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Nancy Friedman @fritinancy.bsky.social · 18h

I spent almost 8 hours yesterday at @bampfa.bsky.social in the company of director Julia Loktev's "Undesirable Friends" -- dissident Russian journalists forced to flee their country after the Ukraine invasion yet determined to keep reporting. An indelible experience. bampfa.org/event/my-und...

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My Undesirable Friends: Part 2—Exile

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 19h

Coming up Oct. 23–Nov. 28: "Hong Kong Cinema: Rarities and Restorations" 🎬 Explore rare films spanning key moments in Hong Kong cinema, from THE ARCH to CENTER STAGE. 🎟️ bampfa.org/film

Film still from Center Stage, with a woman at a vanity and a man reflected in the mirror. Text reads “Hong Kong Cinema: Rarities and Restorations.”

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Second Saturday for Families is Oct 10! Gallery admission is free for kids under 13 + one accompanying adult. Special family programming: 🎨 11:30 AM — Wind Chime Sculpture 📚 2:30 PM — Bilingual Roundtable Reading: "The One and Only Ivan" bampfa.org/family-programs

Photo of a child doing an art activity with an adult. Text reads “October 10, 2026” and “Gallery admission is free for kids 13 and under.”

Gallery+Studio image of bundled, tree-like fiber sculptures arranged across a gallery floor. Text reads “Echoes of Nature,” “Workshop led by Risa Lenore,” and “Sat / Oct 10 / 11:30 PM.”

Poster with a gorilla and large title text. Text reads “¡Roundtable Reading Bilingüe!” and “The One and Only Ivan / El único e incomparable Iván.”

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Don't miss “Martin Scorsese Pictures” This extensive retrospective explores the themes and cinematic language that have shaped Scorsese’s six-decade career. If you haven’t made it to a screening yet, there’s plenty more Scorsese to come. Learn more: bampfa.org/scorsese

Film still from GoodFellas showing three men standing together, with the central man embracing the two younger men.

Black-and-white still from Raging Bull showing two boxers fighting in a ring as a referee watches.

Film still from The King of Comedy showing two men in suits laughing together at a table.

Film still from After Hours showing a man and woman seated together, looking at each other in a dimly lit room.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Meet Judith Scott 🧶✨ Scott’s "Untitled" (2002) is on view in “Some Particular Heaven” at BAMPFA. Created during her time at Creative Growth, the wrapped fiber sculpture reflects the independence and self-direction that defined her practice. Learn more at bampfa.org.

A multicolored textile sculpture by Judith Scott, composed of layers of tangled yarn and thread wrapped into a rounded, irregular form, displayed in a glass case.

Close-up of a Judith Scott textile sculpture made from densely layered and tangled strands of yarn in gray, teal, yellow, pink, and other colors.

Close-up of a Judith Scott textile sculpture, with multicolored yarn and thread tightly layered into a rounded form against a white gallery wall.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

MVFF49 starts this week at BAMPFA, and we’re getting ready to host ten screenings spanning documentary, drama, and international cinema! BAMPFA members receive discounted pricing on all MVFF49 screenings. Browse the lineup and get tickets at bampfa.org/mvff 🎟️

MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART 2—EXILE — Julia Loktev, United States, 2026. Close-up of two women sitting together in the back seat of a car.

WHEN A WITNESS RECANTS — Dawn Porter, United States, 2026. Illustration of three people walking away from the viewer toward a city skyline.

SAD GIRLZ — Fernanda Tovar, Mexico, Spain, France, 2026. Two people floating in a swimming pool, one lying on their back and another partially submerged beneath them.

UNION TOWN — Barbara Kopple, United States, 2026. A group of people gathered around a table, reaching toward the center.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Nexus: SF/Bay Area Black Art Week is Sept. 30–Oct. 4! ✨ Enjoy 50% off BAMPFA gallery admission with code NEXUS. Plus, join special tours of "Maren Hassinger: Living Moving Growing" with BAMPFA curators, educators, and UC Berkeley graduate students. 🌿 RSVP required.

Graphic reading “MOAD,” “Nexus SF/Bay Area Black Art Week,” and “September 30–October 4, 2026,” in white and orange text on a dark burgundy background.

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Eric Theise @erictheise.com · 29/09/2026

Susan Oxtoby’s Georgian Cinema Now launched Weds @bampfa.bsky.social, continues through next autumn. Been to four screenings; phenomenal films, North American premieres, + a delegation of ten filmmakers & advocates from Tbilisi, Berlin, Geneva, & Prague are in town. Photos from the first Q & A.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🎁 GIVEAWAY! Enter to win a copy of Art Handlxrs* Book, SF Bay Area edition! Enter via the link in bio. Winner chosen on October 12.📖🎨

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Sept. 30 at 7 PM: SELF-PORTRAIT ALONG THE BORDERLINE 🎬🇬🇪 Join filmmaker Anna Dziapshipa in person for her deeply personal documentary exploring her Abkhazian-Georgian identity and the conflict dividing the two nations. 🎟️ bampfa.org/georgian-cinema

Promotional poster for SELF-PORTRAIT ALONG THE BORDERLINE, showing children beside a peacock, with screening details.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for “Pink Trash”! 🌸🌿 We loved gathering for Maren Hassinger’s iconic 1982 performance, restaged with six UC Berkeley students. Together, they explored our relationship with nature and our shared responsibility to care for the natural world.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This Thursday is Free First Thursday at BAMPFA! 🗓️ Gallery admission is free all day on Oct. 1. Join our free Exhibition Tour of “Maren Hassinger: Living Moving Growing” at 1:15 PM, or spend some time in the Fisher Family Art Lab. 🎨 Learn more: bampfa.org

A gold Buddha sculpture and framed artwork are displayed in a dark gallery. Text reads “FREE FIRST THURSDAY!”

Two visitors view a wall-mounted sculpture made of intertwined branches in a white gallery.

Three small monitors display text against a dark gallery wall, with two black benches in front.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Sept. 26 at 4 PM, Rasha Salti in conversation with Natalia Brizuela. Salti discusses Palestinian–Chilean solidarity and transnational artist networks under dictatorship and occupation, joined by Brizuela, co-curator of "Lotty Rosenfeld: Disobedient Spaces" 🎟️ bampfa.org

Promotional graphic for “Rasha Salti in Conversation with Natalia Brizuela,” a talk on Palestinian-Chilean solidarity and disobedience in the arts, Sep 26 at 5:30 PM.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“Georgian Cinema Now: Part 1” starts tomorrow! 🎬🇬🇪 Experience contemporary Georgian cinema through screenings, conversations, and a visiting delegation of ten filmmakers and experts. Explore the lineup and plan your visit: bampfa.org/georgian-cinema

Promotional graphic for “Georgian Cinema Now” featuring a black-and-white portrait of a man wearing traditional Georgian clothing. Text reads “Georgian Cinema Now” and “September 23–October 2.”

A film still from Taming the Garden (2021) showing a boat towing a floating platform carrying a large tree across the sea.

A film still from An Incomplete Day in the History of Georgia 10.06.93. (2026) showing a man speaking at a podium surrounded by microphones.

A film still from Self-Portrait Along the Borderline (2023) showing a white statue of a woman and child standing in a pond surrounded by trees.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

September 24 at 7 PM: BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY 🎬🇬🇪 Following the screening, the film's director Elene Naveriani joins Salomé Asatiani and Salomé Jashi for a conversation. Part of “Georgian Cinema Now: Part 1.” 🎟️ Learn more and get tickets at bampfa.org/georgian-cinema

Promotional graphic for BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY (Elene Naveriani, Georgia, Switzerland, 2023), featuring a close-up of a woman against a dark green background with the film title in large white text.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Step inside “Maren Hassinger: Living Moving Growing.” 🩷 Explore Hassinger's work spanning the early 1970s to the present, and themes of interconnectedness, collaboration, and our relationship with the natural world. On view through Nov. 29. bampfa.org/hassinger

Visitors view an artwork in a gallery with a bright pink textured wall. One visitor sits on a black bench wearing headphones.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Join us Sept. 26 for the free Georgian Cinema Now Symposium. 🇬🇪🎬 Filmmakers, journalists, scholars, and activists discuss Georgia’s current political and cultural landscape, freedom of expression, academic freedom, and more. 11:30 AM–5 PM. bampfa.org/georgian-cinema

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

On Saturday, September 19, Kopi Bar and Bakery will close early at 2 PM for a private event. BAMPFA will remain open from 11 AM to 7 PM. ☕️ Kopi Bar and Bakery will be back to regular hours Sunday, September 20. Thanks for understanding, and we'll see you soon! 🩵

Promotional graphic for Kopi Bar and Bakery, featuring white text on a teal background announcing an early closure at 2 PM on Saturday, September 19.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Coming soon: “Georgian Cinema Now: Part 1,” Sept. 23–Oct. 2. 🎬🇬🇪 Experience contemporary Georgian cinema through screenings, conversations, and a visiting delegation of ten filmmakers and experts. Explore the lineup and plan your visit: bampfa.org/georgian-cinema

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Tickets are on sale now for MVFF49 at BAMPFA! 🎬✨ We’re once again the exclusive East Bay venue for the Mill Valley Film Festival, bringing new films to Berkeley this October! 🎟️ Check out the lineup and get tickets at bampfa.org/mvff or the link in bio!

A film still from La Gradiva shows a person standing in a museum gallery beside a large classical statue.

A film still from On Behalf of My Son shows a Black woman looking directly at the camera in a wooded setting.

A film still from My Undesirable Friends: Part 2—Exile shows a woman sitting on a bed in a patterned room.

A film still from Union Town shows a smiling UPS worker wearing glasses and a brown uniform.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Coming up Sept. 26 at 1 PM: "Contemplative Salt Bath" 🧂✨ Led by artist Beatriz Escobar, this participatory workshop invites attendees to explore contemplation, embodiment, and new relationships to our horizons. Included with admission; space is limited and first come, first served. bampfa.org

A person lies on a yellow couch covered in white salt while another person applies salt to their legs.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Coming up Sept. 19 at 7 PM: THE HOLE Tsai Ming-liang’s surreal 1998 film blends sci-fi and musical elements to explore isolation, environmental catastrophe, and the failure of communication in a rain-soaked Taipei. See a new 35mm print at BAMPFA. 🎞️ bampfa.org/film

A film still from The Hole (1998) showing a man in a white tank top seated on the floor.

A film still from The Hole (1998) showing two women in a warmly lit room, one seated behind the other.

A film still from The Hole (1998) showing a man and woman standing together indoors, the woman wearing a sequined dress.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Coming up Sept. 19 at 2 PM: Artist’s Conversation: Marcel Pardo Ariza. 🎨 Join Ariza and BAMPFA Chief Curator Margot Norton for a conversation about Ariza’s new Art Wall project and Art Handlxrs. Tickets required; gallery admission included. 🎟️ bampfa.org

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

BARBARA FOREVER with director Brydie O'Connor in Person on September 16 at 7 PM! 🎬 This award-winning debut celebrates pioneering lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer and her groundbreaking work. O’Connor will be in conversation with UC Berkeley’s Luis Madrigal after the film. 🌈 🎟️ bampfa.org/film

A black-and-white portrait of a filmmaker Barbara Hammer holding a film camera, with her face visible on the right side of the image.

A film still showing a person with a camera raising their hand toward the lens, partially obscuring their face.

A film still showing a person holding a film camera outdoors, with rocky hills in the background.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

MVFF49 at BAMPFA is here! 🎬✨ Explore this year’s lineup of acclaimed international and independent films. 🎟️ Tickets go on sale Sept. 17 at 12 PM. BAMPFA members get special discounted pricing. Not a member? Join for $40/year! bampfa.org/mvff49

A film still showing a person’s face as a hand holds a shimmering green object over their eyes.

An animated film still showing a person seated in a car, looking out the window.

A film still showing two girls sitting in lawn chairs on a rooftop, listening to a blue item.

A film still showing people seated at a dining table, with food, wine, and glasses in the foreground.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Coming soon: "Georgian Cinema Now: Part 1" 🎬🇬🇪 Experience the power and urgency of contemporary Georgian cinema through screenings and conversations with a delegation of ten filmmakers and experts visiting the Bay Area. 🎟️ bampfa.org/film

Promotional graphic for Georgian Cinema Now, featuring a person leaning over the edge of a boat, with text reading “September 23–October 2.”

Still from A Tunnel (2019), showing a man seated at a control panel wearing a red and black cap.

Still from Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry (2023), showing women gathered around a dining table.

Still from It Will Be Better Before (2024), showing a cable car surrounded by dense forest and mountains.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Opening tomorrow: "Campus Collaborations / Private Frontiers: Media Legacies of the Cold War" This exhibition explores how media, culture, and politics intersected during the Cold War and how those histories shape our present. On view Sept. 9–Dec. 13. Learn more at bampfa.org

"Still Life" (Prajakta Potnis, 2009), showing a large cloud form illuminated inside a yellow interior.

Still from "Das Stasi Panoptikon, Tele 1: Mauern fallen immer" (Naeem Mohaiemen, 2026), showing a black-and-white crowd with blue text reading “WE’RE MAKING PROGRESS.”

Still from "Scroll Figure #5" (Tiffany Sia, 2022), showing a television broadcast with white text overlaid across an image of a man and a seated audience.

Installation view of "Delta" (TJ Shin, 2026), showing two monitors mounted on a white wall, each displaying a person seated against a plain background.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Sept. 19 at 1 PM: Curators’ Conversation on "Lotty Rosenfeld: Disobedient Spaces" Cocurators Natalia Brizuela and Julia Bryan-Wilson discuss Rosenfeld’s art under authoritarianism and her work across performance and video. Tickets required; gallery admission included 🎟️ bampfa.org

Promotional graphic for a curators’ conversation and book launch featuring Natalia Brizuela and Julia Bryan-Wilson. The graphic includes a black-and-white image of a person walking alongside a long white object on a city street. Text reads “Sat / Sep 19 / 1 PM.”

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Starting Sept. 5: "Martin Scorsese Pictures" 🎬 From MEAN STREETS to GOODFELLAS, this extensive retrospective explores the themes, influences, and cinematic vocabulary that have defined Scorsese’s six-decade career. The series continues through June 2027. 🎟️ bampfa.org/film

Promotional graphic for Martin Scorsese Pictures, featuring a still from Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, United States, 1976), showing a man seated inside a yellow taxi. Text reads “September 5, 2026–June 2027.”

Still from Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (Martin Scorsese, United States, 1974), showing a smiling woman in a pink uniform and white headband inside a diner.

Still from The Last Waltz (Martin Scorsese, United States, 1978), showing three musicians performing onstage, with two playing guitars and one playing a stringed instrument.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Second Saturday for Families is Sept. 12! Gallery admission is free for children under 13, and an adult chaperone is free. 🎨 11:30 AM — Gallery + Studio 📚 2:30 PM — Roundtable Reading 🎬 4 PM — MODERN TIMES, a separately ticketed screening recommended for ages 8+ Learn more at bampfa.org

Promotional graphic for Second Saturday for Families, featuring a still from Modern Times (Charles Chaplin, United States, 1936), with Chaplin climbing through a large industrial machine. Text reads “September 12, 2026.”

Colorful textile artwork composed of dense, multicolored woven patterns and rows of small, circular, button-like forms, divided by a vertical brown woven section.

Book cover for The Long Way Around by Anne Nesbet, featuring an illustrated mountain landscape with three children hiking through the wilderness.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This fall: "Jean-Luc Godard’s Early Films" 🎬 Explore the early films of one of cinema’s great innovators, whose radical approach to form, sound, image, and storytelling continues to inspire filmmakers today. Learn more about the series and see the full lineup at bampfa.org/film

Still from La Chinoise (Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1967), showing two people sitting outdoors, one reading a book while the other reads beside them.

Still from Vivre sa vie (Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1962), showing a woman with short hair and a dark cardigan touching her face.

Still from A Woman Is a Woman (Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1961), showing a woman in a white coat walking as a man crouches behind her and points.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

September 12 at 2 PM: "The Unlearning" Theresa Wong performs her 2011 song cycle, inspired by Francisco Goya’s The Disasters of War, as a duo with violinist and vocalist Carla Kihlstedt. Tickets required, gallery admission included. 🎟️ bampfa.org/utopia

Two musicians perform onstage, one playing cello and the other violin, with microphones and an abstract black-and-white projection behind them.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

On Friday, September 4, Kopi Bar and Bakery will close early at 2 PM for a private event. BAMPFA will remain open from 11 AM to 7 PM. ☕️ Kopi Bar and Bakery will be back to regular hours Saturday, September 5. Thanks for understanding, and we'll see you soon! 💜

Promotional graphic for Kopi Bar and Bakery, featuring white text on a purple background announcing an early closure at 2 PM on Friday, September 4.

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Terry Taplin @taplinterry.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Check out what is new @bampfa.bsky.social (2155 Center Street) in September—admission is free tomorrow and every first Thursday of the month! 🖼️ 📽️ 📖 💬 Get Tickets: bampfa.org Alice Diop in Person (Sep 3 - 18) Jean-Luc Godard’s Early Films (Sep 5 - Nov 19)

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Just announced 📣 New films from some of today’s most exciting filmmakers are coming to BAMPFA this October as part of Mill Valley Film Festival! 🎟️ Tickets on sale September 17 at 12 PM. BAMPFA members get special pricing on MVFF49 screenings! Join today starting at $40/year.

Promotional graphic for the Mill Valley Film Festival, featuring the text “MVFF No. 49” and “A Vibrant 11 Day Celebration of Film,” with the festival dates October 1–11.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This Thursday is Free First Thursday at BAMPFA! 🗓️ Gallery admission is free all day on September 3. Join a free exhibition tour of "Maren Hassinger: Living Moving Growing" at 1:15 PM, or spend some time in the Fisher Family Art Lab. Learn more: bampfa.org

Promotional graphic for free gallery admission on September 3, 2026, showing a large colorful sculpture made of braided cords, fabric, and hand-shaped forms.

Gallery installation featuring a large black-and-white photograph of a person in a grassy field, surrounded by smaller photographs and sculptural bundles arranged across the floor.

Two black-and-white photographs showing small labeled bags arranged on a wooden floor and people filling or handling the bags.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Coming up September 3–18: "Alice Diop in Person" 🎬 BAMPFA presents a retrospective of Diop’s cinema of formal rigor and ethical commitment, in conjunction with her UC Berkeley residency. Learn more and get tickets at bampfa.org/diop 🎟️

Promotional graphic for Alice Diop: In Person, featuring a close-up of a woman with long braids seated beside a window. Text reads “September 3–18, 2026.”

Still from Senegalese Meet Sene-Gallic (Alice Diop, France, Senegal, 2007), showing a woman in a pink patterned outfit and headwrap seated indoors.

Still from Danton’s Death (Alice Diop, France, 2011), showing two people in conversation, one with blood on their face and clothing.

Still from On Call (Alice Diop, France, 2016), showing a man seated in a waiting room while another person sits behind him.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Now on view: “Jean-Luc Godard’s Early Films: Posters Designed by Gvido Augusts” 🎬🖼️ Explore a set of posters created for Godard’s 1968 Berkeley retrospective. On view through July 4, 2027. Pair your visit with “Jean-Luc Godard’s Early Films,” screening Sept. 5–Nov. 19. ✨

A gallery wall displaying five framed Jean-Luc Godard film posters, along with an open publication and wall text, in the Film Library & Study Center.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

September 9: PUSH BUTTONS AND AI 🤖🎬 In conjunction with “Hidden Layers” at UC Berkeley’s Worth Ryder Gallery, this screening explores AI and its social + technical infrastructures. Antonio Somaini, Hannes Bajohr, and Sonja Thiel join Gibbs Chapman in person. 🎟️ bampfa.org/film

Still from The Oasis I Deserve (Inès Sieulle, France, 2024), showing a person lying in bed in a blue-lit room while holding glowing handheld devices.

Still from What do you see, YOLO9000? (Taller Estampa, Spain, 2019), showing a close-up of a woman’s face overlaid with colorful computer-generated boxes and labels identifying objects and people.

Still from Push Button: A History of Idleness and Ignorance (Gibbs Chapman, US, 2004), showing a finger pressing a red button above a yellow button.

Still from Their Eyes (Nicolas Gourault, France, 2025), showing a digitally rendered city street with cars, pedestrians, construction barriers, colorful buildings, and palm trees.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Coming up September 5: MEAN STREETS by Martin Scorsese 🎬 Set in Scorsese’s New York neighborhood, this iconic neo-noir follows Charlie (Harvey Keitel) as he balances faith, loyalty, and the criminal world around him. See the 4K restoration at BAMPFA. bampfa.org/film 🎟️

Film poster for Mean Streets (Martin Scorsese, United States, 1973), featuring a man in a suit and tie viewed through blurred candles. Text notes a 4K digital restoration and screening dates of September 5 and November 6, 2026.

Film still from Mean Streets showing a shirtless man sitting on a bed and gesturing with one hand.

Film still from Mean Streets showing two men standing beside a pool table, with billiard balls in the foreground.

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48 Hills @48hills.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

"Energy, inertia, gravity, wind, weightlessness, and other physical forces are woven throughout 'Maren Hassinger: Living Moving Growing,' a major @bampfa.bsky.social retrospective of the contemporary artist’s oeuvre," writes Lou Fancher.

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Maren Hassinger's evocative BAMPFA retrospective reaches up, up, up - 48 hills

From coiled hemp rope to wall of eye-popping pink plastic, the artist's community, colors, and contrasts are a buoying force.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

BAMPFA is hiring! ✨ We're looking for an Assistant to the Executive Director to provide high-level executive support across board and donor communications, staff-wide initiatives, and the day-to-day operations of the Executive Director’s Office. ➡️ bampfa.org/careers

A black hiring graphic with a vertical orange-to-pink gradient bar on the left. White text reads “JOIN THE BAMPFA TEAM!” and orange text lists an opening for an Assistant to the Executive Director. The bottom reads “bampfa.org/careers.”

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Join Maren Hassinger in person for a restaging of her iconic 1982 performance, "Pink Trash" 🌸🌿 This free performance on Crescent Lawn will explore our relationship with nature and our collective responsibility to protect the natural world. Learn more: bampfa.org/hassinger ✨

A person in pink clothing kneels in a grassy park, surrounded by scattered pink fabric or paper pieces and several small containers. Trees and a pathway are visible in the background.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Now open: Campus Collaborations / Lotty Rosenfeld: "Disobedient Spaces" ✨ Rosenfeld’s first US retrospective brings together printmaking, collage, video, and site-specific installation, highlighting her creative resistance to systems of power. Learn more at bampfa.org.

Installation view of Lotty Rosenfeld: Disobedient Spaces, featuring two video monitors displaying footage and headphones for listening below each screen.

Installation view of Lotty Rosenfeld: Disobedient Spaces, featuring books, handwritten materials, and sculptural objects displayed in a glass case.

Installation view of Lotty Rosenfeld: Disobedient Spaces, featuring a carousel slide projector displaying a blurred image of a person in a rainy street.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Alice Diop in person, presenting SAINT OMER on September 3 at 7 PM Diop’s courtroom drama explores motherhood, immigration, and belonging through the trial of a woman accused of murdering her daughter. Diop joins Debarati Sanyal in conversation 🎟️ bampfa.org/film

Poster for Saint Omer, directed by Alice Diop, France, 2022, showing a woman seated in a courtroom behind a geometric wooden barrier, with audience members in the foreground. Text announces an in-person screening and conversation with Alice Diop and Debarati Sanyal on September 3, 2026, at 7 PM.

Still from Saint Omer, showing a woman in a brown sweater standing in a wood-paneled courtroom.

Still from Saint Omer, showing a woman with long braids sitting on a bed and talking on a phone in a warmly lit room.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Aug. 30 at 3:30 PM: SKIN OF GLASS 🏙️ Denise Zmekhol goes to São Paulo to explore her late father’s architectural legacy and the lives of squatters occupying the building he designed. Zmekhol joins Teresa Caldeira in conversation. Tickets at bampfa.org/madeinberkeley.

Poster for Skin of Glass, directed by Denise Zmekhol, United States, 2023, featuring two people silhouetted against large windows overlooking a city. Text announces an in-person screening with Denise Zmekhol and Teresa Caldeira on August 30, 2026, at 3:30 PM.

Black-and-white still from Skin of Glass, showing a large spiral staircase inside a modern building, with several people seated or standing beneath it.

Still from Skin of Glass, showing two women standing on a balcony behind a glass window. One woman holds a white crocheted item while the other looks down at something in her hands.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Hey, UC Berkeley students! 👋 👋🏾👋🏼👋🏿 Bring your Cal ID to BAMPFA for free gallery admission, $5 film tickets, and 10% off at Kopi Bar and Bakery. Plus, get a $40 Student Film Pass, valid through December 18. 🎬☕️ Learn more at the link in bio.

Poster featuring two young people looking upward and pointing, with other visitors in the background. Text reads “WELCOME BACK CAL STUDENTS!” and promotes BAMPFA perks for UC Berkeley students.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

August 26 at 7 PM: NO STRAIGHT LINES Vivian Kleiman’s documentary traces more than seventy years of queer comics history, featuring Alison Bechdel, Howard Cruse, Rupert Kinnard, and Mary Wings. Kleiman and Mel Y. Chen join us for a conversation after the screening. 🎬 Link in bio.

Promotional graphic for No Straight Lines, featuring an illustrator in a suit standing in front of a wall covered with comic panels. Text announces Vivian Kleiman and Mel Y. Chen in person on August 26, 2026, at 7 PM.

Film still from No Straight Lines (2021) showing people laughing together outdoors in front of a brick wall.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Last week to experience Meriem Bennani’s "Life on the CAPS" 🐊 The complete trilogy blends live action, animation, documentary, and speculative fiction to explore migration, borders, and more. On view at BAMPFA through August 23. Plan your visit at bampfa.org/bennani. 🎥

Exhibition wall introducing “Collection Focus: Meriem Bennani: Life on the CAPS,” with accompanying text and a small publication display.

Dark gallery space with a large video projection showing a green animated character in a courtyard, with subtitles at the bottom. Two black beanbag seats sit in front of the screen.

Dark gallery space with a large video projection showing a stylized globe and the label “CAPS,” illuminated by green and blue light. Several black beanbag seats are arranged in front of the screen.

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive @bampfa.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

This Wednesday at 7 PM: BOB LE FLAMBEUR 🎬🕶️ Jean-Pierre Melville’s stylish gangster film follows an aging safecracker and compulsive gambler through Paris. See the 4K restoration as part of “French Noir: From the Shadows into the Light.” 🎟️ bampfa.org/frenchnoir

Black-and-white still from Bob le flambeur, showing several men gathered around a table in a checkered room, with a man in a light shirt and tie standing beneath a hanging lamp.

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