Dive bars, cheap restaurants, battered vintage cars, cigarettes, booze, accordions, portable radios, adorable dogs, a bouquet, vinyl records, mixed music tracks (jazz, tango, rockabilly, etc.), biting irony, deadpan wit, Bressonian minimalism, Ozu-esque transcendence, heightened aesthetic realism, vivid ‘emotions-defining’ color palettes, ultra-cool existentialism, determinist view of industrialized society, singularly understated acting style, and detached yet humane, restless yet large-hearted humans – these are all the staple elements of Aki Kaurismaki cinematic universe, a prolific Finnish film-maker who weaves visual poems from…

Frameline is pleased to announce the winners of the juried and Audience Awards at the 49th San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Frameline49). The world’s largest and longest-running queer media festival presented nearly 150 films from 40 countries, brought 200 filmmakers from around the world to the Bay Area, and, across its 11-day run, sold out a remarkable 50 screenings. As noted by the San Francisco Chronicle, Frameline49 is evidence that “queer filmmaking triumphs,” even in the face of today’s challenging landscape.

This April, the Hilo Palace Theater proudly presents a film program dedicated to pop cultures' devilishly mystical women— with The Witching Hour Film Series!

The tenth episode of the Arrow Video Store series!

AFI Sloan Scholar Moran Cerf joined AFI Conservatory Fellows in conversation with THE PITT showrunner R. Scott Gemmill, cinematographer Johanna Coelho (AFI Class of 2013) and executive producer, writer and medical consultant Dr. Joe Sachs for a behind-the-scenes Q&A on bringing science to the screen.

The 2026 Robert French Film Festival is back, and you won’t want to miss this year’s exceptional lineup of films!

Resistance, optimism, and normalcy are all under attack in the first installment of Julia Loktev’s monumental documentary, which sways anxiously on the precipice of the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Individual tickets for Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, widely known as Ebertfest, are now on sale. The festival’s 27th and final edition, “The Last Dance,” in Champaign, Illinois, will take place Friday, April 17th, and Saturday, April 18th. Presented by Century Law Firm, this milestone year marks a poignant farewell to one of the country’s most beloved film festivals, celebrating a legacy rooted in empathy, storytelling, and the communal power of cinema.

Beş bölümden oluşan bu güçlü belgesel, genç kadın gazetecilerin devlet baskısı altında yaşadığı dehşeti ve absürtlükleri gözler önüne seriyor. Julia Loktev’in eleştirmenlerden övgü alan filmi, siyasi direnişin onurunu ve kararlılığını benzersiz bir samimiyetle aktarıyor.

Tickets available here.

Damsel (2024) starts with the familiar language of fantasy, but quickly abandons its scale.

Simón Mesa Soto is a Colombian director, screenwriter and producer.He studied Audiovisual Communication at the University of Antioquia and later pursued a Master’s Degree at the London Film School. Amparo, his first feature film, premiered at the Cannes Critics’ Week 2021, where it won the Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award for its lead actress. The film has toured more than fifty film festivals around the world and has won awards in Havana, Chicago, Lima and Punta del Este, among…