• How to Clean a House in 10 Easy Steps

    How to Clean a House in 10 Easy Steps

    Directed by Carolina Gonzalez Valencia | USA | Documentary | 80 min

    Fri, May 1, 2026 6:00 PM PT Premier Theater at One Letterman
    Filmmaker Carolina González Valencia and her immigrant mother celebrate generational joy in a striking directorial debut that brings a dose of magic and a sense of honor to domestic labor.
    Documentary
  • Shorts Block 2: Under Pressure

    Shorts Block 2: Under Pressure

    Fri, May 1, 2026 6:15 PM PT Marina Theatre
    Across cultures, five women confront the forces pressing in on their lives, tracing the moments when endurance gives way to reckoning and reclaiming one’s voice becomes both risk and necessity.
  • Memory of Princess Mumbi

    Memory of Princess Mumbi

    Directed by Damien Hauser | Kenya | Fiction | 79 min

    Fri, May 1, 2026 6:30 PM PT Marina Theatre
    In this futuristic sci-fi mockumentary, a filmmaker repurposes footage shot in the African nation of Umata as a love letter to the life of Princess Mumbi.
    Fiction
  • Filipiñana

    Filipiñana

    Directed by Rafael Manuel | Singapore | Fiction | 100 min

    Fri, May 1, 2026 7:00 PM PT BAMPFA
    In this auspicious debut feature, a new hire arrives for work at a luxurious golf course on the outskirts of Manila, where she discovers something sinister hiding beneath its pristine surface.
    Fiction
  • The Fox King

    The Fox King

    Directed by Woo Ming Jin | Malaysia | Fiction | 94 min

    Fri, May 1, 2026 8:30 PM PT Marina Theatre
    Malaysian filmmaker Woo Ming Jin returns to SFFILM with this fable-like story about twin brothers trying to make a life for themselves with scant resources as they reel from their mother’s death.
    Fiction
  • American Doctor

    American Doctor

    Directed by Poh Si Teng | USA | Documentary | 93 min

    Fri, May 1, 2026 8:30 PM PT Premier Theater at One Letterman
    Three U.S. doctors—Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian—strive to alleviate suffering in Gaza as war devastates its hospitals, confronting impossible choices, human suffering, and moral peril.
    Documentary
  • Hot Water

    Hot Water

    Directed by Ramzi Bashour | USA | Fiction | 97 min

    Fri, May 1, 2026 8:45 PM PT Marina Theatre
    Ramzi Bashour’s poignant road movie depicts an anxious mother transporting her delinquent son from Indiana to California and highlights the glories of the American Midwest while unpacking the dynamics of parenting and letting go. With Dale Dickey and Lubna Azabal.
    SFFILM Supported Fiction
  • One in a Million

    One in a Million

    Directed by Itab Azzam, Jack MacInnes | UK | Documentary | 102 min

    Sat, May 2, 2026 12:00 PM PT Marina Theatre
    Change unfolds swiftly and powerfully in this intimate, decade-spanning portrait of Syrian refugee Israa and her family as they navigate life across multiple countries.
    Documentary
  • Teen Filmmaking Workshop: Collaboration & Creativity

    Teen Filmmaking Workshop: Collaboration & Creativity

    Sat, May 2, 2026 12:00 PM PT Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
    Join director duo and multi-disciplinary artists Jess X. Snow and Ashima Shiraishi, for a filmmaking workshop for teens focused on collaboration and creativity through multiple mediums. This workshop will delve into the process behind their narrative shorts as well as their latest collaborative experimental documentary, Tamashi (part of the Festival’s Shorts 1: Human Flow program), co-directed with artist and world record-breaking rock climber Ashima Shiraishi. Open to students ages 13–18.
    Family Friendly
  • Hair, Paper, Water…

    Hair, Paper, Water…

    Directed by Nicolas Graux, Trương Minh Quý | Belgium | Documentary | 71 min

    Sat, May 2, 2026 1:00 PM PT Marina Theatre
    A woman regales her grandchildren with her wisdom and stories, a gift of language with which they can navigate life.
    Documentary
  • Jaripeo + Born at Night

    Jaripeo + Born at Night

    Directed by Efraín Mojica, Rebecca Zweig | Mexico | Documentary | 71 min

    Sat, May 2, 2026 2:30 PM PT Premier Theater at One Letterman
    Questions of masculinity, sexuality, and belonging swirl in this vivid documentary that explores Michoacán’s signature “jaripeos,” rural rodeos that also serve as a somewhat secret space for queer cowboys. This film will be preceded by the short film Born at Night, directed by Alba Cros Pellisè (Spain 2025, 18).
    SFFILM Supported Documentary
  • Shorts Block 1: Human Flow

    Shorts Block 1: Human Flow

    Sat, May 2, 2026 2:45 PM PT Marina Theatre
    Traverse cityscapes, valleys, highways, and borders through films by an international ensemble of storytellers. Conversations between people and land are as alive as human dialogue in these earnest portrayals of gathering and return.
    Short Film