Join us on select Friday afternoons for lunch-time screenings of documentaries celebrating legendary artist Elizabeth Catlett. Programmed in conjunction with exhibition Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist. Learn More about Friday Afternoons with Elizabeth Catlett

Now in its third year, We Have Always Been Here is a film and video series documenting queer freedom and unity, storytelling, and histories through the moving image.  Learn More about We Have Always Been Here

Now in its third year, We Have Always Been Here is a film and video series documenting queer freedom and unity, storytelling, and histories through the moving image.  Learn More about We Have Always Been Here

This film series celebrates the exhibition Little Beasts: Art, Wonder, and the Natural World through historic and contemporary international videos and films inspired by the incredible insects, sea creatures, birds and other animals who share the world with us. Learn More about Creatures on Film

This film series celebrates the exhibition Little Beasts: Art, Wonder, and the Natural World through historic and contemporary international videos and films inspired by the incredible insects, sea creatures, birds and other animals who share the world with us. Learn More about Creatures on Film

The annual tour of award winners from the Thomas Edison Film Festival (TEFF) returns to the National Gallery. Learn More about Best of the Thomas Edison Film Festival 2025

The annual tour of award winners from the Thomas Edison Film Festival (TEFF) returns to the National Gallery. Learn More about Best of the Thomas Edison Film Festival 2025

Founded 70 years ago, the Flaherty Film Seminar brings together an international and intergenerational community each year to explore the transformative, world-building power of nonfiction cinema, the exchange of cinematic ideas across cultures, and the expansion of the limits of cinema itself.  Learn More about Onward! Highlights from the Flaherty Film Seminar