Special Events
The Camera Cinemas present a wide variety of unique events, festivals, programs and special screenings. In addition to Midnight Movie Madness and our long-running Camera Cinema Club, we host Cinequest, the Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival, the Arab Film Festival, the International Latino Film Festival, the San Francisco Asian-American Film Festival, and other events and promotions tied to our regular film openings.
Some of the current and upcoming events are listed on this page. For a recap, including pictures, of past events, go to CAMERA EVENTS
Camera 7 Proudly Announces a Free 35mm Screening of the 1971 Classic, "Harold & Maude"
Harold is a depressed, death-obsessed 20-year-old man/child who spends his free time attending funerals and pretending to commit suicide in front of his mother. At a funeral, Harold befriends Maude, a 79-year-old woman who has a zest for life. She and Harold spend much time together during which she exposes him to the wonders and possibilities of life. After rejecting his mother's three attempts to set him up with a potential wife, and committing fake suicide in front of all of them, Harold announces that he is to be married to Maude. However, Maude has a surprise for Harold that is to change his life forever. Written by Rick Gregory
Join us at Camera 7 for this very special screening, the first in a series of selected films from the '70s which screened at the original Camera One Cinema in downtown San Jose back in 1975. Each screening will be introduced by a local filmmaker, critic or professor.
Harold and Maude
Wednesday, August 4th at 7:00pm
Camera 7 Pruneyard
FREE on a first come, first served basis, so show up early to save your seat and buy some popcorn!
Documentary 442: Live With Honor, Die With Dignity To Screen Aug. 15th at Camera 3
Camera 3 Entertainment and Tokyo TV are proud to present 442: Live With Honor, Die With Dignity, the second installment of the Japanese American trilogy that began earlier this year with Toyo’s Camera: Japanese American History during WW2. This powerful and insightful documentary screens at 12 noon, 2:20, 4:40 and 7:00 on Sunday, Aug. 15th at Camera 3 Cinema.
442: Live With Honor, Die With Dignity, is directed by Junichi Suzuki with music by Grammy winner and Golden Glove award winner “Kitaro” (both of whom worked on Toyo's Camera). and others. UTB, a bilingual Japanese television station in the U.S., and Film Voice in Japan are proud to jointly produce this second installation of the trilogy in our effort to contribute to the Japanese American community.
During WWII, soldiers of the United States 442nd Infantry Regiment, composed mainly of Japanese Americans, fought not only the enemy, but also prejudice, facing severe racial discrimination in their homeland where they were branded my many as enemies themselves. Despite this, the 442nd became one of the most decorated regiments for its size and length of service in the history of the U.S. military. Included in this documentary is one of the final interviews with the 442nd veterans, who are now in their mid 80’s and 90’s.
Click here for more information and to buy tickets.
Maya Indie Film Series to Screen at Camera 7 Aug. 27-Sept. 2
Featuring an international roster of emerging indie visionaries, the Maya Indie Film Series will make its Camera 7 Pruneyard debut Aug. 27-Sept. 2, screening six diverse movies multiple times over the course of its 7-day engagement. This unique cinema showcase will afford film enthusiasts, and newcomers alike, an opportunity to experience true independent cinema in a groundbreaking setting. All tickets are only $7.
The festival schedule is as follows:
Fri, August 27th
12:30pm -- In Therapy
2:30 -- Tropico de Sangre
5:00 -- Backyard
7:30 -- The Kid: Chamaco
9:45 -- Chasing 3000
Sat, August 28th
12 noon -- Solo Quiero Caminar
2:45 -- In Therapy
4:45 -- Tropico de Sangre
7:15 -- Backyard
9:45 -- The Kid: Chamaco
Sun, August 29th
12:15pm -- Chasing 3000
2:30 -- Solo Quiero Caminar
5:15 -- In Therapy
7:15 -- Tropico de Sangre
9:45 -- Backyard
Mon, August 30th
12:15pm -- The Kid: Chamaco
2:30 -- Chasing 3000
4:45 -- Solo Quiero Caminar
7:30 -- In Therapy
9:45 -- Tropico de Sangre
Tue, August 31st
12 noon -- Backyard
2:30 -- The Kid: Chamaco
4:30 -- Chasing 3000
7:00 -- Solo Quiero Caminar
9:45 -- In Therapy
Wed, September 1st
12:15pm -- Tropico de Sangre
2:45 -- Backyard
5:15 -- The Kid: Chamaco
7:30 -- Chasing 3000
9:45 -- Solo Quiero Caminar
Thu, September 2nd
12:15pm -- In Therapy
2:15 -- Tropico de Sangre
4:45 -- Backyard
7:30 -- The Kid: Chamaco
9:45 -- Chasing 3000
Go to Maya Indie Film Series for more information on the above films and the series.
San Jose 48 Hour Film Project Aug. 18-19 at Camera 12
Local filmmakers get the chance to show their stuff on the big screen, as the San Jose 48 Hour Film Project returns to Camera 12 Cinema in downtown San Jose, Wed-Thu, Aug. 18-19. The festival will screen four entirely different programs, one at 7:00pm and one at 9:30pm each night. Each program is separate admission.
Filmmaking teams from throughout the San Jose area, operating on little sleep and lots of adrenaline, rushed to get their work done in the 48 hours preceding the Sun, Aug. 8th deadline. All of the films that were submitted will screen. Come see what Bay area filmmakers can do!
Tickets are $10 for each screening, and can be purchased at the door or on-line. To purchase now, go to:
Screening Group A (Aug. 18th, 7:00pm)
Screening Group B (Aug. 18th, 9:30pm)
Screening Group C (Aug. 19th, 7:00pm)
Screening Group D (Aug. 19th, 9:30pm)
For more info, check out the 48 Hour Film website. From there, check out the San Jose 48HFP Filmmaker Blog, where San Jose 48HFP participants tell us stories of their wild weekend of filmmaking.
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