Associate Film Curator

Institution Overview

One of the nation’s leading university museums, the University of California’s Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) is a forum for cultural experiences that transform individuals and advance the local, national, and global discourse on art and film. As the premier visual arts venue at America’s top public research university, BAMPFA is uniquely dedicated to art and film in equal measure, presenting more than three hundred film screenings, dozens of public programs, and ten exhibitions annually.

Position Summary

This role involves conceptualizing, curating, and managing 90 film programs annually, coordinating with domestic and international partners, and engaging audiences through both scholarly and public-facing activities. The Associate Film Curator will play a key role in shaping BAMPFA’s film offerings while advancing the institution’s educational mission and supporting its strategic initiatives. The Associate Film Curator is a full-time career position that will work independently and report to and receive general guidance from the Director of Film and Senior Film Curator. With the Director of Film and Senior Film Curator and Film Curator, this role takes a lead in articulating priorities and goals of the BAMPFA film exhibition program, and in short-and long-range planning. The Associate Film Curator shares the primary responsibility for developing, implementing, and managing all aspects of BAMPFA’s screening program, which presents 350 public programs annually. The Associate Film Curator is responsible for organizing roughly one third of the programs, organized into film series that focus on a theme, such as directorial retrospectives, filmmaker residencies, national or regional cinema spotlights, genres, or special events.