• Mel Novikoff Award: Michelle Satter + Beasts of the Southern Wild

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

    Below the levee, the Bathtub exists as a tightknit community unto itself, practically a separate nation from Louisiana and the rest of the United States. There, six-year-old Hushpuppy (Oscar® Best […]

  • The Son and the Sea

    BAMPFA 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, 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 […]

  • Elder Son

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

    “Where are you from?” That question asked of native-born Argentinian teenager Lila (Anita B. Queen), whose parents immigrated from Korea, hovers over Cecilia Kang’s remarkable drama inspired by her own […]

  • Still Playing + The Curfew + Nava

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

    Three protagonists and their quietly courageous gestures of resilience weave together a cinematic journey across the world. Documenting a father’s struggle in Palestine, a woman’s fateful return to Iran, and […]

  • Salvation

    BAMPFA 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, 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. […]

  • How to Clean a House in 10 Easy Steps

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

    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 […]

  • Shorts Block 2: Under Pressure

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

    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 […]

  • Memory of Princess Mumbi

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

    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 […]

  • Filipiñana

    BAMPFA 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    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 […]

  • The Fox King

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

    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 […]

  • American Doctor

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

    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 […]

  • Hot Water

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

    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 […]