Past Events

FSC Workshop with Filmmaker Marta Mateus | Evoking Language

October 28, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

The Film Study Center is delighted to welcome Portuguese filmmaker Marta Mateus. In this workshop presentation, we will explore sound and video installations as a formal exerc [...]

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Films from the Film Study Center: Screening and Conversation

November 13, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Carpenter Center Theater, CCVA, Level 0 24 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138 United States

Please join us, in partnership with ArtsThursdays, for a special screening of short films by Darol Olu Kae, Kendra McLaughlin, Tiff Rekem, and Svetlana Romanova—current fellow [...]

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Screening: Trouble Sleep

February 13 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Harvard Film Archive 24 Quincy St.
Cambridge, MA 02138 United States

Trouble Sleep Directed by Alain Kassanda. France/Nigeria, 2020, DCP, color, 41 min. Yoruba and English with English subtitles. DCP source: Icarus Films "What is City? you say. [...]

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Screening: Colette et Justin with Alain Kassanda in Person

February 21 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Harvard Film Archive 24 Quincy St.
Cambridge, MA 02138 United States

Colette et Justin Director in Person $15 Special Event Tickets Directed by Alain Kassanda. France/Belgium , 2022, DCP, color and b&w, 89 min. French and Lingala with Engli [...]

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Screening: Coconut Head Generation with Alain Kassanda in Person

February 23 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Harvard Film Archive 24 Quincy St.
Cambridge, MA 02138 United States

Coconut Head Generation Director in Person $15 Special Event Tickets Directed by Alain Kassanda. France/Nigeria, 2023, DCP, color, 89 min. English, Yoruba and French with Engl [...]

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Film Screening: Ali Cherri in person

March 4 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Carpenter Center Theater, CCVA, Level 0 24 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138 United States

Please join us for an evening with artist and filmmaker Ali Cherri.

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The Dutchman: Screening and Conversation

April 9 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Carpenter Center Theater, CCVA, Level 0 24 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138 United States

Please join ArtsThursdays, the Film Study Center, and the Black Film Project of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research for a special screening of The Dutchman with director, producer, and co-writer Andre Gaines.

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HFA Tour and Research Info Session

September 16 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Carpenter Center Theater, CCVA, Level 0 24 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138 United States

To welcome new students, staff, faculty, and artists in the AFVS, FSC, and CMP community, please join us for an introduction to the Harvard Film Archive focused on the HFA’s collection.

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