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A Big Bold Beautiful Journey

Some doors bring you to your past. Some doors lead you to your future. And some doors change everything. Sarah (Margot Robbie) and David (Colin Farrell) are single strangers who meet at a mutual friend’s wedding and soon, through a surprising twist of fate, find themselves on A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY– a funny, fantastical, sweeping adventure together where they get to re-live important moments from their respective pasts, illuminating how they got to where they are in the present…and possibly getting a chance to alter their futures.

  • Sep 18, 2025 6:00 pm
    Oriental Theatre (Lubar Cinema-West)
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    Oriental Theatre (Lubar Cinema-West)
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    Oriental Theatre (Lubar Cinema-West)
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    Oriental Theatre (Lubar Cinema-West)
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A Photographic Memory

Award-winning journalist Sheila Turner Seed spent the 1970s interviewing such photography luminaries as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Gordon Parks, Cecil Beaton, and Lisette Model. When she passed away suddenly and tragically, she left behind an infant daughter, Rachel. More than 30 years later, Rachel has become a filmmaker, photographer, and writer herself. A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY marks a moving attempt to construct a personal story of love, loss, and finding someone in the work they leave behind. This program will be followed by a filmmaker Q&A.

  • Sep 19, 2025 5:00 pm
    Oriental Theatre (Herzfeld Cinema-East)
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All God's Children

In the latest from MFF alum Ondi Timoner (LAST FLIGHT HOME, MFF23), the leaders of Congregation Beth Elohim in Park Slope and Antioch Baptist Church in Bed-Stuy embark on a radical experiment. Tackling their complex histories head on, these two Brooklyn institutions find communal traction, fighting side-by-side for justice and compassion, revealing the potential of interfaith coalitions and that they have much more in common than may at first appear. This program will be followed by a virtual Q&A and talkback.

  • Sep 21, 2025 6:30 pm
    Oriental Theatre (Herzfeld Cinema-East)
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Amorphic Beer Three Minute Thesis All-Stars

Amorphic Beer presents a unique variant of the International University competition “Three Minute Thesis” with their own special twists. More fun, less maths, and well, beers. Come watch the best of their hand selected presenters attempt to convince you of their thesis (which might not even be true). Learn stuff, laugh, vote for your favorites, and enjoy a beer all at the same time. Your ticket includes admission to the Oriental Theatre’s main house as well as one free Amorphic Beer available at two bars in the theatre (more available for purchase, snacks and other refreshments available at concessions). Doors open at 6:00PM, so get here early, grab yourself a beer, find your favorite seat, and enjoy!

  • Oct 15, 2025 7:00 pm
    Oriental Theatre (Abele Cinema-Main)
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An Unquiet Mind

Few people truly understand obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), despite the condition affecting nearly 3 million people in the U.S. Silence and stereotypes have created a culture of shame that keeps people with OCD from getting support. AN UNQUIET MIND is a portrait documentary following three individuals living with the condition. Through honest, personal storytelling, director Rachel Immaraj shares her own journey along with these others to give a voice to experiences many are too afraid to share. This program will be followed by a filmmaker Q&A and talkback.

  • Sep 21, 2025 3:30 pm
    Oriental Theatre (Herzfeld Cinema-East)
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Any Problem Is No Problem

In ANY PROBLEM IS NO PROBLEM, five young entrepreneurs embark on personal journeys to reshape the future of technology at Crypto Startup School. With only three months to refine their businesses, perfect their pitches, and sharpen their innovations before laying it on the line for investors at Demo Day, this intimate portrayal reveals the grit, creativity, and passion required to make it as a startup founder in crypto, no matter the headwinds.

  • Sep 21, 2025 5:00 pm
    Oriental Theatre (Abele Cinema-Main)
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Arrest the Midwife

With rare access to an intensely private community, ARREST THE MIDWIFE exposes the rural healthcare desert created by New York state's approach to maternal health regulation, sharing the story of criminalized midwives, and the Amish and Mennonite women who break from their traditions to stand up, speak out, and join the fight for women’s bodily autonomy and reproductive justice. Relevant across cultures, this documentary inspires coalitions that advocate for healthcare choice and access for all. This program will be followed by a talkback.

  • Sep 19, 2025 5:30 pm
    Downer Theatre (North Cinema)
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Between Goodbyes

An adoptee raised in the Netherlands, Mieke’s life is very different from the one she might have led if her Korean family had not been pressured to give her up as a baby. When Mieke's birth parents track her down in adulthood, their reunion unleashes a whirlwind of guilt, joy, regret, and ambivalence. Through non-linear storytelling, we witness the family’s journey towards reconnection in this unique tale of home, acceptance, and the power of forgiveness.

  • Sep 20, 2025 11:00 am
    Oriental Theatre (Herzfeld Cinema-East)
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Boy George & Culture Club

With humor, heart, and a lot of glitz and glam, this endlessly charming documentary dives into the chaos, charisma, and enduring bond of one of the most iconic bands of the ‘80s. Straight from the mouths of its four legendary members, MFF alum Alison Ellwood (LET THE CANARY SING, MFF24) weaves a love story about the undeniable fondness that flowed beneath the surface of these musical legends—and the drama and heartbreak in between.

  • Sep 18, 2025 7:00 pm
    Oriental Theatre (Abele Cinema-Main)
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Car Wash - A Tribute to Michael Schultz

A comedic take on the daily life of car-wash employees, chronicling their hopes, fears, joys, dreams, and tribulations, and meeting some eccentric customers along the way.

  • Sep 13, 2025 3:00 pm
    Oriental Theatre (Abele Cinema-Main)
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Cat Town, USA

Meet Terry and Bruce Jenkins, founders of Cats Cradle Foundation, a sanctuary and hospice for senior cats with nowhere else to go, but still a lot of love, if not life, left in them. In this feel-good doc, director Jonathan Napolitano captures the emotional bonds between the couple and their feline residents, highlighting the joys, challenges, and inevitable goodbyes that come with caring for cats in their final chapter. This program will be followed by a talkback.

  • Sep 20, 2025 5:30 pm
    Downer Theatre (North Cinema)
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Caught Stealing

Hank Thompson (Austin Butler) was a high-school baseball phenom who can’t play anymore, but everything else is going okay. He’s got a great girl (Zoë Kravitz), tends bar at a New York dive, and his favorite team is making an underdog run at the pennant. When his punk-rock neighbor Russ (Matt Smith) asks him to take care of his cat for a few days, Hank suddenly finds himself caught in the middle of a motley crew of threatening gangsters. They all want a piece of him; the problem is he has no idea why. As Hank attempts to evade their ever-tightening grip, he’s got to use all his hustle to stay alive long enough to find out…

  • Sep 03, 2025 6:00 pm
    Downer Theatre (North Cinema)
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    Downer Theatre (North Cinema)
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Comparsa

COMPARSA is an intense, urgent exploration of the power of art to heal a community, overcoming the traumas of violence and corruption. Sisters Lesli and Lupe are visionary young artists who are spurred to action after a horrific act of violence strikes their community in Guatemala City. When 41 teenage girls are killed and the perpetrators go unpunished, the lionhearted sisters use exuberant public performance to fight back. This program will be followed by a virtual filmmaker Q&A.

  • Sep 20, 2025 7:45 pm
    Oriental Theatre (Herzfeld Cinema-East)
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Cooley High - A Tribute to Michael Schultz

DIRECTOR IN ATTENDANCE! TRIBUTE EVENT! In 1964 on Chicago''s Near-North Side, the lives of four carefree high school seniors and best friends, including an aspiring playwright and an all-city basketball champion, takes a tragic turn.

  • Sep 13, 2025 7:30 pm
    Oriental Theatre (Abele Cinema-Main)
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Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

The cinematic return of the global phenomenon follows the Crawley family and their staff as they enter the 1930s, as the beloved cast of characters navigates how to lead Downton Abbey into the future, they must embrace change and welcome a new chapter.

  • Sep 12, 2025 3:00 pm
    Downer Theatre (North Cinema)
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    Downer Theatre (North Cinema)
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    Downer Theatre (North Cinema)
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    Downer Theatre (North Cinema)
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    Downer Theatre (North Cinema)
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Dude Bro Party Massacre III - with filmmaker Q&A and Patton Oswalt

GUESTS IN ATTENDANCE! A satirical twist on the gory and sexually-charged 1980s slasher genre, DUDE BRO PARTY MASSACRE III is presented as the only surviving VHS copy of a reviled horror franchise''s third—and final—installment. In the wake of mass murders on Chico''s frat row, loner Brent Chirino must infiltrate the ranks of a popular fraternity to investigate his twin brother''s murder at the hands of the serial killer known as Motherface. As they are picked off one by one, Brent and his fellow Dude Bros must face the terrifying reality that their deadly foe has returned from the grave, and is hell-bent on the destruction of the Delta Bis. Featuring cameos from Larry King, Patton Oswalt, Greg Sestero (THE ROOM), and Andrew W.K., DUDE BRO PARTY MASSACRE III is a subversive and hilarious tribute to ''80s slashers.

  • Oct 08, 2025 7:00 pm
    Oriental Theatre (Herzfeld Cinema-East)
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FOUND FOOTAGE FEST: Porcelain VHS Treasures

Live comedy with VHS tapes! BRAND NEW SHOW FOR 2025! Joe Pickett (THE ONION) and Nick Prueher (LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN) have over 14,000 VHS tapes in their cluttered office in Brooklyn and will take viewers on a guided tour of their latest/greatest finds in this brand new Volume 11 show for 2025. Highlights include a psychotic dollar store salesman, a video catalog of frightening porcelain dolls, two wonderfully homemade Bigfoot videos and a new age “miracle” treatment from the 80s called “Psychic Surgery.” Contains nudity, language, clowns.

  • Nov 22, 2025 7:00 pm
    Oriental Theatre (Abele Cinema-Main)
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Farming While Black

In 1910, Black farmers owned 14 percent of all American farmland. Over the intervening decades, that number fell below two percent, as a result of racism, discrimination, and dispossession. This visually eloquent film chronicles author of the book FARMING WHILE BLACK, Leah Penniman, and two other Black farmers’ efforts to reclaim their agricultural heritage. Collectively, their work has a major impact as leaders in the sustainable agriculture and food justice movements.

  • Sep 20, 2025 11:30 am
    Oriental Theatre (Abele Cinema-Main)
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Fire in the Heartland: The Kent State Story

Looking back on the student activism of the turbulent and transformative 1960s and 1970s, when students across the U.S. were compelled to fight against racism, violence, and the war in Vietnam, FIRE IN THE HEARTLAND recalls the tragedy at Kent State on May 4, 1970. This moving documentary honors the fallen through interviews that resonate loudly with activism on campuses in the 21st century, and invites viewers to discover the larger truth of a generation. This program will be followed by a talkback.

  • Sep 20, 2025 12:00 pm
    Downer Theatre (North Cinema)
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Florence w/ Little Blue Crunchy Things Q&A

Little Blue Crunchy Things post-screening Q&A! Chronicles the writing and afterlife of the hit 1995 song “Florence” by Milwaukee band Little Blue Crunchy Things through interviews and live performances. The documentary will be preceded by concert footage from the band''s 30th anniversary performances.

  • Sep 12, 2025 7:00 pm
    Oriental Theatre (Herzfeld Cinema-East)
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Folktales

In Oscar® nominees Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s life-affirming film, teenagers converge at a traditional folk high school in Arctic Norway where they must rely only on themselves, one another, and a loyal pack of sled dogs as they all grow in unexpected directions. Through intimate verité storytelling and exhilarating cinematography, Ewing and Grady examine humans on the cusp of adulthood, finding themselves at the edge of the world.

  • Sep 19, 2025 2:30 pm
    Downer Theatre (North Cinema)
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Harold and Maude - Board Pick

Board Pick! Board Member Joan Lubar chose HAROLD AND MAUDE! Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral.

  • Dec 10, 2025 7:00 pm
    Oriental Theatre (Abele Cinema-Main)
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Highest 2 Lowest

When a titan music mogul (Denzel Washington), widely known as having the “best ears in the business”, is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death moral dilemma. Brothers Denzel Washington and Spike Lee reunite for the fifth in their long working relationship for a reinterpretation of the great filmmaker Akira Kurosawa’s crime thriller HIGH AND LOW, now played out on the mean streets of modern day New York City.

  • Sep 03, 2025 6:30 pm
    Oriental Theatre (Lubar Cinema-West)
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    Oriental Theatre (Lubar Cinema-West)
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Holding Liat

After Liat Beinin Atzili is kidnapped on October 7, 2023, her Israeli-American family faces their own conflicting perspectives to fight for her release and the future of the places they call home. With raw, intimate access to Liat's family, filmmakers Brandon and Lance Kramer bring viewers up close to both the conflict in Gaza and the political implications for Israeli and American Jews in its wake.

  • Sep 18, 2025 6:30 pm
    Oriental Theatre (Herzfeld Cinema-East)
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Honey Don't

HONEY DON''T! is a dark comedy about Honey O’Donahue, a small-town private investigator, who delves into a series of strange deaths tied to a mysterious church.

  • Sep 03, 2025 6:30 pm
    Downer Theatre (South Cinema)
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    Downer Theatre (South Cinema)
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How Deep Is Your Love

Scientists explore the mysterious deep sea to collect and name undiscovered species. As they uncover mesmerizing creatures and ecosystems thriving in darkness, a looming threat emerges: the prospect of deep-sea mining in this untouched wilderness. Weaving wonder with urgency, this film challenges us to balance the drive for resources with the intrinsic value of an ecosystem. As we journey through this breathtaking realm, we are left to ponder—how deep is our love?

  • Sep 21, 2025 12:00 pm
    Downer Theatre (North Cinema)
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If That Mockingbird Don't Sing - The Popcorn List

The Popcorn List Recommendation: “IF THAT MOCKINGBIRD DON''T SING is an amazing accomplishment by a 19 year old filmmaker. Audiences deserve to see this because it''s a good story, and because we should all be supporting promising independent filmmakers.” - Judy Laster, Founder/Director, Woods Hole Film Festival

  • Sep 23, 2025 7:00 pm
    Downer Theatre (North Cinema)
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Ikiru - Kurosawa Retrospective

Mr. Watanabe suddenly finds that he has terminal cancer. He vows to make his final days meaningful. His attempts to communicate his anguish to his son and daughter-in-law lead only to heartbreak. Finally, inspired by an unselfish co-worker, he turns his efforts to bringing happiness to others by building a playground in a dreary slum neighborhood. When the park is finally completed, he is able to face death with peaceful acceptance.

  • Sep 12, 2025 4:00 pm
    Oriental Theatre (Herzfeld Cinema-East)
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    Oriental Theatre (Herzfeld Cinema-East)
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  • Sep 16, 2025 7:00 pm
    Oriental Theatre (Herzfeld Cinema-East)
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It's Dorothy!

IT’S DOROTHY! fabulously pulls back the emerald curtain on 125 years of Dorothy Gale, from L. Frank Baum’s original literary Kansas dreamer to queer icon across stage and screen adaptations like WICKED, THE WIZ, and the beloved 1939 film, THE WIZARD OF OZ. Director Jeffrey McHale (YOU DON'T NOMI, MFF19) assembles a twister of interviews, archival gems, and glittering pop culture moments to explore how Dorothy clicked her heels into the heart of LGBTQ+ identity and an undeniable cultural touchstone. This program will be followed by a filmmaker Q&A.

  • Sep 19, 2025 5:30 pm
    Oriental Theatre (Abele Cinema-Main)
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It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley

The definitive tale of Jeff Buckley, the rising young star with an otherworldly voice whose sudden death at age 30, after the release of his critically acclaimed debut album ''Grace,'' shocked the world. Told through never-before-seen footage from Buckley’s archives and intimate accounts.

  • Sep 05, 2025 3:00 pm
    Oriental Theatre (Herzfeld Cinema-East)
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    Oriental Theatre (Herzfeld Cinema-East)
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    Oriental Theatre (Herzfeld Cinema-East)
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    Oriental Theatre (Herzfeld Cinema-East)
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Jaws - 50th Anniversary

When a massive killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, it''s up to the local police chief, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.

  • Sep 03, 2025 7:00 pm
    Oriental Theatre (Abele Cinema-Main)
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    Oriental Theatre (Abele Cinema-Main)
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    Oriental Theatre (Abele Cinema-Main)
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Just Kids

Over a tumultuous year, director Gianna Toboni's powerful documentary follows three families living in states where gender-affirming care is banned, as they demonstrate extraordinary strength in their fight to save their children's lives. Through intimate access to their daily struggles, we witness the human cost of politically motivated bans that contradict the medical consensus of America's leading healthcare associations, coming away with hope for our nation's youth and the strength of family to persevere.

  • Sep 20, 2025 2:30 pm
    Oriental Theatre (Abele Cinema-Main)
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Just Sing

Angelique Molina and Abraham Troen's JUST SING takes us behind the curtain as USC's co-ed intercollegiate competitive a cappella group, the SoCal VoCals, prepares for their 2023 season and a hopeful, unprecedented, sixth national title. Like any sports or competition film, this doc is filled with adrenaline and heart, and will have you cheering (and perhaps even harmonizing) along until the credits roll. This program will be followed by an a cappella performance and talkback.

  • Sep 21, 2025 7:30 pm
    Oriental Theatre (Abele Cinema-Main)
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Make Peace or Die

Marine Corps veteran Anthony Marquez (and brother of director, MFF alum Manny Marquez, PSYCHOPATH, MFF14; OPERATION ALLIE, MFF15) returned from Afghanistan riddled with survivor's guilt. His unit, 1st Battalion 5th Marine Regiment, lost 17 men on their 2011 deployment to Sangin. Upon returning home, Anthony made it his mission to help the Gold Star families of the fallen find healing, and in doing so, attempt to heal himself. This program will be followed by a filmmaker Q&A.

  • Sep 19, 2025 8:00 pm
    Oriental Theatre (Herzfeld Cinema-East)
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Malignant Practice

MALIGNANT PRACTICE is an animated short film based on the medical misfortune of a young woman whose breast cancer was missed by a doctor and a mammogram. This Milwaukee-made, deeply personal yet true story from MFF alum Kristin Catalano (CLARENCE, MFF15) emphasizes the flaws within our healthcare system and the importance of being one's own healthcare advocate. This program will be followed by a talkback.

  • Sep 21, 2025 2:30 pm
    Oriental Theatre (Abele Cinema-Main)
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Natchez

Winner of Best Documentary Feature at Tribeca ’25, NATCHEZ unravels the complex layers of a town in Mississippi sustained by antebellum tourism yet divided by the narrative of its own history. As hoop skirts and mansion tours clash with hard truths, NATCHEZ becomes a riveting meditation on the stories America chooses to tell—and forget.Alum Suzannah Herbert (WRESTLE, MFF18) asks the question: Who gets to tell America’s story?

  • Sep 21, 2025 6:00 pm
    Downer Theatre (North Cinema)
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New Wave - The Popcorn List

The Popcorn List Recommendation: ''NEW WAVE is a stunning film that captures, with incredible nuance, poignancy, and a fair share of razor-sharp wit, a community of first-generation Vietnamese American youth in the 1980s who found solidarity through a shared love of Euro-synth dance music and punk/goth aesthetics. Beneath the music, however, lies a deeper story of intergenerational trauma, the lasting impact of the Vietnam War, and the resilience and possibility of reinvention.” - Sky Sitney, Co-Founder, Festival Director, DC/DOX

  • Sep 24, 2025 7:00 pm
    Downer Theatre (North Cinema)
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Rashomon - Kurosawa Retrospective

A riveting psychological thriller that investigates the nature of truth and the meaning of justice, Rashomon is widely considered one of the greatest films ever made. Four people give different accounts of a man’s murder and the rape of his wife, which director Akira Kurosawa presents with striking imagery and an ingenious use of flashbacks. This eloquent masterwork and international sensation revolutionized film language and introduced Japanese cinema—and a commanding new star by the name of Toshiro Mifune—to the Western world.

  • Sep 06, 2025 9:00 pm
    Oriental Theatre (Herzfeld Cinema-East)
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    Oriental Theatre (Herzfeld Cinema-East)
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Rosemary's Baby - Board Pick!

Board pick! Board member Jeff Kurz chose ROSEMARY''S BABY. A young wife comes to believe that her offspring is not of this world. Waifish Rosemary Woodhouse (Mia Farrow) and her struggling actor husband Guy (John Cassavetes) move to a New York City apartment building with an ominous reputation and odd neighbors Roman and Minnie Castavet (Sidney Blackmer, Ruth Gordon). When Rosemary becomes pregnant she becomes increasingly isolated, and the diabolical truth is revealed only after Rosemary gives birth.

  • Oct 23, 2025 7:00 pm
    Oriental Theatre (Abele Cinema-Main)
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She Runs the World

Allyson Felix is the most decorated track and field athlete of all time. At the peak of her career, Felix happily discovers she is pregnant with her first child. But the pinnacle of Felix’s life turns into a public fight for maternal protections in sports, as a life-threatening complication triggers a high-stakes showdown with the most powerful brand in athletics. Delve into the cataclysmic movement that changed the game for countless women athletes across the country.

  • Sep 20, 2025 8:30 pm
    Downer Theatre (North Cinema)
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Shorts: Inside Outside

This duo of longer short docs explores visibility within the context of confinement. Both films depict the consequences of imprisonment while offering empathy and mercy to the subjects, showing that these concepts can lead to not only understanding, but real connection and growth, even in the most unlikely place: prison. This program includes the following short films: Classroom 4, Edge of Daybreak

  • Sep 21, 2025 3:15 pm
    Downer Theatre (North Cinema)
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Shorts: Parks and Crafts

SHORTS: PARKS AND CRAFTS is a vibrant mix of documentary shorts that explore the beautifully tangled relationship between nature and human creativity. These films wander through forests and fields, studios and sketchbooks to reveal how artists draw inspiration from the natural world and give back in return. (Sunscreen optional.) This program includes the following short films: Into the Dark, Appalheads, The Conscience Files, A Color I Named Blue, Tiger

  • Sep 18, 2025 6:30 pm
    Downer Theatre (North Cinema)
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Shorts: Silver Linings

Wrinkles? We call that wisdom. Slower pace? We say better storytelling. These short films celebrate the people who are living proof that life doesn’t stop at 60, 70, or 90—it just gets more interesting. From typewriting legends to late-in-life reinventions, this program reminds us that growing older might just be the best-kept secret to living well. This program will be followed by a talkback. This program includes the following short films: Angelita, Mercedes, Thanks, Babs!, Houston's Whitebeam

  • Sep 20, 2025 3:00 pm
    Downer Theatre (North Cinema)
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Shuffle

Through the lens of his own recovery, director Benjamin Flaherty offers an intimate look inside the billion dollar substance abuse treatment industry in this eye-opening winner of SXSW's 2025 Documentary Feature Competition. Shot over the course of three years, SHUFFLE follows three individuals whose lives depend not on getting into treatment for their addictions, but on getting out alive, and in the process, shines a light on the insurance-fueled cycle of addiction treatment fraud spreading across the country.

  • Sep 19, 2025 2:30 pm
    Oriental Theatre (Abele Cinema-Main)
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About Milwaukee Film

Milwaukee Film is a nonprofit arts organization dedicated to entertaining, educating, and engaging our community through cinematic experiences, with a vision to make Milwaukee a center for film culture. We operate the magnificent Oriental Theatre, a historic cinema palace committed to high-quality and accessible film and education programming. Since 2009, the annual Milwaukee Film Festival has brought together film fans and filmmakers to celebrate the power of cinema. Our education programs and cultures and communities platform provide avenues toward making our community a more empathetic and equitable place for everyone to live.