Upcoming Programs

<span class="wac_title">2009 British Television Advertising Awards</span> Film
2009 British Television Advertising Awards
December 4, 2009 - January 2, 2010
Cinema and McGuire Theater

Brimming with creativity and chosen by top advertising executives and producers across the globe, these sly, sexy, hilarious, and thought-provoking British spots have been a Walker highlight for 21 years. The program this year includes dancing marionettes, monkeys, and nudists as well as American...  read more »
<span class="wac_title">Black-Eyed Snakes “Rise Up” </span> Film Series
MNTV 2009
December 13, 2009 - January 3, 2010
Twin Cities Public Television

With a record-setting 80-plus submissions, MNTV 2009 showcases the finest films and videos produced in Minnesota over the past two years. Curated by Walker associate film curator Dean Otto, Lu Lippold from IFP Minnesota Center for Media Arts, and local curator Marlina Gonzalez, MNTV is broadcast on...  read more »
Screenings from the Collection
The Underground Rock and Roll in China
Directed by Zhang Bo and Zhang Yang
November 3, 2009 - January 3, 2010
Lecture Room

Through imitation and amalgamation, a new, vibrant music scene emerged in Beijing early in this decade. The film documents the challenges and opportunities of making music in a culture that has been recently flooded with global sounds of every style. 2002, China, color, video, in Mandarin with...  read more »
<span class="wac_title">Odilon Redon (or The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity)</span>, Guy Maddin Screenings from the Collection
Burrowing Inward: Short Films by Jacques Drouin and Guy Maddin
September 1, 2009 - February 28, 2010
Best Buy Film/Video Bay

This selection of works from the Walker’s Ruben/Bentson Film and Video Study Collection showcases two short pieces about artists entering the worlds depicted in their art. In Canadian Jacques Drouin’s brilliant pinscreen animation Mindscape (1976, 8 minutes), a...  read more »