November 2008, the Whitechapel’s Laboratory programme in partnership with museums in China, Europe, Latin America and North America brings together emerging international film and video artists.

A weekend of Charlie Chaplin films has been announced for Belfast’s Waterfront Hall in December.

The Walker Art Center presents Cinema of Urgency, which focuses a documentary lens on some of the world’s most pressing concerns, showing the need for a global perspective on issues that affect us all, such as civil liberties, drinking water, government secrecy, and how the world sees us as Americans.

Hooked on the Shadow: A Solar Eclipse Documentary (2000, 28 min.), by David Makepeace, is a startling documentary that examines the transformative experience of witnessing a total solar eclipse. View this film at the Exploratorium on July 31, 2008, as part of the Exploratorium's all-night eclipse viewing event.

The Museum of Modern Art presents Premiere Brazil!, its sixth annual exhibition of contemporary Brazilian cinema, July 17 through 31, 2008. A collaboration between MoMA and the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, this series introduces New York audiences to original films by both new and established Brazilian filmmakers.

The Museum of Modern Art celebrates two decades of films distributed by New York–based Zeitgeist Films with the 20-title exhibition Zeitgeist: The Films of Our Time, June 26–July 23, 2008, in the Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters. Offering a fascinating snapshot of independent American and international film from the past 20 years, Zeitgeist: The Films of Our Time is a selection of works by critical figures in the company's history and catalog.

The Museum of Modern Art presents Dali: Painting and Film, the first exhibition to focus on the profound relationship between the paintings and films of Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904–1989). The exhibition proposes that Dali's personal engagement with cinema—as a filmgoer, a screenwriter, a filmmaker, and an art director—was fundamental to his understanding of modernism and deeply affected his art.

Seattle Symphony and Seattle International Film Festival come together to bring audiences the epic tale of the legendary Russian hero Alexander Nevsky. Chinese-American conductor Xian Zhang will lead the Orchestra in Sergey Prokofiev's sweeping score as the film is shown on a large screen above the stage.

The Walker Art Center presents the area premiere of Carlos Brooks' Quid Pro Quo, Friday, June 6, 7:30 pm, the latest film in the series Premieres: First Look, an ongoing presentation of area premieres that gives audiences an early look at tomorrow's critically acclaimed classics. Producer Sarah Pillsbury (Desperately Seeking Susan, River's Edge, Eight Men Out, And the Band Played On) will introduce the film and participate in a post-screening conversation.

A reemergence of Latin American films on the international scene in recent years has resulted in a wealth of vivid, groundbreaking work.

The Museum of Modern Art, in conjunction with the inaugural World Science Festival, presents a special program of screenings and a discussion focused on the Bourne trilogy of action thrillers.

The Museum of Modern Art presents the most extensive U.S. retrospective of the films of Alanis Obomsawin, one of Canada's most distinguished documentary filmmakers. Alanis Obomsawin: A Retrospective, which is presented May 14–26, 2008, in The Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters, is a comprehensive overview of the films and videos of the Canada-based filmmaker, who chronicles many of the struggles and the history of the First Nations of Canada.