Welcome

The Film and Media Studies Program is the hub for the study of film and other moving image and sound media at Yale. Deeply invested in scholarship, teaching and film programming, our Program both sustains the traditions of and nurtures the most innovative directions in film and media studies research. With our superb faculty and Yale’s extraordinary library and archival collections, the Program has taken its place as one of the most exciting venues for film and media study in the world.

Upcoming Events

Friday, November 7, 2025 - 8:00pm to Saturday, November 8, 2025 - 8:00pm

November 7-8, 2025

Yale University

Screenings and Symposium

Tuesday, November 11, 2025 - 5:00pm

Professor of Film Studies and co-director of the ESTCA - (Paris), Katalin Pór, in conversation with Yale Film and Media Studies faculty member, Claire Demoulin

Tuesday, November 11, 2025 - 6:30pm
Video | 2024 | Directed by Alexandra Juhasz | United States | 71 minutes | English
 
Tuesday, December 2, 2025 - 4:30pm

For some time, the discipline of the Blue Humanities, which investigates the relationship between civilization and the sea, has taken an interest in the ship and all its technological,...

Thursday, February 5, 2026 - 10:00am to Saturday, February 7, 2026 - 5:15pm

The Miseducation: Learning as a Tool for Social Justice

For too long, education has been used as a weapon against us—misnaming, misframing, and misrepresenting Black...