On Film

Screenings at the University of Rochester Each of our sessions has a theme (walls, landscape, etc.).

Our mission is threefold:

-To bring rarely-seen and important films from around the world.

-To show films in 16mm or 35mm prints and encourage discussion about the materiality as well as the contents of the films.

-To facilitate informal discussions about these films and offer an opportunity for students, faculties, and the communities to experience the films as an event. By showing diverse set

s of films back to back, we hope to facilitate the chance to encounter movies both as singular objects in their own right and at the same time to make unexpected discoveries about the ways in which they might co-inform, both on the level of sameness and difference, and in terms of their material, formal, and narrative conditions.

09/16/2025

On Film—in collaboration with the Program for Dance and Movement and as part of the Rochester Fringe Festival—is excited to present A Body in Places, a curated selection of works by celebrated movement artist Eiko Otake, who will join us virtually to present the performance and for a Q&A session afterwards. This event will be held in Spurrier Hall at 6 PM.

Spanning four decades of Eiko's career, the works presented here showcase her longstanding devotion to capturing movement in motion, highlighting collaborations between body and camera, as well as between body and its surrounding environment. This event is part of Dance On Film, a series which will run throughout the 2025-2026 academic year devoted to the intersection of dance and film.

Tickets are $15 or free for students with ID and can be purchased here.

Made possible with the support of the Schwartz Performing Arts Fund of the Institute for the Performing Arts, the Visual and Cultural Studies Program, Film and Media Studies, the University Committee for Interdisciplinary Studies, the Humanities Project, the Central New York Humanities Corridor, and the Department of Modern Languages and Culture.

11/18/2024

Lizzie Borden is coming this week! Don't miss our two nights of screenings on Wednesday and Thursday and the gallery opening of Sex/Labor on Thursday!

04/09/2024

Please join On Film next Monday for "The Exhilarating Everything: A Night of 16mm Shorts," programmed by On Film's very own Aditi Prasad and Timothy Yim-Steuve.

The screening is on April 15th, at 5pm in the Gowen Room. See you there!

02/07/2024

The 24th installment of the On Film series, Screening Medicine, begins next week with Claire Simon's 2023 documentary Our Body. As always, this event is free and open to the public. The screening takes place at 5pm on Wednesday, February 14th.
We are very excited to be opening our series with this important documentary. The film traces the day-to-day operations of a gynocology ward in a Parisian public hospital, and it is of particular importance in this moment when women and transgender people are fighting for their right to health care. Simon's documentary gives a demystifying and deobjectifying look at the bodies of medical patients and the people that care for them. Please join us for this screening next Wednesday evening in the Gowan room at Wilson Commons.

02/17/2023

On Film is excited to announce an 8-week (Yes! Count them! 8 weeks!) series this spring, "Experiments in Cinema." Please join us every Wednesday night at 7pm in Dewey Auditorium (101-1) until April 12th.

We have 25 films that expand the boundaries of the word "experimental." We have classic Hollywood, avant-garde, and animated films! All on 16mm!

The full series calendar is available below. We'd love to see you there! This is a free and public event so tell everyone you know!

11/03/2022

On Film invites you to attend a 16mm screening of Ken Russell’s provocative film The Devils (1971) on Wednesday, November 9th at 7pm in Dewey Auditorium (Dewey 101-1), sponsored by Film and Media Studies.

Set in 17th century France, the film narrates the true story of Father Urbain Grandier (Oliver Reed), who is publicly accused of witchcraft by a nun (Vanessa Redgrave) who harbors a secret love for the priest. The Devils is a psycho-sexual horror film that features excellent performances from Reed and Redgrave and astonishing set designs by Derek Jarman. As a content warning, please be advised that this film features extreme violence, sexual abuse, and sexual content.

10/07/2022

Please join On Film for a screening of Sarah Friedland's Movement Exercises trilogy, presented in collaboration with the Dance and Movement Program and the Art & Art History Department. The screening takes place on October 18th at 6pm in Hoyt Auditorium (Hoyt 104). Please stay after for a post-screening conversation with the director! Food and drinks included!

03/10/2022

This semester On Film has partnered with the University of Rochester's inspireDANCE festival. The festival takes place March 15-25!

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