Mill Valley Film Festival at BAMPFA
Mill Valley Film Festival at BAMPFA
October 3–11, 2026
BAMPFA is pleased to partner with the Mill Valley Film Festival to present selected screenings from MVFF49 in the Barbro Osher Theater.
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Julia Loktev: My Undesirable Friends: Part 2—Exile, 2026
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Marine Atlan: La Gradiva, 2026
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Dawn Porter: When a Witness Recants, 2026
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Past Films
My Undesirable Friends: Part 2—Exile
Julia Loktev
United States, 2026Presented with 60-min intermission
Saturday, October 3 1 PMJulia Loktev in PersonView DetailsForced to flee their own country, independent Russian journalists continue to chronicle Vladimir Putin’s war on free speech—and Ukraine—in this vivid follow-up to Julie Loktev’s acclaimed 2024 documentary.
La Gradiva
Marine Atlan
France, 2026Sunday, October 4 4 PMView DetailsFrench teenagers take a summer class trip to Naples, Italy, in this marvelously subtle, mysterious, and intelligent coming-of-age film. Marine Atlan’s feature debut garnered the Cannes Film Festival Critics Week Best Picture award.
Union Town
Barbara Kopple
United States, 2026Closed Captioned
Thursday, October 8 7 PMView DetailsLegendary documentary filmmaker Barbara Kopple completes the workers’ trilogy she began fifty years ago with this vivid, on-the-ground look at often rancorous labor struggles in the era of delivery apps and the gig economy.
When a Witness Recants
Dawn Porter
United States, 2026Audio Description
Closed CaptionedFriday, October 9 3:30 PMView DetailsFormer lawyer and veteran documentarian Dawn Porter revisits the case of the Harlem Park Three, whose wrongful convictions as teenagers led to thirty-six years behind bars and exposed profound failures within the American justice system.
Elephants in the Fog
Abinash Bikram Shah
Nepal, France, Germany, Brazil, Norway, 2026Friday, October 9 7 PMView DetailsIn the forests of southern Nepal, a mother searches for her missing daughter as wild elephants roam the night in a haunting and tender story of chosen family, belonging, and survival.
Sad Girlz
Fernanda Tovar
Mexico, Spain, France, 2026Saturday, October 10 1 PMView DetailsWhile preparing for an upcoming swimming trip to Brazil, best friends La Maestra and Paula see their bright futures upended one fateful night. First-time feature director Fernanda Tovar crafts a moving coming-of-age drama in this Berlinale award winner.
Minotaur
Andrey Zvyagintsev
France, Germany, Latvia, 2026Saturday, October 10 3:30 PMView DetailsAndrey Zvyagintsev’s first feature in a decade, this chilling reimagining of La femme infidèle and Unfaithful masterfully explores the depths of corruption in Vladimir Putin’s Russia through a story of crime and infidelity.
On Behalf of My Son
Gabriel Martins
Brazil, 2026Saturday, October 10 7 PMView DetailsAfter losing her son in a tragic accident, a mother travels from one family to another carrying an apology that may be impossible to accept, in Gabriel Martins’s delicate, deeply human meditation on grief and forgiveness.
A Girl Unknown
Zou Jing
China, France, 2026Sunday, October 11 3 PMView DetailsBorn in the wake of China’s controversial one-child policy, six-year-old Juan is suddenly uprooted from her family when her mom becomes pregnant in this achingly poignant coming-of-age story from first-time feature director Zou Jing.
The Dreamed Adventure
Valeska Grisebach
Germany, France, Bulgaria, Austria, 2026Sunday, October 11 6:30 PMView DetailsA Bulgarian archaeologist investigates the disappearance of a former lover in this absorbing Cannes Film Festival prizewinner. German director Valeska Grisebach worked with a nonprofessional cast to create a slow-burn thriller with the grit of a Western and the scope of Chinatown.