Flaherty LA Finale: Program VI, Surprises in Time
The Flaherty Film Seminar, the USC Center for Ethnographic Media Arts (CEMA), USC School of Cinematic Arts, and Los Angeles Filmforum present
Flaherty LA Finale: Program VI, Surprises in Time
Sunday June 29, 2025, 7:00pm (doors 6:45 pm)
At The Ray Stark Family Theatre, SCA 108, George Lucas Building, USC School of Cinematic Arts Complex, 900 W. 34th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007
NOTE THE EARLY START TIME and the change in location
Tickets: $15 general admission, $10 for students/seniors, free for Flaherty Attendees and Filmforum members, at https://www.tickettailor.com/events/losangelesfilmforum/1728116
If you are interested in attending the entire Flaherty LA (June 26th-29th) you can register at (
https://theflaherty.org/2025-pods/#pod-la
Tickets are offered on a sliding scale of $30-100 for the full six program seminar, occurring June 26-29.
Parking: As it’s the summer, street parking is generally available. Campus parking is available (fees incurred) if preferred.
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.
This summer, Flaherty has expanded from its single location seminar, offering eight global venues (pods). The Los Angeles pod is Flaherty's sole location on the west coast.
On Sunday, June 29th, Flaherty LA will celebrate the peak of the seminar with a site-specific program available only here in Los Angeles.
Held in collaboration with Los Angeles Filmforum, 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!
The program will be an interplay in time across three generations of experimental documentary, with works fresh to LA (and the wider world).
The particular films and guests will be revealed at the show.
Now in its seventh decade, The Flaherty is an internationally recognized forum whose mission is to create and nurture spaces around the globe for field-building collective inquiry into the form and function of independent non-fiction cinema. With a focus on curation as a means of gathering, and cinema as an invitation to step outside oneself, The Flaherty brings together an international and intergenerational community dedicated to exploring the transformative, world-building power of non-fiction cinema, the exchange of cinematic ideas across cultures, and the expansion of the limits of cinema itself. https://theflaherty.org/
The USC Dornsife Center for Ethnographic Media Arts (CEMA) is a media arts research center focusing on the development of innovative audiovisual work by practice-led researchers working across disciplines at USC. With a fellowship program, workshops, and events with guest artists, CEMA contributes to interdisciplinary approaches to arts-based research at USC. https://dornsife.usc.edu/cema/