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Marina Theatre

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2149 Chestnut St.
San Francisco, CA 94123 United States

Public Transportation & Parking
The Marina District and Presidio neighborhood are served by Muni bus lines 28, 30, 43, and PresidiGO Shuttle. Walking times from transit stops to theaters vary between 1–15 minutes. Metered parking is available around the neigherborhood or for $4.00/hour at these nearby lots:

  • Lombard Street Garage (2055 Lombard St) Entrance at Moulton Alley
  • Pierce Street Garage Website (3252 Pierce Street)

FAQs

How easy is it to navigate the surrounding area for a wheelchair?
It’s easy to navigate.

Are there steep hills?
No.

Are there ripped up sidewalks?
No.

Are there easily navigable curb cuts?
Yes.

Are there any special ways to get accessible seating in the theater?
Both theaters are on the second floor. There is an elevator from the lobby.

Are there accessible bathroom stalls?
Yes.

Do you offer any hearing assistance devices?
Yes, please ask a Marina Theatre staff member for assistance!

Do you offer any closed captioning devices?
Yes, this theater has at least 12 individual closed captioning devices. Please ask a Marina Theatre staff member for assistance!

Do you offer any audio description devices?
Yes, this theater has at least 12 individual audio description devices. Please ask a Marina Theatre staff member for assistance!

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2024 Members Preview Night

Thu, Mar 28 at 6:30 pm
Mar 28

2024 Members Preview Night

March 28, 2024 at 6:30 pm PT Marina Theatre

Join us for a Members-only preview of the 2024 SFFILM Festival! Our flagship event returns to the...

Members Only
A boy running with a smile on his face.

Opening Night: Dìdi (弟弟)

Wed, Apr 24 at 8:00 pm
Apr 24

Opening Night: Dìdi (弟弟)

April 24, 2024 at 8:00 pm PT Marina Theatre

Sean Wang‘s auspicious, semi-autobiographical feature debut centers on a universally recogn...

USA | Fiction | 90

Uncropped

Thu, Apr 25 at 2:30 pm
Apr 25

Uncropped

April 25, 2024 at 2:30 pm PT Marina Theatre

James Hamilton, one of America’s foremost portrait photographers, gets his own portrait in D.W. Y...

USA | Documentary | 111

At Rush!
A woman in a yellow shirt.

Banel & Adama

Thu, Apr 25 at 3:30 pm
Apr 25

Banel & Adama

April 25, 2024 at 3:30 pm PT Marina Theatre

The titular Senegalese couple at the center of this visually ravishing romantic drama faces sever...

Senegal | Fiction | 87

A group of people taking a picture with a man in a bed.

Shorts 4: Migration Flows

Thu, Apr 25 at 5:30 pm
Apr 25

Shorts 4: Migration Flows

April 25, 2024 at 5:30 pm PT Marina Theatre

Inspired by the flow of people and stories of migration, this shorts program is dedicated to the ...

100

At Rush!
Three monks sitting outside a building.

Agent of Happiness

Thu, Apr 25 at 6:00 pm
Apr 25

Agent of Happiness

April 25, 2024 at 6:00 pm PT Marina Theatre

Can happiness be measured by points? In a policy woefully simplified by Western media, Bhutan cal...

Bhutan | Documentary | 94

A man in front of a blooming tree.

Great Absence

Thu, Apr 25 at 8:15 pm
Apr 25

Great Absence

April 25, 2024 at 8:15 pm PT Marina Theatre

An emotional depiction of father/son estrangement, a decades-long love story that takes on multip...

Japan | Fiction | 152

A man smiling.

Luther: Never Too Much

Thu, Apr 25 at 8:30 pm
Apr 25

Luther: Never Too Much

April 25, 2024 at 8:30 pm PT Marina Theatre

One can never get too much Luther Vandross, as Dawn Porter’s wonderfully comprehensive and jubila...

USA | Documentary | 101

A man and a woman sitting on a motorcycle in a city.

Empty Nets

Fri, Apr 26 at 3:00 pm
Apr 26

Empty Nets

April 26, 2024 at 3:00 pm PT Marina Theatre

What begins as a pursuit of love becomes a dangerous journey into the seedy underbelly of Iran’s ...

Germany | Fiction | 101

A woman and man sitting outside on a bench.

Sidonie in Japan

Fri, Apr 26 at 3:30 pm
Apr 26

Sidonie in Japan

April 26, 2024 at 3:30 pm PT Marina Theatre

Isabelle Huppert, one of the best actors working today, crafts a uniquely soft and vulnerable cha...

Japan | Fiction | 95

Two women sitting in a courtroom.

Black Box Diaries

Fri, Apr 26 at 6:00 pm
Apr 26

Black Box Diaries

April 26, 2024 at 6:00 pm PT Marina Theatre

A 2015 dinner with Noriyuki Yamaguchi evolves into a years-long nightmare for Shiori Ito after th...

Japan | Documentary | 104

A woman sitting on a bench smoking a cigarette.

Woodland

Fri, Apr 26 at 8:15 pm
Apr 26

Woodland

April 26, 2024 at 8:15 pm PT Marina Theatre

In Elizabeth Scharang’s evocative drama, a journalist from Vienna retreats to her childhood villa...

Austria | Fiction | 100

Two girls riding a roller coaster in blue shirts.

Alemania

Fri, Apr 26 at 8:45 pm
Apr 26

Alemania

April 26, 2024 at 8:45 pm PT Marina Theatre

María Zanetti’s vivid debut feature, inspired by her own family’s story, tells the story of Lola,...

Argentina | Fiction | 87

A colorful beetle.

Shorts 5: Family Films

Sat, Apr 27 at 10:00 am
Apr 27

Shorts 5: Family Films

April 27, 2024 at 10:00 am PT Marina Theatre

Wondrous and whimsical shorts from near and far corners of the world grace our festival screen fo...

75

A woman smoking a cigarette at night.

Shorts 2: Of Body and Mind

Sat, Apr 27 at 12:00 pm
Apr 27

Shorts 2: Of Body and Mind

April 27, 2024 at 12:00 pm PT Marina Theatre

94

A small otter is hiding in a pile of ropes.

Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story

Sat, Apr 27 at 12:15 pm
Apr 27

Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story

April 27, 2024 at 12:15 pm PT Marina Theatre

In a place where land ends and the sea takes over – Scotland’s Shetland Islands – an orphaned ott...

UK | Documentary | 78

A woman and a girl sitting on a bench.

Janet Planet

Sat, Apr 27 at 2:30 pm
Apr 27

Janet Planet

April 27, 2024 at 2:30 pm PT Marina Theatre

In 1991, the summer before middle school, Lacy (Zoe Ziegler) brims with questions and gripes. Tig...

USA | Fiction | 113

A cat lying on the ground in front of a blooming tree.

The Cats of Gokogu Shrine

Sat, Apr 27 at 2:45 pm
Apr 27

The Cats of Gokogu Shrine

April 27, 2024 at 2:45 pm PT Marina Theatre

This rich observational documentary opens with a bratty orange tabby grabbing director Kazuhiro S...

Japan | Documentary | 119

The Teacher

Sat, Apr 27 at 5:15 pm
Apr 27

The Teacher

April 27, 2024 at 5:15 pm PT Marina Theatre

The destruction of a Palestinian home by Israeli edict and the murder of a youth at the hands of ...

UK | Fiction | 118

A man and a girl outside a store in the snow.

Ru

Sat, Apr 27 at 5:45 pm
Apr 27

Ru

April 27, 2024 at 5:45 pm PT Marina Theatre

Ten-year-old Tinh’s family flees Vietnam after the 1975 fall of Saigon, undertaking an arduous jo...

Canada | Fiction | 116

At Rush!

The Idea of You

Sat, Apr 27 at 8:15 pm
Apr 27

The Idea of You

April 27, 2024 at 8:15 pm PT Marina Theatre

Unexpectedly stuck chaperoning her daughter’s trip to Coachella, the last thing on single mom Sol...

USA | Fiction | 115

At Rush!
A group of people doing yoga in a room.

The Practice

Sat, Apr 27 at 8:45 pm
Apr 27

The Practice

April 27, 2024 at 8:45 pm PT Marina Theatre

Argentina’s master of deadpan humor Martín Rejtman (Silvia Prieto, Festival 1999; Two Shots Fired...

Argentina | Fiction | 95

At Rush!

Members Screening: Mother Couch

Sun, Apr 28 at 10:00 am
Apr 28

Members Screening: Mother Couch

April 28, 2024 at 10:00 am PT Marina Theatre

Mother (Ellen Burstyn) refuses to leave a couch, which might not be a problem for her youngest ch...

USA | Fiction | 96

A group of girls in an art gallery.

Shorts 6: Youth Works

Sun, Apr 28 at 11:00 am
Apr 28

Shorts 6: Youth Works

April 28, 2024 at 11:00 am PT Marina Theatre

Youth Works celebrates and spotlights young filmmakers from within the Bay Area and as far across...

78

At Rush!

Shorts 3: Lineages of Love

Sun, Apr 28 at 1:30 pm
Apr 28

Shorts 3: Lineages of Love

April 28, 2024 at 1:30 pm PT Marina Theatre

A force rippling across time and the world weaves the connective tissue of these eight stories. T...

83

At Rush!
A woman with a purple wig in front of a store.

Wakhri

Sun, Apr 28 at 2:00 pm
Apr 28

Wakhri

April 28, 2024 at 2:00 pm PT Marina Theatre

Filmmaker Iram Parveen Bilal takes inspiration from the story of Qandeel Baloch in crafting this ...

Pakistan | Fiction | 99

A girl in a hijab sits at a desk and reads a book.

Shorts 1: I'm Just a Girl

Sun, Apr 28 at 4:15 pm
Apr 28

Shorts 1: I'm Just a Girl

April 28, 2024 at 4:15 pm PT Marina Theatre

Girls, girls, girls. They’ve had it with life’s complications; these girls just want ...

96

At Rush!

Counted Out

Sun, Apr 28 at 5:00 pm
Apr 28

Counted Out

April 28, 2024 at 5:00 pm PT Marina Theatre

Math is a gatekeeper in the US. In an increasingly algorithm-and-data-driven 21st century, assump...

USA | Documentary | 89

At Rush!
A man and woman on a scooter.

Closing Night: Thelma

Sun, Apr 28 at 8:00 pm
Apr 28

Closing Night: Thelma

April 28, 2024 at 8:00 pm PT Marina Theatre

A steely and hysterical June Squibb sinks her teeth into her first leading role as a 93-year-old ...

USA | Fiction | 97

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