16.50 BAMPFA members, CAFILM members: $14 Seniors (65+), disabled persons: $15 Youth (12 & under), students, educators (with valid ID): $8 BAMPFA’s second-feature discount does not apply to these programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. 7:15 PM
Friday, October 13, 2023
7:15 PM
Aki Kaurismäki,
Finland, Germany,
2023,
(81 mins)
Closed captioned
Finnish writer-director Aki Kaurismäki reasserts himself as the master of the wry, melancholy comedy with this tale of two lonely souls (Alma Pöysti, Jussi Vatanen) forging a love connection in Helsinki. With lovely performances and a fine, droll tone, the film exudes a crisp, autumnal air—its quiet beauty as natural and effortless as the change of seasons.
Special Admission General: $16.50 BAMPFA members, CAFILM members: $14 Seniors (65+), disabled persons: $15 Youth (12 & under), students, educators (with valid ID): $8 BAMPFA’s second-feature discount does not apply to these programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. |
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4:30 PM
Saturday, October 14, 2023
4:30 PM
Lila Avilés,
Denmark, France, Mexico,
2023,
(95 mins)
Winner of the Ecumenical Jury Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival, Lila Avilés’s impressionistic drama observes the intimacies of a sprawling middle-class family in crisis through the eyes of a child. As her relatives prepare a final birthday celebration for her dying father, seven-year-old Sol navigates their chaotic world, wondering how to stop the inevitable.
Special Admission General: $16.50 BAMPFA members, CAFILM members: $14 Seniors (65+), disabled persons: $15 Youth (12 & under), students, educators (with valid ID): $8 BAMPFA’s second-feature discount does not apply to these programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. 7 PM
Saturday, October 14, 2023
7 PM
Erica Tremblay,
United States,
2023,
(90 mins)
Closed captioned
Elements of the mystery and road movie genres combine in Erica Tremblay’s moving narrative debut, focusing on teenage Roki and her Aunt Jax (Lily Gladstone) as they search for Roki’s missing mother. Grounded in cultural specificity and beautifully rounded characters, Fancy Dance tackles serious matters affecting Indigenous women with a sure hand and a light touch.
Special Admission General: $16.50 BAMPFA members, CAFILM members: $14 Seniors (65+), disabled persons: $15 Youth (12 & under), students, educators (with valid ID): $8 BAMPFA’s second-feature discount does not apply to these programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged.
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1:30 PM
Sunday, October 15, 2023
1:30 PM
Denise Zmekhol,
United States,
2023,
(90 mins)
Nicknamed for its windowed facade, São Paulo’s twenty-four-story “Skin of Glass” was once a symbol of Brazil’s promising future. When she learns that squatters occupy the dilapidated building her late father designed, Bay Area documentarian Denise Zmekhol returns home to investigate—and make peace with her dad.
Special Admission General: $16.50 BAMPFA members, CAFILM members: $14 Seniors (65+), disabled persons: $15 Youth (12 & under), students, educators (with valid ID): $8 BAMPFA’s second-feature discount does not apply to these programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. In Person
4 PM
Sunday, October 15, 2023
4 PM
Mark Decena,
United States,
2023,
(93 mins)
Mark Decena’s visually eloquent documentary celebrates the rich heritage of Black farmers through the experiences of three people who make their living off the land. As the trio works toward reclaiming their agricultural heritage, they inspire a new generation to pursue self-determination.
Special Admission General: $16.50 BAMPFA members, CAFILM members: $14 Seniors (65+), disabled persons: $15 Youth (12 & under), students, educators (with valid ID): $8 BAMPFA’s second-feature discount does not apply to these programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. In Person
6:30 PM
Sunday, October 15, 2023
6:30 PM
Justine Triet,
France,
2023,
(150 mins)
This gripping procedural, which won the Palme d’Or at Cannes, stars Sandra Hüller as an enigmatic writer whose husband (Swann Arlaud) died—either by suicide or murder. She’s the prime suspect, setting in motion Justine Triet’s fascinating mixture of marriage story and courtroom drama.
Special Admission General: $16.50 BAMPFA members, CAFILM members: $14 Seniors (65+), disabled persons: $15 Youth (12 & under), students, educators (with valid ID): $8 BAMPFA’s second-feature discount does not apply to these programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. |
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7 PM
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
7 PM
(75 mins)
Featuring works spanning 1984 to 2000, this program takes a historical and archival view of the experimental video practices of queer Asian filmmakers and visual artists.
Series
Alternative Visions 2023
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7 PM
Thursday, October 19, 2023
7 PM
Evan Yang,
Hong Kong,
1957,
(96 mins)
An effervescent Grace Chang stars as a cheery college girl who’d really rather mambo in this rollicking Hong Kong musical that introduced a new world of rock and roll, urban youth, and optimism to the genre.
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Friday, October 20, 2023
7 PM
Nganji Mutiri,
Belgium, Democratic Republic of the Congo,
2021,
(85 mins)
A mother and son confront (or avoid) the past that drove them apart in this powerfully acted Congolese/Belgian drama of identity, family ties, and intergenerational trauma, winner of Best Film at the Kinshasa Film Festival.
Series
African Film Festival 2023
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5 PM
Saturday, October 21, 2023
5 PM
Luis Buñuel,
Mexico,
1953,
(83 mins)
A handsome, hulking slaughterhouse worker takes a side job strong-arming an unscrupulous landlord’s tenants, but he winds up involved with the landlord’s sexually frustrated wife in Luis Buñuel’s heaving study of machismo, brutality, and class awakening. Mexican icon Pedro Armendáriz and Katy Jurado star.
7 PM
Saturday, October 21, 2023
7 PM
Li Han-hsiang,
Hong Kong,
1963,
(121 mins)
A girl disguised as a man falls for her classmate (who’s played by a woman) in this influential, highly theatrical musical opera, the highest grossing Chinese-language film of the era. A cinema of pure artifice, an Ang Lee favorite, and “the jewel in Shaw Brothers’ illustrious crown” (Brian Hu).
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4 PM
Sunday, October 22, 2023
4 PM
Alex Rappoport ,
United States,
2023,
(103 mins)
Presented in conjunction with What Has Been and What Could Be: The BAMPFA Collection
Pioneering Black abstract artist and curator Peter Bradley reflects on life and art in this invigorating, intimate documentary portrait. “Documentary in its purest form: one subject speaking and showing us his life and work. It is riveting” (Film Threat). With two short films by painter/filmmaker Mike Henderson.
In Person
Series
Artists on Film
7 PM
Sunday, October 22, 2023
7 PM
Ho Meng-hua, Chen Yi-hsin,
Hong Kong,
1963,
(97 mins)
A fairy from heaven descends to Earth and finds love with a mill owner’s servant in this blend of fantasy film and Chinese huangmei diao musical opera, featuring Ivy Ling Bo as the male lead and some charming special effects.
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7 PM
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
7 PM
Jeffrey Skoller,
Nicaragua, United States,
1986,
(93 mins)
Cosponsored by Canyon Cinema
Celebrating Jeffrey Skoller’s many years cocurating Alternative Visions, we present his 1986 “image-sound tapestry” of Nicaragua and his recent portrait of his neighbor, two films reflecting on US involvement in wars.
Series
Alternative Visions 2023
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7 PM
Thursday, October 26, 2023
7 PM
Su Li,
China,
1960,
(117 mins)
Digital Restoration
A tune-filled, rabble-rousing farm girl incites the masses against greedy landowners—through a singing competition!—in this wildly entertaining Communist musical, filled with anti-capitalist throw downs and set amidst Guangxi’s stunning limestone cliffs and riverways.
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7 PM
Friday, October 27, 2023
7 PM
Luis Buñuel,
Mexico,
1953,
(88 mins)
New Digital Restoration
Arturo de Córdova plays a middle-aged landowner, devout Catholic, and virgin whose marriage to a much-younger woman winds up destroyed by his own jealousy. One of Luis Buñuel’s most outrageous subversions of the traditional commercial melodrama.
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4 PM
Saturday, October 28, 2023
4 PM
Jerome Hiler, Owsley Brown,
United States,
2010,
(103 mins)
“In striking synchronicity, a mayor, a conductor, and a robust postwar generation of composers intersected to make the city [of Louisville, Kentucky,] a hub for visionary composition” (New York Times).
In Person
Series
Illuminations: Jerome Hiler
7 PM
Saturday, October 28, 2023
7 PM
Wong Tin-lam,
Hong Kong,
1960,
(134 mins)
Hong Kong icon Grace Chang stars as a hot-tempered nightclub temptress surrounded by bad love, bad men, and a worse fate in this fevered film noir musical of cigarettes, songs, and flair to burn. “One of the best films in the history of Hong Kong cinema” (Hong Kong Film Archive) and a Tsai Ming-liang favorite.
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Sunday, October 29, 2023
4 PM
Yujiro Seki,
Japan, United States,
2020,
(99 mins)
Copresented by the Center for Buddhist Studies, UC Berkeley
Carving the Divine is a documentary film that offers a rare look into a 1,400-year-old Buddhist wood-carving tradition and the practitioners struggling to preserve its legacy in a rapidly changing Japan.
Series
Artists on Film
7 PM
Sunday, October 29, 2023
7 PM
Luis Buñuel,
Mexico,
1954,
(91 mins)
Luis Buñuel’s handling of the story of a doctor who returns to his rancorous hometown, his adoring mother, and a life-threatening blood feud was informed by the director’s ongoing fascination with Mexican machismo and the “ease with which certain people can kill others.”
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7 PM
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
7 PM
Peggy Ahwesh, Jacqueline Goss,
United States,
2022,
(75 mins)
A collaboratively made musical that places the work of scientist and social thinker Wilhelm Reich in conversation with feminist thinkers. With related shorts films by Peggy Ahwesh and Jacqueline Goss.
Series
Alternative Visions 2023
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7 PM
Thursday, November 2, 2023
7 PM
Katy Lena N’diaye,
Belgium, France, Germany, Senegal,
2022,
(104 mins)
The tainted history of the CFA franc, a currency created (and still controlled) by France for its former sub-Saharan colonies, is investigated here, in “the most important contemporary document on Francophone Africa’s malignant economic relations with France” (Film Verdict).
Series
African Film Festival 2023
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6:30 PM
Friday, November 3, 2023
6:30 PM
Federico Fellini,
Italy,
1952,
(86 mins)
4K Digital Restoration
Provincial newlyweds arriving in Rome get sidetracked by the wife’s obsession with a fumetto photo-comic star in Federico Fellini’s solo directorial debut. “A funny, sardonic, and clever satire on popular heroes and ordinary people’s illusions” (Chicago Reader).
8:30 PM
Friday, November 3, 2023
8:30 PM
(65 mins)
Free Admission
Join us for CineSpin, the BAMPFA Student Committee’s annual event featuring terrific UC Berkeley student musicians providing original live accompaniment for Chess Fever (1925), Un chien Andalou (1929), and The Cage (1947).
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4:30 PM
Saturday, November 4, 2023
4:30 PM
Dino Risi,
Italy,
1961,
(118 mins)
4K Digital Restoration
“Alberto Sordi’s pungent embodiment of a left-wing pamphleteer who can’t prosper in a capitalist republic propels [Dino] Risi’s deft seriocomic panorama from Mussolini’s fall to the rise of the postwar Roman oligarchy. . . . The closest America has come to Alberto Sordi is Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in their prime, rolled into one” (Michael Sragow, Air Mail).
7 PM
Saturday, November 4, 2023
7 PM
Luis Buñuel,
Mexico,
1954,
(82 mins)
When their beloved streetcar is decommissioned, two tipsy transit workers decide to take it out for one last late-night spin. “Gorgeously photographed by Raúl Martínez Solares, Illusion Travels by Streetcar is in many ways Luis Buñuel’s most visually intoxicating creation” (Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine).
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