Followed by Q&A with artist Masha Kechaeva, moderated by Elise Schierbeek . BEING LIMINAL BEING explores the rites of passage and strange reflections that guide […]

Selected by Martine Gutierrez An encore screening has been added on Tuesday, July 21. Clashing with an archdemon boar, warrior Ashitaka is stricken with […]

 Co-Presented by Japan Society of Northern California One of the most beloved directorial debuts of the 1990s and a popular sensation in Japan and beyond, […]

The debut feature film by writer/director Luis Valdez is a searing adaptation of his play about the events that led to the infamous 1943 […]

Includes 16 minutes of new, theatrically exclusive post-credit bonus footage from Kane Parsons! A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom, leading […]

Selected by Lee Friedlander Capping a stunning run of 1950s late-career films—falling between Vertigo and Psycho, both summits of cinema in their own right—Alfred […]

Selected by Kota Ezawa French actress Emmanuelle Riva (2012 Oscar nominee for Amour), in Japan to make a “peace film,” finds herself, in the […]

Co-Presented by BAVC “Bethman’s film succeeds as both an inspiring coming-of-age story and impactful history lesson.” — Joe Leydon, Variety A coming-of-age documentary told from […]

If poetry had a pop icon, Mary Oliver would be it. Celebrated best-selling poet, Pulitzer Prize-winner, lover of dogs and long walks in the […]

Join us for a post-screening conversation on July 19 with Harry Dodge and Steak house, moderated by Jenni Olson. Groundbreaking when it was made […]

Selected by Robert Adams Liv Ullmann plays a stage actor who has inexplicably gone mute; an equally mesmerizing Bibi Andersson is the garrulous young […]

Co-presented by American Documentary | POV Filmmaker Ross McElwee has spent forty years recording himself and his family, creating documentaries that chronicle the shifting […]

Q&A with Nick Funess after the screening! For fans of cringe comedy and not for the faint of heart, The Hedonist is a lo-fi […]

Estranged son Assaf (Adam Gabay) returns home for his father Shlomo’s shiva. It’s been so long since his uncles, Eli and Yakov,have seen him […]

With Filmmakers Q&A after the Sunday, July 26th screening! First Looks, the Roxie’s Oscar-Qualifying Theatrical Release program, supports filmmakers in their Academy Award quest. […]

With Filmmakers Q&A after the Sunday, July 26th screening! First Looks, the Roxie’s Oscar-Qualifying Theatrical Release program, supports filmmakers in their Academy Award quest. […]

Q&A with Director Jacob Pincus, participant/subject Madeline “Mima” Kohn, producer Charlie McCollum (Producer), and editor Sabrina Greco expected to attend! Mima finds herself in […]

Co-Presented by BAVC “Bethman’s film succeeds as both an inspiring coming-of-age story and impactful history lesson.” — Joe Leydon, Variety A coming-of-age documentary told from […]

Co-presented by American Documentary | POV Filmmaker Ross McElwee has spent forty years recording himself and his family, creating documentaries that chronicle the shifting […]

Q&A with producer Arno Mokros and director Jess Zeidman after the screening! In New York City, day-to-day life can feel almost surreal in its […]

If poetry had a pop icon, Mary Oliver would be it. Celebrated best-selling poet, Pulitzer Prize-winner, lover of dogs and long walks in the […]

Pushing the boundaries of sound and image, experimental drummer Brian Chase (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Drums and Drones) presents a one-of-a-kind collaboration with Bay Area […]

Summer 2004 on the glistening Galician coast: 18-year-old Marina, a confident, budding filmmaker raised by adoptive parents seeks out her estranged paternal grandparents to […]

Q&A with director Shervin Nassi after the screening! Benny (Ryan McCartan) and his best friend Kameron (Elias Kacavas) are fleeing to Mexico, desperate to […]

If poetry had a pop icon, Mary Oliver would be it. Celebrated best-selling poet, Pulitzer Prize-winner, lover of dogs and long walks in the […]

A special double feature screening on Sunday, July 26th at 1pm. Click the BUY TICKETS button at the bottom of the page! Featuring a […]

Director Mark Jenkin in person, in conversation with SFFilm Associate Director of Programming, Mr. Rod Armstrong, for the 6/16 preview screening! Three decades ago, […]

With Filmmakers Q&A after the Sunday, July 26th screening! First Looks, the Roxie’s Oscar-Qualifying Theatrical Release program, supports filmmakers in their Academy Award quest. […]

In this sci-fi fantasy-fueled visual album accompanying Magdalena Bay’s newest album, Imaginal Disk, visionary director Amanda Kramer lends her singular creative touch to the […]

Co-presented by American Documentary | POV Filmmaker Ross McElwee has spent forty years recording himself and his family, creating documentaries that chronicle the shifting […]

Q&A with director Sophia Takal after the screening! High school senior and aspiring actress Hannah (Ella Beatty, fresh off of her debut in If […]