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Film & Streaming Media : Local Theaters, Fests & More

Curated guide for faculty and students using film & streaming media.

Local Theaters

The Chelsea 1129 Weaver Dairy Rd, Chapel Hill, (919) 929-8428
The Lumina 620 Market Street, Chapel Hill, (919) 969-8049
Varsity on Franklin 123 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, (919) 967-8665
The Carolina Theatre 309 West Morgan Street, Durham, (919) 560-3030
Rialto Theatre 1620 Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh, (919) 856-8683
Silverspot Cinema University Mall, Chapel Hill

Other Local Film Events

The Cinema, Inc. at the Rialto Theater - in Raleigh. 12 classic films for $20. Runs September through August of the following year.

Duke's Screen Society Coordinated by Duke's Arts of the Moving Image Program's screens film in video in its original format. Free and open to the public.

North Carolina Museum of Art Free with museum membership or $5 Indoor movies are played through out the year and outdoor movies in the summer.

Second Sunday Film Series - Shows local narrative and experimental films in the ArtsCenter in Carboro.

A/V Geeks The AV geeks present 16mm films from their massive archive, and occasionally invite the local community to find their Super8mm, 16mm film, VHS and Video8/Hi8 videotapes and have them projected for the public to see.

Festivals in North Carolina

Carrboro Film Festival -  Carrboro in NovemberDiasporas and Indigeneity film festival poster
Cucalorus Film Festival - Wilmington in November
Family Film Festival - Winton in September 
NC Black Film Festival  - Wilmington in March
NC Latin American Film Festival  - UNC- Chapel Hill and Duke University, September - October
Reel To Reel Film Festival -  Kings Mountain, North Carolina in July
RiverRun International Film Festival - Winston-Salem in April

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Sponsored by Film Studies in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill, Aspect is a student-led journal for criticism of film, television, video games and other screen-based media.