https://bsky.app/profile/bampfa.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bampfa.bsky.social/post/3mtw6u4uz4e2uAlice Diop in person, presenting SAINT OMER on September 3 at 7 PM Diop’s courtroom drama explores motherhood, immigration, and belonging through the trial of a woman accused of murdering her daughter. Diop joins Debarati Sanyal in conversation 🎟️ bampfa.org/film25 Aug 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:3jmic5d5ndpytpvcwzb7f6pp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtw6u4uz4e2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/bampfa.bsky.social/post/3mtr5vpujrs2hAug. 30 at 3:30 PM: SKIN OF GLASS 🏙️ Denise Zmekhol goes to São Paulo to explore her late father’s architectural legacy and the lives of squatters occupying the building he designed. Zmekhol joins Teresa Caldeira in conversation. Tickets at bampfa.org/madeinberkeley.23 Aug 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:3jmic5d5ndpytpvcwzb7f6pp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtr5vpujrs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/bampfa.bsky.social/post/3mtm4yp7qal2rHey, UC Berkeley students! 👋 👋🏾👋🏼👋🏿 Bring your Cal ID to BAMPFA for free gallery admission, $5 film tickets, and 10% off at Kopi Bar and Bakery. Plus, get a $40 Student Film Pass, valid through December 18. 🎬☕️ Learn more at the link in bio.21 Aug 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:3jmic5d5ndpytpvcwzb7f6pp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtm4yp7qal2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/bampfa.bsky.social/post/3mtjmjvyi5b2xAugust 26 at 7 PM: NO STRAIGHT LINES Vivian Kleiman’s documentary traces more than seventy years of queer comics history, featuring Alison Bechdel, Howard Cruse, Rupert Kinnard, and Mary Wings. Kleiman and Mel Y. Chen join us for a conversation after the screening. 🎬 Link in bio.20 Aug 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:3jmic5d5ndpytpvcwzb7f6pp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjmjvyi5b2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/bampfa.bsky.social/post/3mtc35l2pme2uLast week to experience Meriem Bennani’s "Life on the CAPS" 🐊 The complete trilogy blends live action, animation, documentary, and speculative fiction to explore migration, borders, and more. On view at BAMPFA through August 23. Plan your visit at bampfa.org/bennani. 🎥17 Aug 2026 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:3jmic5d5ndpytpvcwzb7f6pp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtc35l2pme2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/bampfa.bsky.social/post/3mt7ko7np7g2lThis Wednesday at 7 PM: BOB LE FLAMBEUR 🎬🕶️ Jean-Pierre Melville’s stylish gangster film follows an aging safecracker and compulsive gambler through Paris. See the 4K restoration as part of “French Noir: From the Shadows into the Light.” 🎟️ bampfa.org/frenchnoir16 Aug 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:3jmic5d5ndpytpvcwzb7f6pp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7ko7np7g2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bampfa.bsky.social/post/3mt526x6tg22lThis Friday at 7 PM: Four Films by Jerome Hiler. 🎞️ Join Hiler in person for four films spanning nearly three decades, presented on 16mm and silent. ✨ Part of “Nathaniel Dorsky & Jerome Hiler: Film Offerings.” Tickets: bampfa.org/film 🎟️15 Aug 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:3jmic5d5ndpytpvcwzb7f6pp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt526x6tg22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bampfa.bsky.social/post/3mt2jscad4b2rKopi Bar is featured in the San Francisco Chronicle! ☕️ The story explores Indonesian coffee culture in the Bay Area and chef Nora Haron’s approach at BAMPFA. Members get 10% off! 🌿 https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/southbay/article/indonesian-coffee-bay-area-22366204.php14 Aug 2026 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:3jmic5d5ndpytpvcwzb7f6pp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2jscad4b2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/bampfa.bsky.social/post/3msy7yvgmnn2v🎁 GIVEAWAY! Win a copy of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining by J. W. Rinzler & Lee Unkrich! As our Kubrick retrospective continues, dive deeper into one of his most iconic films. 📖🎬 Enter via QR code. Winner chosen Sept. 3.13 Aug 2026 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:3jmic5d5ndpytpvcwzb7f6pp/app.bsky.feed.post/3msy7yvgmnn2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/bampfa.bsky.social/post/3mst6zx4rjc2eExperience A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE at BAMPFA 🎬 Steven Spielberg’s 2001 sci-fi epic follows a robot boy on an odyssey to become human, exploring love, humanity, and artificial intelligence. Aug. 20 @ 7 PM. 🎟️ bampfa.org/tickets11 Aug 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:3jmic5d5ndpytpvcwzb7f6pp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mst6zx4rjc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/bampfa.bsky.social/post/3msqokzgs2y2m🗞️ Become part of the artwork! Join a Wrenching News Workshop with artist Julia Goodman and help create Maren Hassinger's evolving installation, Wrenching News. All ages welcome to participate! Maren Hassinger: Living Moving Growing is on view through Nov. 29. More: bampfa.org/hassinger10 Aug 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:3jmic5d5ndpytpvcwzb7f6pp/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqokzgs2y2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/bampfa.bsky.social/post/3mso63zzvpv23Send a story through the mail! 💌 Join Oakland comics artist Krusty Wheatfield for Postcard Comics on Aug. 16 at 1 PM. Create a comics postcard inspired by your memories, then mail it to someone special. ✏️📬 Included with gallery admission. Learn more: bampfa.org/workshops09 Aug 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:3jmic5d5ndpytpvcwzb7f6pp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mso63zzvpv23https://bsky.app/profile/bampfa.bsky.social/post/3mslpc3mry72iBAMPFA's Fall Film Season is on sale! 🍁 Explore retrospectives, filmmaker conversations, experimental cinema, restorations, and more—including Alice Diop, Jean-Luc Godard, Martin Scorsese, Georgian Cinema Now, Hong Kong Cinema, Masaki Kobayashi, and more. Browse the lineup: bampfa.org/film 🍿08 Aug 2026 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:3jmic5d5ndpytpvcwzb7f6pp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mslpc3mry72ihttps://bsky.app/profile/bampfa.bsky.social/post/3msgv2tze6q2jNext week: "Nathaniel Dorsky & Jerome Hiler: Film Offerings" begins at BAMPFA. 🎞️ Experience four programs celebrating the work of these acclaimed Bay Area filmmakers. Get your tickets today at bampfa.org/dorskyhiler or link in bio.06 Aug 2026 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:3jmic5d5ndpytpvcwzb7f6pp/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgv2tze6q2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/bampfa.bsky.social/post/3mser64vmlg2sArt Wall / Marcel Pardo Ariza: "Las frutas del labor" is now open! Marcel Pardo Ariza transforms our Art Wall into a tribute to the often-unseen work of art handlers and preparators, celebrating the skill and collaboration behind every exhibition ❤️ On view through July 25, 2027.06 Aug 2026 00:15 +0000at://did:plc:3jmic5d5ndpytpvcwzb7f6pp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mser64vmlg2shttps://bsky.app/profile/bampfa.bsky.social/post/3msblqv7gmt2mComing up August 9: THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING 🎬 Philip Kaufman’s adaptation of Milan Kundera’s novel screens as part of “Made in Berkeley: The House That Zaentz Built,” with film editor Vivien Hillgrove in person. Link in bio. 🕰️04 Aug 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:3jmic5d5ndpytpvcwzb7f6pp/app.bsky.feed.post/3msblqv7gmt2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/bampfa.bsky.social/post/3ms73bzuvv52bThis Thursday is Free First Thursday at BAMPFA. 🗓️ Gallery admission is free all day on August 6, with a Curators' Tour at 12 PM about our newest show, “Some Particular Heaven: Ideas of Utopia in the BAMPFA Collection.” Plan your visit at the link in bio. 🎨03 Aug 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:3jmic5d5ndpytpvcwzb7f6pp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms73bzuvv52bhttps://bsky.app/profile/bampfa.bsky.social/post/3ms4ksw4gqh2bSpend August with “Some Nostalgic Place: The Films of Isao Takahata” 🎬 Still ahead: MY NEIGHBORS THE YAMADAS, POM POKO, MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO, GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES, and THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA. Learn more at bampfa.org/takahata or the link in bio. 🍃02 Aug 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:3jmic5d5ndpytpvcwzb7f6pp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms4ksw4gqh2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/bampfa.bsky.social/post/3mrxjvnra5c2bComing up August 7: WHITE LIGHT/BLACK RAIN with Steven Okazaki in person. 🎥 The Berkeley-based, Academy Award–winning filmmaker’s documentary centers testimonies from hibakusha and survivors’ memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Link in bio. 🕯️31 Jul 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:3jmic5d5ndpytpvcwzb7f6pp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxjvnra5c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/bampfa.bsky.social/post/3mruzgh7n6w2jComing up August 5: THE KILLING 🏇 Stanley Kubrick’s taut 1956 heist thriller stars Sterling Hayden as an ex-con masterminding a racetrack holdup. See it on the big screen as part of “A Complete Stanley Kubrick,” learn more at bampfa.org/kubrick. 🎬30 Jul 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:3jmic5d5ndpytpvcwzb7f6pp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mruzgh7n6w2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/bampfa.bsky.social/post/3mrpyinapaq22Coming up July 30: L’AVVENTURA. 🎬 Part of “Summer with Monica Vitti,” Antonioni’s modernist landmark screens in a 4K digital restoration, with Vitti in one of the performances that helped make her a defining face of postwar cinema. Learn more and get tickets at the link in bio.28 Jul 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:3jmic5d5ndpytpvcwzb7f6pp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrpyinapaq22https://bsky.app/profile/bampfa.bsky.social/post/3mrnhzvzwkh22Final month to see Meriem Bennani: “Life on the CAPS” 🐊 On view through August 23, the exhibition presents the California debut of Bennani’s complete video trilogy, blending live action, animation, documentary textures, and speculative fiction. 🎥27 Jul 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:3jmic5d5ndpytpvcwzb7f6pp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrnhzvzwkh22https://bsky.app/profile/bampfa.bsky.social/post/3mrkxkjzmuz2r“French Noir: From the Shadows into the Light” continues through August 28 🕶️ Still ahead: poetic realism, classic crime cinema, Nouvelle Vague reinventions, doomed romances, criminal schemes, and razor-sharp style. Browse the remaining lineup at bampfa.org/frenchnoir. 🎬26 Jul 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:3jmic5d5ndpytpvcwzb7f6pp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrkxkjzmuz2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/bampfa.bsky.social/post/3mrfwnfcdf52xStill ahead in A Complete Stanley Kubrick. 🎬 The series continues through August 30 with THE SHINING, THE KILLING, SPARTACUS, FULL METAL JACKET, BARRY LYNDON, EYES WIDE SHUT, and more. Learn more at bampfa.org/kubrick or the link in bio. 🪐24 Jul 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:3jmic5d5ndpytpvcwzb7f6pp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfwnfcdf52xhttps://bsky.app/profile/bampfa.bsky.social/post/3mrdg6bsfko2rFinal week to see “Countermyths: Fifty-Sixth Annual UC Berkeley MFA Exhibition” 🎓 Featuring work by Zuhoor Al Sayegh, Eleni Maria Berg, Itzli OCIEL, Kristiana Chan 薧礼醑, Swaleha Masude, and Héctor Muñoz-Guzmán. On view through July 26. 🖼️23 Jul 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:3jmic5d5ndpytpvcwzb7f6pp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdg6bsfko2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/bampfa.bsky.social/post/3mravpovc7m2xJoin us July 25: THE STORY OF YANAGAWA WATERWAYS. 🌊 Studio Ghibli’s only live-action film, Isao Takahata’s documentary explores the ecological and social history of Yanagawa, Japan, through its canals, dams, and waterways. Link in bio. 🌿22 Jul 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:3jmic5d5ndpytpvcwzb7f6pp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mravpovc7m2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/bampfa.bsky.social/post/3mr6farbnte2uExperience THE SHINING at BAMPFA 🪓 Kubrick’s horror masterpiece screens in a 4K restoration, with an introduction, post-screening discussion, and book signing by Lee Unkrich on July 26th, coauthor and editor of TASCHEN’s "Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining." 📚21 Jul 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:3jmic5d5ndpytpvcwzb7f6pp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6farbnte2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/bampfa.bsky.social/post/3mr3uwb3kzp2jWe’re excited to be exhibiting at SF Art Book Fair this week. 📖 Find BAMPFA at booth D09 and spin our prize wheel for a chance to win gallery and film passes, plus limited-edition RISO prints while supplies last. July 23–26 at the Minnesota Street Project. Free and open to the public. 🎡20 Jul 2026 18:03 +0000at://did:plc:3jmic5d5ndpytpvcwzb7f6pp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3uwb3kzp2j