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  • 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 life. That documentation became a broader project through which Fitch processed her grief as she crafted a meticulous miniature recreation of the home where Yo […]

  • 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 steps toward her new home and adulthood with a curiosity and confusion typical of her age. But even as she makes new friends in this […]

  • 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 award-winning graphic novel. When young astronaut Celeste embarks on her first interstellar mission, she leaves behind her dedicated caretaker Robot to navigate a new unfamiliar […]

  • 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 precocious child opts for revenge. She finds her instrument in Holly (Benedetta Porcaroli), convincing the troubled young woman to let her join her road […]

  • 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 life to the Record Keeper at the Ministry of Not Forgetting (played by George MacKay), a fictional institution dedicated to examining historical myths and truths, […]

  • 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 this remarkable revolutionary unfolds through letters Cabral wrote to his wives, set to a soundtrack of slogans and dreams. Shot in 16mm, the film tells […]

  • A Child of My Own

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

    Based on a true story, A Child of My Own follows a woman so desperate to become a mother that she steals an infant. Director Maite Alberdi returns with a bold, inventive documentary that fuses dramatized sequences and first-person interviews to examine identity, ambition, and the weight of family pressures. At its center is Alejandra, […]