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The Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center provides a vital outlet for independent film which often go unrepresented by the larger distributors. While the Mill Valley Film Festival is renowned for promoting independent U.S. and foreign films, the Rafael is a year-round venue for work of this kind.

The Northwest Film Center at the Portland Art Museum

EDUCATION: The School of Film's curriculum in filmmaking, video production, and animation serves emerging and professional film and video makers all year round. The Film Center's Filmmakers in Schools program places professional media makers in school and community group settings throughout Oregon for hands-on learning experiences in film/video and animation production.

EXHIBITION: The Film Center conducts an active year-round exhibition program of foreign, classic, experimental and independent films. Annual film festivals include the Portland International Film Festival, the Northwest Film and Video Festival, and the Young People's Film & Video Festival.

OUTREACH: The Film Center provides opportunities and support for media artists such as the administration of the OAC Media Arts Fellowships and the regional judging of the Student Academy Awards. Further support is provided to media arts through low-cost rental of film and video equipment.

Our Mission: The Film Center selects and presents significant world cinema in a non-commercial context that sets aesthetic, critical and entertainment standards. To this end, the Film Center exhibits a range of carefully curated film art in technically excellent facilities, and educates the audience, setting film in an historical and cultural context through courses, lectures, panel discussions and publications, and through research and collections. As an integral part of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Film Center further enhances the educational mission of the School and promotes a dialogue between disciplines.

The Salt Lake City Film Center

— Building community through the power of films and the stories behind them

Art Cinemas

Angelika Theaters (probably the best art-cinema chain: NYC, Dallas, Houston, Plano)

The original Angelika Film Center & Café opened in New York City’s Soho district in 1989. Playing an interesting mix of independent films, the Angelika quickly became the cinema of choice for many filmmakers and film lovers. Since its opening, the Angelika has become the most successful and well known arthouse in the United States. At the end of 1997, an Angelika Film Center & Café opened in Houston, TX and another opened in Dallas, TX in the summer of 2001.

Each Angelika is more than just going to a movie theater. Besides offering interesting film programming, the Angelika offers a dynamic environment. Before or after a film, the Angelika is a great place to meet with friends or hang out by yourself. In New York, patrons come early and sip a double latte from the Angelika Café while perusing “Angelika InFocus,” our programming guide. In Houston and Dallas, film buffs can dissect a film over a glass of wine and creative pasta dish.

Landmark Theaters (largest national art-cinema chain)

Landmark Theatres, the nation's largest art-house chain, features first-run independent and foreign films, restored classics and non-traditional studio fare in 56 theaters representing 196 screens in 14 states. In exhibiting indie hits such as Memento, Fast Runner, Monsoon Wedding, Bowling for Columbine, The Blair Witch Project, Run Lola Run and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Landmark has never veered from its commitment to present cutting edge entertainment or shied away from controversial films, such as Y Tu Mamá También, Kids, Romance or The Last Temptation of Christ.

Known for its successful grass-roots marketing style, the theatre chain was founded in 1974, when it acquired the Nuart Theatre, its West Los Angeles flagship. After growing into the country’s largest repertory circuit, Landmark added dozens of additional screens during the ‘80s by merging with Santa Fe-based Movies, Inc. and Seattle-based Seven Gables. In the ‘90s, after being acquired by the Samuel Goldwyn Company, it launched a new era by developing the first new multiplex theatres of its own in San Francisco (Embarcadero Center Cinema), in Cambridge, MA (Kendall Square Cinema) in St. Louis (Plaza Frontenac Cinema) and recently in New York City (Landmark’s Sunshine Cinema).

Magnolia Pictures (Dallas)

The Magnolia offers a unique film-going experience for the city of Dallas. Our five-screen theatre provides an ideal setting for all those who care for sophisticated and intelligent cinema. From the aspiring filmmaker, to the film enthusiast and general fan of the medium, to the student, and to anyone who has ever been curious about film itself, The Magnolia has it all. This five-screen upscale theatre consistently provides its patrons with a quality entertainment experience.

The Magnolia functions on many different levels, all of which bring together, rather than separate, the rapidly expanding film-loving community of North Texas. In contributing to this culture, we feature screenings from local filmmakers, and present various film events in conjunction with the numerous Dallas film festivals. We also play host to Q & A discussions and panels, all of which are hosted by special guests active within the world of film on local, national and international levels.

And best of all is our staff. Our employees range from the knowledgeable and enthusiastic film-lover, to the aspiring filmmaker, and to the former film festival employee. Regardless of their film background, they are all eager and willing to assist your customer service needs. Among everyone on our staff, there probably isn't a film they haven't seen, or a question they can't answer.