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

Harry Smith (ca. 1965), photo by John Palmer

Harry Smith & the Alchemy of Abstraction Featuring Devandra Banhart & Friends Live!

Date: Apr 25, 2026 7:30PM
Location: Philosophical Research Society

Join us for the opening night of The Philosophical Research Society and the Harry Smith Archive’s long-awaited series, THE COSMIC COLLAGE OF HARRY SMITH with HARRY SMITH & THE ALCHEMY OF ABSTRACTION—a one-night event offering an immersive, in-depth journey into the work of one of the most singular figures of the American avant-garde, culminating in a live performance by the acclaimed, genre-defying musician and visual artist Devendra Banhart and friends.

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Filmforum 50, program 11: Flaming Creatures: The Films of Jack Smith

Date: Apr 26, 2026 7:30PM
Location: 2220 Arts + Archives

Jack Smith (1932–1989) was a New York-based filmmaker, photographer, and actor known for his pioneering influence in experimental filmmaking and performance art. We hosted a more complete retrospective of his work in the late 1990s. Flaming Creatures, his most well-known film, often targeted for banning, is still rarely screening. Come to this rare opprtunity to see it and more on 16mm!

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Watching the Way You Move: An Evening with Kevin Jerome Everson

Date: May 12, 2026 7:30PM
Location: 2220 Arts + Archives

Filmforum welcomes back Kevin Jerome Everson with a compelling array of recent work (and one from 2016), ranging from observations of bird-watchers to a powerful examination of the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, to a short tribute to Gail Fisher, the first Black woman to win an Emmy.

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