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SUMMARY:Enough Is Enough
DESCRIPTION:Arriving fresh from it’s World Premiere at Berlinale\, this documentary is a rare window into the Kivu War. Enough Is Enough follows Congolese filmmaker Elisé Sawasawa\, whose displacement and refugee experience shapes his unflinching journalistic lens. On the ground amid armed conflicts between Democratic Republic of Congo\, rebel forces\, and neighboring Rwanda military\, Elisé and his friends navigate a world driven by power\, greed\, and the frenzy over rare minerals. With shocking firsthand footage and intimate accounts from refugees targeted by their own army\, the film immerses audiences in the harrowing realities of survival and resistance. Brave\, bold\, and uncompromising\, Sawasawa delivers a documentary that is as challenging as it is essential\, offering an urgent portrait of conflict\, displacement\, and resilience. —Jessie Fairbanks
URL:https://sffilm.org/event/enough-is-enough/
LOCATION:BAMPFA\, 2155 Center Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
CATEGORIES:2026 SFFILM Festival
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SUMMARY:Those Who Whistle After Dark
DESCRIPTION:In Pinar Yorgancıoğlu’s atmospheric and darkly humorous tale\, recently retired Melih struggles to find purpose in his post-career life. He jostles for his family’s attention while slowly preparing his late sister’s property for rent. Meanwhile\, his wife and daughter pursue risky gambits in the hope of quick fortune\, putting the household at risk and overlooking Melih’s mounting despondency. Into this fragile domestic world drift figures that may be ghosts—or blurred memories. Their unexpected appearance offers Melih a distraction\, prompting him to conduct scientific experiments that draw him further from his wife and daughter\, as both face increasing peril. Full of ironic humor and sly observations\, Those Who Whistle After Dark revels in the contradictions of family life. Brimming with warmth\, wit\, and unexpected charm\, it weaves intimate dynamics with surreal touches\, creating a story that is delightfully imaginative. —Jessie Fairbanks
URL:https://sffilm.org/event/those-who-whistle-after-dark/
LOCATION:Marina Theatre\, 2149 Chestnut St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94123\, United States
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SUMMARY:Shorts Block 4: Shades of Menace
DESCRIPTION:In the absence of love\, menace takes shape. Six sinister stories invite viewers on a journey from the familiar corners of homes and highways to darker and more treacherous places in the spirit of twisted family traditions. Depravity reaches new heights\, bringing unsuspecting souls into the clutches of supernatural forces in this spellbinding tapestry of shorts. Filmmakers from six nations deftly wield their mastery over their craft as they demonstrate the many shades of humanity’s dark side. —Jordan Klein \nFilms are in alphabetical order rather than order of play. Total runtime 89 min \nCallback\nMatthew Puccini (USA 2026\, 16 min)\nMax’s acting career has hit rock bottom\, but when his boyfriend nabs a callback for a coveted role\, Max discovers how much lower he can go. \nCorpus Christi\nBea Lema (Spain 2025\, 12 min)\nA seamstress begins seeing nightmarish visions\, but the fabric of her reality is far more sinister than what is woven deeply into her psyche. \nThe Fall\nMaxime Tevissen\, Tom Alcamo\, Hugo Hannache\, Dylan Cam\, Alexandre Velves\, Titouan Kervajan\, Yaëlle Alberti (France 2025\, 7 min)\nAt the site of a plane crash in the high Alps\, a mysterious masked mountaineer makes an ominous discovery … they are not alone. \nThe Veil\nGabriel Motta (Brazil 2025\, 20 min)\nWhen he reluctantly participates in one of father’s cultish rituals\, Junior witnesses something horrifying beneath a ghostly white veil. \nVultures\nDian Weys (France\, South Africa 2025\, 15 min)\nIn the dead of night\, a tow truck driver arrives at the scene of an accident where he discovers his payday is far more than he had bargained for. \nA Year of Marriage\nPablo Camargo López (Mexico 2025\, 19 min)\nThings go bump in the night when a newly wedded couple receives a gift\, part of a longstanding tradition. A tradition that hungers for raw meat.
URL:https://sffilm.org/event/shorts-block-4-shades-of-menace/
LOCATION:Marina Theatre\, 2149 Chestnut St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94123\, United States
CATEGORIES:2026 SFFILM Festival
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SUMMARY:The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford
DESCRIPTION:In a windswept Scottish village\, widower Kenneth (Peter Mullan) takes pride in his role as the local history guide\, donning period costume to honor his claimed ancestor\, Sir Douglas Weatherford\, an eccentric 18th‑century philosopher and inventor. But when a flamboyant fantasy television production descends on the town and commandeers the local visitor center\, the invasion sidelines cherished traditions. Kenneth’s carefully ordered world begins to unravel. As costumed fans flood the streets and pop‑culture spectacle overshadows local lore\, Kenneth’s grasp on reality falters and he plots his own lo‑fi film production. Anchored by Mullan’s commanding performance and a brilliant ensemble\, The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford delivers sharp satire and witty reflections on family\, obsession\, and the quirks of smalltown life\, all set against evocative imagery and the stunning Scottish countryside. —Jessie Fairbanks
URL:https://sffilm.org/event/the-fall-of-sir-douglas-weatherford/
LOCATION:Premier Theater at One Letterman\, 1 Letterman Dr # B\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94129\, United States
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SUMMARY:POV Award: Lynne Sachs + Every Contact Leaves a Trace
DESCRIPTION:In forensic science\, “trace” is the material left behind at crime scenes: fibers\, gunshot residue\, and other evidence that detectives use as they develop suspects and leads. SFFILM Persistence of Vision award winner Lynne Sachs takes inspiration from this concept to investigate her own life and assumptions\, using as her “trace” 600 business cards she amassed over 40 years\, representing everyone from a boy she slept with in college to tradespeople to film world associates. She settles on a handful to probe in depth—including a textile artist\, a hairdresser\, a therapist\, a film festival director\, and Lawrence Brose\, a gay filmmaker “canceled” after his controversial conviction for possessing child pornography. With a mass of swirling imagery\, Sachs’s own narration\, and a sonic sound design underpinned by Stephen Vitiello’s omnipresent score\, the film becomes a personal epiphany as Sachs comes to realize that the trace is not only in the cards but in her own imperfect memory. —Pam Grady
URL:https://sffilm.org/event/pov-award-lynne-sachs-every-contact-leaves-a-trace/
LOCATION:BAMPFA\, 2155 Center Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
CATEGORIES:2026 SFFILM Festival
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SUMMARY:Blue Heron
DESCRIPTION:A masterful debut\, this depiction of a young girl whose family is contending with a challenging older sibling weaves autobiographical and documentary elements seamlessly into a singularly poignant package. Sasha’s family emigrated from Hungary to Vancouver Island in the 1990s. Life there is pretty bucolic—outdoor swims\, watching cartoons—but there are outbursts of increasingly odd\, antisocial behavior from her older brother Jeremy. Sasha takes these moments in stride but notes her parents’ conversations in their native tongue that suggest something more serious and worrisome is happening. Director Sophy Romvari captures the sights and sounds of adolescence impeccably and\, when the film employs a brave narrative gambit around its halfway point\, she ineffably delineates the blur of memory and the tragic inability to avert crisis where one’s personal history is concerned. The extremely intentional camerawork by Maya Bankovic is vibrant but unobtrusive\, observing the family (and especially Sasha) with a gentle but probing eye. —Rod Armstrong
URL:https://sffilm.org/event/blue-heron-2/
LOCATION:Marina Theatre\, 2149 Chestnut St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94123\, United States
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SUMMARY:Cronos
DESCRIPTION:Cronos is a vampire movie with a Latin American twist as director/writer Guillermo del Toro gets to the heart of the eternal myth in Mexican style. The tale begins in 1536\, when an alchemist\, fleeing the Inquisition\, arrives in Veracruz with a fantastic invention that prolongs and regenerates life. Almost 500 years later\, the Cronos device turns up in an antique store. By accident\, Jesus Gris (Federico Luppi) learns part of its secret and soon develops a longing for blood—any sort of blood will do\, but human is best. All of this is observed by Jesus’s small granddaughter\, who alone seems to understand what is happening to him. The film treats its subject matter seriously\, but there’s a delicious current of humor underlying the narrative. The sets and art direction are superb; the actors walk a razor-thin line between the overwrought and the ridiculous\, without missing a step. Del Toro mixes genres with elegant rhythm and style. This intelligent film is one hell of a debut. —Festival 1994. \nCronos screened at The Festival in 1994 with Guillermo del Toro in person. \nFilms from the Vault revisits previously presented titles at the San Francisco International Film Festival\, highlighting the Festival’s role in championing emerging artists and iconic auteurs and inviting audiences to rediscover these films anew. —Jessie Fairbanks
URL:https://sffilm.org/event/cronos/
LOCATION:Premier Theater at One Letterman\, 1 Letterman Dr # B\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94129\, United States
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SUMMARY:Lost Land
DESCRIPTION:Nine-year-old Somira and her younger brother Shafi are the focus of this moving drama that follows the Rohingya siblings as they journey from a refugee camp in Bangladesh to a relative’s home in Malaysia. By boat\, in trucks\, and on foot\, the children and their family along with other refugees face smugglers’ extortionate demands\, natural and human dangers that arise on their trek\, and the terrifying possibility of separation as they travel towards some new notion of home. Japanese director Akio Fujimoto has been working on films in Malaysia for over a decade and\, after witnessing the cruelty inflicted upon the Rohingya people firsthand\, he began work on this powerful film. Working closely with cinematographer Yoshio Kitagawa with the camera often at the eye level of the two children who anchor his film\, the resulting work has an immediacy that raises awareness of the crisis while also telling a remarkable human story. —Rod Armstrong
URL:https://sffilm.org/event/lost-land/
LOCATION:Marina Theatre\, 2149 Chestnut St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94123\, United States
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