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November 10 at 7pm
Artists Television Access · Mission District
Video art reflecting the repression of Arab and Latinx communities fills this multi-part screening presented by the Arab Film and Media Institute at Artists Television Access, featuring works by international artists.
November 10 at 4pm
4 Star Theater · Seacliff
On the shores of the Great Salt Lake, a photographer and a Shoshone elder reflect on an environmental crisis. The 4 Star Theater hosts this festival screening, pairing short films on nature with documentaries following mystic journeys across Peru and Glastonbury.
November 10 at 4:45pm +59
Smith Rafael Film Center · San Rafael • $15
Life hums on in Naples despite the sleeping giant above. Gianfranco Rosi's documentary weaves together archaeologists, schoolchildren, and firefighters into a meditation on how we endure, love, and rebuild in the shadow of catastrophe.
November 12 at 4:30pm +179
Smith Rafael Film Center · San Rafael • $15
Step into a glacial time capsule where melting ice meets family memory. Icelandic poet Andri Snær Magnason weaves his grandparents' photographs with stark climate footage, creating a haunting reflection on home amid epochal change.
November 12 at 7:30pm
Proxy SF · Hayes Valley • FREE
Under the night sky in Hayes Valley, the Arab Film Festival marks its thirty-year milestone by bringing cinema outdoors for a free public screening of Spices & Lies at Proxy SF.
November 14 at 2pm (This weekend)
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts · Transbay • Free
Three centuries of imperialist oppression and resistance come alive in director Med Hondo’s musical drama, screening at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts alongside curator-selected free snacks.
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Tue, Nov 10 · 7:00 PM
Cow Palace Arena & Event Center · Bayshore Heights
Tue, Nov 10 · 7:00 PM
Cow Palace Arena & Event Center · Bayshore Heights
Tue, Nov 10 · 6:00 PM
Chabot Theater · Castro Valley
Tue, Nov 10 · 7:00 PM
Cow Palace Arena & Event Center · Bayshore Heights
Tue, Nov 10 · 4:30 PM
Sequoia Cinema · Mill Valley
$15
Tue, Nov 10 · 4:45 PM
Smith Rafael Film Center · San Rafael
$15
Tue, Nov 10 · 4:15 PM
Sequoia Cinema · Mill Valley
$15
Wed, Nov 11 · 11:30 AM
Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park · Richmond
Free
Fri, Nov 13 · 1:30 PM
Art & Architecture Library · Stanford
Sat, Nov 14 · 6:30 PM
The New Parkway Theater · Koreatown Northgate
Tickets start at $20
Sun, Nov 15 · 7:00 PM
Live Worms Gallery · North Beach
Free
Sun, Nov 15 · 4:00 PM
Smith Rafael Film Center · San Rafael
Wed, Nov 18 · 7:00 PM
Live Worms Gallery · North Beach
Free
Wed, Nov 18 · 7:00 PM
BAMPFA · Downtown Berkeley
Wed, Nov 18 · 7:30 PM
Orinda Theater · Northwood - Tara
Free
Thu, Nov 19 · 6:30 PM
Delancey St Screening Room · South Beach
Thu, Nov 19 · 6:00 PM
UC Berkeley · Southside
Free
Fri, Nov 20 · 5:30 PM
Delancey St Screening Room · South Beach
Sat, Nov 21 · 3:00 PM
Delancey St Screening Room · South Beach
Free
Sun, Nov 22 · 1:30 PM
Delancey St Screening Room · South Beach
Sun, Nov 22 · 1:00 PM
NEW PEOPLE · Japantown
Mon, Nov 23 · 7:00 PM
Smith Rafael Film Center · San Rafael
Mon, Nov 23 · 5:30 PM
Delancey St Screening Room · South Beach
Wed, Nov 25 · 4:30 PM
California Academy of Sciences · Golden Gate Park
Wed, Nov 25 · 4:30 PM
California Academy of Sciences · Inner Sunset
Fri, Nov 27 · 5:30 PM
BAMPFA · Downtown Berkeley
Fri, Nov 27 · 7:30 PM
4 Star Theater · Seacliff
Sat, Nov 28 · 3:00 PM
BAMPFA · Downtown Berkeley
Sun, Nov 29 · 8:00 PM
4 Star Theater · Seacliff
Tue, Dec 1 · 7:30 PM
The Castro Theatre · Castro District
Tue, Dec 1 · 7:00 PM
San Francisco War Memorial · Fillmore District
Tue, Dec 1 · 6:00 PM
ODC Theater · Mission District
Tue, Dec 1 · 6:30 PM
Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco · North Beach
Wed, Dec 2 · 7:30 PM
The Castro Theatre · Castro District
Thu, Dec 3 · 8:00 PM
Artists' Television Access · Mission District
FREE
Thu, Dec 3 · 8:00 PM
Artists' Television Access · Dolores Heights
Free
Mon, Dec 7 · 7:00 PM
Smith Rafael Film Center · San Rafael
Mon, Dec 14 · 6:00 PM
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre · Marina District
$30
Tue, Jan 19 · 12:30 PM
Rialto Cinemas Elmwood · Elmwood
Tue, Feb 9 · 12:30 PM
Rialto Cinemas Elmwood · Elmwood
Fri, Feb 12 · 6:00 PM
Feldman's Books · Downtown Menlo Park
Sun, Feb 21 · 8:00 PM
SFAC Main Gallery · Fillmore District
Free
Sun, Feb 28 · 8:00 PM
SFAC Main Gallery · Fillmore District
$12
Thu, Mar 18 · 7:30 PM
Presidio Theatre Performing Arts · Presidio Terrace
Wed, Apr 14 · 7:30 PM
Bing Concert Hall · Stanford
Feldman's Books · Downtown Menlo Park
$5
SFAC Main Gallery · Fillmore District
$13
Smith Rafael Film Center · San Rafael
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema New Mission · Mission District
Industrial Light & Magic · Marina District
111 Minna Gallery and Event Space · Yerba Buena
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema New Mission · Mission District
Canyon Cinema · Bayview
Palace of Fine Arts · Marina District
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