Events
The Cinema Studies Department regularly hosts events that include lectures, screenings, and discussions, including our Wednesday Night Series, which is open to the public.
Join our Cinema Studies announcements listserv to receive emails about upcoming film-related events within and outside the department!
To view past events, check out our Event History page.
Request accommodations here.
The Cinema Studies Department regularly hosts events that include lectures, screenings, and discussions, including our Wednesday Night Series, which is open to the public.
Join our Cinema Studies announcements listserv to receive emails about upcoming film-related events within and outside the department!
To view past events, check out our Event History page.
Request disability accommodations here.
Friday, Oct. 30, 2026
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12th Reel China Biennial 2026
This edition of Reel China once more brings to NYC innovative and bold works by veteran filmmakers from the PRC along with diaspora and emerging Sinophone voices.
Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026
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12th Reel China Biennial 2026
This edition of Reel China once more brings to NYC innovative and bold works by veteran filmmakers from the PRC along with diaspora and emerging Sinophone voices.
Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026
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12th Reel China Biennial 2026
This edition of Reel China once more brings to NYC innovative and bold works by veteran filmmakers from the PRC along with diaspora and emerging Sinophone voices.
Friday, Nov. 6, 2026
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Screening and Talk with Tith Kanitha
This event is in conjunction with Tith's fall 2026 Great Hall Exhibition ស្ដាប់មិនជាក់ កុំអាលញាក់ចិញ្ចើម Journey into Clarity, opening November 4, 2026 6–8pm at NYU's Institute of Fine Arts (1 E 78th Street) and on view through May 2027.
Friday, Nov. 13, 2026
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Blue Skies Over Chinatown: Rediscovering Chinese Cable Television
The screening will be followed by a conversation with documentary filmmaker and former CCTV producer Nancy Tong. Co-sponsored by NYU Special Collections.
Friday, Nov. 20, 2026
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A movie movie: The Cinematic Experience of GoodFellas
A Book Talk by Dana Polan
Friday, Dec. 4, 2026
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Secret Sixteen Screening: Fall 2026
Join us in room 674 starting at 6pm!
Friday, Dec. 11, 2026
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Screening & DIscussion: Bless My Journey
Bless My Journey centers around a screening of Thomas Allen Harris' short experimental film Heaven, Earth, and Hell that premiered at the Whitney Biennial in 1995. Followed by a discussion between the filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris, Tavia Nyong'o, Afi Venessa Appiah, Marguerite Hemmings, and Alex Belluck.