Pan African Film Festival 2025

July 31- August 3

AFS welcomes Los Angeles’ famed Pan African Film Festival for its third annual Austin series, presenting a selection of acclaimed films from the February festival.

NOBUHIKO OBAYASHI: KADOKAWA SUPERSTAR

July 4-25

AFS spotlights the HAUSU director’s 1980s collaboration with mega-publisher Kadokawa—a vibrant era of Japanese cinema, where pop collided with the avant-garde.

ESSENTIAL CINEMA

ON OUR WAY TO WHERE: WOMEN OF ’70S CINEMA

July 2-30

The 1970s ushered in a bold new era for women in American cinema. AFS presents nine films from the period that helped redefine what it means to be a woman on screen.