2024 Festival Program 2024 SFFILM Festival Program Interest Bay Area LGBTQIA+ Women directors, writers, producers Music + Art Animation Family-Friendly Politics + Civic Engagement Discovery Festival Section Awards + Special Events Documentaries: International Documentaries: USA Narratives: International Narratives: USA Short Films Talks + Workshops Country Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile China Czechia Denmark Ecuador Estonia Ethiopia Finland France French Guiana Georgia Germany Hong Kong India Iran Ireland Israel Japan Kenya Kosovo Lebanon Mexico Myanmar (Burma) Netherlands Nigeria North Macedonia Norway Panama Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Slovakia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Turkey UAE UK Ukraine Uruguay USA Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen Download PDF Events Search and Views Navigation Find Events List Month Day Map Events Search Events From Search 25 events Sort By: Date Date A-Z Z-A Opening Night: Dìdi (弟弟) Wed, Apr 24 at 7:00 pm Apr 24 Opening Night: Dìdi (弟弟) April 24, 2024 at 7:00 pm PT Premier Theater at One Letterman Sean Wang‘s auspicious, semi-autobiographical feature debut centers on a universally recogn... USA | Fiction | 90 At Rush! Opening Night: Dìdi (弟弟) Wed, Apr 24 at 8:00 pm Apr 24 Opening Night: Dìdi (弟弟) April 24, 2024 at 8:00 pm PT Marina Theatre Sean Wang‘s auspicious, semi-autobiographical feature debut centers on a universally recogn... USA | Fiction | 90 At Rush! Eureka Thu, Apr 25 at 2:45 pm Apr 25 Eureka April 25, 2024 at 2:45 pm PT Premier Theater at One Letterman A triptych of stories focused on Indigenous culture in the Americas takes the spotlight in the la... Argentina | Fiction | 146 Luther: Never Too Much Thu, Apr 25 at 8:30 pm Apr 25 Luther: Never Too Much April 25, 2024 at 8:30 pm PT Marina Theatre One can never get too much Luther Vandross, as Dawn Porter’s wonderfully comprehensive and jubila... USA | Documentary | 101 Sing Sing Thu, Apr 25 at 8:30 pm Apr 25 Sing Sing April 25, 2024 at 8:30 pm PT Premier Theater at One Letterman Colman Domingo dazzles as Divine G, a man who is incarcerated who finds purpose as an actor in Gr... USA | Fiction | 107 Zinzindurrunkarratz Fri, Apr 26 at 5:45 pm Apr 26 Zinzindurrunkarratz April 26, 2024 at 5:45 pm PT Marina Theatre “This is a film about a path,” says director Oskar Alegría (Zumiriki, Festival 2020 and 21) near ... Spain | Documentary | 89 Black Box Diaries Fri, Apr 26 at 6:00 pm Apr 26 Black Box Diaries April 26, 2024 at 6:00 pm PT Marina Theatre A 2015 dinner with Noriyuki Yamaguchi evolves into a years-long nightmare for Shiori Ito after th... Japan | Documentary | 104 Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa Fri, Apr 26 at 6:00 pm Apr 26 Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa April 26, 2024 at 6:00 pm PT Premier Theater at One Letterman A heroine hides in plain sight as a dishwasher in a Connecticut Whole Foods in Lucy Walker‘... USA | Documentary | 98 Woodland Fri, Apr 26 at 8:15 pm Apr 26 Woodland April 26, 2024 at 8:15 pm PT Marina Theatre In Elizabeth Scharang’s evocative drama, a journalist from Vienna retreats to her childhood villa... Austria | Fiction | 100 Shorts 5: Family Films Sat, Apr 27 at 10:00 am Apr 27 Shorts 5: Family Films April 27, 2024 at 10:00 am PT Marina Theatre Wondrous and whimsical shorts from near and far corners of the world grace our festival screen fo... 75 Zinzindurrunkarratz Sat, Apr 27 at 11:30 am Apr 27 Zinzindurrunkarratz April 27, 2024 at 11:30 am PT BAMPFA “This is a film about a path,” says director Oskar Alegría (Zumiriki, Festival 2020 and 21) near ... Spain | Documentary | 89 Shorts 2: Of Body and Mind Sat, Apr 27 at 12:00 pm Apr 27 Shorts 2: Of Body and Mind April 27, 2024 at 12:00 pm PT Marina Theatre 94 Festival Talk: Soundscapes with Richard King Sat, Apr 27 at 3:00 pm Apr 27 Festival Talk: Soundscapes with Richard King April 27, 2024 at 3:00 pm PT Vogue Theatre The craft of sound editing is critical to our movie viewing experience. A soundscape blends ambie... Sloan Science on Screen: Mabel Sat, Apr 27 at 5:00 pm Apr 27 Sloan Science on Screen: Mabel April 27, 2024 at 5:00 pm PT Vogue Theatre Biracial Callie (Lexi Perkel) loves trees and plants and little else in Nicholas Ma’s warm debut ... USA | Fiction | 84 A Tribute to Chiwetel Ejiofor + “Rob Peace”... Sat, Apr 27 at 7:00 pm Apr 27 A Tribute to Chiwetel Ejiofor + “Rob Peace” (Sloan Science on Screen) April 27, 2024 at 7:00 pm PT Premier Theater at One Letterman In an acting tour de force, Jay Will plays the talented titular character, a young New Jersey sci... USA | 119 The Idea of You Sat, Apr 27 at 8:15 pm Apr 27 The Idea of You April 27, 2024 at 8:15 pm PT Marina Theatre Unexpectedly stuck chaperoning her daughter’s trip to Coachella, the last thing on single mom Sol... USA | Fiction | 115 Members Screening: Mother Couch Sun, Apr 28 at 10:00 am Apr 28 Members Screening: Mother Couch April 28, 2024 at 10:00 am PT Marina Theatre Mother (Ellen Burstyn) refuses to leave a couch, which might not be a problem for her youngest ch... USA | Fiction | 96 Shorts 6: Youth Works Sun, Apr 28 at 11:00 am Apr 28 Shorts 6: Youth Works April 28, 2024 at 11:00 am PT Marina Theatre Youth Works celebrates and spotlights young filmmakers from within the Bay Area and as far across... 78 At Rush! A Tribute to Joan Chen + “Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down ... Sun, Apr 28 at 1:00 pm Apr 28 A Tribute to Joan Chen + “Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl” April 28, 2024 at 1:00 pm PT Premier Theater at One Letterman An astonishingly confident directorial debut from San Francisco-based actress Joan Chen, Xiu Xiu ... China | 99 Shorts 3: Lineages of Love Sun, Apr 28 at 1:30 pm Apr 28 Shorts 3: Lineages of Love April 28, 2024 at 1:30 pm PT Marina Theatre A force rippling across time and the world weaves the connective tissue of these eight stories. T... 83 Shorts 1: I'm Just a Girl Sun, Apr 28 at 4:15 pm Apr 28 Shorts 1: I'm Just a Girl April 28, 2024 at 4:15 pm PT Marina Theatre Girls, girls, girls. They’ve had it with life’s complications; these girls just want ... 96 Sugarcane Sun, Apr 28 at 4:15 pm Apr 28 Sugarcane April 28, 2024 at 4:15 pm PT Premier Theater at One Letterman Offering searing insights into generational trauma inflicted on Indigenous children, co-director ... Canada | Documentary | 107 Counted Out Sun, Apr 28 at 5:00 pm Apr 28 Counted Out April 28, 2024 at 5:00 pm PT Marina Theatre Math is a gatekeeper in the US. In an increasingly algorithm-and-data-driven 21st century, assump... USA | Documentary | 89 Closing Night: Thelma Sun, Apr 28 at 7:15 pm Apr 28 Closing Night: Thelma April 28, 2024 at 7:15 pm PT Premier Theater at One Letterman A steely and hysterical June Squibb sinks her teeth into her first leading role as a 93-year-old ... USA | Fiction | 97 Closing Night: Thelma Sun, Apr 28 at 8:00 pm Apr 28 Closing Night: Thelma April 28, 2024 at 8:00 pm PT Marina Theatre A steely and hysterical June Squibb sinks her teeth into her first leading role as a 93-year-old ... USA | Fiction | 97 + Export Events