Stay tuned for 40th Anniversary announcements!
35mm, 70mm, nitrate, state-of-the-art digital. Q&As, retrospectives, double-features, triple-features, marathons. We’re a year-round film festival. There’s something for everyone in our programming lineup.
Everything we do is rooted in the collective, communal experience of the movies and bringing people together around the cinematic arts. Your membership ensures access to that experience is available to everyone and includes a number of personal benefits.
The American Cinematheque is a member-donor-volunteer supported 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization whose mission is to celebrate the experience of cinema.
40 years of American Cinematheque film programming….and counting. Dive into the AC Vault to discover past Q&As and clips from our vast and newly digitized archives, old calendars and programs, new podcasts, conversations and much more.
Since it began screening films to the public in 1985, the American Cinematheque has provided diverse film programming and immersive in-person discussions and events with thousands of filmmakers and luminaries, presenting new and repertory cinema to Los Angeles.
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NO REFUNDS: As a reminder, the non-profit has a strict no refunds policy and does not issue ticket refunds, or exchanges to other screenings, unless in the rare instance a show is cancelled. This includes any conflicts, accidental bookings or other circumstances. However, you’re always welcome to transfer your tickets to someone else if you can’t make it to the show. All sales are final.
For questions about Membership, including how to redeem your new Gift Membership, or how to sign into your online account to apply membership discounts to ticket purchases – please visit our Members FAQs page to learn more. For general questions, please visit our FAQs page as well as our Admission Policies page.
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