Screenings
New dates/cities added every week, so please check back. In most cases, the links are to the venue, and specific ticket buying info will be posted for each event as it becomes available.
2007
March 13
South by Southwest Film Festival, Austin TX, USA - WORLD PREMIERE
Austin Convention Center, 1:30pm. SOLD OUT. Post-screening Q&A with director Gary Hustwit and David Carson. Additional screenings on the 15th (7pm) and the 17th (10pm).
March 22 - April 1
AFI Dallas International Film Festival, Dallas TX, USA
SOLD OUT
March 24
Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich, Switzerland SOLD OUT
Before the screening: "Will This Typeface Last Forever?" A panel discussion with Gary Hustwit, Lars Müller, Erik Spiekermann, David Carson, Alfred Hoffmann, Manuel Krebs. After the screening: a Helvetica 50th birthday party with soDA Magazine.
[see pictures of this event]
March 25
Riffraff, Zürich, Switzerland
Noon screening with introduction and Q&A with Gary Hustwit. Helvetica will screen at Riffraff the following two Sundays.
March 25-30
Febiofest, Prague, Czech Republic SOLD OUT
Director Q&A.
March 31 - April 15
Istanbul International Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey SOLD OUT
Director Q&A.
April 6
AIGA New York Premiere, The New School, Tischman Auditorium, New York NY, USA
SOLD OUT Q&A with Gary Hustwit, Massimo Vignelli, Tobias Frere-Jones, Jonathan Hoefler, Jakob Trollbäck. After-party hosted by Veer.
April 10
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI, USA
RISD Auditorium, 6:30pm. Admission is free! Director Q&A.
April 11
MassArt Eventworks, Boston MA, USA SOLD OUT
Reception at 6pm, screening at 7pm. Pozen Center for Interrelated Media. A limited number of stand-by tickets may be available at the door, get there early. Q&A with Gary Hustwit, Matthew Carter, Mike Parker.
April 12
Aurora Picture Show, AIGA Houston Screening, Houston TX, USA
SOLD OUT
April 13
The Pageant Theater, AIGA Chico Screening, Chico CA, USA
3pm, tickets available here.
April 14
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Durham NC, USA
Director Q&A. Advance tickets SOLD OUT. More tickets will be released the morning of the screening, and will be available at the Full Frame box office at the Durham Marriott starting at 8:30am.
April 18
University of Connecticut, Storrs CT, USA
3pm, Dodd Center. Director Q&A and after-party.
April 19
Yale University, New Haven CT, USA
7pm, Graphic Design Atrium, Green Hall. Free and open to the public. Post-screening discussion with Gary Hustwit, Matthew Carter, Tobias Frere-Jones.
April 21 & 22
Hot Docs Documentary Film Festival, Toronto, Ontario, Canada SOLD OUT
Director Q&A. There may be "rush" tickets available at the door for each screening, get there early.
April 26
South Coast Regency Theaters, Laguna Beach CA, USA
Hosted by the Laguna College of Art & Design. Q&A with Gary Hustwit and David Carson. 7pm screening SOLD OUT. Second screening added at 9pm, get tickets now.
April 26
University of Notre Dame, South Bend IN, USA
April 27
USC, Los Angeles CA, USA
7pm and 9pm, both screenings SOLD OUT. Ticket includes admission to panel discussion with Gary Hustwit, David Carson, Matthew Carter at USC on April 28th.
April 29
PDX Festival, Portland OR, USA SOLD OUT.
Q&A with Gary Hustwit and David Carson. Get tickets.
May 1-2
AIGA Screening, Kansas City MO, USA SOLD OUT
Tivoli Theater, 7pm. Filmmaker Q&A after May 1st screening.
May 3-4
Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus OH, USA SOLD OUT
Filmmaker Q&A after May 3rd screening.
May 4-5
Logo Cities Symposium, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
A Symposium on Signage, Branding, and Lettering in Public Space. Director Q&A.
May 8
Uptown Stage & Screen, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Screening presented by Veer and GDC Alberta South. Director Q&A, and after-party hosted by Veer.
May 9
Market Arcade Theater, Buffalo NY, USA
Director Q&A.
May 10
AIGA Charlotte Screening, Park Terrace 6, Charlotte NC, USA
7pm, tickets at the door
May 11
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY, USA SOLD OUT
Director Q&A. Stand-by tickets available at the door.
May 15
The Westphal College at Drexel University, Philadelphia PA, USA SOLD OUT
6:30pm, Bossone Auditorium, free, first-come first-served. Director Q&A.
May 19
Typo Berlin, Berlin, Germany SOLD OUT
Q&A with director and designers.
May 20
UdK Berlin, Berlin, Germany
12pm, UdK Medienhaus Auditorium, free, first come, first served. Director Q&A.
May 21
Lucas Theater, Savannah Collage of Art & Design, Savannah, Georgia USA
7pm, tickets at the door.
May 22
Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste, Braunschweig, Germany SOLD OUT
Director Q&A.
May 23
Fachhochschule Mainz, Mainz, Germany SOLD OUT
8:30pm, KUZ Mainz. Director Q&A and After Party. Get tickets.
May 24
Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste, Saarbruecken, Germany
Director Q&A.
May 25
Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France SOLD OUT
Q&A with director and designers, and afterparty. Co-produced by F7.
May 26
Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France SOLD OUT
5pm screening with director Q&A.
May 30
SEGD Conference, Boston MA, USA
Q&A with Gary Hustwit and Paula Scher.
May 31
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis MN, USA
Both screenings SOLD OUT. Additional screening added for June 1.
June 1
AIGA Nashville Screening, Nashville TN, USA
June 7
Grand Teatret, Copenhagen, Denmark SOLD OUT
Danish Premiere hosted by Sweet Talk and e-Types. Director Q&A.
June 8
Grafill Summer Party, Oslo, Norway
Q&A with Gary Hustwit, after-party.
June 9
Croatian Designers' Convention, Rovinj, Croatia
Congress Centre Adris, 12pm. For ticket info email: konvencija (at) dizajn.hr
June 13
AIGA San Francisco Premiere, San Francisco CA, USA
Landmark Embarcadero Theaters, 7pm & 10pm. Q&A with Gary Hustwit. SOLD OUT. There may be stand-by tickets available at the door for both screenings, arrive early... no guarantees.
June 15
The Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago IL, USA
6:00pm and 8:15pm screenings SOLD OUT. Additional 10:15 screening added, tix only available at the box office. Q&A with Gary Hustwit after 6pm and 8:15pm shows, director intro at 10:15pm show.
June 16 & 17
AFI Silverdocs Documentary Festival, Silver Spring MD, USA
Q&A with Gary Hustwit. Advance tickets SOLD OUT. There may be stand-by tickets available at the door.
June 20-23
Conference on Typography & Visual Communication, Thessaloniki, Greece
Q&A with director and designers.
June 22
Kriterion, Amsterdam, The Netherlands SOLD OUT
Dutch Premiere and after-party, with panel discussion, poster exhibit, more. Director and designers present. Produced in conjunction with My Little Underground.
June 28
Sweet Talk Dublin Premiere, Sugar Club, Dublin, Ireland SOLD OUT
Panel discussion with Gary Hustwit, Michael C. Place, Aiden Grennelle, Alastair Keady. Special presentation by Wim Crouwel. Tickets at the door only.
June 29
University of Ulster, Belfast, Ireland
6:30 pm, New Lecture Theatre. Q&A with Gary Hustwit.
July 10
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego CA, USA
Hosted by AIGA San Diego. Pre-screening reception, post-screening with Q&A with Gary Hustwit, after-party at the Whistle Stop with live set from El Ten Eleven. Get tickets.
July 13-29
39th Auckland International Film Festival, Auckland, New Zealand
Director Q&A SOLD OUT
July 17
Hoyts Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand SOLD OUT
Director Q&A. Produced in conjunction with Q Brand Agency.
July 20 - August 5
36th Wellington Film Festival, Wellington, New Zealand
July 22
Character 4, Melbourne, Australia SOLD OUT
3pm at the Australian Center for the Moving Image. Q&A with Gary Hustwit, after-party at the Narrows, 6pm.
July 25 - 27
Britdoc, Oxford, England
Q&A with Gary Hustwit.
July 27 - August 17
31st Dunedin International Film Festival, Dunedin, New Zealand
July 28
Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque, Cleveland OH, USA
Q&A with designer Michael Bierut of Pentagram.
August 1
TypeCon, Seattle WA, USA SOLD OUT
Q&A with Gary Hustwit and Matthew Carter will follow the screening. There may be stand-by tickets available at the door, arrive early.
August 4
Hollywood Theater, Portland OR, USA
Encore Portland screening, Q&A with Gary Hustwit. Get tickets.
August 6
Embarcadero Cinemas, San Francisco CA, USA SOLD OUT
Encore SF screening, Q&A with Gary Hustwit.
August 7
GDC Vancouver Premiere, Vancouver BC, Canada
Post-screening discussion with Gary Hustwit, Douglas Coupland, and Jim Rimmer. After-party to follow. First screening SOLD OUT, second screening added, get tickets.
August 8 & 9
Nickelodeon Theater, Columbia SC, USA
Presented by AIGA South Carolina
August 8
New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans LA, USA
September 1
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England SOLD OUT
UK Premiere event: post-screening discussion with Gary Hustwit, Michael C. Place, and Rick Poynor. ICA bar event to follow with designer DJ sets and more. Ticket info soon. (ICA Cinema run starts Sept. 7)
September 3-29
Colette, Paris, France
Helvetica exhibition curated by Gary Hustwit, details TBA.
September 4
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany SOLD OUT
Panel discussion with Lars Muller, Dr. Walter Greisner, Mario Lombardo. Q&A with Gary Hustwit, rooftop after-party. Produced in conjunction with nondesign.
September 7
AIGA Santa Fe Screening, Santa Fe NM, USA
The Film Center at Cinemacafe. Reception at 6pm, film at 7pm.
September 7
AIGA Phoenix Screening, Phoenix AZ, USA
7:30pm, Neeb Hall, ASU Tempe Campus
September 7
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England
A multi-week cinema run at the ICA. Book tickets.
September 11
FMADFED Screening, Fargo ND, USA
September 12
IFC Center, New York NY, USA
Multi-week cinema run, presented by A Public Space. Wednesday 9/12: Director Gary Hustwit at 6:25pm and 8:20pm screenings. Friday 9/14: Director Gary Hustwit and designer Tobias Frere-Jones at 6:25pm and 8:20pm.
Saturday 9/15: Director Gary Hustwit and editor Shelby Siegel at 6:25pm and 8:20pm. Sunday 9/16: Media writer Leslie Savan at 6:25pm and 8:20pm.
September 12
AIGA Detroit Screening, Detroit MI, USA SOLD OUT
College for Creative Studies
September 13
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA SOLD OUT
Screening and discussion with Gary Hustwit, Michael Bierut.
September 13
Michigan State University, East Lansing MI, USA
AIGA screening, 7pm, South Kedzie Hall
September 13 - 17
Stranger than Fiction Festival, Dublin, Ireland
September 13 - 22
27th Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax, Nova Scotia
September 14
51st ATypI Conference, Brighton, England
September 14 - 16
Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Pittsburgh PA, USA
AIGA screening, Regent Square Theater
September 17
Design Museum London, London, England SOLD OUT
Special screening and panel discussion with Gary Hustwit, Matthew Carter, Jonathan Barnbrook, Emily King, Deyan Sudjic.
September 18
AIGA Cincinnati Screening, Cincinnati OH, USA
University of Cincinnati, Raymond Walters College. Q&A with designer Michael Bierut.
September 18 - 23
The American Film Festival in Moscow, Moscow, Russia SOLD OUT
Q&A with Gary Hustwit.
September 19
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI, USA
8pm, Art & Architecture Building. Sponsored by the UM School of Art & Design, UM AIGA student group, with UMMA and AIGA Detroit.
September 19 - 20
Moxie Theater, Springfield MO, USA
September 20
Ringling College of Art & Design, Sarasota FL, USA
September 21
AIGA Orlando Screening, Orlando FL, USA
Valencia Community College PAC, 7pm.
September 21
Stranger than Fiction Festival, Dublin, Ireland
September 21 - 27
The Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago IL, USA
An encore run at the Siskel!
September 27 - 30
Camden International Film Festival, Camden ME, USA
September 27 - October 7
Reykjavik International Film Festival, Iceland
September 27
Typographische Gesellschaft Munchen Screening, Munich, Germany
September 28 & 29
Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City OK, USA
September 29
Short Ride in a Fast Machine, Amsterdam, Netherlands
October 3
San Antonio College, San Antonio TX, USA
Q&A with Gary Hustwit
October 5-7
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco CA, USA SOLD OUT
October 6
Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque, Cleveland OH, USA
An encore screening at the Cinematheque.
October 9
Budapest Design Week, Budapest, Hungary
Godor Klub, special guests Jonathan Barnbrook and Erich Alb. Opening of poster exhibit "50 years Helvetica in Hungary".
October 10
Design Festival Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
October 10
MIT Media Lab, Cambridge MA, USA
Part of MIT's "Mapping the (big ideas)" event. Q&A with Gary Hustwit
October 10
Parkland College, Champaign IL, USA
October 11
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach CA, USA
October 12
AIGA Design Conference, Denver CO, USA
Q&A with Gary Hustwit, Michael Bierut, Jonathan Hoefler, Tobias Frere-Jones, Jakob Trollback.
October 13
Bangkok Design Festival, Bangkok, Thailand
Post-screening discussion with Stefan Sagmeister, Anuthin Wongsunkakon, Pracha Suveeranont.
October 13
Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle, England
Part of Design Event 07. Also that night: the opening of "50 Years of Helvetica" exhibit at the Globe Gallery.
October 15
Mayan Theatre, Denver CO, USA
7pm and 9pm, Gary Hustwit in attendance at both screenings. Sponsored by AIGA Colorado and Veer. Get tickets.
October 16
DesignThinkers Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
7pm screening at the Regent Theatre, Q&A with Gary Hustwit and Stefan Sagmeister.
October 17
AIGA SLC Screening, Salt Lake City UT, USA
October 17 - 24
8th Bergen International Film Festival, Bergen, Norway
October 18 - 28
27th Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival, Honolulu, Hawaii
October 19
Winnipeg Cinematheque, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
October 22, 25, 28
Dutch Design Week Screenings, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
October 25
AIGA Miami Screening, Miami FL, USA
Colony Theater
October 26, 27 & 30
Cinema Zed, Leuven, Belgium
October 29
Biografen Park, Stockholm, Sweden SOLD OUT
Reception at 5:30pm, film at 6:30pm. Post-screening discussion with Gary Hustwit, Dennis Dahlqvist, Laurie Haycock Makela, Matilda Plojel, Henrik Nygren, Christian Altmann. Produced in conjunction with Research and Development Design Agency
October 31 & November 1
Kumu, Tallinn, Estonia
Part of the Swiss Design Festival. Q&A with Gary Hustwit after the October 31st show.
November 1 - 11
Bath Film Festival, Bath, England SOLD OUT
November 2 - 15
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England
An encore run at the ICA!
November 7 - 11
Sheffield Doc/Fest, Sheffield, England
November 8
AIGA Atlanta Screening, Atlanta GA, USA
Woodruff Arts Center. Q&A with Gary Hustwit and Matthew Carter
November 8 & 9
MuKHA, Antwerp, Belgium
November 9 - 15
Athens Arthaus Cine, Athens GA, USA
November 9 - 18
CPH:DOX, Copenhagen, Denmark
November 24 & 25
Northwest Film Center, Portland OR, USA
December 9 - 16
Traffic Gallery, Dubai, UAE
December 14 - 20
The Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago IL, USA
An second encore run at the Siskel!
December 21 - 27
Roxie Cinema, San Francisco CA, USA
2008
January 7 - 10
The Harris Theater, Pittsburgh PA, USA
An encore run at Pittsburgh Filmmakers
January 16
Jacob Burns Film Center, Pleasantville NY, USA
Q&A with designers Michael Bierut & Peter Scherer, an art happening w/ E.Y.E. Art Collaborative, reception
January 20, 22, 24
Circle Cinema, Tulsa OK, USA
January 25
Tallahassee Film Society, Tallahassee FL, USA
January 25
Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa AZ, USA
January 29
Princess Cinemas, Waterloo ONT, Canada
February 6
UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara CA, USA
February 8
Metro Cinema Society, Edmonton AB, Canada
February 8, 9, & 11
Cornell Cinema, Ithaca NY, USA
February 22 - 27
Design Indaba, Cape Town, South Africa
February 25
Goethe Institut, Krakow, Poland
February 26
Rooftop Cinema, Melbourne, Australia
February 28
School of Communication Arts, Raleigh NC, USA
March 5
Cinema Le Clap, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
March 6
Cinema Arts Centre, Huntington NY, USA
March 7 - 13
Northwest Film Forum, Seattle WA, USA
Co-presented by the AIGA as part of the ByDesign festival.
March 11
Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland
Post-screening panel with Gian Luca Amadei (Blueprint), Bruno Maag (Dalton Maag), Mhairi Mackenzie (Mucky Puddle), Jon Jeffrey (Bibliotheque), Hector Pottie (Third Eye Design). Part of the Six Cities Design Festival.
March 12
University of Wales, Lampeter, Wales
Helvetica, Type and Visual Culture: a workshop at the University of Wales Lampeter with leading experts on the history of printing and culture, who will explore the history of type and discuss the cultural significance of the Helvetica type face. Roderic Bowen Research Centre, University of Wales Lampeter, College Street, Ceredigion SA48 7ED. Telephone number for enquiries: 01570 424 805. E-mail: founders(at)lamp.ac.uk.
March 27
Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville TN, USA
March 27, 29
NZ World Cinema Showcase, Wellington, New Zealand
April 3
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis TN, USA
April 3
Cape Breton Island Film Series, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
April 5 & 6
Princess Cinemas, Waterloo ONT, Canada
Encore at the Princess!
April 6 - 17
NZ World Cinema Showcase, Auckland, New Zealand
April 10
AIGA Santa Barbara screening, Santa Barbara CA, USA
Santa Barbara City Collage, film and exhibit, free.
April 17
Walhalla Theater, Wiesbaden, Germany
Presented by Q as part of the Wiesbaden Creative Business Festival "Access all Areas". Before the screening: "Helvetica - boon or bane?" A panel discussion with Helvetica pioneer Dr. Werner Greisner (former CEO of D. Stempel AG), Professor Werner Schneider (type designer, calligrapher) and Bertram Schmidt-Friderichs (publisher, printer, typographer).
April 19
Dryden Theatre at the George Eastman House, Rochester NY, USA
April 26
Barbican Centre, London, England
Introduced by director Gary Hustwit.
April 26, 29
NZ World Cinema Showcase, Christchurch, New Zealand
April 26
Roundhouse Community Centre, Vancouver BC, Canada
Presented by Kwantlen University College in conjuction with the Kwantlen Design & Communications Show.
May 4 & 5
NZ World Cinema Showcase, Dunedin, New Zealand
May 14
Film Streams at the Ruth Sokolof Theater, Omaha NE, USA
June 4
Adobo Magazine Screening, Makati City, Philipines
Insular Life Building Auditorium
June 5
Akron Art Museum, Akron OH, USA
June 5
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis IN, USA
June 6 - 12
Cinema du Parc, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
June 11
American Cinematheque, Los Angeles CA, USA
June 27
The Second Floor, Karachi, Pakistan
July 29 - August 3
Traverse City Film Festival, Traverse City MI, USA
August 10 - 12
ByTowne Cinema, Ottowa, Ontario Canada
August 14
Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis MN, USA
September 13
The Burlington Book Fair, Burlington VT, USA
Presented by the Vermont International Film Festival
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