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. 9, 2026
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Seeing Against Seeing
This roundtable takes a limited edition artist book, Seeing Against Seeing (Nooscope, 2025), as its central case study, bringing author/artist Alexey Yurenev into conversation with Bogna Konior and Fred Ritchin to examine how AI-generated images transform the conditions of war photography.
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, 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.