S.F. Independent Short Film Festival

Daily, Nov. 9–11 Alamo Drafthouse The inaugural festival featuring short shorts, long shorts, cool shorts, weird shorts, music shorts, documentary shorts, experimental shorts, ge... Read More

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Cinematografo International Film Festival and Industry Forum

Daily, Nov. 8–11 AMC Kabuki (1881 Post St.) Named after the first movie theater in the Philippines, this new festival features film screenings, panels, and even in-production pre... Read More

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43rd Annual American Indian Film Festival

Daily, Nov. 7–11 Brava Theater Center This festival is focused on raising the representation of native people in the media and will include a celebration of the late Michael Smit... Read More

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16th Annual International South Asian Film Festival

Thursday–Sunday, Nov. 1–4 New People Cinema and Castro Theatre This showcase for films from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Canada, Australia, and the United States focuses on the ... Read More

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15th Annual S.F. Greek Film Festival

Daily, Oct. 12–20 Multiple S.F. venues The festival will present 24 feature-length films and shorts by Greek and Cypriot filmmakers from around the globe. Filmmaker Manoussos Man... Read More

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9th Annual S.F. Dance Film Festival

Most days, Oct. 4–14 Multiple S.F. venues Catch lively dance films from around the world, and take in live performances, free presentations, a VR/360 experience room, and discuss... Read More

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41st Mill Valley Film Festival

Daily, Oct. 4–14 Multiple Marin County venues A whopping 204 films from 46 countries will be screened at this prestigious festival. $8–$16.50 individual films, $2,750–$5,500 ... Read More

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Doris Kearns Goodwin

Wednesday, Oct. 3, 7:30 p.m. Nourse Theater (275 Hayes St.) In conversation with Roy Eisenhardt, Goodwin discusses her new book, Leadership in Turbulent Times, a culmination of fiv... Read More

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7th Annual Japan Film Festival

Daily, Sept. 28–Oct. 7 New People Cinema (1746 Post St.) This festival is the first and only fully dedicated annual Japanese film celebration for the San Francisco Bay Area. Visi... Read More

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11th Annual Iranian Film Festival

Sat.–Sun., Sept. 22–23 San Francisco Art Institute (800 Chestnut St.) The festival features 48 films ranging from fiction to documentary, features to shorts, animation and chil... Read More

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DeRay Mckesson: On the Other Side of Freedom

Tuesday, Sept. 18, 6:30 p.m. Marines’ Memorial Theatre (609 Sutter St.) Civil rights activist, podcaster, and author DeRay Mckesson talks with rapper MC Hammer about racial injus... Read More

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San Francisco Green Film Festival

Daily, Sept. 6–14 Various S.F. locations An affiliate event of the Global Climate Action Summit this month, this festival will present 55 new international films featuring top do... Read More

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Film Night in the Park: Lady Bird

Saturday, Aug. 25, dusk Washington Square Park Bring a picnic, a blanket (chairs discouraged) to enjoy the coming-of-age comedy-drama written and directed by Greta Gerwig about a m... Read More

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Opera Lecture: Rossini’s The Barber of Seville

Friday, Aug. 24, 1–2 p.m. JCCSF (3200 California St.) After 200 years, Gioachino Rossini’s The Barber of Seville remains one of the most popular comic operas of all time. A... Read More

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Chasing the Thunder Film Screening

Thursday, Aug. 23, 6–9 p.m. Cowell Theater, Fort Mason Center This high-seas documentary about the Sea Shepherd’s epic 110-day, 10,000-mile chase of the Thunder, considered the... Read More

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