68th San Francisco International Film Festival at BAMPFA
April 18–27, 2025
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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Koya Kamura: Winter in Sokcho, 2024
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Rohan Parashuram Kanawade: Cactus Pears, 2025
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Neo Sora: Happyend, 2024
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Ana Endara: Beloved Tropic, 2024
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Rebecca Lenkiewicz: Hot Milk, 2025
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Brittany Shyne: Seeds, 2025
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Athina Rachel Tsangari: Harvest, 2024
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Ghost Trail
Jonathan Millet
France, Germany, Belgium, 2024Friday, April 18 5:30 PMView DetailsA Syrian exile and former literature professor, now living in France, hunts the prison guard who once tortured him, balancing vengeance, secrecy, and the emotional weight of his past.
Harvest
Athina Rachel Tsangari
United Kingdom, Germany, Greece, France, United States, 2024Friday, April 18 8 PMAthina Rachel Tsangari in PersonView DetailsIn this painterly adaptation of Jim Crace’s novel, director Athina Rachel Tsangari observes behavioral systems within a pressure cooker, as residents of a medieval village face upheaval when capitalist dynamics come to town.
Vivien’s Wild Ride
Vivien Hillgrove
United States, 2025Closed Captioned
Saturday, April 19 12 PMDawn Valadez and Eric M. Ivey in PersonView DetailsWhen legendary film editor Vivien Hillgrove begins losing her sight, she turns to filmmaking to craft a magical memoir, reflecting on her career, personal struggles, and the transformative power of creativity.
Cutting Through Rocks
Sara Khaki, Mohammadreza Eyni
Iran, Germany, United States, Netherlands, Qatar, Chile, Canada, 2025Saturday, April 19 2:30 PMSara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni in PersonView DetailsThe first female elected to her rural Iranian village’s council refuses to follow patriarchal norms despite facing aggressive resistance in this transcendent vérité portrait of an extraordinary woman effecting change.
The Botanist
Jing Yi
China, 2025Saturday, April 19 5:15 PMView DetailsIn the sun-drenched valleys of Xinjiang, China, a young Kazakh boy beguiled by the natural world experiences the same sense of enchantment when he meets a spirited Han Chinese girl.
Shadowbox
Tanushree Das, Saumyananda Sahi
India, France, United States, Spain, 2025Saturday, April 19 8 PMView DetailsMaya works multiple jobs to keep her household running, until her husband’s disappearance and trouble with the law upsets the delicate and fragile balance she maintains in her world.
Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story
Sinéad O’Shea
Ireland, United Kingdom, 2024Closed Captioned
Sunday, April 20 11:30 AMView DetailsEdna O’Brien became notorious in the 1960s and 1970s for writing sexually explicit novels that inspired generations of writers. Jessie Buckley narrates this tender documentary that captures the late writer’s essence.
Seeds
Brittany Shyne
United States, 2025Closed Captioned
Sunday, April 20 2:15 PMBrittany Shyne in PersonView DetailsThis visually stunning portrait reflects on identity, legacy, and the cyclical nature of life as it explores a Black family’s century-old farm, capturing both its beauty and the family’s struggles.
Beloved Tropic
Ana Endara
Panama, Colombia, 2024Sunday, April 20 5:30 PMView DetailsA Colombian immigrant woman in Panama cares for a matriarch suffering from dementia in a powerful story about love, motherhood, and aging.
3670
Joonho Park
South Korea, 2025Sunday, April 20 8:15 PMJoonho Park, Youhyun Cho, and Hyeonmok Kim in PersonView DetailsA young North Korean defector’s path toward self-discovery brings him into Seoul’s vibrant gay community, where new friendships and hardships lie ahead.
The Chaplain and the Doctor
Jessica Zitter
United States, 2025Closed Captioned
Wednesday, April 23 4:30 PMJessica Zitter in PersonView DetailsAn unlikely partnership forms between a chaplain and a physician in an Oakland trauma center, as they challenge medical biases and redefine compassionate care while confronting personal and professional struggles together.
Cactus Pears
Rohan Parashuram Kanawade
India, United Kingdom, Canada, 2025Wednesday, April 23 7 PMView DetailsA tender tale of queer love and friendship blossoms amidst one man’s grief over the death of his father and the strict social mores of a rugged western Indian town.
Persistence of Vision Award: Sky Hopinka + maɬni—towards the ocean, towards the shore
Sky Hopinka
United States, 2020Thursday, April 24 7 PMSky Hopinka and Beth Piatote in ConversationView DetailsBodies of water ebb and flow throughout Hopinka’s poetic experimental documentary following the wanderings of two Native Americans as they share their rituals and relationships to life, identity, language, and their homeland.
Happyend
Neo Sora
Japan, United States, 2024Friday, April 25 4:30 PMView DetailsIn a moody near-future Tokyo, a school’s new draconian mass surveillance system unsettles the friendships and free spirits of a group of endearingly rambunctious teens.
Manas
Marianna Brennand
Brazil, Portugal, 2024Friday, April 25 7 PMMarianna Brennand in PersonView DetailsTrapped in an abusive home on an isolated island in the Brazilian rainforest, a thirteen-year-old girl yearns to escape and reunite with her older sister in the city.
All That’s Left of You
Cherien Dabis
Germany, Cyprus, Palestine, Jordan, Greece, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, 2025Saturday, April 26 12 PMView DetailsAn epic drama spanning three generations in the life of a Palestinian family, this dynamic film centers on the personal while also depicting the dehumanizing political situation surrounding its characters.
Sudan, remember us
Hind Meddeb
France, Tunisia, Qatar, 2024Saturday, April 26 3 PMView DetailsIn the midst of war and destruction in Sudan, four young activists insist on justice, freedom, and change, emerging as beacons of hope for the country and the world.
Julie Keeps Quiet
Leonardo van Dijl
Belgium, Sweden, 2024Saturday, April 26 5:30 PMView DetailsWith astute attention to framing and shot design, this riveting debut puts its rising tennis star protagonist front and center as she navigates the suspension of her coach amid rumors of abuse.
Winter in Sokcho
Koya Kamura
France, South Korea, 2024Saturday, April 26 7:45 PMView DetailsIn a snowy seaside town on South Korea’s east coast, a mysterious French artist upends an introspective young woman’s life.
The Tallest Dwarf
Julie Forrest Wyman
United States, 2025Audio Description
Closed CaptionedSunday, April 27 12 PMJulie Forrest Wyman in PersonView DetailsDiagnosed with hypochondroplasia dwarfism as an adult, filmmaker Julie Forrest Wyman seeks to understand her own condition as she confers with her family, medical experts, and a welcoming, creative group of little people for answers.
I Dreamed His Name
Ángela Carabalí
Colombia, 2025Sunday, April 27 2:30 PMView DetailsThirty years after their father disappeared during a period of civil unrest, director Ángela Carabalí and her sister Juliana travel throughout Colombia seeking answers.
Deaf President Now!
Nyle DiMarco, Davis Guggenheim
United States, 2025Open Captioned
Audio Description
American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be provided for this programSunday, April 27 5 PMNyle DiMarco in PersonView DetailsIn this involving documentary, students at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC, stage protests in March 1988, demanding that the world’s first university for the deaf and hard of hearing appoint a deaf president.
Hot Milk
Rebecca Lenkiewicz
United Kingdom, 2025Sunday, April 27 7:45 PMView DetailsAn unsettling mother/daughter story set over a sultry Spanish summer, this sexy and mysterious drama starring Emma Mackey, Fiona Shaw, and Vicky Krieps beautifully adapts Deborah Levy’s acclaimed novel.