Past Events : Film Studies : UMass Amherst

A night dedicated to celebrating films by local artists! This event is a free, family-friendly screening of six short films created by local filmmakers. There will be a variety of fictional and...

Dec 7, 2023

American Pavilion

ILC S404
2:30 pm to 3:45 pm

If you’re interested in a career in the international motion picture, event management, business, marketing, hospitality, journalism, or culinary fields, consider complementing your school...

Oct 11, 2023

Film Screening and Conversation with Boris Lehman

227 Herter Hall
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

The screening will include Lehman's 'Muet comme une carpe' ('Silent as a Fish') (1987); an interview with Polish poet Marian Pankowski (1995); as well as his latest film, 'Voyage au pays de ma mčre...

Oct 11, 2023 - Oct 12, 2023

Enrollment for winter online classes begins.

(All day)

During the winter intersession, the UMass Film Studies Department is offering 2 online classes.

Oct 9, 2023 - Oct 13, 2023

Latinx Film Festival

ILC S240
6:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Latinx Cinema has built a reputation for paradigm-shifting takes on less-often cinematized themes of intersectional oppressions across the hemisphere, films that challenge the assumption of...

Sep 25, 2023 - Sep 28, 2023

Lusophone Film Festival

Integ. Learning Center S231
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Join us for the 2nd iteration of the Lusophone Film Festival! The selected films will afford students an opportunity to engage with film theory and criticism, and to examine a variety of topics...

Sep 12, 2023

ALL HFA Welcome (Back) Celebration

South College Commons
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm

The HFA community is invited to the College of Humanities and Fine Arts' Welcome (Back) Celebration on Tuesday, September 12, 2023 from 2-4:00 p.m. on the South College Commons (2nd Floor). This...

May 18, 2023

Michael S. Roif Awards

ILC S350
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

The Michael S. Roif Award in Film Studies is a competitive annual prize awarded to students whose works of filmmaking and film scholarship demonstrate exceptional creativity and accomplishment. The...

May 11, 2023

ATTACHMENT (Natten Har Øjne)

Isenberg SOM 137 Auditorium
7:30 pm

(Gabriel Bier-Gislason, 2022, Denmark, 105 min, in Danish and English w/ English subtitles)...

Mar 22, 2023 - May 10, 2023

Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival

Isenberg School of Management Room 137
7:30 pm to 10:30 pm

Presenting the best of new fiction, documentary and experimental filmmaking by international filmmakers, the Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival seeks to cultivate an appreciation of film and...

May 4, 2023

Screening and Discussion: Filming the Gulag with Kristian Feigelson moderated by Olga Gershenson

Herter 231
5:00 pm

SLON/SOLOVKI LABOR CAMPS ...