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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! </p> 120 </article> 121 <div class="main-image"> 122 <img width="436" height="308" alt="Newt Leaders Still" src="/assets/Uploads/Homepage/Newt-Leaders-Still__ScaleWidthWzQzNl0.jpg" loading="lazy" /> 123 124 <p class="image-caption">Newt Leaders, by Amy Halpern</p> 125 </div> 126 </div> 127 </div> 128 129 130 <div class="screenings"> 131 <h1><span>Upcoming Screenings</span></h1> 132 <ul> 133 134 <li> 135 <div class="col-1"> 136 <div class="image"> 137 <a href="/schedule/summer-fall-2026/dicky-bahto-a-note-on-the-ruins-for-visitors/" title="Dicky Bahto: A note on the ruins for visitors"> 138 <img width="380" height="266" alt="anotrfv still 09 copy" src="/assets/Uploads/Screenings/anotrfv_still_09-copy__FocusFillWyIwLjAwIiwiMC4wMCIsMzgwLDI2Nl0.jpg" loading="lazy" /> 139 140 </a> 141 </div> 142 <p class="image-caption">A note on the ruins for visitors</p> 143 </div> 144 <div class="col-2"> 145 <h2><a href="/schedule/summer-fall-2026/dicky-bahto-a-note-on-the-ruins-for-visitors/" title="Dicky Bahto: A note on the ruins for visitors">Dicky Bahto: A note on the ruins for visitors</a></h2> 146 <p class="date-time"> 147 148 <strong>Date:</strong> Oct 4, 2026 7:30PM 149 150 <br /><strong>Location:</strong> 2220 Arts & Archives</p> 151 <p><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">A note on the ruins for visitors</span></em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> is a deeply personal portrait of the Assyrian community from fragments of material drawn from Bahto's family history, ancient artifacts, and collaborations with contemporary artists working across the diaspora. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">The film features visual artwork, music, and writing by, as well as portraits of, Assyrian, Chaldean, and other artists drawing on Assyrian culture, language, and music, including Esther Elia, Maryam Yousif, Lolita Emmanuel, Tenise Marie, Sami Seif, Monette Eiliazadeh, Deena Ana, Andrew Najor, Anna Kingsley, Rami Kingsley, Enanna Sheena, and more.</span></p> 152 </div> 153 <div class="col-3 sprite"> 154 <a href="/schedule/summer-fall-2026/dicky-bahto-a-note-on-the-ruins-for-visitors/" title="Dicky Bahto: A note on the ruins for visitors" class="details">Details</a> 155 <a href="https://link.dice.fm/f6951169162a" title="Buy Tickets for Dicky Bahto: A note on the ruins for visitors" class="tickets">Buy Tickets</a> 156 </div> 157 </li> 158 159 <li> 160 <div class="col-1"> 161 <div class="image"> 162 <a href="/schedule/summer-fall-2026/jefrey-skoller-in-person/" title="History from Below: The Unimagined Lives of Our Neighbors, Three Film Portraits"> 163 <img width="380" height="266" alt="Skoller OccupationDiary 3" src="/assets/Uploads/Screenings/Skoller_OccupationDiary_3__FocusFillWyIwLjAwIiwiMC4wMCIsMzgwLDI2Nl0.jpg" loading="lazy" /> 164 165 </a> 166 </div> 167 <p class="image-caption">The Unimagined Lives of Our Neighbors: Occupation Diary (2025), by Jeffrey
167Skoller </p> 168 </div> 169 <div class="col-2"> 170 <h2><a href="/schedule/summer-fall-2026/jefrey-skoller-in-person/" title="History from Below: The Unimagined Lives of Our Neighbors, Three Film Portraits">History from Below: The Unimagined Lives of Our Neighbors, Three Film Portraits</a></h2> 171 <p class="date-time"> 172 173 <strong>Date:</strong> Oct 11, 2026 7:30PM 174 175 <br /><strong>Location:</strong> 2220 Arts + Archives</p> 176 <p>Jeffrey Skoller in person! Los Angeles premieres! <em>The Unimagined Lives of Our Neighbors</em> is a series of film portraits of nonagenarians recounting their own experiences in history changing events that shaped the world and the rest of their own lives.</p> 177 </div> 178 <div class="col-3 sprite"> 179 <a href="/schedule/summer-fall-2026/jefrey-skoller-in-person/" title="History from Below: The Unimagined Lives of Our Neighbors, Three Film Portraits" class="details">Details</a> 180 <a href="https://link.dice.fm/Pb300c4c065d" title="Buy Tickets for History from Below: The Unimagined Lives of Our Neighbors, Three Film Portraits" class="tickets">Buy Tickets</a> 181 </div> 182 </li> 183 184 <li> 185 <div class="col-1"> 186 <div class="image"> 187 <a href="/schedule/summer-fall-2026/filmforum-50-program-14-the-21st-century-odyssey-2/" title="Filmforum 50, program 14: The 21st Century Odyssey"> 188 <img width="380" height="266" alt="11" src="/assets/Uploads/Screenings/11__FocusFillWyIwLjAwIiwiMC4wMCIsMzgwLDI2Nl0.jpg" loading="lazy" /> 189 190 </a> 191 </div> 192 <p class="image-caption">The 21st Century Century: A Durational Performance Conceived by Barbara T. Smith </p> 193 </div> 194 <div class="col-2"> 195 <h2><a href="/schedule/summer-fall-2026/filmforum-50-program-14-the-21st-century-odyssey-2/" title="Filmforum 50, program 14: The 21st Century Odyssey">Filmforum 50, program 14: The 21st Century Odyssey</a></h2> 196 <p class="date-time"> 197 198 <strong>Start Date:</strong> Oct 17, 2026 1:00PM<br /> 199 <strong>End Date:</strong> Oct 17, 2026 5:00PM 200 201 <br /><strong>Location:</strong> 2220 Arts + Archives</p> 202 <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Rescheduled from June. <em>The 21st Century Odyssey</em> is a video travelogue through love, liberatory technology, social and personal mythology, and the pleasures and rigors of making life into art told in part through the pixelated beauty of the videophone. Though rarely screened, it is a rich and resonant chapter in the legendary Barbara T. Smithâs career-long experiments with machine innovation. Co-director Barbara T. Smith in conversation with Michael J. Masucci!</span></p> 203 </div> 204 <div class="col-3 sprite"> 205 <a href="/schedule/summer-fall-2026/filmforum-50-program-14-the-21st-century-odyssey-2/" title="Filmforum 50, program 14: The 21st Century Odyssey" class="details">Details</a> 206 <a href="https://link.dice.fm/k2f3be3aa845" title="Buy Tickets for Filmforum 50, program 14: The 21st Century Odyssey" class="tickets">Buy Tickets</a> 207 </div> 208 </li> 209 210 <li> 211 <div class="col-1"> 212 <div class="image"> 213 <a href="/schedule/summer-fall-2026/the-festival-of-inappropriation-14/" title="The Festival of (In)appropriation #14"> 214 <img width="380" height="266" alt="03 SwingSwishSway" src="/assets/Uploads/Screenings/03_SwingSwishSway__FocusFillWyIwLjAwIiwiMC4wMCIsMzgwLDI2Nl0.jpg" loading="lazy" /> 215 216 </a> 217 </div> 218 <p class="image-caption">Swing Swish Sway, by TT Takemoto</p> 219 </div> 220 <div class="col-2"> 221 <h2><a href="/schedule/summer-fall-2026/the-festival-of-inappropriation-14/" title="The Festival of (In)appropriation #14">The Festival of (In)appropriation #14</a></h2> 222 <p class="date-time"> 223 224 <strong>Date:</strong> Oct 24, 2026 1:00PM 225 226 <br /><strong>Location:</strong> 2220 Arts + Archives</p> 227 <p>Curators Jaimie Baron and Jennifer Proctor in person! World premiere of this festival program! Founded in 2009, the Festival of (In)appropriation is a preeminent international showcase for experimental, found-media film and video. Every year, the Festival attracts artists working across an astonishing array of moving-image formats while probing the limits of collage, machinima, re-mix, détournement, mash-up, and more.</p> 228 </div> 229 <div class="col-3 sprite">
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