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Upcoming Events
In-Person SCA Graduate Information Session
January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2026, Varies
SCA Courtyard and Online
Join the SCA Admissions staff for an in-person or an online information session to learn more about applying to the SCA graduate programs for the Fall 2025 semester. Topics will include an overview of the school, programs and facilities, financial aid, Q&A with staff and more!
CTPR 524: Virtual Production – Information Session
March 24, 2026 - March 24, 2036, 5pm
Zoom
Join us for a 30-minute information session for CTPR 524: Virtual Production.
AGFA Movie Hooky Club IMAX Matinee Screening: THE CHURCH (1989)
April 21, 2026, 3:00 P.M.
The Michelle & Kevin Douglas IMAX Theater, RZC 119, Robert Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts, 3131 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007
In medieval times, a band of crusaders massacre a village of supposed devil-worshippers and build a large cathedral atop the mass grave to keep the evil sealed within. But when a mysterious crypt is accidentally opened centuries later, a group of tourists and staff find themselves trapped inside the church with the spirits of the slaughtered and possessed by the demonic forces one-by-one. Legendary Italian horror maestro Dario Argento (SUSPIRIA) presents this stylish shocker from director Michele Soavi (CEMETERY MAN), featuring an orgy of nightmarish visual effects and a memorable score from Goblin, Keith Emerson, and Philip Glass.
SCA Community Impact Council Meeting
April 22, 2026, 10:30-11:30 AM
SCA 255
Please join us for the final SCA Community Impact Council meeting of the spring semester on Wednesday, April 22, from 10:30–11:30 AM in SCA 255. The Impact Council is a group of students, faculty, and staff working together to support programming, initiatives, and community-building efforts across SCA. The Council is open to all members of the SCA community, and we hope to see you there.
iMappening 2026
April 23, 2026 - April 30, 2026, Various
Stage 4 + SCA Gallery
iMappening is a yearly exhibition of experimental works-in-progress from the interdisciplinary Media Arts + Practice PhD program.
Flux Festival 2026
April 25, 2026, 2:00 - 11:00 pm
Blum Gallery, Culver City
Flux is a festival of creativity showcasing bold innovations in moving image and sound as artists experiment with emerging tools and technologies.
AGFA Movie Hooky Club IMAX Matinee Screening: DOGRA MAGRA (1988)
April 28, 2026, 3:00 P.M.
The Michelle & Kevin Douglas IMAX Theater, RZC 119, Robert Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts, 3131 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007
From Japanese cult visionary Toshio Matsumoto (FUNERAL PARADE OF ROSES) comes another masterful cinematic exploration of memory and identity from one of the country’s greatest experimental minds. An amnesic young man awakens in an asylum to learn that he has been charged for killing his bride on their wedding day. Driven to learn more about his condition, his doctors proceed with a series of experimental treatments to tap into his familial history and, thus, find the source of his violent impulses. As the lines between fantasy and history begin to blur, the man must grapple with the truths of both his past and present to free himself from the burdens of his illness. With its kaleidoscopic style and enigmatic tone, DOGRA MAGRA is Matsumoto in top form: mystifying, intelligent, electrifying.
AACS 35th Anniversary Celebration
May 3, 2026, 3:00pm - 7:00pm
Ray Stark Theatre (SCA 108)
Celebrate 35 Years of the African American Cinema Society (AACS) at the USC School of Cinematic Arts!
AACS invites you to an evening of honoring its history and long-lasting impact on USC’s filmmaking legacy. The evening will include the official premiere of POISED, the first short film created as an AACS member project, executive produced by Geoffrey Ogunlesi. We will also celebrate our graduating seniors with our annual Pinning Ceremony!
A STATE FILM (FILM DI STATO)
May 4, 2026, 7:00 P.M.
The Eileen Norris Cinema Theater at the Frank Sinatra Hall, 3507 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90007
A journey through the images of a regime that made cinema an instrument of power. A story of communist Albania constructed exclusively through propaganda film archives and, for the first time, unpublished material from Enver Hoxha’s private film archive. Since the end of the Second World War and for over forty years, the history of Albania has been inextricably intertwined with that of a single man. Enver Hoxha led the country through ephemeral alliances and radical ruptures, leading it to total isolation.
Proof of Life: MA+P Undergraduate Thesis Exhibition
May 5, 2026 - May 8, 2026, Various
Stages 3 + 4, SCI 106
An exhibition of thesis projects created by senior undergraduate students in the Media Arts + Practice BA program.
AGFA Movie Hooky Club IMAX Matinee Screening: YOKOHAMA BJ BLUES (1981)
May 5, 2026, 3:00 P.M.
The Michelle & Kevin Douglas IMAX Theater, RZC 119, Robert Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts, 3131 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007
Blending the neo-noir cool of Altman’s THE LONG GOODBYE with the existential melancholy of Visconti’s DEATH IN VENICE, Japan’s undersung ‘80s detective film YOKOHAMA BJ BLUES is a powerful examination on obsession and the weight of never letting go. Washed-up singer and private investigator BJ (Yusaku Matsuda, BLACK RAIN) spends his days listlessly wandering through life, haunted by the ghosts of old cases and desperate to forget. When a shocking murder rocks him back to life, he's quickly drawn back into the city's dangerous criminal underworld in his hunt for the truth. With its beautifully muted cinematography and nuanced queer subtext, neo-noirs rarely come as accomplished and confident as YOKOHAMA BJ BLUES.