Risa and the Wind Phone
An abandoned telephone booth calls out to 10-year-old Risa. After a tragic fire devastates their small town, residents take to calling the dead on an out-of-order telephone high atop a […]
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A Sad and Beautiful World
Marina Theatre 2149 Chestnut St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesAmbitious and emotionally potent, Cyril Aris’s drama explores one couple’s romantic travails with three tumultuous decades of Lebanese history as the backdrop. Since childhood, Nino and Yasmina have had a […]
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Daughters of the Forest: Mycelium Chronicles
Marina Theatre 2149 Chestnut St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesTangled networks spread through the forest floor, connecting plants, humans, and fungi in an inseparable web of coexistence. In the forests of Mexico, mycologists Eliseete and Julieta are working to […]
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The Oldest Person in the World + Paper Trail
Premier Theater at One Letterman 1 Letterman Dr # B, San Francisco, CA, United StatesFor over a decade, SFFILM mainstay Sam Green (Utopia in Four Movements, Festival 2010; 32 Sounds, Festival 2022) tenaciously documents the world’s oldest person, as determined by the Guinness Book […]
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Time and Water
BAMPFA 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesIcelandic writer Andri Snær Magnason faces an unthinkable task: composing the eulogy for Okjökull, the first glacier declared dead due to climate change. In Sara Dosa’s (Fire of Love, Festival […]
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The Queen and the Smokehouse
Marina Theatre 2149 Chestnut St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesIn the Polish seaside town of Łeba, a kingdom rests upon plates of smoked cod, mackerel, halibut, and salmon. The picturesque beaches are one tourist draw; the town’s smokehouse is […]
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Nuisance Bear
Marina Theatre 2149 Chestnut St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesA yearling polar bear is smart enough to beat a bear trap, but is he wise enough to survive the world of humans? That is a question that hovers over […]
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Sloan Science on Screen Award: Silent Friend
Premier Theater at One Letterman 1 Letterman Dr # B, San Francisco, CA, United StatesOn the cusp of the Covid-19 pandemic, Tony (Tony Leung Chiu-wai), a Hong Kong neuroscientist conducting research at a German university, observes a botanical garden’s ancient gingko tree one lonesome […]
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The World of Love
BAMPFA 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesBoisterous, mischievous, and seemingly unassailable, Lee Joo-in is the master of her world. Whether dancing with classmates, sparring with her charismatic brother and devoted mother (Parasite’s Jang Hye-jin), or sharing […]
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It Would Be Night in Caracas
Marina Theatre 2149 Chestnut St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesThe lawlessness afoot in Venezuela’s capital city is vibrantly captured in this gripping adaptation of Karina Sainz Borgo’s novel by the filmmaking team behind Bad Hair (Festival 2014). It’s 2017, […]
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Two Pianos
Marina Theatre 2149 Chestnut St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesArnaud Desplechin returns to SFFILM with his high-pitched drama set in the world of concert pianists. Tempestuous Matthias (François Civil) returns to Lyon from a tour in Japan, and reconnects […]
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Give Me the Ball!
BAMPFA 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesBillie Jean King changed the game of tennis — on the court and across sports culture. Liz Garbus and Elizabeth Wolff’s documentary presents the legend in full, combining rare archival […]