Fall 2025 Screenings:
The Baltimorons, December 5th at 7 pm
Save the dates for our spring Friday screenings: January 23, February 13, March 6, and April 17, and May 1. The Video Poetry Festival returns on February 20th. More information coming soon!
The Bud Frank Cinema, established in 2023, is dedicated to bringing new and diverse film experiences to ETSU and the communities of East Tennessee. Through a focus on global arthouse cinema, we acknowledge that there are many film cultures, and entertainment is only one facet of the cinematic experience. With that in mind, we operate by the motto: all films, all times, all places. This means that we endeavor to provide access to all types of films, by all types of filmmakers, including narrative, documentary, experimental, and new media work, as well as films by women, minority, independent, and LGBTQ+ filmmakers. We also provide access to the history of cinema through silent cinema events and retrospectives. We are committed to building community around film for all audiences. All screenings are open to the public.
For more information: contact Chelsea Wessels (wessels@etsu.edu) or Matthew Holtmeier (holtmeier@etsu.edu)
See Film and Media Studies for our academic program.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Location & Parking
The Bud Frank Theater is located inside the first floor of Gilbreath Hall (Building #10) at 441 Stout Drive, Johnson City, TN 37614. Parking includes the 9 parking spaces in front of Gilbreath Hall and the Parking Lots #28 - 34. All parking after 4:30 PM is free.
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Accessibility
Handicapped Parking can be found in front of Gilbreath Hall. The Automatic Door for the Gilbreath is located on the back left section of the building. The door opens to the left of the Bud Frank Theater. Those who require closed captioning or other accomodations, please contact Chelsea Wessels (wessels@etsu.edu) or Matthew Holtmeier (holtmeier@etsu.edu) so that equipment is prepared for use. The Bud Frank Theater is ADA compliant.
Previous Screenings
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2025-2026
Jaws 50th Anniverary (Steven Spielberg, 1975)
Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake) (Sierra Falconer, 2025)
Little Women (Gillian Armstrong, 1994)
The History of Sound (Oliver Hermanus, 2025)
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (Rungano Nyoni, 2024)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Jim Sharman, 1975)
The Mastermind (Kelly Reichhardt, 2025)
Olaf's Frozen Adventure (Stevie Wermers & Kevin Deters, 2017)
In the Mood for Love 25th Anniversary (Wong Kar-wai, 2000)
The Indelible Appalachians (Frederick Murphy, 2024)
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2024-2025
Flaherty Film Seminar: To Commune
I Saw the TV Glow (Jane Schoenbrun, 2024)
Classic Animations programmed by Fleischer Cartoons with live musical accompaniment by Lee Bidgood, Roy Andrade, and Kalia Yeagle
It's Only Life After All (Alexandria Bombach, 2023)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Jim Sharman, 1975)
A Different Man (Aaron Schimberg, 2024)
Muxe: The Lanaguage of Art and Culture (Hugo Ximello-Salido, 2021)
Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders, 1984)
Mickey's Christmas Carol (Burny Mattinson, 1983)
Flow (Gints Zilbalodis, 2024)
Seven Samurai 4K Restoration 70th Anniversary (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)
Frozen ( Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, 2013)
All We Imagine As Light (Payal Kapadia, 2024)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Jacques Demy, 1964)
Where Are We Really: A Video Poetry Festival (Dr. Micheal Jones, Johnson City Film Collective, and The Video Poetry Club, 2025).
Nickel Boys (RaMell Ross, 2024)
Agee (Robert Spears, 1980)
Universal Language (Matthew Rankin, 2024)
When Fall is Coming (Francois Ozon, 2024)
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2023 -2024
Our Hospitality with live musical accompaniment by Lee Bidgood and Roy Andrade (Buster Keaton, 1923)
Annihilation (Alex Garland, 2018)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Jim Sharman, 1975)
National Theatre Live Frankenstein (Danny Boyle, 2011)
Frosty's Winter Wonderland (Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass, 1976)
White Christmas (Michael Curtiz, 1954)
Past Lives (Celine Song, 2023)
Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet, 2023)
King Coal director Q&A (Elaine McMillion Sheldon, 2023)
Perfect Days (Wim Wenders, 2023)
Wicked Little Letters (Thea Sharrock, 2023)