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

Stranded in Canton2 Eggleston Artistic Trust. Courtesy Cheim Read New York

Stranded in Canton © Eggleston Artistic Trust. Courtesy Cheim & Read, New York

Stranded in Canton, by William Eggleston

Date: Sep 7, 2026 7:30PM
Location: Whammy

As part of Whammy’s SOV September, The Philosophical Research Society’s 7th House Screenings & LA Filmforum are proud to present a rare theatrical screening of STRANDED IN CANTON (1974/2005), quintessential American photographer William Eggleston’s mesmerizing, unruly and disarmingly intimate lone foray into filmmaking.

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Five Days Til Tomorrow, by Lewis Klahr

Lew Klahr: From 45 To 33 -- Part 1: Fable by the Door

Date: Sep 13, 2026 1:00PM
Location: 2220 Arts + Archives

World premiere! Lew Klahr in person! "This new series is a cinema of shifting moods and engagements that offers a tactile exploration of elliptical narrative and poetic montage. Like a waking dream, what can be clearly described in words is less significant than what can be felt." — Lew Klahr

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Stand By for Failure: A Documentary About Negativland

Date: Sep 19, 2026 1:00PM
Location: 2220 Arts + Archives

LA Premiere with Negativland in person! “Much of the film layers eviscerated visuals into a vaudevillian media kaleidoscope.” - Marc Weidenbaum, The Wire

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Kouté vwa (Listen to the Voices)

Kouté vwa (Listen to the Voices) by Maxime Jean-Baptiste

Date: Sep 21, 2026 7:30PM
Location: Human Resources

Part of Cinema Land at Human Resources Los Angeles Premiere plus a pre-recorded Q&A with filmmaker Maxime Jean-Baptiste! An elegy, but also a celebration, Kouté vwa (Listen to the Voices) portrays a family and a community as they experience grief, joy, and reconciliation in the wake of tragedy.

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Pond Life Spring, by Amy Lockhart

Mercy for the Messy: The films of Amy Lockhart

Date: Sep 27, 2026 7:30PM
Location: 2220 Arts + Archives

Amy Lockhart in person! Amy Lockhart is one of the defining voices in contemporary independent animation. Her influence stretches across independent animation, contemporary art, and studio television, with artists and filmmakers regularly citing her as an inspiration. Lockhart’s work is DIY without being slight, punk without being precious, and funny without ever filing down the weird. Across paper, pencil, 16mm, collage, puppets, cheap software, and whatever else is around, she has built a body of work that is crude, sharp, and completely her own.

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