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
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Oct
7
FMS Screening Series Presents “Babylon” (1980, Franco Rosso)
Time: 7:00pmBanned in the US for nearly 40 years, “Babylon” follows a young reggae DJ named Blue (Brinsley Forde) pursuing a musical career in this explicitly anti-Thatcher-era film.
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Oct
14
FMS Screening Series Presents UFO’s Short Film Lab with Professor Sean Weiner!
Time: 7:00pmSean Weiner co-founder and co-director of UFO (Untitled Filmmaker Org) as well as SUNY Purchase Faculty Member, will present some of the films apart of UFO’s Short Film Lab, providing funding and resources to young filmmakers from intersectional backgrounds.
Past Events
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Sep
30
FMS Screening Series Presents “Sex Robot Madness”(2025) plus Q&A with filmmaker Jimmy Mehiel
Time: 7:00pmJoin us in CMFT 0065 for an introduction, screening, and Q&A with director (and Purchase faculty member) Jimmy Mehiel’s new documentary “Sex Robot Madness” (2025)!
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Sep
23
FMS Screening Series Presents “Bye Bye Tiberias” (2023, Lina Soualem)
Time: 7:00pmIn this documentary, Palestinian-French filmmaker Lina Soualem explores her family’s shared experience of exile and displacement.
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Sep
16
FMS Screening Series Presents “West Indies” (1979, Med Hondo)
Time: 7:00pmWest Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty (1979) is an anti-colonial musical-drama film directed by influential African filmmaker and actor Med Hondo.
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Sep
9
FMS Screening Series presents “OFFSIDE”
Time: 7:00pmOFFSIDE, directed by Jafar Panahi, is an Iranian political comedy-drama about a group of girls who try to watch a World Cup qualifying match but are forbidden by law because of their gender. Its screening is banned there.
