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Los Angeles Filmforum is the longest-running organization in Southern California dedicated exclusively to the ongoing, non-commercial exhibition of independent, experimental, and progressive media art.

Filmforum is proud to be in the center of the cultural programming of a city with a rich history of avant-garde filmmaking and programming. Now in our 50th year, we celebrate personal, hand-crafted and non-commercial work. Read more about our various programs, purchase tickets for upcoming screenings, explore our archives, or learn more about volunteering or making a tax-deductible donation on our website! 

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Newt Leaders, by Amy Halpern

Upcoming Screenings

  • The Love Tapes

    Wendy Clarke’s Love Tapes

    Date: Feb 12, 2026 7:30PM
    Location: Philosophical Research Society

    Just in time for Valentine's Day, 7th House and Los Angeles Filmforum are proud to present a rare theatrical program of selections one of the most singular, affecting, and long running works of video art ever made – Wendy Clarke's THE LOVE TAPES (1977–present)!

  • "The Director and His Actor Look at Footage Showing Preparations for an Unmade Film (2)"

    Filmforum 50, program 9: An Evening with Morgan Fisher

    Date: Feb 15, 2026 7:30PM
    Location: 2220 Arts + Archives

    Filmforum welcomes back Morgan Fisher with some of the highlights of his film work as part of our 50th anniversary celebration!

  • They Told Me "Apikaan" Means Braid

    Eve-Lauryn LaFountain: Conversation Pieces

    Date: Mar 1, 2026 7:30PM
    Location: 2220 Arts + Archives

    We welcome back Eve-Lauryn LaFountain, visiting fro New Mexico.  Her experimental films extinguish mythical ideals of history in the American Southwest, while engaging a troth of interrelated dynamics between the land and those who hear its beauty and history.