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Germany | Fiction | 101 Eternal You Fri, Apr 26 at 3:30 pm Apr 26 Eternal You April 26, 2024 at 3:30 pm PT Premier Theater at One Letterman If you could, would you communicate with your dead loved ones? Would you embrace the possibility ... Germany | Documentary | 87 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 The Teacher Fri, Apr 26 at 4:00 pm Apr 26 The Teacher April 26, 2024 at 4:00 pm PT BAMPFA The destruction of a Palestinian home by Israeli edict and the murder of a youth at the hands of ... UK | Fiction | 118 Zinzindurrunkarratz Fri, Apr 26 at 5:45 pm Apr 26 Zinzindurrunkarratz April 26, 2024 at 5:45 pm PT Marina Theatre “This is a film about a path,” says director Oskar Alegría (Zumiriki, Festival 2020 and 21) near ... Spain | Documentary | 89 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 Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa Fri, Apr 26 at 6:00 pm Apr 26 Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa April 26, 2024 at 6:00 pm PT Premier Theater at One Letterman A heroine hides in plain sight as a dishwasher in a Connecticut Whole Foods in Lucy Walker‘... USA | Documentary | 98 At Rush! Seeking Mavis Beacon Fri, Apr 26 at 7:00 pm Apr 26 Seeking Mavis Beacon April 26, 2024 at 7:00 pm PT BAMPFA What ever happened to Mavis Beacon? That guiding question propels two intrepid electronic sleuths... USA | Documentary | 103 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 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 Porcelain War Fri, Apr 26 at 8:45 pm Apr 26 Porcelain War April 26, 2024 at 8:45 pm PT Premier Theater at One Letterman When the Russians invade Ukraine, husband-and-wife artists Slava and Anya, their faithful dog Fro... Ukraine | Documentary | 90 At Rush! 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 Zinzindurrunkarratz Sat, Apr 27 at 11:30 am Apr 27 Zinzindurrunkarratz April 27, 2024 at 11:30 am PT BAMPFA “This is a film about a path,” says director Oskar Alegría (Zumiriki, Festival 2020 and 21) near ... Spain | Documentary | 89 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 At Rush! Mel Novikoff Award: Gary Meyer + "Macario" + "Sou... Sat, Apr 27 at 12:00 pm Apr 27 Mel Novikoff Award: Gary Meyer + "Macario" + "Sour Death Balls" April 27, 2024 at 12:00 pm PT Premier Theater at One Letterman A village’s Day of the Dead celebration foreshadows a bewitching magical realist fable in directo... 91 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 At Rush! 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 At Rush! 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 At Rush! Festival Talk: Soundscapes with Richard King Sat, Apr 27 at 3:00 pm Apr 27 Festival Talk: Soundscapes with Richard King April 27, 2024 at 3:00 pm PT Vogue Theatre The craft of sound editing is critical to our movie viewing experience. A soundscape blends ambie... At Capacity! Seeking Mavis Beacon Sat, Apr 27 at 4:00 pm Apr 27 Seeking Mavis Beacon April 27, 2024 at 4:00 pm PT Premier Theater at One Letterman What ever happened to Mavis Beacon? That guiding question propels two intrepid electronic sleuths... USA | Documentary | 103 Sloan Science on Screen: Mabel Sat, Apr 27 at 5:00 pm Apr 27 Sloan Science on Screen: Mabel April 27, 2024 at 5:00 pm PT Vogue Theatre Biracial Callie (Lexi Perkel) loves trees and plants and little else in Nicholas Ma’s warm debut ... USA | Fiction | 84 Banel & Adama Sat, Apr 27 at 5:00 pm Apr 27 Banel & Adama April 27, 2024 at 5:00 pm PT BAMPFA The titular Senegalese couple at the center of this visually ravishing romantic drama faces sever... Senegal | Fiction | 87 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 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! A Tribute to Chiwetel Ejiofor + “Rob Peace”... Sat, Apr 27 at 7:00 pm Apr 27 A Tribute to Chiwetel Ejiofor + “Rob Peace” (Sloan Science on Screen) April 27, 2024 at 7:00 pm PT Premier Theater at One Letterman In an acting tour de force, Jay Will plays the talented titular character, a young New Jersey sci... USA | 119 Alemania Sat, Apr 27 at 7:15 pm Apr 27 Alemania April 27, 2024 at 7:15 pm PT BAMPFA María Zanetti’s vivid debut feature, inspired by her own family’s story, tells the story of Lola,... Argentina | Fiction | 87 Sloan Science on Screen Award: On the Invention o... Sat, Apr 27 at 7:30 pm Apr 27 Sloan Science on Screen Award: On the Invention of Species April 27, 2024 at 7:30 pm PT Vogue Theatre When Carla’s dad drags her to the Galápagos Islands for a convention on conservation and species ... Ecuador | 91 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! 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 + Export Events