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SUMMARY:Salvation
DESCRIPTION:Winner of the Berlinale’s Silver Bear\, Emin Alper’s (Frenzy\, Festival 2016) electrifying drama of power struggles in a Turkish mountain village exposes the chaos that erupts when territorialism takes root. In the unnamed community\, two tribes clash over land and the right to harvest it. Mesut\, haunted by troubling dreams he believes are prophetic\, stakes his claim as the new sheikh. As his power grab fans inflammatory rhetoric\, he becomes the figure rallying those who long for revenge. Alper’s assured filmmaking blurs dreams and reality\, while a tremendous ensemble cast conveys both vulnerability and menace. With striking visual flair\, Salvation illuminates how fear\, suspicion\, and strongman rhetoric create circumstances where no one is safe … or saved. —Rod Armstrong
URL:https://sffilm.org/event/salvation/
LOCATION:BAMPFA\, 2155 Center Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
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SUMMARY:How to Clean a House in 10 Easy Steps
DESCRIPTION:Family separation defined the childhood of filmmaker Carolina Gonzalez Valencia\, whose mother Beatriz moved to the US from Colombia to provide for her children by working as a domestic house cleaner. Years later\, when Gonzalez Valencia tries to make a film about her parent\, she discovers it is easier to resort to playful conversations and lots of sequins than it is to probe the immense pain and sacrifice that define her mother’s life. What emerges in this striking directorial debut\, replete with playful animated sequences\, is a tribute that bends the formal limits of documentary by inviting magic and mischief into the tale. On the brink of another separation\, González Valencia and her mother embark on a journey of healing\, bringing their community along on an unexpectedly fun ride. How to Clean a House In 10 Easy Steps honors the labor that supports us while celebrating the joy that sustains us. —Bedatri Choudhury
URL:https://sffilm.org/event/how-to-clean-a-house-in-10-easy-steps/
LOCATION:Premier Theater at One Letterman\, 1 Letterman Dr # B\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94129\, United States
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SUMMARY:Shorts Block 2: Under Pressure
DESCRIPTION:Pressure builds quietly before it breaks. Across cultures\, five individuals confront the forces pressing in on their lives\, reflecting the fault lines shaping women’s place in the world today. A Portuguese mother struggles beneath the invisible mental load of an uneven household\, while a daughter in rural Taiwan navigates tradition during a funeral rite. A teacher in the UK challenges systemic racism at her school\, as a wife faces economic strain on her fragile marriage amid Ulaanbaatar’s suffocating traffic\, and an autistic woman in the western US finds her voice after years of struggling to communicate. These films\, all directed by women\, explore the burdens their gender carries—as mothers\, professionals\, and community members—tracing moments when endurance gives way to reckoning\, and reclaiming one’s voice becomes both urgent and necessary. —Mariana Finelli \nFilms are in alphabetical order rather than order of play. Total runtime 90 min \nBecause Today Is Saturday\nAlice Eça Guimarães (Portugal\, France\, Spain 2025\, 12 min)\nOn just another Saturday\, a woman struggles to reconnect with herself beneath the weight of motherhood and the unseen mental load of an uneven household. \nBuried Under Years of Dust\nSophie Sartain (USA 2026\, 30 min)\nAfter decades confined within herself\, Emily Grodin\, an autistic woman\, unlocks her inner world and claims her voice\, as her parents’ enduring love leads her to the right tool. \nDark Skin Bruises Differently\nSusan Wokoma (UK 2025\, 11 min)\nWhen a student’s claim threatens her integrity\, Ms. Lawson must choose between defending a misunderstood girl and protecting her own career. \nDua Ji\nYuHan Tsai (Taiwan\, USA 2025\, 18 min)\nIn rural Taiwan\, the eldest daughter bears the quiet weight of tradition during her mother’s funeral\, as grief and stirring defiance threaten to fracture the entrenched ritual. \nA South Facing Window\nLkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir (France\, Mongolia 2025\, 19 min)\nIn Ulaanbaatar’s relentless traffic\, a young mother searching for a home confronts her husband’s infidelity and their growing distance\, forcing the couple to face whether their fragile marriage can survive.
URL:https://sffilm.org/event/shorts-block-2-under-pressure/
LOCATION:Marina Theatre\, 2149 Chestnut St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94123\, United States
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SUMMARY:Memory of Princess Mumbi
DESCRIPTION:With Memory of Princess Mumbi\, Swiss-Kenyan filmmaker Damien Hauser delivers a dazzling film set in the future but pertinent to today. A war fought over addictive technology leads to its outlawing in many parts of the world by 2093. Despite this\, AI remains in use to create worlds and alter actors’ facial expressions. Aspiring filmmaker Kuve travels to the African nation of Umata to make a documentary about the lingering effects of the war where he meets aspiring actress Mumbi. As they delve into their thoughts on cinema and the place of AI in it\, the two develop a relationship destined to fail—an arranged marriage to a prince awaits Mumbi on her 21st birthday. Against an Afrofuturistic backdrop\, this visually esoteric\, luscious\, and layered sci-fi mockumentary both celebrates and critiques AI while adding a dollop of romance in its depiction of the love triangle between two artists and a prince. —Amber Love
URL:https://sffilm.org/event/memory-of-princess-mumbi/
LOCATION:Marina Theatre\, 2149 Chestnut St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94123\, United States
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SUMMARY:Filipiñana
DESCRIPTION:Isabel is a newly hired ball girl at a pristine golf course on Manila’s outskirts. An Ilokana from rural northern Philippines\, she immediately feels out of place among the high-status guests. Motivated by the sweltering heat and her insatiable curiosity\, Isabel slips away from her duties on the driving range. Over a languid afternoon\, Isabel discovers the locations of blessed AC units\, indulges in a finger of frosting from the buffet\, and observes the peculiar routines of wealthy patrons. As her boldness grows\, so do her unsettling discoveries\, revealing insidious secrets lurking beneath the resort’s lavish surface. Filipiñana heralds the arrival of a striking new voice in filmmaking. Director Rafael Manuel’s first feature swings with visual splendor\, wielding its imagery to deliver sharp\, scintillating commentary on capitalism and corruption—even in the world’s most polished corners. —Jordan Klein
URL:https://sffilm.org/event/filipinana/
LOCATION:BAMPFA\, 2155 Center Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
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SUMMARY:American Doctor
DESCRIPTION:In American Doctor\, filmmaker Poh Si Teng follows three US physicians—Palestinian\, Jewish\, and Zoroastrian—striving to alleviate suffering in Gaza as the war shatters its medical infrastructure. What begins as an urgent mission of care becomes a searing confrontation with the limits of neutrality. The doctors shoulder impossible choices\, witnessing profound suffering while navigating the dangers of a war zone. The film grapples with reconciling professional duty with civic obligation\, and private anguish with public responsibility. As the documentary moves between operating rooms and American corridors of power\, what emerges is a taut\, deeply human portrait of courage\, conscience\, and the high price of speaking out in the face of injustice—an urgent\, unflinching work that demands to be seen. —Jessie Fairbanks
URL:https://sffilm.org/event/american-doctor/
LOCATION:Premier Theater at One Letterman\, 1 Letterman Dr # B\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94129\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Fox King
DESCRIPTION:Amir and Ali are twins reeling from their mother’s death in childbirth. Plus\, their deadbeat dad won’t let the boys stay with him\, so they work for the owner of a fishing business who gives them rudimentary shelter. Amir speaks rarely\, only using the names of animals to communicate\, but his passion for reading creates a connection with new English teacher\, Lara\, who has past traumas of her own. Amid a human trafficking scandal and their father’s shady business schemes\, Amir and Ali make a life for themselves with scant resources. But as a kite flying competition looms and Amir and Lara‘s bibliophilia alienates Ali\, tensions between the brothers threaten their bond. Malaysian filmmaker Woo Ming Jin\, who returns to the Festival after Monday Morning Glory (Festival 2005) and Woman on Fire Looks for Water (Festival 2010)\, brings a fable-like charm to the poetic story\, grounded in naturalistic performances by the main protagonists. –Rod Armstrong
URL:https://sffilm.org/event/the-fox-king/
LOCATION:Marina Theatre\, 2149 Chestnut St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94123\, United States
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SUMMARY:Hot Water
DESCRIPTION:Ramzi Bashour’s poignant road movie depicts an anxious mother transporting her delinquent son from Indiana to California\, highlighting the glories of the American Midwest while unpacking the dynamics of parenting and letting go. Layal (Lubna Azabal\, radiant) is a tightly wound Lebanese American who teaches Arabic to hapless students. While listening to a meditation program\, she learns that 19-year-old Daniel suffered a concussion brawling after a hockey game. At her wits’ end\, she demands that her ex-husband take the boy in\, with Layal agreeing to transport Daniel across the country. Along the way\, Bashour captures the vast beauty of the American landscape and the quirky characters they meet—including the free-spirited Sasha (Dale Dickey) and a frustrated hitchhiker (Max Walker-Silverman\, Rebuilding\, Festival 2024). Through shared challenges and unexpected encounters\, mother and son gradually learn to accept one another’s foibles and embrace a new chapter of their lives. —Rod Armstrong
URL:https://sffilm.org/event/hot-water/
LOCATION:Marina Theatre\, 2149 Chestnut St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94123\, United States
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