Past Events
Oscar Week Events
During the week leading up to the 84th Academy Awards ceremony, the Academy once again presented public events celebrating this year’s nominees.
Past Events from 2012
Past Events from 2011
"It's A Wonderful Life" (NY)
Monday Nights with Oscar presented: Making the Holiday Classic "It's a Wonderful Life." More
"The Last Picture Show"
Hosted by Luke Wilson, this evening featured an onstage cast and crew reunion. More
"It's A Wonderful Life"
A unique look at the sound and visual effectsof a beloved holiday classic. More
2011–2012 Contemporary Documentaries
A showcase for feature-length and short documentaries. More
"Food, Inc." (Washington, D.C.)
A screening of Oscar-nominated documentary "Food, Inc." More
A Century Ago: The Films of 1911 (Bay Area)
A celebration of 100-year-old films, presented with live musical accompaniment. More
The Rise of Non-Fiction Movies
Moderated by R.J. Cutler, this evening featured an esteemed panel of filmmakers. More
Pierre Étaix: The Laughter Returns
Featuring Pierre Étaix in person and screenings of "Le Grand Amour" and his Oscar-winning short "Heureux Anniversaire" More
Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design (NY)
The premiere of the Academy Film Archive’s new restoration of Bass’s Oscar-winning short "Why Man Creates."More
An Academy Salute to Vanessa Redgrave (London)
The Academy celebrated the career of six-time Oscar nominee Vanessa Redgrave with our first-ever European tribute to an actor.More
"The Great White Hope"
A special screening of "The Great White Hope,"starring James Earl Jones, presented in celebration of his Honorary Award.More
"The Color Purple"
A special screening of "The Color Purple," presented in celebration of Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award recipient Oprah Winfrey.More
"The Exorcist"
A special screening of "The Exorcist" that featured the groundbreaking makeup designs of Dick Smith....More
A Century Ago: The Films of 1911
Heroes and heroines were the focus of this celebration of 100-year-old films...More
Mary Blair's World of Color
The 17th Marc Davis Celebration of Animation - A centennial tribute to the amazing artist.More
"Judgment at Nuremberg"
A Larry King hosted special 50th anniversary screening featuring an onstage discussion with Oscar-winning actor Maximilian Schell, and...More
Amateur Night
An eclectic compilation of amateur films, from "Atom Bomb" to "Butt Shakers"and...More
Hollywood Home Movies III
Unique, rarely screened home movie footage from Hollywood's Golden Age...More
Home Movie Day
Bring your own home movies to see and share at this annual celebration of amateur films and filmmaking...More
Malcolm McDowell: His Life and Career
Malcolm McDowell established his career as an actor playing rebellious youths.More
Academy Salute to John Hubley
"Monday Nights with Oscar" celebrated the life and career of one of animation's most innovative and influential designer-directors.More
"The White Shadow"
Alfred Hitchcock's earliest credited feature.More
Hollywood Left and Right
A series of lectures spotlighting recipients of Scholars grantsMore
"A Trip to the Moon"
A special screening of "A Trip to the Moon" in color More
"Thelma & Lousie"
With an onstage cast-and-crew reunion. More
A Celebration of Takuo "Tak" Miyagishima
With a screening of "Empire of the Sun." More
Summer of Silents
Photoplay Award Winners of the Silent Era. More
Breakfast at Tiffany's (NY)
A 50th anniversary screening featuring a new digital restoration. More
Breakfast at Tiffany's
A 50th anniversary screening featuring a new digital restoration. More
Mysteries of the Krell: Making the Sci-Fi Epic "Forbidden Planet"
An evening celebrating the technology behind this 1956 sci-fi classic, hosted by Oscar winners Craig Barron and Ben Burtt. More
38th Student Academy Award Gold Medal Winners
A free screening of the 2011 Student Academy Award gold medal-winning films in Washington, D.C. More
A Celebration of Cuban Film
A special evening celebrating recent Cuban cinema. More
Monday Nights with Oscar: "Upstream" (NY)
A special screening of a newly restored print of John Ford's 1927 silent film "Upstream," which was recently discovered in the New Zealand Film Archive. More
Prime Tech Series: "Raiders of the Lost Ark"
A 30th anniversary screening featuring an onstage discussion with members of the film’s crew, presented by the Academy’s Science and Technology Council. More
38th Student Academy Awards
This popular annual event honors outstanding college filmmakers. Past winners have gone on to earn 43 Oscar nominations, individually or collaboratively, and have won or shared eight Academy Awards. More
An Academy Tribute to Robert Benton
The Academy presented a special evening celebrating the career of writer, director and producer Robert Benton. More
Contemporary Documentaries
A survey of outstanding recent work in the documentary field. More
Cinematography in the Digital Age
Exploring how current skills and techniques of cinematographers have evolved from traditional methodologies used when working with celluloid film. More
"The Garden of the Finzi-Continis" (1971)
A 40th anniversary screening featuring the premiere of a restored print.More
Evolution or Revolution? Production Design in the 21st Century
Top production designers and set decorators presented a four-part Academy seminar series, with film clips and Q&A with the audience.More
Monday Nights with Oscar presents "The Bicycle Thief"
Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese introduced a screening of the landmark Italian neorealist film directed by Vittorio De Sica. More
An Academy Tribute to Sophia Loren
The Academy celebrated the film career of Oscar-winning actress Sophia Loren during a gala evening. Browse photos and watch video highlights from the event. More
Gregory Peck Commemorative Stamp Event
The Academy and the U.S. Postal Service celebrated the release of a new postage stamp honoring Gregory Peck, the 17th stamp in the Legends of Hollywood series. More
Bye Bye Birdie
The premiere of a new digital restoration of “Bye Bye Birdie” (1963), with special guests Ann-Margret and Bobby Rydell. More
Monday Nights with Oscar: An Evening of Sound with Chris Newman and Tom Fleischman
Two renowned sound mixers present an evening of film clips demonstrating how raw tracks become the finished soundtrack. More
Optical Architect: An Evening with Pat O'Neill
An onstage conversation with experimental filmmaker and optical effects artist Pat O'Neill. More
The Virtual Life of Film
Academy Film Scholar D.N. Rodowick presented highlights from his book. More
Hollywood & Vines: The Movie Magic of Tarzan (Bay Area)
Exploring some of the secrets behind the making of "Tarzan and His Mate"(1934) and "Tarzan Finds a Son!"(1939). More
White Heat (NY)
The Academy explored film noir with a screening of "White Heat," the movie that marked the return of James Cagney to the gangster genre that made him a star. More
Oscar-Nominated Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Symposium
This year's Makeup nominees discuss their creative processes and present clips, photos and models of their work. More
Foreign Language Film Award Symposium
A panel discussion with 2010 nominees. More
Animated Feature Symposium
Celebrating the work of the 2010 Oscar nominees. More
Shorts! and Doc Shorts!
A presentation of the Oscar-nominated films in the Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film and Documentary Short Subject categories. More
Past Events from 2010
Wild River
Part of Monday Nights with Oscar. More
Driving Miss Daisy
Part of Monday Nights with Oscar. More
Where Do We Go From Here?
An evening exploring what could be in the future for motion pictures. More
Griffith in CA
Hollywood's earliest films from a century ago. More
Visualize This
“Star Trek” writer-producer Damon Lindelof hosted an evening on the pre-production process of previsualization. More
Contemporary Documentaries
A Survey of Outstanding Recent Work in the Documentary Field. More
Funny Girl (NY)
The Academy celebrated the return of “Monday Nights with Oscar” by presenting the crowd-pleasing musical “Funny Girl” (1968). More
New Voices from Vietnam
Featuring eighteen new feature, short and documentary films. More
An Academy Salute to Director Dang Nhat Minh
An onstage conversation with director Dang Nhat Minh and more. More
A Century Ago: The Films of 1910
Films made 100 years ago return to the big screen. Presented on a hand-cranked motion picture machine. More
Perspectives on Screenwriting
Screenwriters Susannah Grant, Ehren Kruger and Andrew Marlowe give their perspectives on writing for the screen. More
“Upstream” – Washington, D.C.
Presenting John Ford’s silent comedy “Upstream” (1927). More
Swing Time
Presented as an installment of the George Stevens Lecture Series More
Me Tarzan, You Technology
Exploring the Magic of Tarzan in the Movies. More
Monsters in the Movies
Exploring the evolution of creature technology in feature films . More
Wild River
Featuring a new Academy Film Archive restoration in CinemaScope. More
An Evening with Blake Edwards
Featuring a screening of his Hollywood satire “S.O.B.” More
A Centennial Salute to Composer Alex North
Featuring a screening of “The Misfits.” More
The Maltese Falcon
An Oscar Noir encore. More
3D Rarities: From 1900 and Beyond
Presented by film historian and archivist Serge Bromberg of Lobster Films, Paris. More
Lost and Found: “Upstream”
The U.S. re-premiere of a recently discovered 1927 John Ford silent film. More
Oscar Noir
1940s Writing Nominees from Hollywood’s Dark Side More
Chuck Jones Shorts
All nine Oscar-nominated and winning shorts directed by Chuck Jones More
Voices of Character
Celebrating the unique talents of artists who perform the voices of animated characters. More
Out of this World: The Science of Space Movies
A three-part program exploring the science of space movies. More
A Conversation with Petro Vlahos
An evening with special effects inventor and engineer Petro Vlahos. More
An Academy Centennial Celebration with Gloria Stuart
A celebration of Gloria Stuart’s career and her 100th birthday. More
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Starring Rudolph Valentino. More
Ray Harryhausen Double Feature
“20 Million Miles to Earth” (1957) and “The 7th Voyage of Sinbad” (1958). More
Getting Perspective III: Exploring the Craft of 3D Movie Technology
3D techniques for animated and live action motion pictures. More
South Pacific
With special guests Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr, France Nuyen and Rod Gilfry. More
Prisoner of Zenda (Bay Area)
A rare screening of the 1937 adventure-romance starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. More
37th Student Academy Awards
Honoring outstanding college and university filmmakers. More
Contemporary Documentaries
A showcase for feature-length and short documentaries. More
Illuminating the Future
The Arrival of Solid State Lighting More
What’s Opera, Doc?
Animation and Classical Music More
Fritz Lang’s “Die Nibelungen”
Part I: Siegfried and Part II: Kriemhild’s Revenge More
Acting in the Digital Age
Featuring cast and crew from “Avatar” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.” More
Oscar’s Docs, Part Six
Academy Award-Winning Documentaries 2004–2009 More
An Academy Salute to Noël Coward
Three evenings of film screenings, plus rare theatrical footage and a live performance. More
The Hunt for Red October
A 20th anniversary screening. More
Meet the Oscars
An exhibition for Oscar fans in Chicago and New York. More
Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Symposium
The nominees presented film clips, photographs and models of their work. More
Foreign Language Film Award Nominees Symposium
A panel discussion with the directors of the 2009 nominated films. More
Animated Feature Symposium
A panel discussion with the 2009 nominees. More
Shorts! (New York)
Screenings of all the 2009 Oscar-nominated live action and animated short films.More
Global Glimpses (Washington DC)
Screenings of all the 2009 Oscar-nominated foreign language films. More
Documentaries and Shorts (Washington, D.C.)
Screenings of all the 2009 Oscar-nominated documentaries and shorts. More
Past Events from 2009
Field of Dreams
A 20th anniversary screening featuring Kevin Costner More
An Animated Salute to UPA (New York)
Hosted by John Canemaker More
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
Hosted by Craig Barron More
Contemporary Documentaries
A showcase of documentaries from 2008 More
A Century Ago: The Films of 1909 (Bay Area)
Featuring live musical accompaniment by Michael Mortilla More
A Century Ago: The First Films of Mary Pickford
Featuring live musical accompaniment by Michael Mortilla More
A Century Ago: The Films of 1909
The Stars are Born More
Oscar’s Docs, Part Five
Academy Award-Winning Documentaries 1998–2003 More
From Here to Eternity
Hosted by Lou Diamond Phillips More
Manhattan (New York)
Monday Nights with Oscar More
Behind the Motion Picture Canvas (Bay Area)
Hosted by Rob Hummel More
A Centennial Tribute to Johnny Mercer
Featuring performances by host Michael Feinstein More
The Sound behind the Image III
Real Horrorshow! More
Hollywood Home Movies II
Treasures from the Academy Film Archive More
Up Close and Personal
Iranian Filmmakers in Their Own Words More
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Washington, D.C.)
A 70th anniversary screening More
Perspectives on Editing
An Academy Seminar Series More
Hollywood’s Greatest Year (New York)
The Best Picture Nominees of 1939 More
Linwood Dunn: Celebrating a Visual Effects Pioneer
Featuring a screening of “Citizen Kane” More
Joseph L. Mankiewicz Celebration (New York)
Featuring a screening of “No Way Out” More
Behind the Motion Picture Canvas
Examining Film Formats through the 21st Century More
Movies! Moguls! Monkeys! and Murder Too!
Early motion pictures shot in Los Angeles from 1909–1914 More
Imitation of Life
A 50th anniversary screening More
Infinite Animation
The Work of Adam Beckett More
When Worlds Collide
The Science of Movies More
Hollywood’s Greatest Year
The Best Picture Nominees of 1939 More
Marc Davis Celebration of Animation
Featuring Hayao Miyazaki More
A Tribute to Mel Brooks
Featuring Mel Brooks, in person. More
Spirited Away
A screening of Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning film. More
Astronaut as Filmmaker
Featuring the STS-125 Shuttle Crew. More
A Salute to Hal Ashby
Featuring a performance by Yusuf (formerly Cat Stevens) More
Underworld
Featuring the Alloy Orchestra More
A Tribute to Dick Smith
The Godfather of Special Makeup Effects More
Gunga Din (New York)
A screening of the classic George Stevens’ adventure film. More
2009 Student Academy Awards
Honoring outstanding college and university filmmakers. More
“Gunga Din” – How Did They Do That?
A screening of the classic George Stevens’ adventure film. More
2008–2009 Contemporary Documentaries
A survey of outstanding recent work in the documentary field. More
A Tribute to Alan and Marilyn Bergman
Hosted by Quincy Jones with special guest Barbra Streisand. More
Salute to Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Featuring a screening of “Suddenly, Last Summer” More
Movies! Moguls! Monkeys! and Murder!
Screening of early motion pictures shot in Los Angeles between 1909 and 1914. More
The Big Picture
The Evolution of the Wide-Screen Film More
Costume Design in the Digital Age
Designing for digital technology. More
The Films of 1908
Celebrating the film achievements of 1908. More
“8½”
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Fellini’s Book of Dreams.” More
“My Fair Lady” and “The Great Race”
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Dressed in Color: The Costumes.” More
The Iron Mask
Douglas Fairbanks’s last silent film. More
The Thief of Bagdad
A rollicking adventure tale starring Douglas Fairbanks. More
Meet the Oscars, Chicago
Movie fans in Chicago had the chance to hold an actual Oscar. More
Nominated Documentaries and Shorts
Screenings of all the nominated documentaries and short films. More
“Midnight Cowboy” (New York)
A special 40th anniversary screening. More
Makeup Artist and Hairstylist Symposium
The nominees presented film clips, photographs and models of their work. More
Foreign Language Film Award Nominees Symposium
The foreign language film directors discussed their work. More
Animated Feature Symposium
The nominees discussed their creative process. More
Shorts! (New York)
Screenings of all the 2008 Oscar-nominated live action and animated short films. More
Global Glimpses (Washington, D.C.)
Screenings of all the 2008 Oscar-nominated foreign language films. More
Selected Past Events from 2008
“2001: A Space Odyssey”
Introduced by Tom Hanks More
An Academy Salute to Leslie Caron
Featuring a 50th anniversary screening of “Gigi” More
George Pal: Discovering the Fantastic
Featuring a screening of “The War of the Worlds” More
Getting Perspective: The Art & Science of 3D Motion Pictures
Hosted by Rob Hummel More
Makeup Artists & Hairstylists
A forum on contemporary technique More
Putting Looney in the Toons
A double centennial tribute to Tex Avery and Michael Maltese More
“Sleeping Beauty”
Featuring a newly restored digital version by Walt Disney Studios More
The Sound behind the Image II: Now Hear This!
The evolution of sound in animation More
A Time for Burning
Featuring an onstage discussion with producer-director William C. Jersey More
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