Public Screenings

WHAT'S ON SCREEN?

Yale Screenings

For a full list of public screenings on campus, visit the Film at Yale page.

Yale Film Archive Screenings

These screenings are always free and open to the public. Doors open 30 minutes before showtime.

Fall Series

Treasures from the Yale Film Archive, an ongoing series of classic and contemporary films from our collection.

Man of Vision: Andrzej Wajda Centenary Film Series, celebrating the Polish director through six of his greatest films.

Viva Valdez, a look at the life and work of filmmaker Luis Valdez, co-presented with the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library as part of Yale’s Hispanic Heritage Month festivities.

Sundance Revisited, a selection of 35mm films from our collection that had their American or world premieres in Park City, UT. This series was inspired by the Sundance Film Festival’s upcoming move to Boulder, CO.

Wisemania, a multi-year exploration of the works of documentarian Frederick Wiseman.

Cinemix, stand-alone screenings of standout films, co-presented with our colleagues from across campus and beyond.

Fall Films

Sex, Lies, and Videotape
(Steven Soderbergh, 1989, 35mm, 100 mins)
7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4
HQ L02, 320 York

A Generation
(Andrzej Wajda, 1955, DCP, 87 mins)
7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10
HQ L01, 320 York

Kanal
(Andrzej Wajda, 1957, DCP, 91 mins)
9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10
HQ L01, 320 York

Ashes and Diamonds
(Andrzej Wajda, 1958, DCP, 103 mins)
2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20
HQ L02, 320 York

Hoop Dreams
(Steve James, 1994, 35mm, 170 mins)
7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24
HQ L02, 320 York

The Promised Land
(Andrzej Wajda, 1975, DCP, 179 mins)
7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1
HQ L01, 320 York

Zoot Suit
(Luis Valdez, 1981, DCP, 103 mins)
7 p.m. Friday, October 2
HQ L02, 320 York

An Autumn Afternoon
(Yasujirō Ozu, 1962, 35mm, 113 mins)
2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4
HQ L02, 320 York
New print!

American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
(David Alvarado, 2026, DCP, 92 mins)
7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8
HQ L01, 320 York

The Usual Suspects
(Bryan Singer, 1995, 35mm, 106 mins)
7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9
HQ L02, 320 York

Brick
(Rian Johnson, 2005, 35mm, 110 mins)
9:05 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9
HQ L02, 320 York

La Bamba
(Luis Valdez, 1987, DCP, 108 mins)
2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11
HQ L02, 320 York

The Son of the Sheik
(George Fitzmaurice, 1926, 16mm, 68 mins)
7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15
HQ L02, 320 York
Live musical accompaniment by Donald Sosin & Joanna Seaton!
100th anniversary screening!

Belfast, Maine
(Frederick Wiseman, 1999, 16mm, 249 mins)
2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18
HQ L01, 320 York

I Walked with a Zombie
(Jacques Tourneur, 1943, 35mm, 69 mins)
7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29
53 Wall Street Auditorium
New print!

Black Zombie
(Maya Annik Bedward, 2026, DCP, 90 mins)
8:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29
53 Wall Street Auditorium

The Murder of Fred Hampton (Howard Alk, 1971, 35mm, 88 mins)
May Day x 4 (Brian Meacham, 2026, DCP, 35 mins)
7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5
HQ L01, 320 York
Sampada Aranke and Brian Meacham in person!
New print!

Titicut Follies
(Frederick Wiseman, 1967, 16mm, 84 mins)
2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8
HQ L01, 320 York

Gun Crazy
(Joseph H. Lewis, 1950, 35mm, 87 mins)
7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13
HQ L02, 320 York
New print!

Bound
(Lana & Lilly Wachowski, 1996, 35mm, 109 mins)
8:50 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13
HQ L02, 320 York
30th anniversary screening!

Man of Marble
(Andrzej Wajda, 1977, DCP, 160 mins)
2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15
HQ L02, 320 York

Daughters of the Dust
(Julie Dash, 1991, 35mm, 113 mins)
7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19
HQ L02, 320 York

Little Miss Sunshine
(Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris, 2006, 35mm, 101 mins)
7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4
HQ L02, 320 York
20th anniversary screening!

Welcome to the Dollhouse
(Todd Solondz, 1995, 35mm, 88 mins)
9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4
HQ L02, 320 York

When We Were Kings
(Leon Gast, 1996, 35mm, 88 mins)
7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10
HQ L02, 320 York
30th anniversary screening!

Run Lola Run
(Tom Tykwer, 1998, 35mm, 80 mins)
8:50 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10
HQ L02, 320 York

The Store
(Frederick Wiseman, 1983, 16mm, 118 mins)
2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13
HQ L01, 320 York

Man of Iron
(Andrzej Wajda, 1981, DCP, 156 mins)
7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17
HQ L01, 320 York

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GET INVOLVED

Do you have an idea for a public film screening or series? Are you interested in presenting films from the Yale Film Archive's collection? The Yale Public Screening Partnership program welcomes proposals for public screenings from academic units, student groups, museums, and other Yale organizations.

Students interested in film programming should consider joining some of the many great film groups on campus:

COLLABORATIONS

The Yale Film Archive is always looking for opportunities to collaborate. Over the last decade, we have:

  • Co-presented screenings with over 30 Yale departments, programs, and organizations.
  • Co-presented screenings with over 30 local and national community groups.
  • Included more than 60 Yale faculty members in film introductions and panel discussions.
  • Included more than 40 Yale students in film introductions and panel discussions.
  • Included more than 20 representatives of local community groups in panel discussions.
  • Had nearly 30 students write Film Notes for Treasures screenings.
  • Included graduate students as co-programmers for our biennial “Class Pictures” screenings.
  • Collaborated with faculty to turn numerous course screenings into public events.
  • Mentored graduate and undergraduate students on their series and conferences.
  • Created the Public Screening Partnership program to encourage the use of Yale Film Archive prints in campus screenings.
  • Worked with fellow FIAF archives to bring prints from their collections to Yale for screenings.
  • Promoted Yale screenings on our Facebook, Twitter, Threads, and Instagram accounts.
  • Included Yale faculty, alumni, and local experts in the Treasure Talks video discussion series.

If you would like to collaborate on an upcoming screening or series, please get in touch! We welcome your ideas.

SPECIAL GUESTS

Guest artists at Yale Film Archive screenings have included:

  • Actors Brooke Adams, Abigail Breslin, Keir Dullea, Julian Sands, Seret Scott, and Guinevere Turner
  • Film critics Bilge Ebiri, Noah Gittell, and Wesley Morris
  • Musical accompanists Makia Matsumura, Joanna Seaton, and Donald Sosin
  • Academy Award-winning screenwriter William Goldman
  • Academy Award-winning producer Bruce Cohen
  • Authors Kit Smyth Basquin, Peter Cameron, Eva H.D., and Stephanie LaCava
  • Film specialists Benoît Carpentier, Bruce Goldstein, Jerry Rudes, Dan Streible, and Maria Vinogradova
  • Documentarians Lauren Belfer, Sarah Botstein, Peter Davis, Suzannah Herbert, Alexander Horwath, Laura Israel, Leopold Pospisil, Joanne W. Rudof, Stephen Scher, and Billy Shebar
  • Filmmakers Ashish Avikunthak, Curtis Hanson, James Ivory, Charlie Kaufman, Mojo Lorwin, Greg Mottola, Caroline Mouris, Robert Mulligan, Alex Ross Perry, Bob Rafelson, Martín Rejtman, Michael Roemer, John Sayles, Stephen Scher, Charlie Shackleton, Kurtis Spieler, and Norman Weissman
  • Yale alumni filmmakers Max Barbakow, Phyllis Chillingworth, Lee Isaac Chung, Nick Doob, Warrington Hudlin, Alexis Krasilovsky, Sandra Luckow, Rebecca Miller, Lynn Novick, Josh Morton, Frank Mouris, Peter Rosen, Willie Ruff, Ira Sachs, and Oliver Stone

PAST SERIES

The Yale Film Archive has presented several stand-alone series in the past, including the following:

CONTENT ADVISORIES

The Yale Film Archive does not generally provide advisories about subject matter or potentially triggering content in films, as sensitivities vary from person to person. Information about content and age-appropriateness for specific films can be found at Common Sense Media, DoesTheDogDie.com, and IMDb.

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Tuesday, August 25, 2026 - 12:08pm