Film & Image Services

Bijou Theater

Library Film Services manages the Bijou Theater.  The Bijou seats 120.

The Bijou operates primarily during the regular academic year (Fall and Spring semesters) and may be scheduled for CalArts classes and some non-class usage.  After Class Hours (late evenings during Fall and Spring semesters, weekends, and summer) cannot be guaranteed.

PLEASE NOTE: MASKS MAY BE REQUIRED BY FACULTY OR EVENT ORGANIZERS FALL 2024. 

Bijou may be scheduled for

• Visiting artist / filmmaker screenings sponsored by a faculty or school program.
• Faculty, student, staff, or alumni screenings of their work for the CalArts community.
• Meetings or other special events for groups larger than 50.
• Select screenings approved by Library Film Services that require a license or written permission from the copyright holder to augment research, study, or another academic purpose.

Copyright Clearance

• Screenings other than face-to-face, classroom presentations with the instructor present are considered a ‘public performance’.  Public performance of a film requires that a license and/or written permission from the copyright holder be obtained.  (Classroom Use Exemption to Copyright law (17 U.S.C. §110(1))

To Schedule

• For class use
  • The Bijou can be scheduled for semester-long classes for the Fall and Spring semesters. 
  • Currently, availability for classes is limited to semester-long classes.
• For non-class use
  • The Bijou can also be scheduled on a case-by-case basis for non-class use including visiting artist lectures, meetings, individual screenings (with appropriate licensing or copyright clearance), etc.

See the links above for more information about scheduling and fees.

• DCP
• 35mm & 16mm film
• Quicktime files
  • Preferably Apple ProRes 422 HQ
  • 1920x1080
  • 23.98p, 24p, 25p, 29.97p, or 54.94i
  • 16 or 24-bit Linear PCM audio, stereo or 5.1 with SMPTE channel order (L=1, R=2, C=3, Lfe=4, Ls=5, Rs=6)
• All Region Blu-ray, DVD & VHS
• Mini-DV & DVCAM (NTSC and PAL)