2024 Festival Program 2024 SFFILM Festival Program Interest Bay Area LGBTQIA+ Women directors, writers, producers Music + Art Animation Family-Friendly Politics + Civic Engagement Discovery Festival Section Awards + Special Events Documentaries: International Documentaries: USA Narratives: International Narratives: USA Short Films Talks + Workshops Country Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile China Czechia Denmark Ecuador Estonia Ethiopia Finland France French Guiana Georgia Germany Hong Kong India Iran Ireland Israel Japan Kenya Kosovo Lebanon Mexico Myanmar (Burma) Netherlands Nigeria North Macedonia Norway Panama Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Slovakia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Turkey UAE UK Ukraine Uruguay USA Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen Download PDF Events Search and Views Navigation Find Events List Month Day Map Events Search Events From Search 51 events Sort By: Date Date A-Z Z-A 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! Agent of Happiness Sun, Apr 28 at 12:00 pm Apr 28 Agent of Happiness April 28, 2024 at 12:00 pm PT BAMPFA Can happiness be measured by points? In a policy woefully simplified by Western media, Bhutan cal... Bhutan | Documentary | 94 Cartoon Saloon Workshop: Puffin Rock and the New ... Sun, Apr 28 at 1:00 pm Apr 28 Cartoon Saloon Workshop: Puffin Rock and the New Friends April 28, 2024 at 1:00 pm PT Walt Disney Family Museum Cartoon Saloon, the renowned Irish studio known for their beautifully crafted hand-drawn animatio... Ireland | Fiction | 79 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! 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 Empty Nets Sun, Apr 28 at 2:30 pm Apr 28 Empty Nets April 28, 2024 at 2:30 pm PT BAMPFA What begins as a pursuit of love becomes a dangerous journey into the seedy underbelly of Iran’s ... Germany | Fiction | 101 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! Sugarcane Sun, Apr 28 at 4:15 pm Apr 28 Sugarcane April 28, 2024 at 4:15 pm PT Premier Theater at One Letterman Offering searing insights into generational trauma inflicted on Indigenous children, co-director ... Canada | Documentary | 107 Janet Planet Sun, Apr 28 at 4:45 pm Apr 28 Janet Planet April 28, 2024 at 4:45 pm PT BAMPFA In 1991, the summer before middle school, Lacy (Zoe Ziegler) brims with questions and gripes. Tig... USA | Fiction | 113 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! The Cats of Gokogu Shrine Sun, Apr 28 at 7:15 pm Apr 28 The Cats of Gokogu Shrine April 28, 2024 at 7:15 pm PT BAMPFA This rich observational documentary opens with a bratty orange tabby grabbing director Kazuhiro S... Japan | Documentary | 119 Closing Night: Thelma Sun, Apr 28 at 7:15 pm Apr 28 Closing Night: Thelma April 28, 2024 at 7:15 pm PT Premier Theater at One Letterman A steely and hysterical June Squibb sinks her teeth into her first leading role as a 93-year-old ... USA | Fiction | 97 At Rush! 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 SFFILM Festival Encore: Heartless Thu, May 2 at 6:00 pm May 02 SFFILM Festival Encore: Heartless May 2, 2024 at 6:00 pm PT Roxie Theater In this drama inspired by co-director Nara Normande’s own life, teenage Tamara spends the summer ... Brazil | Fiction | SFFILM Festival Encore: Wakhri Thu, May 2 at 8:30 pm May 02 SFFILM Festival Encore: Wakhri May 2, 2024 at 8:30 pm PT Roxie Theater Filmmaker Iram Parveen Bilal takes inspiration from the story of Qandeel Baloch in crafting this ... Pakistan | Fiction | SFFILM Festival Encore: Porcelain War Fri, May 3 at 6:00 pm May 03 SFFILM Festival Encore: Porcelain War May 3, 2024 at 6:00 pm PT Roxie Theater When the Russians invade Ukraine, husband-and-wife artists Slava and Anya, their faithful dog Fro... Ukraine | Documentary | SFFILM Festival Encore: Mountain Queen: The Summi... Fri, May 3 at 8:30 pm May 03 SFFILM Festival Encore: Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa May 3, 2024 at 8:30 pm PT Roxie Theater A heroine hides in plain sight as a dishwasher in a Connecticut Whole Foods in Lucy Walker‘... USA | Documentary | SFFILM Festival Encore: Audience Award Documentary Sat, May 4 at 12:00 pm May 04 SFFILM Festival Encore: Audience Award Documentary May 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm PT Roxie Theater This Audience Award-winning documentary film will be chosen by 2024 SFFILM Festival Attendees! Co... SFFILM Festival Encore: Ru Sat, May 4 at 3:00 pm May 04 SFFILM Festival Encore: Ru May 4, 2024 at 3:00 pm PT Roxie Theater Ten-year-old Tinh’s family flees Vietnam after the 1975 fall of Saigon, undertaking an arduous jo... Canada | SFFILM Festival Encore: Audience Award Narrative Sat, May 4 at 6:00 pm May 04 SFFILM Festival Encore: Audience Award Narrative May 4, 2024 at 6:00 pm PT Roxie Theater This Audience Award-winning documentary film will be chosen by 2024 SFFILM Festival Attendees! Co... SFFILM Festival Encore: Dìdi (弟弟) Sat, May 4 at 8:30 pm May 04 SFFILM Festival Encore: Dìdi (弟弟) May 4, 2024 at 8:30 pm PT Roxie Theater Sean Wang‘s auspicious, semi-autobiographical feature debut centers on a universally recogn... USA | + Export Events