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📼 Funded by the UCLA Library Modern Endangered Archives Program (MEAP), the Digital Archive of the Indigenous Languages of the Amazon (ARDILIA) works to preserve and revitalize the rich oral cultural heritage of the Murui, Magütá and Miraña peoples of the Colombian Amazon: ucla.in/4d82Miw
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Calling composers: Applications for Resonate 2026 close June 15.
Open to all ages, nationalities, and career stages. Three $1,000 prizes, live premiere performances, and professional recordings. No application fee.
Apply: go.library.ucla.edu/resonate
⚽ With the 2026 FIFA World Cup underway and Team USA set to play in L.A. tomorrow, we're looking back at a piece of soccer history in the UCLA University Archives.
Former UCLA soccer player Paul Caligiuri represented the United States in the 1986 FIFA World Cup All-Star Game 📸
Congratulations to UCLA Library's graduating student workers and staff from UCLA’s class of 2026! 🎓✨
From supporting collections and services to helping keep Library spaces running smoothly, these students have made meaningful contributions to the UCLA community. 🐻💙
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UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema
Sunday, June 14, 3 p.m.
📽 Cinema-ye Azad: Behnam Jafari
This screening highlights the 1970s short and feature-length films of Behnam Jafari, a key figure of the Cinema-ye Azad (Free Cinema) independent film movement. Q&A with curators. Register: ucla.in/4usSajI
We’re delighted to welcome image maker, creative director and educator Nesanet Teshager Abegaze as the UCLA Film & Television Archive’s 2026 artist-in-residence! Her proposed film project will explore relationships between homeland, diasporic populations and generations: ucla.in/4uLeB4x
UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema
Sun. June 7: Between Dreams and Hope (2025), The Great Yawn of History (2024)
Azad, a trans man, longs to start a life with his lover but must confront his estranged father. Next, an eccentric job interview leads to a quest in the desert for gold. ucla.in/4vww8xu
UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema
Jun 6: Inside Amir (2025), Divine Comedy (2025)
After his girlfriend emigrates to Italy, a bike messenger spends his days with friends who have settled into a life of drift. Next, a director seeks to have his film shown in Iran, dodging authorities ucla.in/4x17V3N
Cinema-ye Azad (Free Cinema) was an underground film movement in Iran, founded in 1969 by Basir Nasibi as a critical response to the commercial and state‑controlled film industry. On our blog, researcher Hadi Alipanah discusses this history: cinema.ucla.edu/blog/cinema-ye-azad-movement-in-iran
Fri June 12: Black Rabbit, White Rabbit (2025)
On a film set, the crew’s armorer worries that a prop gun may not be what it seems and a mysterious woman arrives to demand an audition. Meanwhile, a woman recovering from a car accident discovers she may be the target of a murder plot: ucla.in/4agpymp
