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.
Thursday, Sep. 18, 2025
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Graduate Student Conference Mixer
Please join us for a grad student mixer on Sept. 18th from 4:30pm-6pm to kick off and provide more information about the 2026 Center for Research & Study Conference.
Friday, Sep. 19, 2025
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Book Event: THE DOCUMENTARY AUDIT
How does listening in documentary become a proxy for justice—and what other kinds of listening might be possible?
Friday, Sep. 26, 2025
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Black Box Diaries (2024, 103 minutes)
Screening followed by discussion with filmmaker Shiori Itō
Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025
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MIAP Virtual Open House, 2025
Session topics will include the MIAP application process for Fall 2026 admission, curriculum, faculty, internship program, and the professional outcomes of MIAP alumni.
Friday, Oct. 17, 2025
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Faculty Film Night: Dana Polan introduces SUDDENLY
Dana Polan says, "This is Sinatra at his most evil, playing a hot-blooded killer whose evident neuroses have turned him into an atom-bomb of threatened violence in the heart of the Cold War.’”
Friday, Oct. 24, 2025
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Uncharted Geographies
Remapping Argentina Through Regional Cinema with Leandro Varela, Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken, in conversation with Juana Suárez, Director of the Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Program
Friday, Nov. 7, 2025
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Towards a Black Testimony
Screening and discussion of Towards A Black Testimony: Prayer/Protest/Peace (Languid Hands, 2019, 34 min).
Friday, Nov. 14, 2025
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¡Viva la toma de tierras!
Isabel Baufumé's cinematography
Friday, Nov. 21, 2025
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Late night Laserdisc!
Come enjoy a screening on the rare, analog, optical format, Laserdisc!
Friday, Feb. 27, 2026
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Cinema Studies Student Conference
Abundance/Scarcity
Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026
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Cinema Studies Student Conference
Abundance/Scarcity







