Los Angeles Filmforum is the longest-running organization in Southern California dedicated exclusively to the ongoing, non-commercial exhibition of independent, experimental, and progressive media art.

Filmforum is proud to be in the center of the cultural programming of a city with a rich history of avant-garde filmmaking and programming. 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!

Upcoming Screenings

Shirley Clarke

Filmforum 50: Embodied Filmmaking: 8 Films by Shirley Clarke + Book Launch and Discussion

Date: Jan 25, 2026 7:00PM
Location: Philosophical Research Society

As part of Dance Camera West, an evening of pioneering experimental filmmaker Shirley Clarke’s dance films in celebration of Karen Pearlman’s new book on her work!

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Persian Series, by Stan Brakhage

Filmforum 50, program 7: Vision of the Fire Tree

Date: Feb 1, 2026 8:00PM
Location: 2220 Arts + Archives

A very special evening, with classic films by Stan Brakhage and Phil Solomon with live performance by beloved LA composers and musicians, Ulrich Krieger, Michael Pisaro-Liu, and Eyvind Kang. All films will be screened in 16mm. Note the slightly later start time.

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Step Across the Border

Filmforum 50, program 8: Step Across the Border, with Fred Frith in person

Date: Feb 8, 2026 1:00PM
Location: 2220 Arts + Archives

Fred Frith in person! Restoration sneak preview! Filmed from 1987 to 1990 in rich black & white film, Step Across the Border is a fantastic portrait of the extended improvised art music world of the time, with other musicians such as Joey Baron, Ciro Battista, Arto Lindsay, René Lussier, Haco, Kevin Norton, Bob Ostertag, Zeena Parkins, Lawrence Wright, and John Zorn, and that world’s intersections with artists working in other forms. A very distinctive and beautiful film, described by the makers as "A ninety-minute celluloid improvisation." Precede by the World Premiere of a new short film featuring Shelley Burgon, Fred's collaborator and co-performer on Saturday night!

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