69th San Francisco International Film Festival at BAMPFA
69th San Francisco International Film Festival at BAMPFA
April 25–May 3, 2026
BAMPFA is an official partner of the 69th San Francisco International Film Festival, presented by SFFILM.
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Chie Hayakawa: Renoir, 2025
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Sophy Romvari: Blue Heron, 2025
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Ildikó Enyedi: Silent Friend, 2025
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Sara Dosa: Time and Water, 2026
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Anna Fitch, Banker White: Yo (Love is a Rebellious Bird), 2026
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Elisé Sawasawa: Enough Is Enough, 2026
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Renoir
Chie Hayakawa
Japan, France, Singapore, Phillipines, Indonesia, Qatar, United States, 2025Saturday, April 25 11:30 AMView DetailsIn 1987 suburban Tokyo, an eleven-year-old girl’s irrepressible imagination transforms everyday life into a vivid, inventive, and deeply moving adventure.
Hair, Paper, Water . . .
Nicolas Graux, Trương Minh Quý
Vietnam, Belgium, France, 2025Saturday, April 25 2:15 PMErnst Karel in PersonView DetailsA woman regales her grandchildren with her wisdom and stories, a gift of language with which they can navigate life.
Blue Heron
Sophy Romvari
Canada, Hungary, 2025Saturday, April 25 4:30 PMView DetailsDepicting a young girl whose family is contending with a challenging older sibling, this masterful debut weaves autobiographical and documentary elements to capture the sights and sounds of adolescence impeccably.
It Would Be Night in Caracas
Mariana Rondón, Marité Ugás
Mexico, Venezuela, 2025Saturday, April 25 7:15 PMMariana Rondón and Marité Ugás in PersonView DetailsThe lawlessness afoot in Venezuela’s capital city in 2017 is vibrantly captured in this gripping adaptation of Karina Sainz Borgo’s novel from the filmmaking team behind Bad Hair.
Yo (Love Is a Rebellious Bird)
Anna Fitch, Banker White
United States, 2026Sunday, April 26 11:30 AMAnna Fitch and Banker White in PersonView DetailsThrough beautifully constructed miniature sets and puppets, directors Anna Fitch and Banker White craft an elegy to the life and times of Anna’s beloved friend, Yo.
Risa and the Wind Phone
Juan Cabral
Argentina, 2025Sunday, April 26 2 PMPablo Minces in PersonView DetailsIn a small town where the dead call from an abandoned phone booth, a young girl discovers she alone can hear them, setting off a whimsical quest to help spirits—and find her father.
Time and Water
Sara Dosa
United States, Iceland, 2026Closed Captioned
Sunday, April 26 4:45 PMSara Dosa and Andri Snaer Magnason in PersonView DetailsWriter Andri Snær Magnason reckons with the death of Okjökull, the first glacier lost to climate change, as Sara Dosa’s striking documentary blends vanishing ice, family memory, and urgent witness.
The World of Love
Yoon Ga-eun
South Korea, 2025Sunday, April 26 7:30 PMView DetailsBoisterous and unshakable, a young girl’s harmonious world unravels after a public clash and anonymous letters force her to confront long-buried truths, testing her sense of self and resilience.
Give Me the Ball!
Liz Garbus, Elizabeth Wolff
United States, 2026Closed Captioned
Monday, April 27 4:30 PMView DetailsThrough rare archival footage and candid interviews in this vivid and electrifying documentary, Billie Jean King recalls the victories, struggles, and sacrifices behind her trailblazing career.
Figaro Up, Figaro Down
Javid Soriano
United States, 2026Tuesday, April 28 4:30 PMJavid Soriano, Rob Reichert, and Tim Blevins in PersonView DetailsTim Blevins trained at Juilliard, enthralling opera fans with his baritone before losing it all to addiction. But then he pulled off a stunning comeback.
Enough Is Enough
Elisé Sawasawa
France, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2026Wednesday, April 29 5 PMView DetailsDisplaced Congolese filmmaker Elisé Sawasawa chronicles life amid the Kivu War, capturing shocking attacks, refugee struggles, and frontline chaos in a fearless, urgent, and unflinching documentary about resilience.
Persistence of Vision Award: Lynne Sachs + Every Contact Leaves a Trace
Lynne Sachs
United States, 2025Wednesday, April 29 7 PMLynne Sachs and Kathy Geritz in ConversationView DetailsA swirl of images and sonic sound accompanies Lynne Sachs’s rumination of memory and assumptions, using as her inspiration a stack of business cards collected over forty years.
Silent Friend
Ildiko Enyedi
Germany, Hungary, France, 2025Thursday, April 30 4 PMView DetailsAn ancient ginkgo tree enchants longing souls across more than a century in this spellbinding cinematic triptych starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Léa Seydoux.
The Son and the Sea
Stroma Cairns
United Kingdom, 2025Thursday, April 30 7:30 PMStroma Cairns in PersonView DetailsA restless young man leaves London for the Scottish coast in search of purpose. Along the way, unexpected friendships force him to confront who he is—and who he might become.
Salvation
Emin Alper
Turkey, France, Netherlands, Greece, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, 2026Friday, May 1 4 PMBerkay Ateş in PersonView DetailsWinner of the Berlinale’s Silver Bear, Emin Alper’s tense, visually striking drama explores the explosive consequences when territorial rivalries ignite in a remote Turkish mountain village.
Filipiñana
Rafael Manuel
Singapore, United Kingdom, Philippines, France, Netherlands, 2026Friday, May 1 7 PMView DetailsIn this auspicious debut feature, a new hire arrives for work at a luxurious golf course on the outskirts of Manila, where she discovers something sinister hiding beneath its pristine surface.
Amílcar
Miguel Eek
Spain, Portugal, France, Sweden, Cape Verde, 2025Sunday, May 3 2 PMView DetailsThe life of Amílcar Cabral, revolutionary leader of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, unfolds in this essayistic documentary, weaving letters, photographs, music, and archival footage into a vivid, striking portrait of a singular political voice.
The Arch
T’ang Shushuen
Hong Kong, 19684K Digital Restoration
Sunday, May 3 4:30 PMView DetailsPresented at the 1968 San Francisco International Film Festival and little seen since then, The Arch focuses on a proud widow who has allowed herself to be treated almost as a deity because of her virtuous behavior.
Those Who Whistle After Dark
Pınar Yorgancıoğlu
Turkey, Bulgaria, Germany, 2025Sunday, May 3 7 PMPinar Yorgancioglu, Ilda Ozgurel, Emran Gulcan, and Gustavo Rosa in PersonView DetailsRetired Melih drifts through life as his wife and daughter pursue risky professional schemes. When ghostly figures appear, domestic absurdity spirals in this offbeat, darkly comic, and unexpectedly charming portrait of family life.