Provincetown Film Art Series

The Provincetown Film Society (PFS) and the Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM) are proud to present the 2025–2026 Film Arts Series, a collaborative program exploring the intersections of cinema and visual art through curated themes and community conversations. 

As always, the series is organized by local film critic and scholar, Howard Karren.  Running from November 2025 through May 2026 at Waters Edge Cinema, this year’s movies are grouped into three thematic parts: Design for Living, Guilt and Justice, and The Challenges of Love. Each screening offers audiences the chance to experience landmark classics, contemporary discoveries, and highlights from past Provincetown International Film Festivals.

A special Opening Celebration (free with pass) will be held on Sunday, November 9, with a reception at 11am and screening at 12pm at Waters Edge Cinema in Provincetown, 237 Commercial St (Whaler’s Wharf, 3^rd floor). Refreshments will be served.

The remaining thirteen regular screenings (free with pass) will be held on Thursday nights at 7pm at the Waters Edge Cinema, starting November 20 and then every two weeks (with one exception) through May 14, 2026. Screenings are introduced by Howard Karren with program notes and are followed by a discussion.

Season Passes, which include admission to the opening and closing celebrations and all thirteen Thursday night screenings, are $165 for PFS or PAAM members; $195 for non-members.

The 2025-2026 Season

Part I: “Design for Living”

• Sun Nov 9 – 11:00 am reception; 12:00 pm screening
  CLOSE YOUR EYES (2023) – dir. Víctor Erice
• Thu Nov 20 – 7:00 pm
  ANTONIO GAUDI (1984) – dir. Hiroshi Teshigahara
• Thu Dec 4 – 7:00 pm
  MARLEE MATLIN: NOT ALONE ANYMORE (2025) – dir. Shoshannah Stern
• Thu Dec 18 – 7:00 pm
  TOMBOY (2011) – dir. Céline Sciamma

Part II: “Guilt and Justice”

• Thu Jan 8 – 7:00 pm
  THE CONVERSATION (1974) – dir. Francis Ford Coppola
• Thu Jan 22 – 7:00 pm
  M (1931) – dir. Fritz Lang
• Thu Feb 5 – 7:00 pm
  MONSTER (2023) – dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
• Thu Feb 19 – 7:00 pm
  SORRY, BABY (2025) – dir. Eva Victor
• Thu Mar 5 – 7:00 pm
  The Salesman (2016) – dir. Asghar Farhadi
• Thu Mar 19 – 7:00 pm
  BLUE VELVET (1986) – dir. David Lynch

Part III: “The Challenges of Love”

• Thu Apr 2 – 7:00 pm
  ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT (2024) – dir. Payal Kapadia
• Thu Apr 16 – 7:00 pm
  THE RIVER (1951) – dir. Jean Renoir
• Thu Apr 30 – 7:00 pm
  SHAMPOO (1975) – dir. Hal Ashby
• Thu May 14 – 7:00 pm
  THE BALTIMORONS (2025) – dir. Jay Duplass

Season Pass