Interest: LGBTQIA+
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Jeannette
Filmed in striking vérité, this portrait of competitive bodybuilder and queer single mother Jeannette unfolds as a nuanced story about coping with trauma in the…
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The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future
In her debut feature, director Francisca Alegría creates a magical realist tale of familial legacy and loss, set against a backdrop of environmental decline.
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Sneak Peek: Language Lessons
Awkward misunderstandings share space with poignant disclosures when a well-off Oakland man (Mark Duplass) receives online Spanish lessons as a gift from his husband.
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Centerpiece: “Socks on Fire” + Rock M. Sakura + FREDDIE
Family tensions flare in this tenderly wrought film, as the filmmaker explores old family wounds between his homophonic aunt and drag queen uncle.
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Bad Education
The moral implications of embezzling from a school district are immense, but that doesn’t stop Superintendent Frank Tassone (Hugh Jackman) or lead accountant Pam Gluckin…
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On a Magical Night
When Maria (Chiara Mastroianni) breaks up with Richard (Benjamin Biolay), her husband of 20 years, and checks into a hotel across the street, she crosses…
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I Carry You With Me
Iván is an aspiring chef in Mexico, struggling to make it in the kitchen and provide for his son. When he meets and falls for…
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Beautiful Dreamer
A Bay Area couple’s decision to hire a surrogate creates ripples in their marriage and in the relationships around them. Erin Daniels (The L Word)…
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Welcome to Chechnya
David France’s vital new film uncovers extreme human-rights abuses against LGBTQ people in Chechnya. Profiling a group of Russian activists performing rescues and providing shelter…
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An Evening with Jacolby Satterwhite: “Birds in Paradise”
Join us for an in-depth conversation with Jacolby Satterwhite, a recent Artist in Residence at Headlands Center for the Arts, and a presentation of his…
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The Fight
Since Trump took office, the ACLU has filed a record 147 lawsuits; this is the rousing story of four of them. As they prepare to…
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Paris Calligrammes
Ottinger’s latest film begins from the perspective of autobiography. It describes her experiences as a young artist living in Paris in the 1960s, when she…