SPECIAL PROGRAMS, Chelsea Theater
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Perfect for early risers, fans of documentaries, and those just looking for an excuse to go into work late or skip class, the Chelsea Theater has given a new meaning to getting a Doc’s note and making an appointment is as easy as purchasing a ticket.
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WHO SAID NOTHING GOOD COMES AFTER DARK?
Join us for our CHELSEA LATE NIGHT series!
For the movies that put the "CULT" in Cult Classic, "FAN" in Fantasy, and "THRILL" in Thriller
SEE THE PICKED FLICKS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24
Guillermo del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN (2025) @ 7PM
Costume Contest + Trivia @ 9:30PM
Kiyoshi Kurosawa's PULSE (2001) - @ 10PM
Benjamin Christensen's HÄXAN (1922) featuring a live score by FOSSILIZED WILDERNESS (Ryan Martin) - 12AM
ARCHIVE
OCTOBER 6, 2025
In association with CLICK! Photography Festival!
SHOWING
ALWAYS LOOKING: Titus Brooks Heagins
Featuring a discussion with special guests photographer, Titus Brooks Heagins, and director, Olympia Stone.
MORE INFO + TICKETS
Join the Ackland Film Forum on selected Tuesdays evenings this fall for Color Triumphant in Film, a series that accompanies the Ackland exhibition Color Triumphant: Modern Art from Collection of Julian and Josie Robertson. While the natural world is full of color, for filmmakers color is a choice. Recreating color in the cinema required expensive technologies, careful attention to costumes and set design, and an openness to experimentation. In this series, we highlight how filmmakers have used color from the beginnings of the movies to tell stories.
The Ackland Film Forum is co-organized by the Ackland Art Museum and UNC Film Studies, housed in the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of English and Comparative Literature.
September 7-16, 2025
Join us for our annual Jewish Film Festival including six award-winning and critically acclaimed first-run films that sample a range of international subjects and filmmakers, historical moments, and contemporary issues.
FILM LINE UP + PASS INFO
The Chelsea Theater, in partnership with UE150, proudly presents MAY DAYS: LABOR ON THE MOVE!, a four-film series spotlighting workers’ struggles, union organizing, and collective action across decades and industries. Screenings will take place throughout July, August, and culminate on Labor Day, with films selected to inspire reflection and conversation about labor past and present.
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June - September 2025
Our repertory film series, Chelsea Classics, celebrates the art of cinema through the years.
EXPLORE CHELSEA CLASSICS
May/June 2025
Radical Soul: Black Power Music & Movement
Get yourself in the mood and in the moment to explore L.A. Rebellion films during Chelsea Classics this Summer!
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Mon. 5/12 @ 1PM & 7PM Mon. 5/19 @ 1PM & 7PM Mon. 5/26 @ 1PM & 7PM Mon. 6/2 @ 1PM & 7PM |
April 2025
A Remembrance: David Lynch (1946-2025)
A celebration of the works of one of the most beloved artists of our time.
I like to remember things my own way.
How I remembered them,
Not necessarily the way they happened.
- Lost Highway
march 30, 2025 @ 12:30-5:00 pm
Celebrating 7 Years
Come celebrate with us! Meet our staff and board members, enjoy a delicious cupcake, snag a fun sticker, enjoy giveways, and enter to win prizes! 🎉
march 21 - 25, 2025
COSMIC RAYS FILM FESTIVAL
The COSMIC RAYS FILM FESTIVAL is an annual celebration of short films that expand our idea of what film is and what it can be.
The Festival presents several programs of short films made by filmmakers from North Carolina and around the world that are formally inventive; speak with a personal voice; and are inspired by the possibilities of film as art.
ARCHIVE - 2024 SPECIAL PROGRAMS
OCTOBER 4 - NOVEMBER 24, 2024
Late Nights, Vampire Weekends, & Halloween
Late Night Staff Pick cult thrillers & vampire films that are examples of the persistence in appeal of vampires in cinema to filmmakers and audiences alike and expand upon vampire lore in uniquely cinematic ways. Happy Halloween Season!
SEPTEMBER 30, 2O24
Kino Corner Fall 2024
The Rebirth of Suspense: Book Launch + Film Series
The Chelsea Theater and Kino Corner present a film series and author talk in celebration of the new book by Rick Warner, The Rebirth of Suspense: Slowness and Atmosphere in Cinema (Columbia University Press, 2024).
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SEPTEMBER 15 - 24, 2O24
Jewish Film Festival 2024
Join us for our annual Jewish Film Festival including six award-winning and critically acclaimed first-run films that sample a range of international subjects and filmmakers, historical moments, and contemporary issues.
Each film will include an introduction and talk back with a special guest.
JUNE 12 - SEPTEMBER 2, 2O24
Chelsea Classics Summer 2024
This summer, our repertory film series, Chelsea Classics, celebrates exciting classic film anniversaries with films from 1944, 1954, 1964, 1974, 1984, and 1994, alongside other notable classics.
APRIL 12 - 25, 2O24
COMMON GROUND: Soil, Water, & Food Sustainability Series
The COMMON GROUND: Soil, Water, & Food Sustainability Series offers a compelling journey through the urgencies and solutions within global food sustainability, showcasing stories of innovation, resilience, and the collective push towards a healthier planet.
Kino Corner Film Series
Kino Corner is a Spring & Fall season film and discussion series organized and programmed by UNC graduate students Rose Steptoe and Jonathan Albrite.