• Salvation

    Premier Theater at One Letterman 1 Letterman Dr # B, San Francisco, CA, United States

    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. […]

  • To Hold a Mountain

    Marina Theatre 2149 Chestnut St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    At first glance, Gara is a simple farmer, tending her crops and animals, making cheese, and caring for adolescent Nada. But there is far more to this woman who lives […]

  • Milk Teeth

    Marina Theatre 2149 Chestnut St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Maria’s older sister Alina vanishes without a trace, last seen by Maria cutting through the schoolyard to take out the trash. That image haunts her as Alina remains missing and […]

  • Inside Amir

    Marina Theatre 2149 Chestnut St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    While he awaits the approval of a visa to join his girlfriend, Tara, abroad in Italy, Amir inhabits an existence in limbo. He spends his days biking through Tehran, delivering […]

  • Yo (Love is a Rebellious Bird)

    Premier Theater at One Letterman 1 Letterman Dr # B, San Francisco, CA, United States

    One of director Anna Fitch’s closest friends, Yo was adventurous, self-assured, and headstrong. Before Yo passed away in 2013, Fitch spent countless hours capturing memories and anecdotes of Yo’s colorful […]

  • If We Don’t Burn, How Do We Light Up the Night

    Marina Theatre 2149 Chestnut St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    The placid surface of a rural Costa Rican town hides a mystery in Kim Torres’s striking debut feature. A newcomer to the village, teenaged Laura (Lara Yuja Mora) takes wary […]

  • Space Cadet

    Jewish Community Center of San Francisco 3200 California St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Canadian DJ and multihyphenated artist Kid Koala brings his unique gift for storytelling to a new medium as he makes his directorial debut with this delightful, animated adaptation of his […]

  • Special Screening: The Kidnapping of Arabella

    Premier Theater at One Letterman 1 Letterman Dr # B, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Seven-year-old Arabella (Lucrezia Guglielmino) only wants to go Taco King, not listen to her boring father give a speech (Chris Pine, speaking flawless Italian). Given no choice in the matter, […]

  • The Son and the Sea

    Marina Theatre 2149 Chestnut St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    British writer/director Stroma Cairns makes a resonant feature debut with this coming-of-age drama focused on a young man trying to find his place in the world. The film is a […]

  • Broken English

    Jewish Community Center of San Francisco 3200 California St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    I never saw myself as a pop singer,” says Marianne Faithfull in this wonderfully imaginative portrait of the iconic chanteuse that includes her last recorded performance. She’s speaking about her […]

  • Amílcar

    BAMPFA 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Agricultural engineer Amilcar Cabral (1924–1973) dreamed of freedom for Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde in West Africa and set about making that liberation happen. In this impressionistic documentary, the life of […]