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!

Upcoming Screenings

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Gate of the Sun (Bab El Shams)

Date: Jun 8, 2025 1:00PM
Location: 2220 Arts & Archives

Don’t miss this rare screening of the poignant Palestinian epic as it chronicles a history of many dimensions through captivating character and layered narratives. Rather than focusing on the suffering, Gate of the Sun (Bab El Shams) reflects the absurdity of life under the harshest conditions, recounting days not unfamiliar to the ones we are currently witnessing.

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Skin, Inscribed: Contemporary Brazilian Hand-Processed Film

Date: Jun 14, 2025 8:00PM
Location: Whammy! Analog

Join us for Skin, inscribed - contemporary Brazilian hand-processed films, curated by visiting artist Tetsuya Maruyama, co-presented by TAPE LA and LA Filmforum. This group of works, far from commercial “movies", emerge from the personal interests of each artist without expecting anything in return.

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Water and Power

Pat O’Neill’s WATER & POWER + Gary Beydler’s VENICE PIER

Date: Jun 15, 2025 7:00PM
Location: Philosophical Research Society

The Philosophical Research Society and Los Angeles Filmforum present Pat O’Neill’s masterpiece — a complex, avant garde LA city symphony, alongside an underseen experimental gem, Venice Pier, both presented on 16mm! Pat O' Neill in person!

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Los Angeles Plays Itself

Thom Andersen's LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF

Date: Jun 22, 2025 6:00PM
Location: Philosophical Research Society

Perhaps the most essential exploration of our city's mythos, examining the tangled relationship between the movies and their fabled hometown. Thom Andersen in person!

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Flaherty LA Finale: Program VI, Surprises in Time

Date: Jun 29, 2025 7:00PM
Location: The Ray Stark Family Theatre, SCA 108, George Lucas Building

Entering its 70th year, the Flaherty Film Seminar is revered as one of the most significant convenings around non-fiction cinema. Each year filmmakers, scholars, students, curators, critics, archivists, and cinephiles gather for an immersive, week-long program of film screenings, in-depth discussions, artist talks, installations, and/or performances around a theme. Held in collaboration with Los Angeles Filmforum, for this program, Flaherty LA opens the seminar experience to the wider public. Curated by CEMA’s Stephanie Spray and SCA’s Michael Renov (Flaherty curator, 2005), with special guests James Benning, Rebecca Baron, and more.

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