BAMPFA

Just announced: Frameline50 at BAMPFA. 🎬 From June 19–26, BAMPFA hosts the Bay Area’s venerable LGBTQ+ film festival with GUGU’S WORLD, ACTING LIKE WOMEN, VIRGINA, and MARY OLIVER: SAVED BY THE BEAUTY OF THE WORLD, plus in-person guests and introductions. Link in bio. 🌈

Coming soon: "French Noir: From the Shadows into the Light". 🕶️ Opening June 4, this series traces French noir from poetic realism and classic crime films to the Nouvelle Vague, with Melville, Godard, Truffaut, and more. Tickets at bampfa.org/frenchnoir or link in bio. 🎬

We are delighted to receive a $250,00 grant from @gettyfoundation through the Black Visual Art Archives initiative. Grants increase access to archival collections across the U.S. that hold important historical records related to works created by Black artists.

On May 22: Black Life: Bloom as Miracle. ✨ Two performance artists—unknown to each other and to the audience until the day of the show—meet in an improvisational performance shaped by movement, healing, and collective blossoming. Included with admission. Link in bio. 🌱

Few movies have been discussed so much and seen so little as 'Hitler, A Film From Germany', the seven-hour 1977 magnum opus. The curious might not want to put off attending its one-off Sat/16 projection at @BAMPFA #ScreenGrabs 48hills.org/2026/05/screen…

This Sunday at 11 AM: Highly Descriptive Vision Access Guided Tour of "Rhapsody: Works from the Cooper Rosenwasser Collection". ✨ Join BAMPFA Education staff for a tour of the exhibition intended for blind and low-vision visitors. Included with admission. Link in bio. 🖼️

Screen Slate has a new preview of OUR HITLER, screening at BAMPFA this Saturday, May 16, at 1:30 PM. 🎬 Hans-Jürgen Syberberg’s 1977 film is one of the most ambitious works in the series. Read the preview and get tickets at bampfa.org/event/our-hitl… or the link in bio. ✨

This Friday at 6 PM: MFA Artists’ Talk at BAMPFA. 🎤 The 2026 graduates of UC Berkeley’s MFA program discuss their work with curators Omar Farah and Tausif Noor on the occasion of the Fifty-Sixth Annual UC Berkeley MFA Exhibition. Tickets required. Link in bio. ✨

Planning a visit this month? ✨ From May 13 through May 24, BAMPFA galleries and store will close early at 5 PM. Please check our Hours & Admission page before your visit!. Link in bio. 🕐

Opening tomorrow: Fifty-Sixth Annual UC Berkeley MFA Exhibition. ✨ This year’s exhibition features work by graduating artists Zuhoor Al Sayegh, Eleni Maria Berg, Itzli OCIEL, Kristiana Chan 薧礼醑, Swaleha Masude, and Héctor Muñoz-Guzmán. On view May 13–July 26. Link in bio.

Tomorrow at 4:30 PM: ROBERT WILSON AND THE CIVIL WARS. 🎬 Howard Brookner’s documentary follows Robert Wilson’s astonishing attempt to create a twelve-hour historical opera for the 1984 Summer Olympics, with Philip Glass and David Byrne among the collaborators. Link in bio. ✨

This Saturday is Second Saturdays for Families at BAMPFA. 🎨 Join us May 9 for Gallery+Studio, drop-in artmaking in the Fisher Family Art Lab, and Roundtable Reading. Admission is free for kids 13 and under and for one accompanying adult per child. Link in bio. ✨

Tomorrow is Free First Thursday at BAMPFA! ✨ Gallery admission is free all day on May 7. It’s a great time to visit and see all our exhibits, including the newly opened “Collection Focus / Meriem Bennani: Life on the CAPS”! Plan your visit today using the link in bio. 🖼️

Opening May 6: “Collection Focus / Meriem Bennani: Life on the CAPS” ✨ The exhibition marks the California debut of Bennani’s acclaimed video trilogy, a mix of animation and live action set in a dystopian future shaped by migration and technology. Link in bio. 🎥

BAMPFA’s Summer Film Season is here! ☀️ Coming this summer: French Noir, Stanley Kubrick, Isao Takahata, and more! Tickets go on sale to members on May 6 at 11 AM, then to the public on May 8 at 11 AM. Browse the season at bampfa.org/film or the link in bio. 🍿

Today is the final day of @SFFILM at BAMPFA! 🎬 Catch AMÍLCAR at 2 PM, THE ARCH at 4:30 PM, and THOSE WHO WHISTLE AFTER DARK at 7 PM. Get tickets today at bampfa.org/sffilm or the link in bio. 🌍

BAMPFA will be closed all day on Saturday, May 2, for our Art and Film Benefit. Galleries will reopen at 1 PM on Sunday, May 3. ✨

Final weekend ahead for @SFFILM at BAMPFA. 🎬 The festival runs through May 3, with more international cinema, documentaries, and special guests still to come. Plan your weekend at bampfa.org/sffilm or the link in bio. ✨

Be sure to catch “Object Oriented: Abstraction and Design in the BAMPFA Collection” The exhibition explores how artists reshape familiar objects and invites viewers to question what they think they’re seeing. More info at bampfa.org/program/object… or the link in bio. 🖼️

Tomorrow at 7 PM: Persistence of Vision Award: Lynne Sachs + EVERY CONTACT LEAVES A TRACE 🎥 Part of @SFFILM at BAMPFA, this special event honors filmmaker Lynne Sachs, followed by a conversation with Kathy Geritz. Get your tickets today at the link in bio. ✨