Programs & Events

A screening of two films by Nasib Nisibi, a key figure in Cinema-ye Azad, or Free Cinema, an underground movement of filmmakers in Iran that began in 1969 with the aim of creating a fully independent cinema.

A screening of five films by Behnam Jafari, a key figure in Cinema-ye Azad, or Free Cinema, an underground movement of filmmakers in Iran that began in 1969 with the aim of creating a fully independent cinema.

Giant of Iranian cinema Parviz Sayya and actor Mary Apick will be on hand to present this screening of two films written and directed by Sayya and starring Apick.

Now in its 17th year at the Hammer, Bloomsday is a worldwide annual celebration of James Joyce and his landmark book Ulysses. This lively celebration features a cast of actors delivering dramatic readings from the novel interspersed with songs.

Curatorial assistant Azul Silverio leads an in-person discussion of Danielle Dean's work.

Free weekly drop-in sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.

Writer-director Homayoun Ghanizadeh transforms a video call into a dazzling, high-wire act of storytelling and performance when three generations of an Iranian family are confronted by the son of a former family servant over the fate of the stately family home back in Iran.

After the powerhouse family drama Leila’s Brothers led to a jail sentence in Iran, writer-director Saeed Roustaee returned to Cannes last year with this more diffuse but still devastating story about a woman seemingly under siege from all sides.

Curatorial assistant Jennifer Buonocore-Nedrelow leads an in-person discussion of Sky Hopinka's work.