SFFILM

The Bay Area's home for the world's finest films and filmmakers.

SFFILM Festival

The longest-running film festival in the Americas, the San Francisco International Film Festival is an extraordinary showcase of cinematic discovery and a major cultural event in the Bay Area. The 2020 Festival has been canceled, but you can still browse the program.

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Events

Apr 08

SFFILM Festival

Opening Night: Boys State

April 8 @ 7:00 pm - 8:49 pm
Castro Theatre
Apr 09

SFFILM Festival

Zana

April 9 @ 2:30 pm - 4:12 pm
Creativity Theater
Supported by SFFILM
Apr 09

SFFILM Festival

Sing Me a Song

April 9 @ 2:30 pm - 4:34 pm
Roxie Theater
Apr 09

SFFILM Festival

Balloon

April 9 @ 6:00 pm - 7:47 pm
BAMPFA
Apr 09

SFFILM Festival

Collective

April 9 @ 6:00 pm - 8:14 pm
Roxie Theater
Apr 09

SFFILM Festival

Suk Suk

April 9 @ 6:00 pm - 7:57 pm
Creativity Theater
Apr 09

SFFILM Festival

River City Drumbeat

April 9 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Victoria Theatre
Supported by SFFILM
Apr 09

SFFILM Festival

Tesla

April 9 @ 7:30 pm - 9:37 pm
Castro Theatre
Supported by SFFILM
Apr 09

SFFILM Festival

The Fever

April 9 @ 8:15 pm - 9:58 pm
BAMPFA
Apr 09

SFFILM Festival

Shorts: Masters

April 9 @ 8:45 pm - 10:47 pm
Roxie Theater
Apr 09

SFFILM Festival

Sibyl

April 9 @ 8:45 pm - 10:50 pm
Creativity Theater
Apr 10

SFFILM Festival

So Long, My Son

April 10 @ 2:00 pm - 5:10 pm
Creativity Theater
Apr 10

SFFILM Festival

Radioactive

April 10 @ 3:30 pm - 5:18 pm
SFMOMA
Apr 10

SFFILM Festival

Dramarama

April 10 @ 6:00 pm - 7:56 pm
Victoria Theatre
Apr 10

SFFILM Festival

Coded Bias

April 10 @ 6:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Roxie Theater
Apr 10

SFFILM Festival

Agnes Gund: George Gund III Award + ̶...

April 10 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
SFMOMA
Apr 10

SFFILM Festival

maɬni – towards the ocean, towards the shore

April 10 @ 7:00 pm - 8:47 pm
YBCA
Apr 10

SFFILM Festival

Rebuilding Paradise

April 10 @ 7:30 pm - 9:27 pm
Creativity Theater
Apr 10

SFFILM Festival

Zappa

April 10 @ 8:00 pm - 10:34 pm
Castro Theatre
Apr 10

SFFILM Festival

Freeland

April 10 @ 8:45 pm - 10:30 pm
Victoria Theatre
Supported by SFFILM
Apr 10

SFFILM Festival

Rose Plays Julie

April 10 @ 9:00 pm - 10:45 pm
Roxie Theater
Apr 11

SFFILM Festival

Dolphin Reef

April 11 @ 10:00 am - 11:42 am
Castro Theatre
Kids + Families
Apr 11

SFFILM Festival

Shorts 6: Youth Works

April 11 @ 12:00 pm - 1:47 pm
Roxie Theater
Kids + Families
Apr 11

SFFILM Festival

Feels Good Man

April 11 @ 2:30 pm - 4:28 pm
BAMPFA
Supported by SFFILM
Apr 11

SFFILM Festival

Those That, at a Distance, Resemble Another

April 11 @ 3:00 pm - 4:32 pm
YBCA
Apr 11

SFFILM Festival

Workforce

April 11 @ 3:00 pm - 4:47 pm
Creativity Theater
Apr 11

SFFILM Festival

Shorts 2

April 11 @ 3:00 pm - 4:46 pm
Roxie Theater
Apr 11

SFFILM Festival

Truth to Power: Barbara Lee Speaks for Me

April 11 @ 3:30 pm - 5:35 pm
Grand Lake Theatre
Apr 11

SFFILM Festival

A Thousand Cuts

April 11 @ 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Creativity Theater
Apr 11

SFFILM Festival

Acasă, My Home

April 11 @ 5:30 pm - 7:20 pm
YBCA
Apr 11

SFFILM Festival

House of Cardin

April 11 @ 5:30 pm - 7:32 pm
SFMOMA
Apr 11

SFFILM Festival

Shorts 1

April 11 @ 6:00 pm - 7:53 pm
Roxie Theater
Apr 11

SFFILM Festival

Promising Young Woman

April 11 @ 6:30 pm - 8:48 pm
Castro Theatre
Apr 11

SFFILM Festival

Paris Calligrammes

April 11 @ 7:30 pm - 10:04 pm
BAMPFA
Apr 11

SFFILM Festival

The American Sector

April 11 @ 8:00 pm - 9:35 pm
YBCA
Apr 11

SFFILM Festival

Beautiful Dreamer

April 11 @ 8:30 pm - 10:29 pm
SFMOMA
Apr 11

SFFILM Festival

Abou Leila

April 11 @ 8:30 pm - 10:50 pm
Creativity Theater
Apr 11

SFFILM Festival

Two of Us

April 11 @ 8:45 pm - 10:50 pm
Roxie Theater
Apr 11

SFFILM Festival

Happy Happy Joy Joy – The Ren &...

April 11 @ 9:15 pm - 11:27 pm
Victoria Theatre
Apr 11

SFFILM Festival

Shit & Champagne

April 11 @ 10:00 pm - April 12 @ 12:16 am
Castro Theatre
Supported by SFFILM
Apr 12

SFFILM Festival

Marona’s Fantastic Tale

April 12 @ 12:00 pm - 1:57 pm
SFMOMA
Kids + Families
Apr 12

SFFILM Festival

Shorts 3: Animation

April 12 @ 1:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Roxie Theater
Apr 12

SFFILM Festival

The Perfect Candidate

April 12 @ 2:30 pm - 4:16 pm
BAMPFA
Apr 12

SFFILM Festival

Shirley

April 12 @ 4:00 pm - 6:12 pm
Victoria Theatre
Apr 12

SFFILM Festival

The Personal History of David Copperfield

April 12 @ 4:00 pm - 6:05 pm
Castro Theatre
Apr 12

SFFILM Festival

Circumstantial Pleasures

April 12 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
BAMPFA
Apr 12

SFFILM Festival

Welcome to Chechnya

April 12 @ 5:15 pm - 7:27 pm
SFMOMA
Apr 12

SFFILM Festival

Shorts 4: New Visions

April 12 @ 6:15 pm - 7:45 pm
Roxie Theater
Apr 12

SFFILM Festival

True History of the Kelly Gang

April 12 @ 7:00 pm - 9:29 pm
Victoria Theatre
Apr 12

SFFILM Festival

No. 7 Cherry Lane

April 12 @ 8:15 pm - 10:25 pm
SFMOMA
Apr 12

SFFILM Festival

Amulet

April 12 @ 8:45 pm - 10:49 pm
Roxie Theater
Apr 13

SFFILM Festival

Rocks

April 13 @ 6:00 pm - 7:38 pm
Creativity Theater
Apr 13

SFFILM Festival

The Fight

April 13 @ 7:30 pm - 9:31 pm
Castro Theatre
Apr 13

SFFILM Festival

An Evening with Jacolby Satterwhite: “Bir...

April 13 @ 8:00 pm - 9:38 pm
Victoria Theatre
Apr 13

SFFILM Festival

La Llorona

April 13 @ 8:15 pm - 10:16 pm
Roxie Theater
Apr 14

SFFILM Festival

143 Sahara Street

April 14 @ 6:00 pm - 7:45 pm
YBCA
Apr 14

SFFILM Festival

Cut Chemist: Live Score + Films Concrète

April 14 @ 8:00 pm - 9:55 pm
Castro Theatre
Live Performance
Apr 14

SFFILM Festival

Selah and the Spades

April 14 @ 8:30 pm - 10:32 pm
Roxie Theater
Apr 15

SFFILM Festival

The Last Vermeer

April 15 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Roxie Theater
Apr 15

SFFILM Festival

Mayor

April 15 @ 3:30 pm - 5:24 pm
Roxie Theater
Supported by SFFILM
Apr 15

SFFILM Festival

The Last Autumn

April 15 @ 6:00 pm - 7:43 pm
Creativity Theater
Apr 15

SFFILM Festival

Time

April 15 @ 6:00 pm - 7:46 pm
Roxie Theater
Apr 15

SFFILM Festival

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema: Novikoff Award +...

April 15 @ 7:00 pm - 10:24 pm
Alamo Drafthouse
Apr 15

SFFILM Festival

We Are As Gods

April 15 @ 7:30 pm - 9:27 pm
Castro Theatre
Supported by SFFILM
Apr 15

SFFILM Festival

Tribute to Sienna Miller: "Wander Darkly"

April 15 @ 7:30 pm - 10:22 pm
Victoria Theatre
Apr 15

SFFILM Festival

On a Magical Night

April 15 @ 8:30 pm - 10:05 pm
Roxie Theater
Apr 15

SFFILM Festival

Miss Juneteenth

April 15 @ 9:00 pm - 11:08 pm
Grand Lake Theatre
Supported by SFFILM
Apr 16

SFFILM Festival

You Will Die at Twenty

April 16 @ 3:00 pm - 5:10 pm
Roxie Theater
Apr 16

SFFILM Festival

A Voluntary Year

April 16 @ 6:00 pm - 7:31 pm
Creativity Theater
Apr 16

SFFILM Festival

Farewell Amor

April 16 @ 6:00 pm - 8:08 pm
Roxie Theater
Apr 16

SFFILM Festival

Lucky Chan-sil

April 16 @ 6:00 pm - 8:01 pm
YBCA
Apr 16

SFFILM Festival

Miwa Matreyek: “Infinitely Yours...

April 16 @ 7:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Victoria Theatre
Live Performance
Apr 16

SFFILM Festival

Centerpiece: I Carry You With Me

April 16 @ 7:30 pm - 9:46 pm
Castro Theatre
Apr 16

SFFILM Festival

Valley of Souls

April 16 @ 8:30 pm - 11:11 pm
YBCA
Apr 17

SFFILM Festival

Groove: 20th Anniversary Screening

April 17 @ 8:45 am - 10:36 am
Victoria Theatre
Apr 17

SFFILM Festival

Dick Johnson Is Dead

April 17 @ 6:00 pm - 7:54 pm
SFMOMA
Apr 17

SFFILM Festival

The Sleepwalkers

April 17 @ 6:00 pm - 7:52 pm
Roxie Theater
Apr 17

SFFILM Festival

Save Yourselves!

April 17 @ 6:00 pm - 7:59 pm
Victoria Theatre
Apr 17

SFFILM Festival

Saudi Runaway

April 17 @ 6:30 pm - 8:23 pm
Creativity Theater
Apr 17

SFFILM Festival

Fantastic Negrito: Live Score + “Lo...

April 17 @ 8:00 pm - 9:13 pm
Castro Theatre
Live Performance
Apr 17

SFFILM Festival

Just 6.5

April 17 @ 8:30 pm - 10:49 pm
Roxie Theater
Apr 17

SFFILM Festival

Oh Mercy!

April 17 @ 8:45 pm - 10:49 pm
SFMOMA
Apr 17

SFFILM Festival

Some Kind of Heaven

April 17 @ 9:00 pm - 10:48 pm
Creativity Theater
Apr 18

SFFILM Festival

Shorts 5: Family Films

April 18 @ 10:00 am - 11:31 am
Castro Theatre
Kids + Families
Apr 18

SFFILM Festival

Crip Camp

April 18 @ 12:00 pm - 2:12 pm
SFMOMA
Apr 18

SFFILM Festival

Beyond Moving

April 18 @ 12:45 pm - 2:44 pm
Dolby Cinema
Apr 18

SFFILM Festival

Disney’s “Elephant in the Room̶...

April 18 @ 1:00 pm - 3:05 pm
The Walt Disney Family Museum
Kids + Families
Apr 18

SFFILM Festival

Zumiriki

April 18 @ 3:30 pm - 5:57 pm
SFMOMA
Apr 18

SFFILM Festival

A Tribute to Steve Coogan: "The Trip to G...

April 18 @ 3:30 pm - 6:35 pm
Castro Theatre
Apr 18

SFFILM Festival

Effects Animation of “Frozen 2̶...

April 18 @ 3:30 pm - 5:55 pm
The Walt Disney Family Museum
Kids + Families
Apr 18

SFFILM Festival

The Iron Hammer

April 18 @ 3:30 pm - 5:34 pm
Dolby Cinema
Apr 18

SFFILM Festival

Nine Days

April 18 @ 6:30 pm - 8:59 pm
Dolby Cinema
Apr 18

SFFILM Festival

Pedro Costa: POV Award + “Vitalina ...

April 18 @ 7:00 pm - 9:59 pm
SFMOMA
Apr 18

SFFILM Festival

The Nowhere Inn

April 18 @ 8:00 pm - 9:56 pm
Castro Theatre
Apr 18

SFFILM Festival

The Painter and the Thief

April 18 @ 8:30 pm - 10:37 pm
Creativity Theater
Apr 18

SFFILM Festival

I’m No Longer Here

April 18 @ 9:15 pm - 11:26 pm
Roxie Theater
Supported by SFFILM
Apr 19

SFFILM Festival

The Human Factor

April 19 @ 1:00 pm - 2:53 pm
SFMOMA
Apr 19

SFFILM Festival

How to Build a Girl

April 19 @ 1:00 pm - 3:07 pm
Castro Theatre
Apr 19

SFFILM Festival

Stray

April 19 @ 2:00 pm - 3:37 pm
Victoria Theatre

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