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12:00 PM
Sunday, April 28, 2024
12:00 PM
Arun Bhattarai, Dorottya Zurbó,
Bhutan, Hungary,
2024,
(94 mins)
Two government officers, Amber Kumar Gurung and Guna Raj Kuikel, travel through Bhutan’s breathtaking landscapes in pursuit of happiness and its true meaning.
BAMPFA members, watch your email for an exclusive SFFILM discount code. Not yet a member? Join today! 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.
2:30 PM
Sunday, April 28, 2024
2:30 PM
Behrooz Karamizade,
Germany, Iran,
2023,
(101 mins)
Eager to wed his upper-class girlfriend, a young man turns to fishing to raise her dowry, only to discover the seedy underbelly of Iran’s fisheries, rife with poaching and human smuggling.
BAMPFA members, watch your email for an exclusive SFFILM discount code. Not yet a member? Join today! 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.
4:45 PM
Sunday, April 28, 2024
4:45 PM
Annie Baker,
United States,
2023,
(113 mins)
Closed Captioned
Beautifully portraying how adolescent self-awareness builds from small life experiences and careful observation of adult behavior, this astute debut focuses on Lacy, who brims with questions and gripes for her unmarried mom, Janet.
BAMPFA members, watch your email for an exclusive SFFILM discount code. Not yet a member? Join today! 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. 7:15 PM
Sunday, April 28, 2024
7:15 PM
Kazuhiro Soda,
Japan,
2024,
(119 mins)
A seaside Japanese village debates what to do about its feral feline population in this rich observational documentary, in which the cats make the case for themselves as charming, fluffy providers of purring hospitality at the beloved titular shrine.
A limited number of wheelchair accessible spaces may still be available for this screening. Please contact 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. |
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Wednesday, May 1, 2024
7 PM
Agnès Varda,
France,
1965,
(85 mins)
Digital Restoration
A bold statement about conjugal fidelity, Agnès Varda’s strikingly colorful, lyrical film examines a love triangle within a circular structure, as a carpenter seeks happiness with both his wife and his mistress. “Varda fills her frames with riots of nature and color” (Richard Brody).
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Viva Varda!
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Thursday, May 2, 2024
7 PM
Yulene Olaizola,
Colombia, France, Mexico,
2021,
(96 mins)
A young Belizean woman is both prize and doom, prisoner and possible demon, for a group of Indigenous laborers in this mystic, minimalist tale of colonialism, greed, and desire, set in the 1920s, deep in the Mayan jungles. “Lushly made, highly enigmatic” (Hollywood Reporter).
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Friday, May 3, 2024
7 PM
Edward Yang,
Taiwan,
1983,
(166 mins)
New Digital Restoration
Two successful career women meet by chance and flash back to their pasts and paths—and those of Taiwan in the 1980s—in Edward Yang’s first feature, which also marked the debut of legendary cinematographer Christopher Doyle. Sylvia Chang stars.
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Edward Yang’s Taipei Stories
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3:30 PM
Saturday, May 4, 2024
3:30 PM
(156 mins)
Digital Restorations
Agnès Varda’s documentary Mur Murs looks at the murals of Los Angeles as backdrop to and mirror of the city’s many cultures circa 1980. Made directly afterward, Documenteur, a meditative portrait of urban isolation, is different in tone and form, but complexly interwoven with Mur Murs in terms of its imagery and ideas.
Includes 10 minute intermission.
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Viva Varda!
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3:30 PM
Sunday, May 5, 2024
3:30 PM
Agnès Varda, JR,
France,
2017,
(89 mins)
Agnès Varda teams up with hipster artist JR on a road trip across rural France, meeting the locals and creating large-scale portraits. One of Varda’s last films, and a first-rate achievement in her brilliant career.
Series
Viva Varda!
5:30 PM
Sunday, May 5, 2024
5:30 PM
Edward Yang,
Taiwan,
2000,
(173 mins)
35mm Archival Print
A wedding and a wake bookend Edward Yang’s look at a year in the life of one multigenerational middle-class family in Taipei. “The work of a master in full command of the resources of his art” (New York Times). Released in 2000, it was still named to many Best Films of the 2000s lists.
A limited number of wheelchair accessible spaces may still be available for this screening. Please contact
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Edward Yang’s Taipei Stories
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5:30 PM
Saturday, May 11, 2024
5:30 PM
Edward Yang,
1991,
(240 mins)
Gangsters, musicians, lovers, and street punks populate the gorgeous frames of Edward Yang’s portrait of coming of age—or trying to—in the politically charged Taiwan of the 1960s. Yang’s—and Taiwanese cinema’s—version of such epoch-defining films as The Godfather or 1900.
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Edward Yang’s Taipei Stories
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Sunday, May 12, 2024
2 PM
 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.
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