Tag: Supported by SFFILM

Ascension

A visceral exploration of contemporary China’s identity and the paradoxes of economic progress. Deftly observing factory workers create everything from binoculars to sex dolls, the…
I’m No Longer Here

Beautifully choreographed, director Fernando Frías de la Parra’s second feature is a melancholic take on emigration, one fueled by a Cumbia beat. In Monterrey, Mexico,…
Miss Juneteenth

A poignant story of deferred dreams and a mother’s love, Miss Juneteenth tells the story of Turquoise Jones (Nicole Beharie), who pushes her daughter to…
Mayor

“Local governance is the most beautiful field of work in our country,” says two-term Christian Mayor of Ramallah, Musa Hadid. Between school visits, city rebranding…
We Are As Gods

Stewart Brand, the visionary founder of Whole Earth Catalog, and guru to Steve Jobs and other tech wizards, is profiled in this fascinating documentary. Beginning with…
Feels Good Man

Pepe the Frog first appeared as a loveable and goofy character in the comic Boys Club by San Francisco cartoonist Matt Furie, cracking the line…
Shit & Champagne

SF stripper Champagne White (multi-hyphenate talent D’Arcy Drollinger) is expecting her boyfriend Rod to pop the question; when he instead tells her of a secret…
River City Drumbeat

For 30 years, Ed “Nardie” White has dedicated his life to uplifting and empowering African-American youth through the River City Drum Corps, teaching kids about…
Freeland

In the lush and dense countryside of Northern California, Devi (Krisha Fairchild, Krisha, Festival 2015) and her seasonal help – employees who are like family…
Tesla

Ethan Hawke portrays Nikola Tesla as a kind of steampunk New Romantic in this captivating imaginative drama from Michael Almereyda (Experimenter, Festival 2015). Tesla recounts…
Zana

Lume has nightmares – cow heads and flayed feet populate her dreams – leading her to wonder if they’re why she can’t get pregnant. They…