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.

On Saturday, May 17, at 2pm, join the Exploratorium's Film Program for an afternoon of lyrical short films that resonate with the power of place. Films are shown in the Exploratorium's McBean Theater and are included in the price of admission to the museum. The schedule is as follows:

AKQA Film has launched to create and distribute unique digital programming and content for clients and independent projects. AKQA Film combines the existing motion graphics and broadcast team to create a team of 20 people in London.

The Museum of Modern Art presents the first complete North American retrospective of Korean writer-director Kim Ki-Duk. Kim Ki-Duk, a 14-film exhibition that includes several features never before seen in the U.S., is presented April 23 through May 8, 2008 in The Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters, giving audiences a rare chance to chart the development of the director's sensuous imagery and strong narratives.

A film called Music Within tells the story of a hearing-impaired man who helped bring about legal protections for the disabled.

On Tuesday, April 15, 7:30 pm, the Walker Art Center presents a special advance screening of Errol Morris' latest documentary Standard Operating Procedure, and the director will participate in a post-screening Q&A with the audience. Groundbreaking Academy Award–winning documentarian Errol Morris (The Thin Blue Line, The Fog of War) investigates what he calls "the mystery" behind the images that shocked the world, the torture of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

A Pakistani film has been released in India for the first time in four decades. At the same time, movies from India's Bollywood industry are also being screened in Pakistan, after being banned there for decades. Cultural exchange was made possible by a peace process launched between the once bitter South Asian rivals in 2004.

Join Drama Desk Awardwinning playwright David Wiltse for a reading and discussion of his gripping play, The Good German. Directed by the Long Wharf Theatre's Kim Rubinstein, the play will feature an ensemble of accomplished Broadway, film, and television actors. The story follows a sympathetic German woman who opens her home to a Jewish man during World War II, despite the protests of her antiSemitic husband.

The Paley Center for Media (formerly The Museum of Television & Radio) today announced the dates of the 2008 Urban Visionaries Youth Film Festival: April 10 and 11. The festival—which marks its 11th anniversary this year—showcases fiction, documentary, and experimental videos created by young filmmakers that explore issues effecting young people today.