• Bad Blood

    Bad Blood

    Directed by Leos Carax | France | Fiction | 105 min

    April 25, 2026 at 8:45 PM PT Marina Theatre
    This noir-ish drama involving a robbery and a doomed love triangle earned director Leos Carax comparisons to David Lynch and Martin Scorsese when it screened at the 1987 Festival. Juliette Binoche stars.
    From the Vault Fiction
  • Shorts Block 6: Youth Works

    Shorts Block 6: Youth Works

    April 26, 2026 at 10:30 AM PT Premier Theater at One Letterman
    Young filmmakers from across the globe showcase their daring creativity and craft in this collection of films that address the complexity of growing up and the innocence of youth. Recommended for ages 11 and up.
    Family Friendly
  • Yo (Love Is a Rebellious Bird)

    Yo (Love Is a Rebellious Bird)

    Directed by Anna Fitch, Banker White | USA | Documentary | 78 min

    April 26, 2026 at 11:30 AM PT BAMPFA
    Through beautifully constructed miniature sets and puppets, directors Anna Fitch and Banker White craft an elegy to the life and times of Anna’s beloved friend, Yo.
    Documentary
  • Vagabond

    Vagabond

    Directed by Agnès Varda | France | Fiction | 105 min

    April 26, 2026 at 12:00 PM PT Marina Theatre
    Agnès Varda’s Golden Lion winner starring Sandrine Bonnaire as a young drop-out roaming a wintery South of France returns to the Festival for the first time since 1986.
    From the Vault Fiction
  • Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story

    Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story

    Directed by Yemi Bamiro | USA | Documentary | 98 min

    April 26, 2026 at 12:30 PM PT Marina Theatre
    Yemi Bamiro’s enthralling documentary celebrates photographer and activist Kwame Brathwaite, whose monumental work chronicled the joy, beauty, and glory of Black lives and experiences.
    Documentary
  • Tuner

    Tuner

    Directed by Daniel Roher | USA | Fiction | 109 min

    April 26, 2026 at 1:00 PM PT Premier Theater at One Letterman
    When a piano tuner’s extraordinary hearing reveals a knack for cracking safes, his quiet New York routine gives way to a risky life of crime—just as the possibility of love suggests another future. Dustin Hoffman and Leo Woodall star.
    Fiction
  • Risa and the Wind Phone

    Risa and the Wind Phone

    Directed by Juan Cabral | Argentina | Fiction | 94 min

    April 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM PT BAMPFA
    In a small town where the dead call from an abandoned phone booth, a young girl discovers she alone can hear them, setting off a whimsical quest to help spirits—and find her father. Recommended for ages 10 and up.
    Family Friendly Fiction
  • A Sad and Beautiful World

    A Sad and Beautiful World

    Directed by Cyril Aris | Lebanon | Fiction | 110 min

    April 26, 2026 at 2:30 PM PT Marina Theatre
    Ambitious and emotionally potent, Cyril Aris’s drama explores one couple’s romantic travails with three tumultuous decades of Lebanese history as the backdrop.
    Fiction
  • Daughters of the Forest: Mycelium Chronicles

    Daughters of the Forest: Mycelium Chronicles

    Directed by Otilia Portillo Padua | Mexico | Documentary | 95 min

    April 26, 2026 at 3:15 PM PT Marina Theatre
    The mushrooms speak in this inventive sci-fi documentary that follows indigenous female mycologists as they document and preserve the intricate bonds between humans and fungi.
    Documentary
  • The Oldest Person in the World + Paper Trail

    The Oldest Person in the World + Paper Trail

    Directed by Sam Green | USA | Documentary | 87 min

    April 26, 2026 at 4:00 PM PT Premier Theater at One Letterman
    Director Sam Green makes his triumphant return to SFFILM with a deeply personal, lovingly crafted film documenting the world’s oldest people, as recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records. This film will be preceded by the short film Paper Trail, directed by Don Hertzfeldt (USA 2026, 14 min).
    Documentary
  • Time and Water

    Time and Water

    Directed by Sara Dosa | USA | Documentary | 90 min

    April 26, 2026 at 4:45 PM PT BAMPFA
    Writer Andri Snær Magnason reckons with the death of Okjökull, the first glacier lost to climate change, as Sara Dosa’s striking documentary blends vanishing ice, family memory, and urgent witness.
    Documentary
  • The Queen and the Smokehouse

    The Queen and the Smokehouse

    Directed by Iga Lis | Poland | Documentary | 65 min

    April 26, 2026 at 5:30 PM PT Marina Theatre
    The queen of the Polish town of Łeba does not wear a crown or sit on a throne. Instead, her kingdom is a smokehouse from which she feeds mackerel and cod to thousands.
    Documentary