The last film in the German-Austrian Film Series is Hannah Arendt by the award-winning Margarethe v. Trotta. This film portrays Arendt’s strengths at the time of the 1961 trial of ex-Nazi Eichmann and her report for The New Yorker.

This documentary examines the origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here ever to become U.S. citizens. Discussion afterward with Professor Scott Wong and Director Li-Shin Yu.

Come hear the Emmy Award-winning producer Rich Remsberg speak about his work as an archival researcher - followed by a free screening of The Bandit, the outrageously true story of car- and genre-busting superstar Burt Reynolds. Q&A to follow.

Come to Images Cinema Sunday 11/18 for an 8pm screening and post-film discussion of the film Thunder Road. Producer Benjamin Wiessner will be attending the screening and discussing the process of making and distributing and award winning independent film.

This year's French Film Festival begins with L'homme sur les quais / The Man by the Shore. Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck, who later went on to become the nation's Minister of Culture, directed this drama that examines the violence and instability of his country's darkest days, the 60s. The story follows an 8-year old girl, whose parents had to flee from the…

The French Film Festival 2019 continues tonight with one short film, Maman(s) / Mothers(s) followed by Tomboy. Maïmouna Doucouré, a French writer and filmmaker, reveals the complex nature of polygamy in Maman(s)/ Mother(s). Eight year old Aida lives in an apartment in the Parisian suburb. The daily life of Aida and the whole family is overwhelmed when her father comes…

This year's French Film Festival concludes with Polina, danser sa vie / Polina. Adapted from Bastien Vivès’s graphic novel, filmmaker Valérie Müller and choreographer Angelin Preljocaj (her husband), depict the life of a dancer in a straightforward and sometimes a documentary-style approach. Rigorously trained from an early age by a perfectionist instructor, Polina is a promising classical ballet dancer. She is…

Come to Images Cinema Wednesday 6 March for a 7pm screening and post-film discussion with the filmmaker of the documentary Denying Access: No DAPL to NoNAPL.  Denying Access: NoDAPL to NoNAPL is a gripping documentary chronicling the Water Protectors at Standing Rock and Seneca Territory working to oppose the Dakota Access and Northern Access Pipelines. This Indigenous-led movement brought together people…

The German-Austrian Film Festival, titled “Dark Futures,” presents three recent films that take place in imaginary future worlds, but tackle issues that face us here and now: fear of change, deep trauma, family conflict, and loneliness.

Award-winning filmmaker, Anand Patwardhan, will screen his new documentary, Reason at Images Cinema on October 27 at 2.00pm. The screening will be followed by a talkback with the filmmaker and Professors Jeff Israel and Aparna Kapadia.

Compelling and deeply human, Negotiating with Nature examines how the widening disconnect with nature is shaping our lives from many perspectives. In a high-tech world that is increasingly urban, gardens play a critical role as we navigate the transition into a sustainable future through stewardship of the land. This timely film explores how both rural and urban gardens hold an…

The film documents an early period in the life of Guyanese revolutionary and historian of Africa, Walter Rodney.

Tazzeka, by Jean-Philippe Gaud, opens this year’s Williams College French Film Festival devoted to the multiple faces of French and Francophone cinema.

The 2020 Williams College French Film Festival devoted to the multiple faces of French and Francophone cinema continues with Félicité by Alain Gomis.

This year French Film Festival concludes with Ouvrir la Voix, directed by Amandine Gay.

In remembrance of the 20th anniversary of 9-11, the Chaplains' Office is presenting the film, ``Man On Wire'' on Saturday, September 11 at
2:00 pm at Images, 50 Spring St. A brief reflection, discussion and Q & A will follow the film.

Images Cinema and the Williams College Museum of Art, in tandem with the exhibition "Repro Japan: Technologies of Popular Visual Culture," are hosting three free screenings of Japanese anime films throughout the run of the exhibition.

An American Ascent documents the first African American expedition to tackle Denali, North America's highest peak, and explores the complex relationship many African-Americans have with the outdoors.

Please join The Davis Center and Images Cinema for a screening of "Beans," with a talkback to follow by Dr. Eli Nelson (kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk)) at 7:30 PM, Wed Mar 2, at Images Cinema. Free and open to the public.

Join us at Images on Tuesday, April 5th, at 7:30 for a screening of the film Come Hell or High Water: the Battle for Turkey Creek, with a post-film conversation on environmental justice. This event commemorates Martin Luther King Jr’s final speech on April 3, 1968, “I’ve been to the Mountaintop," about local organizing efforts against racial and labor injustice,…

Introduction and Q&A with Sally Shafto, Translator of Jean-Michel Frodon’s The World of Jia Zhangke (The Film Desk, 2021), Visiting Assistant Professor in Fine and Performing Arts at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.

Please join The Davis Center and VISTA at Images Cinema for BEBA, the first screening of The DC's Social Change Film Series. Monday, September 19, 7:30 PM, free admission. A talkback will follow the film.

Join The Davis Center & Images Cinema for a screening of Powerlands, a documentary about indigenous resistance & environmental justice, Wed October 12, 7:30 PM, followed by a talkback with Cyrus Naider '23.5 & Aly W Corey. All are welcome!

Images Cinema and the Williams College Museum of Art, in conjunction with the exhibition "Frantz Zéphirin: Selected Works," are hosting a screening of the documentary "In the Eye of the Spiral" at Images on Tuesday, October 25.

The 2023 Williams College French and Francophone Film Festival presents Saint Omer (2022), Gagarine (2021), and Memory Box (2021), three feature films that re-imagine the possibility of other lives. Free and open to the public.

The 2023 Williams College French and Francophone film festival presents Saint Omer (2022), Gagarine (2021), and Memory Box (2021), three feature films that re-imagine the possibility of other lives. Free and open to the public.

The 2023 Williams College French and Francophone Film Festival presents Saint Omer (2022), Gagarine (2021), and Memory Box (2021), three feature films that re-imagine the possibility of other lives. Free and open to the public.

The Transnational Asian Film Festival at Williams begins March 9 with a screening of Plan 75 (2022) directed by Chie Hayakawa, with introduction and Q&A led by Christopher Bolton. Film in Japanese with English subtitles.

A public screening of Cecilia Aldarondo’s film "You Were My First Boyfriend" will be held at Images Cinema at 6:30 p.m. as part of Aldarondo’s solo exhibition "Mirrored Interiors." A reception at WCMA will precede the screening at 5 p.m.

The German-Austrian Film Festival focuses this year on “Contemporary Queer Cinema from Germany and Austria”: Tuesdays, April 11, 18, and 25 at 7PM. Images Cinema. English subtitles. The screenings are free and open to the public.

The German-Austrian Film Festival focuses this year on “Contemporary Queer Cinema from Germany and Austria.” The final film showing is on Tuesday, April 25 at 7PM at Images Cinema. English subtitles. Free admission and open to the public.

The German-Austrian Film Festival in its 9th edition will take place on three consecutive Tuesdays at 7:30 PM on 9/26, 10/3, and 10/10 at Images Cinema: the first film is "Sonne" by Kurwin Ayub (in the presence of the director).

The German-Austrian Film Festival in its 9th edition will take place on three consecutive Tuesdays at 7:30 PM on 9/26, 10/3, and 10/10 at Images Cinema: the second film is Sorry Comrade (2022), a documentary comedy by Vera Brückner.

The German-Austrian Film Festival in its 9th edition will take place on three consecutive Tuesdays at 7:30 PM on 9/26, 10/3, and 10/10 at Images Cinema: the third and last film is The Ordinaries, a Sci-Fi debut film by Sophie Linnenbaum.

Join us for a mini international film festival at Images Cinema! We will screen the acclaimed contemporary films “Blue Caftan” (Morocco, Arabic) and “Tobacco Barns” (Spain, Spanish), with subtitles in English. Intros by Williams faculty.

Join us for a mini international film festival at Images Cinema! We will screen the acclaimed contemporary films “Blue Caftan” (Morocco, Arabic) and “Tobacco Barns” (Spain, Spanish), with subtitles in English. Intros by Williams faculty.

Williams French Film Festival 2024: "Media Manipulations: Three Centuries of Sensationalism & Scandal in New French Film" Join us for 3 fabulous new films from France: Feb 13, 20, 27, at 7PM, Images Cinema. Free, subtitled, & open to all!

Williams French Film Festival 2024: "Media Manipulations: Three Centuries of Sensationalism & Scandal in New French Film" Join us for 3 fabulous new films from France: Feb 13, 20, 27, at 7PM, Images Cinema. Free, subtitled, & open to all!

Williams French Film Festival 2024: "Media Manipulations: Three Centuries of Sensationalism & Scandal in New French Film" Join us for 3 fabulous new films from France: Feb 13, 20, 27, at 7PM, Images Cinema. Free, subtitled, & open to all!

Williams Neuroscience offers Free Screening at Images: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (open to the public - first come first seated)