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Streaming Programs

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Test Your Tech: Blue Garden

A filmmaker’s bountiful exploration of their family’s Japanese-Canadian history. The film reels i...

Canada | Documentary | 5
Shorts Block: Ideology vs. Identity

Featuring a unique group of shorts that explores the chasms in ideology and identity on national ...

Story & Pictures By

Children’s picture books have brought creativity, joy, and a deeper understanding of the world eq...

USA | Documentary | 84
Four Daughters

Innovative in form and piercing in content, Four Daughters tells the story of the titular Tunisia...

France | Documentary | 107
Shorts Block: New York Times Op-Docs

Op-Docs is the New York Times’ award-winning series of short-form documentaries showcasing some o...

Documentary | 95
Sorry/Not Sorry

The “Me Too” movement resulted in numerous mea culpas, not all of which were heartfelt. Louis C.K...

USA | Documentary | 93
Richland

Kaleidoscopic in form and wry in its content, Richland is about two small towns in southeastern W...

USA | Documentary | 93
Jerry Brown: The Disrupter

Governor Jerry Brown has had a storied political life, and Marina Zenovich’s tremendous portrait ...

USA | Documentary | 95
Test Your Tech: MINK!

Throughout her life, Representative Patsy Mink challenged the status quo. As a leading advocate o...

Documentary
Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Walt Disney famously stated that “it all started with a mouse.” Director Jeff Malmberg has put to...

USA | Documentary | 89
Shorts Block: Human Exposure

This eclectic group of joyous shorts uses immersive, kinetic visuals to take a fresh look at the ...

Documentary | 100
Sansón and Me

Bay Area filmmaker Rodrigo Reyes reimagines the framework for documentary reenactments with this ...

Mexico | Documentary | 83
2021 Event Type Number Four Streaming

Get ready for the upcoming Doc Stories film series with a free screening of a delightful, timely ...

USA | Documentary
Abou Leila

Reality becomes increasingly tenuous in this intense, phantasmagoric drama when childhood friends...

Algeria | Fiction | 133
Supported by SFFILM
After Antarctica

Thirty years after leading the first-ever coast-to-coast expedition across the frigid continent t...

USA | Documentary | 104
Supported by SFFILM
Ascension

A visceral exploration of contemporary China’s identity and the paradoxes of economic progress. D...

USA | Documentary | 98
Attica

A suspenseful and meticulous reconstruction of the 1971 Attica Correctional Facility uprising, ca...

USA | Documentary | 118
Burning

Burning profiles the ‘Black Summer’ of 2019-2020 when 59 million acres burned in Australia. The f...

Australia | Documentary | 94
Captains of Zaatari

How about this: Syrian teens Fawzi and Mahmoud come of age amidst a refugee camp's harsh conditio...

Egypt | Documentary | 73
Censor

Film censor Enid’s concern over protecting the public turns into chilling obsession when one part...

UK | Fiction | 84
Mid-Length: “Cloudscape” + “Here, HereR...

Oscillating between chronicle, dream, and document, Gallisá Muriente uncovers environmental and c...

Puerto Rico | Mid-Lengths | 60
Cruz

Violence from Mexico's drug cartels threatens the serene, pastoral lives – steeped in ancient tra...

100
Cuban Dancer

Tremendous dance sequences and a teenager's extraordinary talent drive this captivating documenta...

Italy | Documentary | 98
Cusp

A poignant and disturbing portrait of three bored teenage girls passing a Texas summer of bonfire...

USA | Documentary | 83
Dance of the 41

Based on true events, Dance of the 41 is the forbidden love story between a politician and a lawy...

Mexico | Fiction | 98
Supported by SFFILM
Dash Shaw: Persistence of Vision Award + “Cryptozoo...

Funny, sexy, and ambitious, Shaw’s hand-drawn feature captivates a far-out story of mythological ...

USA | 95
Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over

An inspirational portrait of a living legend, this documentary begins with Warwick’s youth in New...

USA | Documentary | 95
Mid-Length: "Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma" + "Dear Philadelph...

Pulling from autobiographical anecdotes, sumptuous visuals, and his own music, hip-hop artist Top...

USA | Mid-Lengths | 63
The Dry

Based on Jane Harper’s bestseller, this riveting Aussie mystery stars Eric Bana as an investigato...

Australia | Fiction | 118
Fauna

Issues of representation and performance take center stage in Pereda’s wry feature about a couple...

Mexico | Fiction | 70
The First Wave

Featuring four frontline workers battling the COVID-19 pandemic during the first wave that ravage...

USA | Documentary | 93
Flee

Winner of the 2021 Grand Jury Prize for World Documentary at Sundance, this moving and innovative...

Denmark | Documentary | 90
Holler

Focusing on promising high-school graduate Ruthie, this coming-of-age drama is a deeply compassio...

USA | Fiction | 91
Home

Seventeen years after committing a heinous crime, Marvin returns home, attempting to pick up the ...

Germany | Fiction | 100
I’M FINE (Thanks for Asking)

Single mom Danny races through COVID-era Pacoima, CA, on roller skates to try to amass an apartme...

USA | Fiction | 90
In the Same Breath

Meticulously documenting the origin and spread of COVID-19, Nanfu Wang's fourth feature captures ...

USA | Documentary | 99
The Last Autumn

Director Yrsa Roca Fannberg's intimate documentary observes a husband and wife's final season ten...

Iceland | Documentary | 78
Lead Me Home

Filmed over three years in three cities that face seemingly intractable circumstances involving l...

USA | Documentary | 39
A Leave

The employer/employee relationship is explored with great nuance in the story of a middle-aged ma...

South Korea | Fiction | 82
Lily Topples the World

A young girl's passion for building and toppling vivid domino creations leads her to YouTube star...

USA | Documentary | 91
Ma Belle, My Beauty

Against the backdrop of a sun-drenched summer in Southern France, a surprise reunion stirs up old...

USA | Fiction | 93
Kids + Families
Mid-Length: “Mum Is Pouring Rain” + “The S...

Jane, a strong-minded and independent little girl, is sent off to stay with her grandma during th...

France | Mid-Lengths | 30
Limited Streaming Window
Naked Singularity

John Boyega cements his leading-man status as an impassioned public defender who stumbles into a ...

USA | Fiction | 93
New York Times Op-Docs

Always a Doc Stories highlight, this year’s selection includes work that showcases art from an in...

Nudo Mixteco

Converging around a Mexican village’s yearly festival, this powerful drama depicts the upheaval c...

Mexico | Fiction | 92
Overclockers

Inventing a next-generation blimp is the goal of the brilliant but poor young aviator in this buo...

Poland | Fiction | 92
The Perfect Candidate

A female physician challenges Saudi Arabia's patriarchal society when she runs for local office i...

Saudi Arabia | Fiction | 105
Peter Nicks: George Gund III Award + “Homeroom”

Peter Nicks celebrates the resilience and grit of Oakland High School's class of 2020 during a ye...

USA | 90
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

Raucous music adorns this deep dive into the life of Poly Styrene, frontwoman of the pioneering E...

UK | Documentary | 96
Poppy Field

This explosive drama explores how a Romanian policeman's hidden life impacts his response to a pr...

Romania | Fiction | 82
Radiograph of a Family

Iranian filmmaker Firouzeh Khosrovani investigates her parents' unusual marriage between a secula...

Iran | Documentary | 82
Limited Streaming Window
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It

Film clips galore unreel on screen as the indomitable Rita Moreno recalls her dramatic, topsy-tur...

USA | Documentary | 90
Seyran Ateş: Sex, Revolution and Islam

A rich portrait of Turkish-German radical feminist, lawyer, and imam, Seyran Ateş unfolds like a ...

Norway | Documentary | 81
Shorts 1

This collection of narrative and new vision shorts shines a tender light on society's frictions, ...

Short Film | 100
Shorts 2

Featuring a boy’s first summer fasting for Ramadan, a face-off with a comically seedy insurance a...

Short Film | 69
Supported by SFFILM
Shorts 3

With care and diligence, these filmmakers have created life-affirming documentary and new visions...

Short Film | 104
Shorts 4

This selection of documentary shorts features flocks of wildfire-fighting sheep, the pursuit of h...

Short Film | 93
Kids + Families
Shorts 6: Family Films

This diverse collection of stories is sure to please the smallest members of your family, along w...

Short Film | 77
Shorts 7: Youth Works

See the world as interpreted by today’s teen filmmakers. From South Korea to Israel, with stops i...

Short Film | 77
Shorts Block: New York Times Op-Docs

Op-Docs is the New York Times’ award-winning series of short-form documentaries by independent fi...

Documentary | 93
Simple as Water

The modern world has become all too familiar with images of refugees fleeing their home. But what...

USA | Documentary | 98
Mid-Length: “Sing Me a Lullaby” + “We Have...

Ru Wen last saw her parents when she was five years old. She resisted searching for them for the ...

Canada | Mid-Lengths | 41
Kids + Families
Skies of Lebanon

Rich with whimsy and drama, this beautifully deft romance sets the relationship between a Swiss w...

France | Fiction | 90
Son of Monarchs

A butterfly researcher in the US returns to his home in Michoacán where he reconnects with family...

USA | Fiction | 97
The Spokeswoman

Maria de Jesús Patricio, known as Marichuy, is the first indigenous woman to run for president of...

Mexico | Documentary | 77
Strawberry Mansion

Whimsical and unique, this story of a dream auditor falling in love with the woman he’s scrutiniz...

USA | Fiction | 90
Limited Streaming Window
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

This fascinating documentary delves into the origins of the beloved children’s show Sesame Street...

USA | Documentary | 107
Supercool

After Neil undergoes a magical transformation, he and his best friend Gilbert make unexpected all...

USA | Fiction | 91
Mid-Length: “Tales of the Accidental City” + ...

In this humorous and biting film, an eclectic group of people living in Nairobi gathers over Zoom...

Kenya | Mid-Lengths | 70
Test Your Tech: Club Quarantine

For three to six hours every night of the week, a queer dance party with people from all over the...

USA | Documentary | 7
Test Your Tech: What You’ll Remember

Stable, affordable housing was out of reach for a San Francisco Bay Area family. So they built a ...

This Is My Desire

Using a dual storyline format to portray life in Lagos, this moving drama's protagonists dream of...

Nigeria | Fiction | 116
Tove

Shimmering portrait of the irrepressible bisexual artist and illustrator Tove Jansson, writer and...

Finland | Fiction | 100
Unseen Skies

Contemporary artist Trevor Paglen prepares his most ambitious project to date in this intimate an...

USA | Documentary | 98
Valley of Souls

Actor Arley de Jesús Carvallido Lobo is unforgettable in this powerful drama as a fisherman searc...

Colombia | Fiction | 136
Supported by SFFILM
We Are as Gods

Stewart Brand, Bay Area icon and founder of the Whole Earth Catalog, continues to shape culture a...

USA | Documentary | 92
The Whaler Boy

The internet brings the outside world to an isolated Russian whaling village in this involving co...

Russian Federation | Fiction | 93
Supported by SFFILM
Writing With Fire

A trio of fearless female journalists expose rampant sexism and corruption in the northern state ...

India | Documentary | 93
Zumiriki

How do you relive a memory? Oskar Alegria revisits a place from his childhood and tries to answer...

Spain | Documentary | 122

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