66th San Francisco International Film Festival at BAMPFA
April 14–23, 2023
BAMPFA is proud to partner with the SFFILM Festival, an extraordinary showcase of cinematic discovery and a major cultural event in the Bay Area.
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Earth Mama
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L’immensità
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Snow and the Bear
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Against the Tide
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Vicenta B.
Carlos Lechuga
Cuba, France, Colombia, Norway, United States, 2022Friday, April 14 6 PMView DetailsVicenta is a gifted clairvoyant. While she can foretell others’ future, her own remains cloudy as she struggles to communicate with her ancestors to understand the journey ahead for her and her son, who is leaving Cuba for the United States.
Earth Mama
Savanah Leaf
United States, 2023Closed captioned
Friday, April 14 8 PMSavanah Leaf, Tia Nomore, and Keta Price in PersonView DetailsA single mother in Oakland navigates the foster care system while making a living at a family portrait studio in this intimate coming-of-age story.
The Tuba Thieves
Alison O’Daniel
United States, 2023Open Captioned
Audio descriptionSaturday, April 15 12 PMAlison O’Daniel, Daphne Hanrahan, and Maya E. Rudolph in PersonView DetailsIn this visually stunning work, which features a visceral, textured sound design and an almost entirely deaf cast, Alison O’Daniel invites the audience to listen to the world through the experiences of the deaf and hard of hearing.
Peafowl
Byun Sung-bin
South Korea, 2022Saturday, April 15 2:30 PMByun Sung-bin in PersonView DetailsA masterfully shot debut feature, Peafowl follows a professional waack dancer, Myung, as she confronts her relationship with her family and finds her own personal style of performance.
L’immensità
Emanuele Crialese
Italy, France, 2022Saturday, April 15 5:30 PMView DetailsEmanuele Crialese’s first film in eleven years is a portrait of two outsiders, an effusive, fun-loving mother (Penélope Cruz) and her daughter, trying to escape the confines of their environment in 1970s Rome.
Dalíland
Mary Harron
United Kingdom, United States, 2022Saturday, April 15 7:45 PMMary Harron and John C. Walsh in PersonView DetailsA young gallery assistant is asked to deliver money to Salvador Dalí and his wife, Gala, and is swept into their world of art and parties filled with beautiful people and stimulating substances.
What These Walls Won’t Hold
Adamu Chan
United States, 2022Closed captioned
Sunday, April 16 2 PMAdamu Chan, Emily Cohen Ibañez, Débora Souza Silva, Sol Mercado, and Kathleen Lingo in PersonView DetailsFormerly incarcerated director Adamu Chan documents a community within and outside of prison thriving with relationships built on trust and an indomitable zeal to fight for a brighter and better future. With shorts How We Get Free and Sol in the Garden.
Snow and the Bear
Selcen Ergun
Turkey, Germany, Serbia, 2022Sunday, April 16 4:45 PMView DetailsDirector Selcen Ergun expertly balances the tension between patriarchal tradition and modernity, crafting a mystery-drama about a dedicated nurse starting a new job in a remote Turkish village.
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Antonio Lukich
Ukraine, 2022Sunday, April 16 7 PMView DetailsTwin brothers embark on a road trip to search for their Yugoslavian father, who is rumored to be in Luxembourg.
Persistence of Vision Award: Mark Cousins + The March on Rome
Mark Cousins
Italy, 2022Thursday, April 20 7 PMMark Cousins and Thom Powers in ConversationView DetailsFilmmaker Mark Cousins is this year’s recipient of the Persistence of Vision Award, dedicated to Tom Luddy. Cousins will present his new film, The March on Rome.
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
Mark Cousins
United Kingdom, 2022Friday, April 21 4 PMMark Cousins in PersonView DetailsMark Cousins’s film dives into the oeuvre of the Master of Suspense, with actor Alistair McGowan as Alfred Hitchcock providing a lively lecture populated with clips from his entire career.
Martínez
Lorena Padilla
Mexico, 2023Friday, April 21 7 PMLorena Padilla and Georgina González in PersonView DetailsIn this satirical take on workplace culture and urban alienation, Martínez deals with the death of a neighbor and his imminent forced retirement, finding hope and inspiration on the flip side of humiliation and despair.
1000% Me: Growing Up Mixed
W. Kamau Bell
United States, 2023Saturday, April 22 12 PMW. Kamau Bell, Bryan Simpson, and Chenning Yang in PersonView DetailsW. Kamau Bell’s latest work profiles the joys and struggles of children growing up mixed-race. With shorts Creating Things and Southern Afternoon.
Milisuthando
Milisuthando Bongela
South Africa, Colombia, 2023Closed captioned
Saturday, April 22 2:30 PMMilisuthando Bongela in PersonView DetailsUsing archival and verité footage, along with deeply personal interviews, Milisuthando Bongela constructs this intimate essay about what it meant to grow up in South Africa’s Transkei during apartheid and her continuing process of coming to terms with the aftermath.
Against the Tide
Sarvnik Kaur
India, 2023Saturday, April 22 5:30 PMSarvnik Kaur and Koval Bhatia in PersonView DetailsAs the Arabian Sea’s fish population dwindles, two fishermen from Mumbai’s Koli community endeavor to change their fortunes. United by a shared ambition, their friendship is tested as they employ different methods to achieve their goal.
Something You Said Last Night
Luis De Filippis
Canada, Switzerland, 2022Saturday, April 22 8:15 PMView DetailsLuis De Filippis’s story of a family vacation, notable for its subtle, undramatic depiction of trans life on-screen, perfectly encapsulates the tensions that can arise from close proximity and overdetermined fun when paired with family dynamics.
Rally
Rooth Tang
United States, 2023Closed captioned
Sunday, April 23 12 PMRooth Tang and Michelle Moy in PersonView DetailsRooth Tang chronicles the life and legacy of Rose Pak, San Francisco’s atypical kingmaker, who worked tirelessly to bring Chinese American issues to the forefront of political discourse in this profile of a Bay Area mover and shaker.
Fremont
Babak Jalali
United States, 2023Closed captioned
Sunday, April 23 3 PMBabak Jalali in PersonView DetailsA former translator for the US military, Donya now lives among the Afghan diaspora who call the eponymous Bay Area suburb home and works at a San Francisco fortune cookie factory in Babak Jalali’s wry, character-driven drama.
I Have Electric Dreams
Valentina Maurel
Belgium, France, Costa Rica, 2022Sunday, April 23 5:30 PMView DetailsI Have Electric Dreams follows teenage Eva as she grapples with the emotions and realities of her parents’ split and her own shifting priorities and desires.
Animalia
Sofia Alaoui
France, Morocco, Qatar, 2023Sunday, April 23 8 PMView DetailsIn this wide-ranging, genre-encompassing debut, mysterious apparitions above a remote Moroccan lake bring chaos to the world of a pregnant woman.