Events

The School of Film and Media Studies regularly programs screenings and lectures with filmmakers, film critics, screenwriters and playwrights, new media artists, and cinema and media scholars.

Upcoming Events

  • Sep 17
    group of African American adults gather around man with guitar

    FMS Screening Series opens with “Sinners”

    Time:  6:30pm—9:30pm

    This Americal horror film set in 1932 in the Mississippi Delta, Sinners stars Michael B. Jordan in dual roles as criminal twin brothers who return to their hometown where they are confronted by a supernatural evil. Co-staring Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O’Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Benson Miller, Buddy Guy, and Delroy Lindo.

    Produced, directed and written by Ryan Coogle, released April 18, 2025

    PIZZA   6:30pm
    SCREENING   7:00pm
    RSVP REQUIRED 

  • Feb 3
    Never Alone Film Poster

    “Never Alone” Film Screening

    Time:  7:00pm

    NEVER ALONE tells the gripping story of Jewish refugees seeking safety in Finland during WWII. As Nazi influence grows, the Finnish-Jewish businessman Abraham Stiller (Ville Virtanen, Netflix’s Bordertown) risks everything to protect the refugee community. This powerful film showcases courage, resilience, and the fight for hope amidst overwhelming adversity.

Past Events

  • May 7
    Special Screening from the Film Conservatory Student Archives

    FILMS from the FILM CONSERVATORY ARCHIVE

    Time:  7:00pm

    Join us for the final installment of the 2024-2025 FMS Screening Series - bringing  Purchase BFA student films out of storage and onto the screen!

  • May 7
    Trebleshooting - Come see our algorave. Concert flyer.

    Trebleshooting algorave

    Time:  6:00pm

    Trebleshooting is an algorave with students from Drawing, Moving and Seeing with Code. 

  • Apr 28
    headshot Tom Gunning; The Cinema of Attractions

    THE CINEMA OF ATTRACTIONS with Tom Gunning

    Time:  12:30pm—2:00pm

    The School of Film and Media Studies Screening Series welcomes Tom Gunning back to Purchase! Please join us this Monday, April 28, 12:30 - 2PM in MFT 0065 for a special presentation by Tom on the cinema of attractions, early cinema, and the avant-garde.

  • Apr 24
    objetos especificos, title of lecture with image of bag of fresh foods

    objetos especificos

    Time:  10:30am

    Conceptual Artist Lucia Hierro, the first female Dominican artist to enter the Guggenheim Collection, discusses how mediated identity functions in her work and in her career.