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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! 

Newt Leaders Still

Newt Leaders, by Amy Halpern

Upcoming Screenings

  • L.A.X.

    Fabrice Ziolkowski's L.A.X. (1980)

    Date: Jul 17, 2026 7:30PM
    Location: Philosophical Research Society

    A rare screening of a landmark of Los Angeles avant garde cinema, a hypnotically drifting afternoon-to-evening cruise through a bygone LA.  Sold out

  • Yoko Ono Fluxfilm No. 9: Eye Blink, 1966. (c) Yoko Ono, courtesy of the artist

    Films by Yoko Ono

    Date: Jul 26, 2026 2:00PM
    Location: 2220 Arts + Archives

    In conjunction with The Broad’s exhibition Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind, Filmforum presents a few more films of hers not included in the exhibition, along with a few others that are.

  • George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus, by Jeff Perkins

    Date: Aug 2, 2026 2:00PM
    Location: 2220 Arts + Archives

    Jeff Perkins presents the LA Premiere of his film George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus, a feature documentary as mercurial as its subject, George Maciunas.  Fascinatingly contradictory interviews with artists including Yoko Ono, Jonas Mekas, and Nam June Paik, on the heels of our two programs of Yoko Ono films, help provide a broader