Mill Valley Film Festival at BAMPFA
October 3–12, 2025
BAMPFA is pleased to partner with the Mill Valley Film Festival to present selected screenings from MVFF48 in the Barbro Osher Theater.
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Park Chan-wook: No Other Choice, 2025
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Christine Turner: Sun Ra: Do the Impossible, 2025
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Hasan Hadi: The President's Cake, 2025
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Huo Meng: Living the Land, 2025
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Erige Sehiri: Promised Sky, 2025
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Kelly Reichardt: The Mastermind, 2025
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- Upcoming
Films - Past
Films - Past
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Past Films
The Alabama Solution
Andrew Jarecki, Charlotte Kaufman
United States, 2025Friday, October 3 4 PMAndrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman in PersonView DetailsIn a damning indictment of Alabama’s broken state prison system, investigative filmmakers Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman unearth decades of outrageous abuse, deplorable conditions, and shocking injustices that demand action.
Promised Sky
Erige Sehiri
France, Tunisia, Qatar, Netherlands, 2025Friday, October 3 7:15 PMView DetailsA rich and potent examination of immigration issues within Africa, Erige Sehiri’s moving and poignant drama portrays three female Ivorians trying to make a life for themselves in Tunisia.
Sun Ra: Do the Impossible
Christine Turner
United States, 2025Saturday, October 4 4 PMChristine Turner in PersonView DetailsThis documentary on Sun Ra chronicles the Afrofuturism pioneer, from his early days in Alabama to his rebirth as an interplanetary ambassador, liberating Black people one cosmic, free-jazz skronk at a time.
No Other Choice
Park Chan-wook
South Korea, 2025Saturday, October 4 7 PMView DetailsA withering corporate satire forms the backbone of Park Chan-wook’s new film about a laid-off paper executive (Lee Byung-hun) who arrives at a radical solution in order to get his job back.
Steal This Story, Please!
Carl Deal, Tia Lessin
United States, 2025Sunday, October 5 3:30 PMAmy Goodman, Carl Deal, and Tia Lessin in PersonView DetailsThis intimate portrait of longtime activist and journalist Amy Goodman depicts a life lived on the frontlines of global crises while holding politicians accountable and speaking truth to power.
The President’s Cake
Hasan Hadi
Iraq, United States, Qatar, 2025Sunday, October 5 6:30 PMView DetailsForced “patriotic” duty becomes a challenging adventure for one determined little girl chosen to bake Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s birthday cake in Hasan Hadi’s exceptional first feature.
Calle Málaga
Maryam Touzani
Morocco, France, Spain, Germany, Belgium, 2025Thursday, October 9 7 PMView DetailsIn lively Tangier, a spirited seventy-four-year-old woman on the brink of eviction refuses to forfeit her way of life. Maryam Touzani’s delightful film is a playful, tender celebration of courage, memory, and living on one’s own terms.
State of Firsts
Chase Joynt
United States, 2025Friday, October 10 4:30 PMView DetailsStep directly inside the history-making election of Sarah McBride, the first transgender person elected to Congress, who demonstrates the power of choosing hope and action in the face of Republicans’ anti-trans hostilities.
The Mastermind
Kelly Reichardt
United States, 2025Friday, October 10 7 PMView DetailsA trip to an art museum gives JB Mooney (Josh O’Connor) his best idea yet—what if he steals some paintings and sells them? Things don’t go exactly according to plan, but JB has everything under control. Or so he thinks.
It Was Just an Accident
Jafar Panahi
Iran, France, 2025Saturday, October 11 2 PMView DetailsA mechanic seeks vengeance on the man he is convinced tortured him in prison in Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s searing Palme d’Or winner, a revenge thriller infused with moral complexity, dark humor, and unmistakable rage.
Peter Hujar’s Day
Ira Sachs
United States, Germany, 2025Saturday, October 11 5 PMView DetailsIra Sachs’s latest film delivers a perfectly imagined time capsule of a memorable 1974 interview between friends, writer Linda Rosenkrantz (Rebecca Hall) and photographer Peter Hujar (Ben Whishaw).
The Message
Iván Fund
Argentina, Spain, Uruguay, 2025Saturday, October 11 7:30 PMView DetailsDrifting across Argentina in a camper van with her guardians, nine-year-old Anika offers “animal communication” to strangers, unfolding a poetic, quietly wondrous journey of belief, connection, and the tender mysteries of childhood.
Living the Land
Huo Meng
China, 2025Sunday, October 12 4 PMView DetailsThis epic portrait of rural life in China’s Henan province immerses us in the lives of four generations of a wheat harvesting family as change slowly comes to a village where the old ways still hold fast.
Case 137
Dominik Moll
France, 2025Sunday, October 12 7 PMView DetailsIn this crack procedural, Léa Drucker plays a dedicated French internal affairs officer on the hunt for some abusive cops. Dominik Moll’s character-driven thriller measures the emotional toll on those devoted few trying to make a difference.