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Sat, Apr 27 at 12:00 pm Apr 27 Mel Novikoff Award: Gary Meyer + “Macario” + “Sour Death Balls” April 27, 2024 at 12:00 pm PT Premier Theater at One Letterman A village’s Day of the Dead celebration foreshadows a bewitching magical realist fable in directo... 91 Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story Sat, Apr 27 at 12:15 pm Apr 27 Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story April 27, 2024 at 12:15 pm PT Marina Theatre In a place where land ends and the sea takes over – Scotland’s Shetland Islands – an orphaned ott... UK | Documentary | 78 Janet Planet Sat, Apr 27 at 2:30 pm Apr 27 Janet Planet April 27, 2024 at 2:30 pm PT Marina Theatre In 1991, the summer before middle school, Lacy (Zoe Ziegler) brims with questions and gripes. Tig... USA | Fiction | 113 The Cats of Gokogu Shrine Sat, Apr 27 at 2:45 pm Apr 27 The Cats of Gokogu Shrine April 27, 2024 at 2:45 pm PT Marina Theatre This rich observational documentary opens with a bratty orange tabby grabbing director Kazuhiro S... Japan | Documentary | 119 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... Seeking Mavis Beacon Sat, Apr 27 at 4:00 pm Apr 27 Seeking Mavis Beacon April 27, 2024 at 4:00 pm PT Premier Theater at One Letterman What ever happened to Mavis Beacon? That guiding question propels two intrepid electronic sleuths... USA | Documentary | 103 Janet Planet Sat, Apr 27 at 4:45 pm Apr 27 Janet Planet April 27, 2024 at 4:45 pm PT BAMPFA In 1991, the summer before middle school, Lacy (Zoe Ziegler) brims with questions and gripes. Tig... USA | Fiction | 113 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 The Teacher Sat, Apr 27 at 5:15 pm Apr 27 The Teacher April 27, 2024 at 5:15 pm PT Marina Theatre The destruction of a Palestinian home by Israeli edict and the murder of a youth at the hands of ... UK | Fiction | 118 Ru Sat, Apr 27 at 5:45 pm Apr 27 Ru April 27, 2024 at 5:45 pm PT Marina Theatre Ten-year-old Tinh’s family flees Vietnam after the 1975 fall of Saigon, undertaking an arduous jo... Canada | Fiction | 116 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 Alemania Sat, Apr 27 at 7:15 pm Apr 27 Alemania April 27, 2024 at 7:15 pm PT BAMPFA María Zanetti’s vivid debut feature, inspired by her own family’s story, tells the story of Lola,... Argentina | Fiction | 87 Sloan Science on Screen Award: On the Invention o... Sat, Apr 27 at 7:30 pm Apr 27 Sloan Science on Screen Award: On the Invention of Species April 27, 2024 at 7:30 pm PT Vogue Theatre When Carla’s dad drags her to the Galápagos Islands for a convention on conservation and species ... Ecuador | 91 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 The Practice Sat, Apr 27 at 8:45 pm Apr 27 The Practice April 27, 2024 at 8:45 pm PT Marina Theatre Argentina’s master of deadpan humor Martín Rejtman (Silvia Prieto, Festival 1999; Two Shots Fired... Argentina | Fiction | 95 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 Agent of Happiness Sun, Apr 28 at 12:00 pm Apr 28 Agent of Happiness April 28, 2024 at 12:00 pm PT BAMPFA Can happiness be measured by points? In a policy woefully simplified by Western media, Bhutan cal... Bhutan | Documentary | 94 Shorts 3: Lineages of Love Sun, Apr 28 at 1:00 pm Apr 28 Shorts 3: Lineages of Love April 28, 2024 at 1:00 pm PT Marina Theatre A force rippling across time and the world weaves the connective tissue of these eight stories. T... 83 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 Cartoon Saloon Workshop: Puffin Rock and the New ... Sun, Apr 28 at 1:00 pm Apr 28 Cartoon Saloon Workshop: Puffin Rock and the New Friends April 28, 2024 at 1:00 pm PT Walt Disney Family Museum Cartoon Saloon, the renowned Irish studio known for their beautifully crafted hand-drawn animatio... Ireland | Fiction | 79 Wakhri Sun, Apr 28 at 2:00 pm Apr 28 Wakhri April 28, 2024 at 2:00 pm PT Marina Theatre Filmmaker Iram Parveen Bilal takes inspiration from the story of Qandeel Baloch in crafting this ... Pakistan | Fiction | 99 Empty Nets Sun, Apr 28 at 2:30 pm Apr 28 Empty Nets April 28, 2024 at 2:30 pm PT BAMPFA What begins as a pursuit of love becomes a dangerous journey into the seedy underbelly of Iran’s ... Germany | Fiction | 101 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. Theyve had it with lifes complications; these girls just want to have fun.... 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 The Cats of Gokogu Shrine Sun, Apr 28 at 7:15 pm Apr 28 The Cats of Gokogu Shrine April 28, 2024 at 7:15 pm PT BAMPFA This rich observational documentary opens with a bratty orange tabby grabbing director Kazuhiro S... Japan | Documentary | 119 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