PMA Films
Head to the museum and experience Maine’s best selection of indie, foreign, art house, and award-winning cinema you can’t find anywhere else.
Upcoming screenings
Film ticket prices: $10 / $7 Members & Students / $6 Friday Matinees
All films are screened in-person in the Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium unless otherwise noted.
Assisted listening devices are available to use for PMA Film screenings. Inquire at the Konkel Family Welcome Center.
135 minutes. Rated R. Directed by John Sayles. In English. Followed by Q&A with John Sayles, Maggie Renzi, and Chris Cooper.
Advance registration for this event has reached capacity. A limited number of seats may become available at the door.
When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds (Chris Cooper) unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town. All BFF screenings are free and open to the public!
Running Time: 105 minutes. Followed by Q&A with Jared Lank, Connie Shi, Matthew Tyler, Marianne Leone, Mariah Hernandez-Fitch, and Chris Cooper.
A lovingly curated selection of short films from the Bates Film Festival, followed by a Q&A with some of the filmmakers. All BFF screenings are free and open to the public!
151 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Justine Triet. In English and French with English subtitles.
A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness. All BFF screenings are free and open to the public!
103 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Ethan Hawke. In English. DCP.
Directed and co-written by four-time Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke, WILDCAT invites the audience to weave in and out of celebrated Southern Gothic writer Flannery O’Connor’s mind as she ponders the great questions of her writing.
90 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by David Bickerstaff. In English. DCP.
Through interviews with curators, contemporary fashionistas and style influencers, this documentary examines how John Singer Sargent’s unique practice has influenced modern art, culture, and fashion.
103 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Ethan Hawke. In English. DCP.
Directed and co-written by four-time Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke, WILDCAT invites the audience to weave in and out of celebrated Southern Gothic writer Flannery O’Connor’s mind as she ponders the great questions of her writing.
90 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by David Bickerstaff. In English. DCP.
Through interviews with curators, contemporary fashionistas and style influencers, this documentary examines how John Singer Sargent’s unique practice has influenced modern art, culture, and fashion.
90 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by David Bickerstaff. In English. DCP.
Through interviews with curators, contemporary fashionistas and style influencers, this documentary examines how John Singer Sargent’s unique practice has influenced modern art, culture, and fashion.
103 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Ethan Hawke. In English. DCP.
Directed and co-written by four-time Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke, WILDCAT invites the audience to weave in and out of celebrated Southern Gothic writer Flannery O’Connor’s mind as she ponders the great questions of her writing.
90 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by David Bickerstaff. In English. DCP.
Through interviews with curators, contemporary fashionistas and style influencers, this documentary examines how John Singer Sargent’s unique practice has influenced modern art, culture, and fashion.
90 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by David Bickerstaff. In English. DCP.
Through interviews with curators, contemporary fashionistas and style influencers, this documentary examines how John Singer Sargent’s unique practice has influenced modern art, culture, and fashion.
90 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by David Bickerstaff. In English. DCP.
Through interviews with curators, contemporary fashionistas and style influencers, this documentary examines how John Singer Sargent’s unique practice has influenced modern art, culture, and fashion.
138 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. In English. DCP.
Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s deliriously entertaining backstage drama kicks off a monthlong series, inspired by “Peggy Bacon: Biting, Never Bitter” (opening June 14), about female artists navigating their big city ambitions.
90 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by David Bickerstaff. In English. DCP.
Through interviews with curators, contemporary fashionistas and style influencers, this documentary examines how John Singer Sargent’s unique practice has influenced modern art, culture, and fashion.
90 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by David Bickerstaff. In English. DCP.
Through interviews with curators, contemporary fashionistas and style influencers, this documentary examines how John Singer Sargent’s unique practice has influenced modern art, culture, and fashion.
100 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Don Hertzfeldt. In English. DCP.
Legendary animator Don Hertzfeldt’s (It’s Such a Beautiful Day) staggeringly inventive and profound 2015-2020 trilogy screens with his brand-new short film, ME.
100 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Don Hertzfeldt. In English. DCP.
Legendary animator Don Hertzfeldt’s (It’s Such a Beautiful Day) staggeringly inventive and profound 2015-2020 trilogy screens with his brand-new short film, ME.
90 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Agnès Varda. In French with English subtitles. DCP.
An enduring classic of the French New Wave about a pop star anxiously awaiting the results of a biopsy, Agnès Varda’s film continues a monthlong series about female artists navigating their big city ambitions.
100 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Don Hertzfeldt. In English. DCP.
Legendary animator Don Hertzfeldt’s (It’s Such a Beautiful Day) staggeringly inventive and profound 2015-2020 trilogy screens with his brand-new short film, ME.
100 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Don Hertzfeldt. In English. DCP.
Legendary animator Don Hertzfeldt’s (It’s Such a Beautiful Day) staggeringly inventive and profound 2015-2020 trilogy screens with his brand-new short film, ME.
77 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Ali Asgari and Alireza Khatami. In Persian and English with English subtitles. DCP.
Trenchant and humorous, this new Iranian film follows everyday people from all walks of life as they navigate the cultural, religious, and institutional constraints imposed on them by various social authorities.
77 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Ali Asgari and Alireza Khatami. In Persian and English with English subtitles. DCP.
Trenchant and humorous, this new Iranian film follows everyday people from all walks of life as they navigate the cultural, religious, and institutional constraints imposed on them by various social authorities.
77 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Ali Asgari and Alireza Khatami. In Persian and English with English subtitles. DCP.
Trenchant and humorous, this new Iranian film follows everyday people from all walks of life as they navigate the cultural, religious, and institutional constraints imposed on them by various social authorities.
88 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Chantal Akerman. In French with English subtitles.
A stunning document of 1970s New York, urban alienation, striving, and familial bonds, Chantal Akerman’s landmark documentary continues a monthlong series about female artists navigating their big city ambitions.
77 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Ali Asgari and Alireza Khatami. In Persian and English with English subtitles. DCP.
Trenchant and humorous, this new Iranian film follows everyday people from all walks of life as they navigate the cultural, religious, and institutional constraints imposed on them by various social authorities.
77 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Ali Asgari and Alireza Khatami. In Persian and English with English subtitles. DCP.
Trenchant and humorous, this new Iranian film follows everyday people from all walks of life as they navigate the cultural, religious, and institutional constraints imposed on them by various social authorities.
128 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren. In Spanish, Basque, and French with English subtitles. DCP.
An eight-year-old child struggles with the fact that people keep addressing her in confusing ways. During a summer in the Basque Country among the beehives, she explores her identity alongside the women of her family, who at the same time reflect on their own lives and desires.
128 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren. In Spanish, Basque, and French with English subtitles. DCP.
An eight-year-old child struggles with the fact that people keep addressing her in confusing ways. During a summer in the Basque Country among the beehives, she explores her identity alongside the women of her family, who at the same time reflect on their own lives and desires.
86 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Cauleen Smith. In English. DCP.
One of the key independent films of the 1990s, Cauleen Smith’s lively and elegant portrait of a confident Oakland art student continues a monthlong series about female artists navigating their big city ambitions.
73 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Theo Montoya. In Spanish with English subtitles. DCP.
A funeral car cruises the streets of Medellín, while a young director tells the story of his past in this violent and conservative city. ANHELL69 explores the dreams, doubts and fears of an annihilated generation, and the struggle to carry on making cinema.
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