BAMPFA (Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive)

12:15 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

Exhibition tour of Some Particular Heaven: Ideas of Utopia in the BAMPFA collection at BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley.

7 PM – 9 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

Our Sister Hedy (BAMPFA) — Four grown sisters navigate tangled marriage plots in a charming dramedy, with director Doe Ching’s perfectly cast performances.

7 PM – 8 PM·BAMPFA · Berkeley

Our Sister Hedy, a Hong Kong family drama about four sisters navigating marriage plots, screens at BAMPFA.

7 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

BAMPFA screens Naeem Mohaiemen’s A Missing Can of Film (2025) and Zahir Raihan’s Stop Genocide (1971), a Soviet‑Realist style documentary of the Bangladesh Liberation War.

7 PM – 8 PM·BAMPFA · Berkeley

A Missing Can of Film, a 44‑minute essay by Naeem Mohaiemen, screens at BAMPFA followed by a conversation with Tausif Noor and remarks by Elora Shehabuddin.

2:30 PM – 6:30 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

4K restoration of Maurice Pialat’s *La maison des bois* Episodes 4–7 screens at BAMPFA.

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM·BAMPFA · Berkeley

Screening episodes 4–7 of Maurice Pialat’s WWI miniseries La maison des bois at BAMPFA, showcasing naturalistic portrayals of a French family’s wartime life.

7:30 PM – 8:30 PM·BAMPFA · Berkeley

Godard’s third feature, a neorealist musical with hat tricks, egg‑frying gag, and mesmerizing traveling shots, screens at BAMPFA.

7:30 PM – 9 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

A whimsical celebration of romance, sentiment, musical comedy, color film, Paris, and the abundant charms of Anna Karina at BAMPFA.

1 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

Steffani Jemison and Leslie Cuyjet present a collaborative performance exploring the artistic relationship and intergenerational legacy of Maren Hassinger and Senga Nengudi at BAMPFA.

4 PM – 5 PM·BAMPFA · Berkeley

Vivre sa vie, Jean‑Luc Godard’s existential drama about Nana’s descent into prostitution and self‑discovery, screens at BAMPFA.

4 PM – 5:30 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

Jean‑Luc Godard’s fragmentary portrait of a prostitute starring Anna Karina is presented at BAMPFA.

6:30 PM – 9:45 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

Kwaidan (BAMPFA) — Masaki Kobayashi’s atmospheric adaptation of four Lafcadio Hearn ghost stories, a visually captivating anthology horror film.

6:30 PM – 7:30 PM·BAMPFA · Berkeley

Original three‑hour Director’s Cut of Kwaidan screens at BAMPFA, showcasing hand‑painted sets, avant‑garde Toru Takemitsu soundtrack, and four Lafcadio Hearn ghost stories.

11 AM – 7 PM·BAMPFA · Berkeley

Photography, video and installation by Naeem Mohaiemen, Prajakta Potnis, TJ Shin, and Tiffany Sia examine Cold War media archives, broadcasts, pop songs, and game theory at BAMPFA.

2 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

Graduate students lead tours of Maren Hassinger’s Living Moving Growing exhibition at BAMPFA, free on first Thursdays, with additional sessions Wednesdays and Sundays.

4 PM – 5:45 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

Swordfighting duo defends China from Japanese pirates and corrupt officials in King Hu’s masterly work, presented at BAMPFA.

4 PM – 5 PM·BAMPFA · Berkeley

Film screening of King Hu’s The Valiant Ones at BAMPFA, showcasing a swordfighting husband‑and‑wife duo battling Japanese pirates and corrupt officials in elaborate betrayals.

7 PM – 8 PM·BAMPFA · Berkeley

GoodFellas screened at BAMPFA, showcasing Scorsese’s blend of cinematic styles, documentary feel, and a collage of popular music.

7 PM – 9:30 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

GoodFellas (BAMPFA, Berkeley) — Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of Nicholas Pileggi’s chronicle follows real‑life Mafia associate Henry Hill, with Ray Liotta delivering a chilling, darkly humorous first‑person account.

12:15 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

Graduate students lead tours of Maren Hassinger’s Living Moving Growing exhibition at BAMPFA, free on first Thursdays, with additional sessions Wednesdays and Sundays.

7 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

Harun Farocki’s 2003 essay film and Mahmoud Alhaj’s recent videos screen at BAMPFA, exploring perception as a tool of war.

BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

Free gallery admission all day at BAMPFA on First Thursday.

1:15 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

Graduate students lead tours of Maren Hassinger’s Living Moving Growing exhibition at BAMPFA, free on first Thursdays, with additional sessions Wednesdays and Sundays.

1:15 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

Senior curator Anthony Graham leads a tour at BAMPFA, examining Maren Hassinger’s material sculpture experiments, movement, performance, and moving‑image work.

3 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

Artist Julia Goodman guides participants in twisting and knotting newspapers to create the collaborative Wrenching News artwork for Maren Hassinger: Living Moving Growing at BAMPFA.

7 PM – 8:45 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

Ann Hui’s debut feature The Secret, a double‑murder case drama starring Sylvia Chang, screens at BAMPFA.

4 PM – 6 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

Mean Streets screening at BAMPFA explores Scorsese’s early Italian‑neighborhood roots during the Feast of San Gennaro.

7 PM – 9:15 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

Harakiri (BAMPFA) — Tatsuya Nakadai plays a penniless samurai seeking permission for ritual suicide, with additional killings, hailed as possibly the best samurai film.

2:30 PM – 5:45 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

Kwaidan (BAMPFA) — Masaki Kobayashi’s atmospheric adaptation of four Lafcadio Hearn ghost stories, a visually captivating anthology horror film.

6:30 PM – 8 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

The Sword (BAMPFA) — Melodrama, weapons‑based action and wire‑fu choreography blend with quiet, muted moments of character agony.

11 AM – 7 PM·BAMPFA · Berkeley

Photography, video and installation by Naeem Mohaiemen, Prajakta Potnis, TJ Shin, and Tiffany Sia examine Cold War media archives, broadcasts, pop songs, and game theory at BAMPFA.

1 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

Isa Prieto leads a discussion and collective mapmaking activity exploring utopian ideas at BAMPFA.

1:30 PM – 5 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

Masaki Kobayashi’s antiwar epic The Human Condition I: No Greater Love screens at BAMPFA, tracing a Japanese soldier’s awakening and disillusionment in World War II.

2 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

Exhibition tour of Some Particular Heaven: Ideas of Utopia in the BAMPFA collection at BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley.

6:30 PM – 8:15 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

Godard’s Contempt screens at BAMPFA, showcasing his Homeric homage to Fritz Lang starring Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, and Jack Palance.

12:15 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

Graduate students lead tours of Maren Hassinger’s Living Moving Growing exhibition at BAMPFA, free on first Thursdays, with additional sessions Wednesdays and Sundays.

7 PM – 9:15 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

Samurai Rebellion at BAMPFA showcases Toshiro Mifune and Tatsuya Nakadai in a blood‑soaked tale of duty‑bound Japan.

7 PM – 8:45 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

Band of Outsiders (BAMPFA) — Jean‑Luc Godard’s gangster‑movie reverie starring Anna Karina, Sami Frey and Claude Brasseur, praised as his most amusing work.

4 PM – 6 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

Waikiki Brothers cover band strums South Korean nightclub songs from Yim Soon‑rye’s cult classic at BAMPFA.