Directed by Jack Auen and Kevin Walker. 100 minutes. Not Rated. In French, English, German, and Italian with English subtitles. While writing a monograph on historical theories of memory, Béatrice (Anne Laure Sellier), a respected academic, becomes beguiled by the allegedly true story of the Chronovisor, an occult device said to reproduce visuals from any...
Jared Lank (Mi’kmaq, born 1991), Still from Bay of Herons, 2023, single-channel video with sound, 7 minutes and 15 seconds. Portland Museum of Art, Maine. Museum purchase with exchange funds from the bequest of Howard K. and Alison McEldowney Walter, 2025.46. © Jared Lank. Image courtesy of the artist Join us for Indigenous Peoples’ Day at...
Directed by Adam Khalil and Zack Khalil. 80 minutes. Not Rated. In English and Anishinaabemowin with English subtitles. Aanikoobijigan documents the emotional and vital work of MACPRA (Michigan Anishinaabek Cultural Preservation and Repatriation Alliance). This alliance, made up of repatriation specialists representing all Michigan tribes, fights to bring their Ancestors and funerary objects home from...
An Immersive Art History Course at the Portland Museum of Art and offsite in Midcoast Maine Maine has captivated artists, writers, and promoters for over two centuries as an imagined region that extends far beyond its geography as the easternmost state. This intensive workshop explores the evolving idea of Maine and Mainers through the work...
Directed by Josef Kubota Wladyka. 118 minutes. Rated R. In English, Japanese, and Spanish with English subtitles. Winner, Directing Award (U.S. Dramatic), 2026 Sundance Film Festival Haru and Luis love competing in Tokyo’s ballroom dance scene, but after tragedy strikes, Haru withdraws into isolation. When friends coax her back to the studio, she develops an...
Museum Playdate is a monthly morning for young children and their caregivers to slow down, explore, and make things together. Free admission. No registration is required. Designed for children and their caregivers of all ages. The PMA welcomes Love Lab Studio to Museum Playdate in this special Lantern making workshop. In this special edition of...
Third Thursdays at the PMA is Art for All! Third Thursday at the PMA is Art for All, with free admission all day and evening and opportunities to connect through creativity, community, and discovery. Join us in the galleries and PMA | AMP, a new, free community pavilion and public programming space. Visitors can create lanterns with Love Lab Studio as part...
Discover the printmaking process behind the exhibition Winslow Homer: Painter, Etcher. Printmaker Winslow Trainum demonstrates the art of intaglio printmaking, inking an etched copper plate, wiping it by hand, and running it through a traditional press to reveal an image transferred from plate to paper. Working from his studio at Prouts Neck, Maine, Homer created...
Directed by David Mboussou. 128 minutes (followed by discussion). Not Rated. In French with English subtitles. Ezekiel, a 25-year-old aspiring filmmaker, lives in the heart of the Congo Basin under the authority of his father, Maurice, a powerful businessman who opposes his artistic ambitions. When Ezekiel is forced to join the family logging business, he...
Directed by Cédric Klapisch. 124 minutes (followed by discussion). Not Rated. In French with English subtitles. This screening will be followed by a discussion with Andrew Eschelbacher, PMA Deputy Director and Head of Art and Exhibitions. Brought together by the unexpected inheritance of an abandoned house in rural Normandy, four cousins discover they share a...
Directed by Cédric Klapisch. 124 minutes (followed by discussion). Not Rated. In French with English subtitles. Brought together by the unexpected inheritance of an abandoned house in rural Normandy, four cousins discover they share a mysterious family history. In 1895, their ancestor Adèle, then aged 21, leaves her hometown to search for her mother in...
Directed by Erige Sehiri. 92 minutes. Not Rated. In French with English subtitles. Marie, an Ivorian pastor and former journalist, has lived in Tunisia for ten years. Her home becomes a refuge for Naney, a young mother seeking a better future, and Jolie, a strong-willed student carrying her family’s hopes. The arrival of a little...
Directed by Sébastien Pilote. 158 minutes (followed by discussion). Not Rated. In French with English subtitles. Maria Chapdelaine is a young sixteen-year-old girl who lives with her family on the shores of the Peribonka River in rural Quebec in the 1910s. The Chapdelaine family works tirelessly to push the limits of the forest. Where the...
Directed by Manon Briand. 90 minutes. Not Rated. In French with English subtitles. Sonia is an intractable Canadian Customs border agent who confiscates the contents of a car being driven by French chef Victor, only to subsequently need his help when her daughter Lili-Beth decides to enter a cooking competition despite barely knowing how to...
Directed by Ken Scott. 132 minutes. Not Rated. In French with English subtitles. Esther Perez is a Moroccan-Jewish immigrant and devoted mother of six. When her newborn son Roland is diagnosed with a clubfoot in 1963 and given a bleak prognosis, she is determined to make him overcome physical challenges and social barriers as she...
Directed by Richard Syr. 135 minutes. Not Rated. In French with English subtitles. Germaine Lauzon, a housewife, wins a million trading stamps that she believes will give her access to the happiness and new world she’s been dreaming of for so long. She invites her sisters, sisters-in-law and neighbours to a party to help her...
Directed by François Ozon. 122 minutes. Not Rated. In French with English subtitles. Meursault is a detached and indifferent Frenchman in French Algeria, who, weeks after his mother's funeral, kills an unnamed Arab man in Algiers. The ensuing trial explores both the crime and his character. It is considered a landmark work of existentialism and...
Directed by Jack Auen and Kevin Walker. 100 minutes. Not Rated. In French, English, German, and Italian with English subtitles. While writing a monograph on historical theories of memory, Béatrice (Anne Laure Sellier), a respected academic, becomes beguiled by the allegedly true story of the Chronovisor, an occult device said to reproduce visuals from any...
Directed by Poh Si Teng. 93 minutes. Not Rated. In English and Arabic with English subtitles. From Emmy® Award-winning filmmaker Poh Si Teng, American Doctor follows three American physicians— Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian—united by a single oath to save lives. After volunteering in besieged hospitals in Gaza, they return home determined to fight for the...
Directed by Jack Auen and Kevin Walker. 100 minutes. Not Rated. In French, English, German, and Italian with English subtitles. While writing a monograph on historical theories of memory, Béatrice (Anne Laure Sellier), a respected academic, becomes beguiled by the allegedly true story of the Chronovisor, an occult device said to reproduce visuals from any...
Step inside the 19th-century McLellan House and beyond as PMA Educators share spine-tingling stories hidden in the museum’s walls. Using the powers of close observation and imagination, artworks and their histories take on a chilling new light. With Museum Educators: David Smith and Beth Walker
Directed by Poh Si Teng. 93 minutes. Not Rated. In English and Arabic with English subtitles. From Emmy® Award-winning filmmaker Poh Si Teng, American Doctor follows three American physicians— Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian—united by a single oath to save lives. After volunteering in besieged hospitals in Gaza, they return home determined to fight for the...
Directed by Poh Si Teng. 93 minutes. Not Rated. In English and Arabic with English subtitles. From Emmy® Award-winning filmmaker Poh Si Teng, American Doctor follows three American physicians— Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian—united by a single oath to save lives. After volunteering in besieged hospitals in Gaza, they return home determined to fight for the...
Directed by Frank Perry. 94 minutes. Rated PG. In English. Burt Lancaster stars as Ned Merrill, a man who confronts his destiny by swimming home, pool by pool, through the suburban nightmare of upper-class East Coast society. Based on the acclaimed short story by John Cheever, and directed by Frank Perry (Diary of a Mad...