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, Feb. 5, 2026
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The Scorsese Series
Join Cinema Studies Professor and Chair Dana Polan in introducing Martin Scorsese's film oeuvre. Open to all members of the Tisch community. NYU ID required.
Friday, Feb. 6, 2026
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2026 Experimental Lecture: Iva Radivojević
"But I, I don't remember any of it"
Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026
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The Scorsese Series
Join Cinema Studies Professor and Chair Dana Polan in introducing Martin Scorsese's film oeuvre. Open to all members of the Tisch community. NYU ID required.
Friday, Feb. 13, 2026
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Fluid Cinema: Water as Moving Image Media in Contemporary Art
A talk by Jessica Bardsley, this talk charts an artistic lineage in which water operates as a medium for the creation of moving images.
Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026
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Formations of the Double: A Poetics of Hindi Cinema
Book event: Richard Allen in conversation with Tejaswini Ganti
Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026
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The Scorsese Series
Join Cinema Studies Professor and Chair Dana Polan in introducing Martin Scorsese's film oeuvre. Open to all members of the Tisch community. NYU ID required.
Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026
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The Scorsese Series
Join Cinema Studies Professor and Chair Dana Polan in introducing Martin Scorsese's film oeuvre. Open to all members of the Tisch community. NYU ID required.
Friday, Feb. 27, 2026
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Cinema Studies Student Conference
This graduate conference invites scholars, artists, archivists, and practitioners to think dialectically about abundance and scarcity as material reflections, fiscal realities, epistemic conditions, and aesthetic strategies across cinema and media.
Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026
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Cinema Studies Student Conference
This graduate conference invites scholars, artists, archivists, and practitioners to think dialectically about abundance and scarcity as material reflections, fiscal realities, epistemic conditions, and aesthetic strategies across cinema and media.
Thursday, Mar. 5, 2026
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The Scorsese Series
Join Cinema Studies Professor and Chair Dana Polan in introducing Martin Scorsese's film oeuvre. Open to all members of the Tisch community. NYU ID required.
Thursday, Mar. 12, 2026
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The Scorsese Series
Join Cinema Studies Professor and Chair Dana Polan in introducing Martin Scorsese's film oeuvre. Open to all members of the Tisch community. NYU ID required.
Friday, Mar. 13, 2026
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Interface Frictions
Neta Alexander explores how ubiquitous design features in digital platforms reshape, condition, and break our bodies.
Thursday, Mar. 19, 2026
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The Scorsese Series
Join Cinema Studies Professor and Chair Dana Polan in introducing Martin Scorsese's film oeuvre. Open to all members of the Tisch community. NYU ID required.
Thursday, Mar. 26, 2026
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The Scorsese Series
Join Cinema Studies Professor and Chair Dana Polan in introducing Martin Scorsese's film oeuvre. Open to all members of the Tisch community. NYU ID required.
Thursday, Apr. 2, 2026
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The Scorsese Series
Join Cinema Studies Professor and Chair Dana Polan in introducing Martin Scorsese's film oeuvre. Open to all members of the Tisch community. NYU ID required.
Thursday, Apr. 9, 2026
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The Scorsese Series
Join Cinema Studies Professor and Chair Dana Polan in introducing Martin Scorsese's film oeuvre. Open to all members of the Tisch community. NYU ID required.
Thursday, Apr. 16, 2026
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The Scorsese Series
Join Cinema Studies Professor and Chair Dana Polan in introducing Martin Scorsese's film oeuvre. Open to all members of the Tisch community. NYU ID required.
Friday, Apr. 17, 2026
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Secret Sixteen Screening - Spring 2026
Join us in Room 674 for a 16mm feature from the Cinema Studies Archive.
Thursday, Apr. 23, 2026
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The Scorsese Series
Join Cinema Studies Professor and Chair Dana Polan in introducing Martin Scorsese's film oeuvre. Open to all members of the Tisch community. NYU ID required.
Thursday, Apr. 30, 2026
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The Scorsese Series
Join Cinema Studies Professor and Chair Dana Polan in introducing Martin Scorsese's film oeuvre. Open to all members of the Tisch community. NYU ID required.