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2023 Sections + Spotlights > Global Documentaries

2023 Film Festival Spotlight

Global Documentaries

SFFILM’s documentary showcase celebrates the finest in nonfiction filmmaking from around the world, near and far.

Events + Programs

Apr 20
a couple of men taking plastic out of fishing nets.

SFFILM Festival

Against the Tide

April 20, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
CGV San Francisco
Apr 22
a young boy holding a sign that reads, "FREE PRESS" walking along a street.

SFFILM Festival

Bad Press

April 22, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 8:03 pm
CGV San Francisco
Apr 16

SFFILM Festival

Being Mary Tyler Moore

April 16, 2023 @ 12:30 pm - 2:45 pm
CGV San Francisco
Apr 16
a collage of pictures of people and animals on a computer screen.

SFFILM Festival

Confessions of a Good Samaritan

April 16, 2023 @ 5:30 pm - 7:40 pm
CGV San Francisco
Apr 16

SFFILM Festival

Hummingbirds

April 16, 2023 @ 8:30 pm - 10:13 pm
CGV San Francisco
Apr 20
a group of smiling people pose around a person wearing a brown suit.

SFFILM Festival

Invisible Beauty

April 20, 2023 @ 5:30 pm - 7:48 pm
CGV San Francisco
Apr 18
a woman in a striped shirt playing guitar by a microphone.

SFFILM Festival

Joan Baez I Am a Noise

April 18, 2023 @ 5:00 pm - 7:14 pm
Castro Theatre
Apr 22

SFFILM Festival

King Coal

April 22, 2023 @ 5:45 pm - 7:38 pm
CGV San Francisco
Apr 15
a group of naked woman stand by a wooden hut in a forest.

SFFILM Festival

La Bonga

April 15, 2023 @ 12:30 pm - 2:12 pm
CGV San Francisco
Apr 14
a man standing in front of a pile of rubble and destroyed buildings.

SFFILM Festival

Mariupolis 2

April 14, 2023 @ 6:15 pm - 8:12 pm
CGV San Francisco
Apr 15
a group of women shouting with their right fists in the sky.

SFFILM Festival

Mel Novikoff Award: Firelight Media + “Th...

April 15, 2023 @ 3:15 pm - 5:56 pm
CGV San Francisco
Apr 21
a group of women in fancy hats and dresses stand in the pews dancing and cheering.

SFFILM Festival

Milisuthando

April 21, 2023 @ 8:45 pm - 11:18 pm
CGV San Francisco
Apr 21
a painting of Alfred Hitchcock's face in acrylic colors.

SFFILM Festival

My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock

April 21, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 6:25 pm
BAMPFA
At Rush!
Apr 20
a large cutout of a man holding a camera stands over a crowd of soldiers.

SFFILM Festival

Persistence of Vision Award: Mark Cousins...

April 20, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 9:43 pm
BAMPFA
Apr 21
a black and white photo of two men and a woman standing in front of a chalkboard marked up with names.

SFFILM Festival

Rally

April 21, 2023 @ 5:30 pm - 7:36 pm
CGV San Francisco
At Rush!
Apr 23
a group of naked woman stand by a wooden hut in a forest.

SFFILM Festival

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

April 23, 2023 @ 2:15 pm - 3:49 pm
CGV San Francisco
Apr 21
michael j. fox sitting with his hand on his chin.

SFFILM Festival

STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie

April 21, 2023 @ 8:30 pm - 10:29 pm
CGV San Francisco
Apr 15
a woman underwater swimming up to a hole that has light shining through.

SFFILM Festival

The Deepest Breath

April 15, 2023 @ 3:00 pm - 5:13 pm
CGV San Francisco
Apr 15

SFFILM Festival

The Tuba Thieves

April 15, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:56 pm
BAMPFA

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