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April 10

Opening Night: Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City

Wed, Apr 10 at 7:00 pm
Apr 10

Opening Night: Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City

April 10, 2019 at 7:00 pm Castro Theatre

SFFILM Festival

Inspired by the books of Armistead Maupin, Netflix Original Series Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City begins a...

Episodic | 57

At Rush!

April 11

What We Left Unfinished

Thu, Apr 11 at 3:00 pm
Apr 11

What We Left Unfinished

April 11, 2019 at 3:00 pm Creativity Theater

SFFILM Festival

From 1996–2002, the negatives of the Afghan Film Archive were bricked up behind a poster of Mullah Omar. In 2013...

Afghanistan | Documentary | 71

Kabul, City in the Wind

Thu, Apr 11 at 5:30 pm
Apr 11

Kabul, City in the Wind

April 11, 2019 at 5:30 pm BAMPFA

SFFILM Festival

The deep-seated effects of decades of conflict in Afghanistan are memorably revealed through the lives of three ...

Afghanistan | Documentary | 88

Suburban Birds

Thu, Apr 11 at 6:00 pm
Apr 11

Suburban Birds

April 11, 2019 at 6:00 pm Roxie Theater

SFFILM Festival

Repeating motifs – sleep, birdwatching, buildings in decay – weave together two distinct storylines in Qiu Sheng...

China | Fiction Feature | 118

Laura Linney: Tribute + “The Savages”

Thu, Apr 11 at 6:00 pm
Apr 11

Laura Linney: Tribute + “The Savages”

April 11, 2019 at 6:00 pm SFMOMA

SFFILM Festival

Family ties have rarely been so fraught as they are in Tamara Jenkins' acerbic and beautifully acted film. Laura...

USA | Fiction Feature | 113

Guest Expected

The Grand Bizarre

Thu, Apr 11 at 6:00 pm
Apr 11

The Grand Bizarre

April 11, 2019 at 6:00 pm YBCA

SFFILM Festival

A tantalizing, textile overload, experimental animator Jodie Mack’s feature debut vibrates with color, sound, an...

USA | 61

Bloodroot

Thu, Apr 11 at 6:00 pm
Apr 11

Bloodroot

April 11, 2019 at 6:00 pm Creativity Theater

SFFILM Festival

Douglas Tirola’s latest documentary traces the evolution of feminism through the lives of two exceptional women,...

USA | Documentary | 97

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Q Ball

Thu, Apr 11 at 7:00 pm
Apr 11

Q Ball

April 11, 2019 at 7:00 pm Castro Theatre

SFFILM Festival

Across the Bay from the NBA champion Golden State Warriors is another Warriors team, one that plays only home ga...

Documentary | 97

Guest Expected

Claire Denis: Tribute + “High Life”

Thu, Apr 11 at 8:00 pm
Apr 11

Claire Denis: Tribute + “High Life”

April 11, 2019 at 8:00 pm Victoria Theatre

SFFILM Festival

Anyone familiar with her work knows that a Claire Denis sci-fi film will not be like any other sci-fi film, but ...

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Guest Expected

First Night Nerves

Thu, Apr 11 at 8:00 pm
Apr 11

First Night Nerves

April 11, 2019 at 8:00 pm BAMPFA

SFFILM Festival

Festival favorite Stanley Kwan is one of cinema’s great directors of women, and his deliriously entertaining new...

Hong Kong | Fiction Feature | 100

Lapü

Thu, Apr 11 at 8:30 pm
Apr 11

Lapü

April 11, 2019 at 8:30 pm YBCA

SFFILM Festival

Doris is a young Wayuú woman who dreams of a reunion with her deceased cousin. After seeking advice from her gra...

Colombia | 75

Shorts 8

Thu, Apr 11 at 8:30 pm
Apr 11

Shorts 8

April 11, 2019 at 8:30 pm Roxie Theater

SFFILM Festival

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Rojo

Thu, Apr 11 at 8:45 pm
Apr 11

Rojo

April 11, 2019 at 8:45 pm Creativity Theater

SFFILM Festival

Set in 1975 Argentina, Benjamin Naishtat's (History of Fear, Festival 2014) noirish drama tells the story of a m...

Argentina | Fiction Feature | 110

April 12

Florianópolis Dream

Fri, Apr 12 at 1:30 pm
Apr 12

Florianópolis Dream

April 12, 2019 at 1:30 pm Roxie Theater

SFFILM Festival

A beach holiday turns into a wry romantic roundelay as an Argentinian couple and their kids are taken under the ...

Argentina | Fiction Feature | 106

Ramen Shop

Fri, Apr 12 at 4:00 pm
Apr 12

Ramen Shop

April 12, 2019 at 4:00 pm YBCA

SFFILM Festival

After his father’s death, bicultural chef Masato heads to Singapore to find out more about his mother and the cu...

Singapore | Fiction Feature | 90

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

Fri, Apr 12 at 5:00 pm
Apr 12

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

April 12, 2019 at 5:00 pm BAMPFA

SFFILM Festival

Only iconic filmmaker, Festival favorite Stanley Nelson, could create a documentary that matches the artistry an...

USA | Documentary | 115

Nothing Fancy: Diana Kennedy

Fri, Apr 12 at 6:00 pm
Apr 12

Nothing Fancy: Diana Kennedy

April 12, 2019 at 6:00 pm SFMOMA

SFFILM Festival

Reflecting on her life’s work as one of the globe’s authorities on Mexican cuisine, 95-year-old Diana Kennedy sa...

USA | Documentary | 85

Winter’s Night

Fri, Apr 12 at 6:00 pm
Apr 12

Winter’s Night

April 12, 2019 at 6:00 pm Creativity Theater

SFFILM Festival

While stranded overnight in a remote temple town, middle-aged couple Eun-ju and Heung-ju are cast adrift with st...

South Korea | Fiction Feature | 92

A Faithful Man

Fri, Apr 12 at 6:30 pm
Apr 12

A Faithful Man

April 12, 2019 at 6:30 pm Roxie Theater

SFFILM Festival

Louis Garrel stars in his own buoyant romantic farce as Abel, sweetly passive and buffeted by others’ whims. His...

France | Fiction Feature | 75

Minute Bodies: The Intimate Lives of F. Percy Smith

Fri, Apr 12 at 6:30 pm
Apr 12

Minute Bodies: The Intimate Lives of F. Percy Smith

April 12, 2019 at 6:30 pm YBCA

SFFILM Festival

Scientist F. Percy Smith pioneered “micro-cinema” – building his own equipment for time-lapse photography and ot...

UK | 63

When I’m a Moth

Fri, Apr 12 at 6:30 pm
Apr 12

When I’m a Moth

April 12, 2019 at 6:30 pm Dolby Cinema

SFFILM Festival

With sensitivity and a dreamy visual style, When I’m a Moth fictionalizes a moment in Hillary Rodham Clinton’s l...

USA | Fiction Feature | 91

Premiere

John C. Reilly: Tribute + “The Sisters Brot...

Fri, Apr 12 at 7:00 pm
Apr 12

John C. Reilly: Tribute + “The Sisters Brothers”

April 12, 2019 at 7:00 pm Castro Theatre

SFFILM Festival

Marvelously adapted from Patrick deWitt's novel, this picaresque Western tells the story of Eli (John C. Reilly,...

USA | Fiction Feature | 121

Guest Expected

Core of the World

Fri, Apr 12 at 8:00 pm
Apr 12

Core of the World

April 12, 2019 at 8:00 pm BAMPFA

SFFILM Festival

A mild-mannered vet named Egor is caught between a group of animal rights protesters and the proprietors of the ...

Fiction Feature | 124

Belmonte

Fri, Apr 12 at 8:30 pm
Apr 12

Belmonte

April 12, 2019 at 8:30 pm YBCA

SFFILM Festival

A moody Uruguayan artist who paints nudes, Belmonte is facing a midlife crisis while preparing for an exhibition...

Uruguay | Fiction Feature | 75

Premature

Fri, Apr 12 at 8:30 pm
Apr 12

Premature

April 12, 2019 at 8:30 pm SFMOMA

SFFILM Festival

The tender, heartbreaking, and complicated nature of young love is delicately and sensually captured in Rashaad ...

USA | Fiction Feature | 89

Kabul, City in the Wind

Fri, Apr 12 at 8:30 pm
Apr 12

Kabul, City in the Wind

April 12, 2019 at 8:30 pm Creativity Theater

SFFILM Festival

The deep-seated effects of decades of conflict in Afghanistan are memorably revealed through the lives of three ...

Afghanistan | Documentary | 88

The Death of Dick Long

Fri, Apr 12 at 9:00 pm
Apr 12

The Death of Dick Long

April 12, 2019 at 9:00 pm Roxie Theater

SFFILM Festival

Mystery and mishaps abound in this Fargo-esque comedy from Daniel Scheinert – one part of the team behind the cu...

USA | Fiction Feature | 110

Aniara

Fri, Apr 12 at 9:15 pm
Apr 12

Aniara

April 12, 2019 at 9:15 pm Dolby Cinema

SFFILM Festival

In this vivid science-fiction drama, a Mars-bound spacecraft is rendered unable to steer after colliding with sp...

Sweden | Fiction Feature | 106

April 13

Shorts 6: Family Films

Sat, Apr 13 at 10:00 am
Apr 13

Shorts 6: Family Films

April 13, 2019 at 10:00 am Castro Theatre

SFFILM Festival

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Kids + Families

Bloodroot

Sat, Apr 13 at 12:00 pm
Apr 13

Bloodroot

April 13, 2019 at 12:00 pm Creativity Theater

SFFILM Festival

Douglas Tirola’s latest documentary traces the evolution of feminism through the lives of two exceptional women,...

USA | Documentary | 97

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