On-campus film and video screening and exhibition is varied and offers students the opportunity to see both contemporary and historical works by American independent film/videomakers as well as by international artists. For film events and screenings: uwmfilmdepartment.blogspot.com.

The Film Department provides weekly screenings of short films and videotapes programmed by faculty members. In addition, filmmakers and video artists regularly visit the Department to present their works and talk to students. The Community Media Project (CMP) offers production workshops to minority youth at various community sites in Milwaukee. In addition, the CMP screens films and videotapes by artists of African-American descent as well as work from Africa, the Caribbean, and Great Britain. At the end of each semester, juniors and seniors screen their projects, and students organize the juried Student Film and Video Festival.

Other series include Experimental Tuesdays a collaboration between the department and the UWM Union Theatre; the off-campus Experimental Film/Video series at Woodland Pattern; and the annual Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival.