• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content

SFFILM

The Bay Area's home for the world's finest films and filmmakers.

  • Calendar
  • Festival
  • 2024 Festival
    • Festival Program
      • Calendar
    • Explore
      • Sections + Spotlights
      • Awards + Competition
      • Schools at the Festival
      • About the Festival
      • Dining + Travel
    • How-To
      • Tickets
      • FAQ
      • Press Center
      • PDF of Program
      • Volunteer
  • Join + Give
    • Join UsSFFILM is a community of film lovers and filmmakers dedicated to the art of cinema.
      • Become a Member
      • Become a Patron
      • Make a Gift
      • Volunteer
    • PartnerReach film fans through a customized partnership of the Festival and our many year-round programs!
      • Get Involved
      • Corporate Partners
      • Government + Foundations
      • Community Partners
  • Filmmakers + Education
    • Artist Development
      • Fund Your Film
      • FilmHouse Residency
      • Filmmaker Programming
      • SFFILM Supported
    • Education
      • Schools at the Festival
      • Family Programming
      • Teaching Tools
      • Video Library
      • See All
  • SIGN IN
Press Release > Festival > Special Interest Categories at the 57th San Francisco International Film Festival

Special Interest Categories at the 57th San Francisco International Film Festival

Apr 1, 2014

Festival

AFRICAN (Sub-Saharan)
Difret, Zeresenay Berhane Mehari, Ethiopia
Shorts 6: Family Films (Boyhood)
We Come as Friends, Hubert Sauper, France/Austria
White Shadow, Noaz Deshe, Italy/Germany/Tanzania

AFRICAN AMERICAN
Dear White People, Justin Simien, USA
Freedom Summer, Stanley Nelson, USA
The High Five (short), Michael Jacobs, USA
No No: A Dockumentary, Jeffrey Radice, USA
Shorts 7: Youth Works (When Life Hands You Lemons, Inside the Ring)

ANIMATION / ANIME                    
Shorts 3: Animation
Shorts 4: New Visions (All Vows, Close the Lid Gently, Spacetime)            
Shorts 6: Family Films (The Dam Keeper, I Want My Hat Back, My Mom Is an Airplane, The Numberlys, Silent, Soup of the Day)        
Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, USA
Shorts 7: Youth Works (Shadows of Senghenydd)

ARCHIVAL / RESTORATION / CLASSIC FILMS
All That Jazz, Bob Fosse, USA
The Lady Eve, Preston    Sturges, USA
Manila in the Claws of Light, Lino Brocka, Philippines
Queen Margot: The Director’s Cut, Patrice Chéreau, France/Italy/Germany
Shorts 1 (Re:Awakenings)
Shorts 4: New Visions (All Vows, The Claustrum)
Shorts 5: Experimental: Looking Glass (Little Girl, Lost and Found)
Stephin Merritt with The Unknown, Tod Browning, USA
Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, USA

ART / DESIGN / ARCHITECTURE
Agnès Varda: From Here to There, Agnès Varda, France    
Art and Craft, Sam Cullman, Jennifer Grausman and Mark Becker, USA    
A Conversation with K.K. Barrett, USA        
The Great Museum, Johannes Holzhausen, Austria
Impossible Light, Jeremy Ambers, USA
The Seventh Walk, Amit Dutta, India
Shorts 3: Animation
    
ASIAN
American Dreams in China, Peter Ho-sun Chan, Hong Kong/China    
Bauyr (Little Brother), Seric Aprymov, Kazakhstan    
Firestorm, Alan Yuen, Hong Kong/China    
Happiness, Thomas Balmès, France/Finland    
Harmony Lessons, Emir Baigazin, Kazakhstan/Germany/France    
Intruders, Noh Young-seok, South Korea    
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter, David Zellner, USA
The Last Season, Sara    Dosa, USA    
Manakamana, Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez, USA/Nepal    
Manila in the Claws of Light, Lino Brocka, Philippines
Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy, Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, Thailand
Norte, the End of History, Lav Diaz, Philippines    
Our Sunhi, Hong Sang-soo, South Korea            
The Seventh Walk, Amit Dutta, India
Shorts 6: Family Films (Sprout)
Shorts 7: Youth Works (Lunch with Yoshi)
Stray Dogs, Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan/France
Tamako in Moratorium, Nobuhiro Yamashita, Japan    
Three Letters from China, Luc Schaedler, Switzerland    
Trap Street, Vivian Qu, China

ASIAN AMERICAN
The Last Season, Sara Dosa, USA
Shorts 1 (So You’ve Grown Attached)

CHINESE LANGUAGE
American Dreams in China, Peter Ho-sun Chan, Hong Kong/China
Firestorm, Alan Yuen, Hong Kong/China
Stray Dogs, Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan/France
Three Letters from China, Luc Schaedler, Switzerland    
Trap Street, Vivian Qu, China

COMEDY
All About the Feathers, Neto Villalobos, Costa Rica        
Blind Dates, Levan Koguashvili, Georgia    
Chinese Puzzle, Cédric Klapisch, France/USA    
Dear White People, Justin Simien, USA    
The Double, Richard Ayoade, UK    
Frank, Lenny Abrahamson, Ireland/UK
If You Don’t, I Will, Sophie Fillières, France        
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter, David Zellner, USA    
The Lady Eve, Preston    Sturges, USA    
Obvious Child, Gillian Robespierre, USA    
Our Sunhi, Hong Sang-soo, South Korea    
Ping Pong Summer, Michael Tully, USA    
Shorts 1 (Angels, So You’ve Grown Attached)
Shorts 2 (Mystery, No One but Lydia)
Shorts 3: Animation (Drunker than a Skunk, Little Vulvah and her Clitoral Awareness, Missing Scarf, Subconscious Password)        
Shorts 6: Family Films (I Want My Hat Back)
Shorts 7: Youth Works (Cookie Wars)
The Skeleton Twins, Craig Johnson, USA    
Stand Up Planet, USA
Tamako in Moratorium, Nobuhiro Yamashita, Japan    
Tip Top, Serge Bozon, France/Belgium/Luxembourg
The Trip to Italy, Michael Winterbottom, UK/Italy

CRIME
Abuse of Weakness, Catherine Breillat, France/Belgium/Germany
Art and Craft, Sam Cullman, Jennifer Grausman and Mark Becker, USA
Child of God, James Franco, USA    
Difret, Zeresenay Berhane Mehari, Ethiopia    
The Dog, Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren, USA    
Eastern Boys, Robin Campillo, France    
Firestorm, Alan Yuen, Hong Kong/China
The Lady Eve, Preston Sturges, USA    
Manos Sucias, Josef Wladyka, USA/Colombia
Manuscripts Don’t Burn, Mohammad Rasoulof, Iran    
Night Moves, Kelly Reichardt, USA    
Norte, the End of History, Lav Diaz, Philippines    
Standing Aside, Watching, Yorgos Servetas, Greece        
Tip Top, Serge Bozon, France/Belgium/Luxembourg
The Two Faces of January, Hossein Amini, UK/USA/France

DOCUMENTARY    
Agnès Varda: From Here to There, Agnès Varda, France    
Art and Craft, Sam Cullman, Jennifer Grausman and Mark Becker, USA
Burt’s Buzz, Jody Shapiro, Canada
Cesar’s Last Fast, Richard Ray Perez and Lorena Parlee, USA    
Coast of Death, Lois Patiño, Spain        
The Dog, Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren, USA    
Fed Up, Stephanie Soechtig, USA    
Freedom Summer, Stanley Nelson, USA    
The Great Museum, Johannes Holzhausen, Austria    
Happiness, Thomas Balmès, France/Finland
Heaven Adores You, Nickolas Rossi, USA
The High Five (short), Michael Jacobs, USA
Impossible Light, Jeremy Ambers, USA
The Last Season, Sara Dosa, USA
Manakamana, Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez, USA/Nepal
No No: A Dockumentary, Jeffrey Radice, USA    
The Other One: The Long, Strange Trip of Bob Weir, Mike Fleiss, USA    
The Overnighters, Jesse Moss, USA
Return to Homs, Talal Derki, Syria/Germany
School of Babel, Julie Bertuccelli, France    
The Seventh Walk, Amit Dutta, India    
Shorts 1 (Barn Dance, Re:Awakenings, Santa Cruz del Islote)
Shorts 2 (Zima)    
Shorts 4: New Visions (The Claustrum, Fat Chance, Numbers & Friends)
Shorts 7: Youth Works (Bay Area Girls Rock Camp, Inside the Ring, Point Reyes CA)
Soul Food Stories, Tonislav Hristov, Bulgaria/Finland
Stand Up Planet, USA
Stop the Pounding Heart, Roberto Minervini, USA/Italy/Belgium
A Story of Children and Film, Mark Cousins, UK    
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon, Mike Myers, USA    
Three Letters from China, Luc Schaedler, Switzerland
20,000 Days on Earth, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, UK 
We Come as Friends, Hubert Sauper, France/Austria
What Now? Remind Me, Joaquim Pinto, Portugal
            
EASTERN EUROPEAN / BALKANS
Blind Dates, Levan Koguashvili, Georgia
Eastern Boys, Robin Campillo, France    
Shorts 2 (Dance of the Death, Zima)
Shorts 3: Animation (A Very Large Increase…)
Shorts 6: Family Films    (My Mom Is an Airplane)
Soul Food Stories, Tonislav Hristov, Bulgaria/Finland
Tangerines, Zaza Urushadze, Estonia/Georgia
When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism, Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania/France
    
ECONOMIC ISSUES
American Dreams in China, Peter Ho-sun Chan, Hong Kong/China
Bad Hair, Mariana Rondón, Venezuela/Peru
Cesar’s Last Fast, Richard Ray Perez and Lorena Parlee, USA        
The Militant, Manolo Nieto, Uruguay    
The Overnighters, Jesse Moss, USA    
Stand Up Planet, USA    
Stray Dogs, Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan/France
Three Letters from China, Luc Schaedler, Switzerland    
We Come as Friends, Hubert Sauper, France/Austria

EDUCATION / SCHOOL
American Dreams in China, Peter Ho-sun Chan, Hong Kong/China
Bauyr (Little Brother), Seric Aprymov, Kazakhstan
The Blue Wave, Zeynep Dadak and Merve Kayan, Turkey/Germany/Netherlands/Greece
Dear White People, Justin Simien, USA        
Fed Up, Stephanie Soechtig, USA
Freedom Summer, Stanley Nelson, USA
Harmony Lessons, Emir Baigazin, Kazakhstan/Germany/France
Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy, Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, Thailand    
Palo Alto, Gia Coppola, USA    
School of Babel, Julie Bertuccelli, France

ENVIRONMENTAL

Cesar’s Last Fast, Richard Ray Perez and Lorena Parlee, USA    
Night Moves, Kelly Reichardt, USA    
Shorts 4: New Visions (Fat Chance)
Shorts 7: Youth Works    (Point Reyes CA)            
Stand Up Planet, USA

EXPERIMENTAL
P.O.V. Award: Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves                
Shorts 3: Animation (Cosmic Flower Unfolding, Rancher, Stop the Show, A Very Large Increase…)
Shorts 4: New Visions
Shorts 5: Experimental: Looking Glass        
Stray Dogs, Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan/France

FAMILY FRIENDLY
Dolby Labs: The Sound of Movies (Master Class)
Fed Up, Stephanie Soechtig, USA
Freedom Summer, Stanley Nelson, USA
Happiness, Thomas Balmès, France/Finland
Painting with Pixar: A Workshop for Kids
School of Babel, Julie Bertuccelli, France    
Shorts 6: Family Films                
Shorts 7: Youth Works                
We Are the Best! Lukas Moodysson, Sweden

FEMALE PERSPECTIVE
Agnès Varda: From Here to There, Agnès Varda, France    
Alex of Venice, Chris Messina, USA
The Amazing Catfish, Claudia Sainte-Luce, Mexico
Belle, Amma Asante, UK
The Blue Wave, Zeynep Dadak and Merve Kayan, Turkey/Germany/Netherlands/Greece
Difret, Zeresenay Berhane Mehari, Ethiopia    
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter, David Zellner, USA
The Lady Eve, Preston Sturges, USA    
Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy, Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, Thailand    
Obvious Child, Gillian Robespierre, USA    
Our Sunhi, Hong Sang-soo, South Korea
Shorts 7: Youth Works    (Bay Area Girls Rock Camp, Lunch with Yoshi, When Life Hands You Lemons)    
South Is Nothing, Fabio Mollo, Italy/France
Standing Aside, Watching, Yorgos Servetas, Greece    
Stop the Pounding Heart, Roberto Minervini, USA/Italy/Belgium
Tamako in Moratorium, Nobuhiro Yamashita, Japan    
Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, USA
Tracks, John Curran, UK/Australia
We Are the Best! Lukas Moodysson, Sweden    
Young & Beautiful, François Ozon, France    

FOOD
Fed Up, Stephanie Soechtig, USA
The Last Season, Sara Dosa, USA    
Shorts 6: Family Films (Soup of the Day, Sprout)
Shorts 7: Youth Works    (Lunch with Yoshi)
Soul Food Stories, Tonislav Hristov, Bulgaria/Finland
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon, Mike Myers, USA    
The Trip to Italy, Michael Winterbottom, UK/Italy

GAY / LESBIAN / BISEXUAL / TRANSGENDER

Bad Hair, Mariana Rondón, Venezuela/Peru
The Dog, Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren, USA    
The Dune, Yossi Aviram, France/Israel
Eastern Boys, Robin Campillo, France    
The High Five (short), Michael Jacobs, USA
Last Weekend, Tom Dolby and Tom Williams, USA    
Salvation Army, Abdellah Taïa, Morocco    
The Skeleton Twins, Craig Johnson, USA    
What Now? Remind Me, Joaquim Pinto, Portugal
Yves Saint Laurent, Jalil Lespert, France

HEALTH / MEDICINE / DISABILITY
The Amazing Catfish, Claudia Sainte-Luce, Mexico    
Art and Craft, Sam Cullman, Jennifer Grausman and Mark Becker, USA    
Fed Up, Stephanie Soechtig, USA        
The Last Season, Sara Dosa, USA    
No No: A Dockumentary, Jeffrey Radice, USA
Shorts 1 (Re:Awakenings)
Shorts 4: New Visions (The Claustrum, Entropic Apogee)
Shorts 7: Youth Works    (Lunch with Yoshi)
Stand Up Planet, USA
What Now? Remind Me, Joaquim Pinto, Portugal

IMMIGRATION / MIGRATION

Eastern Boys, Robin Campillo, France    
The Last Season, Sara Dosa, USA    
School of Babel, Julie Bertuccelli, France

JEWISH OR ISRAELI
Burt’s Buzz, Jody Shapiro, Canada
The Dune, Yossi Aviram, France/Israel
Shorts 2 (Deserted)
Shorts 3: Animation (Gloria Victoria)
Shorts 4: New Visions (All Vows)
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon, Mike Myers, USA    

LATIN AMERICAN

All About the Feathers, Neto Villalobos, Costa Rica    
The Amazing Catfish, Claudia Sainte-Luce, Mexico    
Bad Hair, Mariana Rondón, Venezuela/Peru
Cesar’s Last Fast, Richard Ray Perez and Lorena Parlee, USA    
Club Sandwich, Fernando Eimbcke, Mexico
History of Fear, Benjamín Naishtat, Argentina/France/Germany/Uruguay/Qatar
Manos Sucias, Josef Wladyka, USA/Colombia
The Militant, Manolo Nieto, Uruguay    
The Reconstruction, Juan Taratuto, Argentina
Shorts 3: Animation (The Master’s Voice: Caveirao)

LAW / LEGAL ISSUES
Art and Craft, Sam Cullman, Jennifer Grausman and Mark Becker, USA    
Difret, Zeresenay Berhane Mehari, Ethiopia    
Freedom Summer, Stanley Nelson, USA    
Norte, the End of History, Lav Diaz, Philippines    

LOCAL FILMMAKERS / INTERESTS   
     
Cesar’s Last Fast, Richard Ray Perez and Lorena Parlee, USA    
Heaven Adores You, Nickolas Rossi, USA    
Hellion, Kat Candler, USA
Impossible Light, Jeremy Ambers, USA
The Last Season, Sara Dosa, USA
Mel Novikoff Award: David Thomson: The Lady Eve        
The Other One: The Long, Strange Trip of Bob Weir, Mike Fleiss, USA    
The Overnighters, Jesse Moss, USA    
Palo Alto, Gia Coppola, USA    
Ping Pong Summer, Michael Tully, USA    
Porchlight, USA    
Shorts 1 (Angels, Barn Dance, Santa Cruz del Islote)
Shorts 2 (No One but Lydia)            
Shorts 3: Animation (Cosmic Flower Unfolding)        
Shorts 4: New Visions (The Claustrum, Entropic Apogee, Fat Chance, Spacetime)            
Shorts 5: Experimental: Looking Glass (Entr’Acte, Bright Mirror, DeLuce 2: Architectura)
Shorts 6: Family Films (The Dam Keeper)
Shorts 7: Youth Works    

MIDDLE EASTERN, ARABIC OR ISLAMIC
The Blue Wave, Zeynep Dadak and Merve Kayan, Turkey/Germany/Netherlands/Greece
Manuscripts Don’t Burn, Mohammad Rasoulof, Iran    
Return to Homs, Talal Derki, Syria/Germany
Salvation Army, Abdellah Taïa, Morocco
School of Babel, Julie Bertuccelli, France
Shorts 5: Experimental: Looking Glass (Farther than the Eye Can See)

MUSIC    
All That Jazz, Bob Fosse, USA        
Frank, Lenny Abrahamson, Ireland/UK
Heaven Adores You, Nickolas Rossi, USA
The Other One: The Long, Strange Trip of Bob Weir, Mike Fleiss, USA    
Porchlight, USA    
Stephin Merritt with The Unknown, Tod Browning, USA    
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon, Mike Myers, USA    
Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, USA
20,000 Days on Earth, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, UK
We Are the Best! Lukas Moodysson, Sweden

POLITICAL
Cesar’s Last Fast, Richard Ray Perez and Lorena Parlee, USA    
Freedom Summer, Stanley Nelson, USA    
Manuscripts Don’t Burn, Mohammad Rasoulof, Iran    
The Militant, Manolo Nieto, Uruguay    
Night Moves, Kelly Reichardt, USA    
Return to Homs, Talal Derki, Syria/Germany
Stand Up Planet, USA    
Tangerines, Zaza Urushadze, Estonia/Georgia
We Come as Friends, Hubert Sauper, France/Austria    

RELIGION / PHILOSOPHY / SPIRITUALITY    
Happiness, Thomas Balmès, France/Finland
The Last Season, Sara Dosa, USA        
The Overnighters, Jesse Moss, USA
The Sacrament, Ti West, USA    
Shorts 2 (Mystery)
Soul Food Stories, Tonislav Hristov, Bulgaria/Finland
Stop the Pounding Heart, Roberto Minervini, USA/Italy/Belgium
We Come as Friends, Hubert Sauper, France/Austria
White Shadow, Noaz Deshe, Italy/Germany/Tanzania

SAN FRANCISCO FILM SOCIETY SUPPORTED
Hellion, Kat Candler, USA
The Last Season, Sara Dosa, USA
Little Accidents, Sara Colangelo, USA
Manos Sucias, Josef Wladyka, USA/Colombia
Obvious Child, Gillian Robespierre, USA
The Overnighters, Jesse Moss, USA
Ping Pong Summer, Michael Tully, USA

SCIENCE AND NATURE
The Last Season, Sara Dosa, USA
Shorts 2 (Zima)

SILENT
Stephin Merritt with The Unknown, Tod Browning, USA
Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, USA

SPANISH LANGUAGE
All About the Feathers, Neto Villalobos, Costa Rica    
The Amazing Catfish, Claudia Sainte-Luce, Mexico    
Bad Hair, Mariana Rondón, Venezuela/Peru
Cesar’s Last Fast, Richard Ray Perez and Lorena Parlee, USA    
Club Sandwich, Fernando Eimbcke, Mexico    
Coast of Death, Lois Patiño, Spain
History of Fear, Benjamín Naishtat, Argentina/France/Germany/Uruguay/Qatar
Manos Sucias, Josef Wladyka, USA/Colombia
The Militant, Manolo Nieto, Uruguay    
The Reconstruction, Juan Taratuto, Argentina    
Shorts 1 (Santa Cruz del Islote)
Shorts 2 (Mystery)
Shorts 7: Youth Works (Sin Madre)

SPORTS / ATHLETICS
The High Five (short), Michael Jacobs, USA
No No: A Dockumentary, Jeffrey Radice, USA    
Ping Pong Summer, Michael Tully, USA
Shorts 7: Youth Works (Inside the Ring)

TECHNOLOGY
Happiness, Thomas Balmès, France/Finland
Impossible Light, Jeremy Ambers, USA
Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy, Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, Thailand    
Trap Street, Vivian Qu, China

TRAVEL
Agnès Varda: From Here to There, Agnès Varda, France    
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter, David Zellner, USA                    
Tracks, John Curran, UK/Australia
The Trip to Italy, Michael Winterbottom, UK/Italy

WAR / CONFLICT
The Last Season, Sara Dosa, USA    
Queen Margot: The Director’s Cut, Patrice Chéreau, France/Italy/Germany
Return to Homs, Talal Derki, Syria/Germany
Shorts 2 (Deserted)
Shorts 3: Animation (Gloria Victoria, Stop the Show)            
Tangerines, Zaza Urushadze, Estonia/Georgia
We Come as Friends, Hubert Sauper, France/Austria

WOMEN DIRECTORS
Abuse of Weakness, Catherine Breillat, France/Belgium/Germany
Agnès Varda: From Here to There, Agnès Varda, France    
The Amazing Catfish, Claudia Sainte-Luce, Mexico    
Art and Craft, Sam Cullman, Jennifer Grausman and Mark Becker, USA    
Bad Hair, Mariana Rondón, Venezuela/Peru
Belle, Amma Asante, UK    
The Blue Wave, Zeynep Dadak and Merve Kayan, Turkey/Germany/Netherlands/Greece
Cesar’s Last Fast, Richard Ray Perez and Lorena Parlee, USA
The Dog, Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren, USA    
Fed Up, Stephanie Soechtig, USA    
Hellion, Kat Candler, USA    
If You Don’t, I Will, Sophie Fillières, France    
The Last Season, Sara Dosa, USA    
Little Accidents, Sara Colangelo, USA    
Manakamana, Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez, USA/Nepal
Night Moves, Kelly Reichardt, USA
Obvious Child, Gillian Robespierre, USA    
Palo Alto, Gia Coppola, USA    
School of Babel, Julie Bertuccelli, France
Shorts 1 (Barn Dance, So You’ve Grown Attached)
Shorts 2 (Dance of the Death, In-between Worlds, Zima)
Shorts 3: Animation (Little Vulvah and her Clitoral Awareness, Oh Willy, Rancher)
Shorts 4: New Visions (Close the Lid Gently, Fat Chance)
Shorts 5: Experimental: Looking Glass (DeLuce 2: Architectura, Farther than the Eye Can See, Metamorfoza, Queen Takes Pawn, A Study in Natural Magic)
Shorts 6: Family Films (My Mom Is an Airplane, Soup of the Day, Sprout)
Shorts 7: Youth Works (Bay Area Girls Rock Camp, Cookie Wars, Inside the Ring, Shadows of Senghenydd, Sin Madre, When Life Hands You Lemons)
Trap Street, Vivian Qu, China
20,000 Days on Earth, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, UK

YOUTH / TEENS AS SUBJECTS
Bad Hair, Mariana Rondón, Venezuela/Peru
Bauyr (Little Brother), Seric Aprymov, Kazakhstan
The Blue Wave, Zeynep Dadak and Merve Kayan, Turkey/Germany/Netherlands/Greece
Boyhood, Richard Linklater, USA    
Club Sandwich, Fernando Eimbcke, Mexico    
Difret, Zeresenay Berhane Mehari, Ethiopia    
Fed Up, Stephanie Soechtig, USA    
Happiness, Thomas Balmès, France/Finland
Harmony Lessons, Emir Baigazin, Kazakhstan/Germany/France
Hellion, Kat Candler, USA    
Little Accidents, Sara Colangelo, USA
Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy, Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, Thailand    
Palo Alto, Gia Coppola, USA    
Ping Pong Summer, Michael Tully, USA    
Salvation Army, Abdellah Taïa, Morocco    
School of Babel, Julie Bertuccelli, France
Shorts 1 (The Birds’ Blessing, So You’ve Grown Attached)
Shorts 2 (In-between Worlds, No One but Lydia)
Shorts 6: Family Films (Boyhood, My Mom Is an Airplane, Sprout)    
Shorts 7: Youth Works
South Is Nothing, Fabio Mollo, Italy/France
Stop the Pounding Heart, Roberto Minervini, USA/Italy/Belgium
A Story of Children and Film, Mark Cousins, UK    
Stray Dogs, Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan/France
We Are the Best! Lukas Moodysson, Sweden    
White Shadow, Noaz Deshe, Italy/Germany/Tanzania
Young & Beautiful, François Ozon, France

For general information visit festival.sffs.org. 
To request interviews or screeners, contact your Festival publicist.
For photos and press materials visit sffs.org/pressdownloads.

57th San Francisco International Film Festival
The 57th San Francisco International Film Festival runs April 24-May 8 at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, Castro Theatre and New People Cinema in San Francisco and the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley. Held each spring for 15 days, the International is an extraordinary showcase of cinematic discovery and innovation in one of the country’s most beautiful cities, featuring 200 films and live events, 14 juried awards and nearly $40,000 in cash prizes, upwards of 100 participating filmmaker guests and diverse and engaged audiences with more than 65,000 in attendance.

Filed Under: Festival, Press Release

Visit

  • Tickets
  • Merch Store
  • FAQ
  • Accessibility

Films

  • Year-Round
  • Doc Stories
  • Festival

Press

  • Press Center
  • Accreditation
  • Press Releases
  • Press Materials

About

  • Contact
  • About SFFILM
  • Careers
  • Blog

Stay in Touch

© 2025 SFFILM  | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy  | Code of Conduct  

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Manage SFFILM Account
  • Tickets
  • My Membership
  • Help
  • Sign Out
  • Upcoming Events
  • Manage SFFILM Account
  • Cart
My Account
  • Contact Info
  • Password
  • Upcoming Events
  • My Membership
  • Order History
  • Sign OUT