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The Walker Art Center presents moving image on a global scale, hosting artist films, lecture series, experiments in sound and image, and more.

Upcoming Screenings

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Moving Image

Upcoming Screenings

Sweet Land by Ali Selim
A man with light skin in overalls and a jacket stands with his hands in his pockets on a green lawn in front of a white farm house against a blue cloudy sky.

Sat, Jun 20, 2026

Screenings

Sweet Land by Ali Selim

Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait by Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno
Close profile of a soccer player in motion and shouting - a white man with buzzed hair, sweaty, and wearing a white jersey with ZIDANE on the back.

Jun 26–27, 2026

Screenings

Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait by Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno

Willow by Ron Howard
On a rocky shore beneath a waterfall, a man with light skin sits and holds a baby by another man with light skin who has dwarfism and curly red hair.

Jul 10 & 25, 2026

Screenings

Willow by Ron Howard

The Last of the Mohicans by Michael Mann
A close still of two men in profile looking out over a landscape. An older man with medium skin and long dark hair and a younger man with light skin.

Jul 11 & 31, 2026

Screenings

The Last of the Mohicans by Michael Mann

Die Hard by John McTiernan
Close up of a man with light skin squinting while sucking in on a cigarette, his skin and clothes are dirty and the room is lit in a hazy purple glow.

Jul 16 & Aug 7, 2026

Screenings

Die Hard by John McTiernan

The Shawshank Redemption by Frank Darabont
Still of two men in prison uniforms of blue jeans and buttoned shirts, one with light skin sitting next to one with dark skin standing with arms crossed.

Jul 17 & 30, 2026

Screenings

The Shawshank Redemption by Frank Darabont

Fight Club by David Fincher
Two men stand riding a train together, holding the overhead rails and talking. Both have light skin and short hair. One in a blue shirt, one in red.

Jul 24 & Aug 13, 2026

Screenings

Fight Club by David Fincher

Middle School Movie Club: Fantastic Mr. Fox
A group of animated fox puppets with expressive faces stand close together, with one fox in the center smiling and pointing upward, surrounded by other foxes with varied fur colors and wide eyes.

Sat, Jul 25, 2026

Family Events

Middle School Movie Club: Fantastic Mr. Fox

Boy by Taika Waititi
A boy in a tank top leans against a car. A man stands on the opposite side wearing sunglasses and a vest. Both have dark curly hair and medium skin tone.

Aug 8 & 14, 2026

Screenings

Boy by Taika Waititi

Sound for Silents 2026: Film + Music on the Walker Hillside
Three men stand in a field of tall yellow wildflowers under a cloudy sky, each wearing casual shirts and caps, with a calm and contemplative expression.

Thu, Aug 20, 2026

Free Events

Sound for Silents 2026: Film + Music on the Walker Hillside

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Bentson Mediatheque

A small audience sits in a dark theater watching an animated film featuring a hand pointing at a spinning figure, set against a red and purple geometric background.

Did you know the Walker has a free screening room? In the Mediatheque, you can choose a short film, an animated classic, or something new to watch on the big screen. The Ruben/Bentson Moving Image Collection holds more than 400 titles.

Signature Series

British Arrows Awards

For more than 40 years, the Walker has hosted a holiday-season screening of award-winning British advertising.

Walker Dialogues

Explore more than 60 in-depth portraits of directors, actors, writers, and producers at pivotal moments in their careers.

Moving Image

A dark gallery space with low seating, where several people sit watching a large projection of a close-up wristwatch displayed on a screen.

As one of just a few programs of its kind in the country, the Walker’s moving image program explores the art of cinema, showcasing the work of boundary-pushing filmmakers.

More on Moving Image

Moving Image Stories

What are the British Arrows and why do we love them?

Moving Image

What are the British Arrows and why do we love them?

For 40 years the Walker Art Center has presented a curious holiday tradition of screening advertising awards. An exploration of the origin of the British Arrows Awards at the Walker and why are we so drawn to them?
What is a Mediatheque? (and why you should check it out)

Jill Vuchetich

Moving Image

What is a Mediatheque? (and why you should check it out)

Did you know the Walker has a free screening room with over 400 titles? Archivist Jill Vuchetich traces this history of this unique Minnesotan moving image venue.
Gender Beyond the Western Frontier

Moving Image

Gender Beyond the Western Frontier

Leila Weefur explores filmmakers who reimagine the Western genre’s boundaries as a vehicle for examining power, identity, and resistance.
What Gifts Do We Already Have?: adrienne maree brown and Speculative Fiction

Moving Image

What Gifts Do We Already Have?: adrienne maree brown and Speculative Fiction

Writer, activist, and facilitator adrienne maree brown explore hope in the face of dystopias, what stories can be found in our DNA, and the potential that speculation has for making the world a better place.
Evading Capture

Moving Image

Evading Capture

As a part of her Cinema Residency at the Walker, Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich conducted a series of interviews with Black women, including Rachel Scott, marion eames white, Ilze Wolff, and Sinnamon Love, to reflect on and extend themes in her work.
My Art Practice is Masochistic Behavior

Ayanna Dozier, Zia Anger

Moving Image

My Art Practice is Masochistic Behavior

Brooklyn-based artist-writer Ayanna Dozier joins Zia Anger (My First Film) to discuss pain, pleasure, and filmmaking.
Did You See the Island?: Sky Hopinka on Film and Knowledge

Moving Image Visual Arts

Did You See the Island?: Sky Hopinka on Film and Knowledge

How can one understand places through wandering? Artist Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk/Pechanga) explores this an more in their work Visions of an Island.
Collapsing Cinema and Stage: Autumn Knight Live at the Walker

Moving Image Performing Arts

Collapsing Cinema and Stage: Autumn Knight Live at the Walker

In the lead up to their new improvisational work that blurs live performance and film, Autumn Knight discusses their history with drama therapy, the power of group dynamics, improvisation, and nothingness.
Film as Warning, Film as Score

Aura Satz

Moving Image

Film as Warning, Film as Score

Artists Lis Rhodes and Aura Satz, longtime friends and collaborators, explore ideas of notation and how films can be “scores.”
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