Films show at 7:00, 8:00 and 9:00 pm
“Crawl” from one INDOOR screening location to the next to enjoy the variety of films offered by Presenting Partners and selected by the 2025 Selection Committee
ALL VENUES ARE INDOORS
Venues and Presenting Partners
Inclusions Gallery • Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center • Baukunst • Bernal Library • Progressive Grounds
The Recology San Francisco Artist in Residence (AIR) Program is an art and education initiative that supports Bay Area artists. The four-month residency provides a rich and immersive environment for artists to develop their practice while deeply engaging with sustainability and community outreach.
Jeremiah Barber
4:25
The artist walks through the Recology site on unmanageable wooden boxes exploring universal human moments of struggle and transcendence.
Michael Damm
1:14
A site-specific video offers fleeting glimpses of urban life, capturing commuters on a train in familiar yet nonspecific scenes, engaging passersby through spontaneous, reflective moments.
Matthew Gottschalk
2:14
Drawing inspiration from explorers like Cousteau and Sagan Gottschalk crafts a Carl Sagan marionette that explores the Recology site, prompting questions of humanity.
Jamil Hell
1:00
Exploration of ideas related to identity and portraiture. The work questions the shifting nature of identity and the many roles we play in our personal and professional lives.
Darrin Martin
4:00
Darrin Martin humorously evokes spy-thriller tropes by sending a robotic vacuum with a camera through ductwork, its feed on a wall monitor reveals faint video and a subtle, ambient thrum.
Neil Mendoza
3:44
An animated, musical living room is a literal house party and a hallucinatory vision of what a “smart-home” from the future might look like if left to its own devices.
Genevieve Quick
3:14
In video and interactive components, Quick references an Asian Futurism that rejects clichés about technology and Asian cultures, and instead envisions a completely unique galactic existence.
Jeremy Rourke
3:00
A stop motion video combining vintage photographs with modern images, text, and unexpected materials like rose petals, fire, and water to create moments of beauty and enchanting surprise.
Chris Sollars
1:03
Chris Sollars uses humor to discuss environmental issues in this scuba diving adventure where he takes us through a sea of plastic trash.
Nathaniel Stookey
2:44
A score in three movements performed by the San Francisco Youth Orchestra Symphony using instruments Stookey created from objects scavenged from the dump (pipes, pans, mixing bowls).
Minoosh Zomorodinia
2:44
The stop motion videos explore discarded elements from our everyday surroundings, asking us to consider the weight of our collective consumer excesses and the possibilities for new life in overlooked things.
Tariq Stone
9:21
Imagining the history of our discarded objects, the film’s character experiences life through the echoes of others’ memories that she psychometrically calls forth from the trash she finds strewn about.
22 seasons of presenting the work of local filmmakers with a vision of building and bringing community together through film.
Polla Ilariya Kozino
Animation, Music Video | 3:47
In the heart of war-torn Ukraine, a little girl finds refuge in her vivid imagination.
Catherine Ngo
Animation | 6:24
A knight struggles with the intense compulsion to sharpen his sword to perfection. When he hesitates to tell his companion, his compulsion manifests in reality as a monster, posing a threat that he cannot face alone.
August Rait
Experimental | 5:38
A day in the life of a high school student.
Sal Ardongde
Romance, Drama | 11:20
To rekindle their relationship, Mark and Loretta drive to Yosemite for an anniversary trip in Mark’s vintage jeep, which starts to show signs of mechanical problems.
David Nguyen
Drama | 4:18
A girl grows up under the quiet care of her widowed father, a man bound by traditional Asian values, who struggles to openly express his love.
Nada Djordjevich
Narrative | 9:03
A jaded New York writer and a laid-back California surfer navigate the murky and occasionally painful waters of a first date. Set in San Francisco, it’s also a love-hate letter to that paradoxical place where hearts have been left, lost, and also found.
Chloë Fitzmaurice
Documentary | 9:06
In the heart of San Francisco, Shuggie’s is more than just a restaurant—it’s a movement. Founders Kayla Abe and David Murphy are challenging the very essence of culinary tradition by transforming what others see as food waste into gourmet masterpiece
August Michael Montesano
Animation, Experimental | 4:09
A man who in his attempts to get his work done, is plagued by dreams involving animation that warn him of an imminent future.
David Wilde, Daniel Gorrell
Narrative | 12:27
A man grappling with bizarre side effects from losing a loved one, opens up about his struggle on YouTube, forming an unexpected bond with a young girl.
Alexandrea Meyer
Drama | 16:00
A short narrative that aims to capture the pain of a woman who has lost a child in child birth and the madness that results from “carrying on.”
Jonathan DiMaio
Horror, Satire | 15:45
A mother’s ambitions for her son’s chances to get into a premier university result in her resorting to actions that threaten her son’s well-being.
iNation amplifies the voices of immigrant communities to create complex and nuanced narratives rarely seen in today’s media.
Theo Rigby
Documentary | 25:00
A heart-wrenching and inspiring story of two undocumented Latinx mothers, Jeanette and Ingrid, who courageously enter local churches to evade deportation and protect their families. This is a 25 minute clip from the 75 minute feature. Theo will participate in Q&A after each screening.
BAVC Media Youth and Emerging Media Makers Programs (YEMM) equip young people ages 12-25 with the skills and experience they need to create media that matters to them and focuses on their social change goals.
Hieronymous Kasmai
Drama | 4:48
A man’s attempt at dinner preparation for a guest goes awry.
Sydney Masuoka, Leilani Wallace- Boston, Jaden Yu, Nahomy Mendez, Mayerli Escobar Ixcal, Ethan Colin Soto, Naomi Chin
3:55
A compilation – short animations.
Brixton Cobra
Drama | 2:33
A clown prepares for their first day at school.
Meime Chiang
Satire | 3:45
In this short mockumentary, two rival buyers fight over the same piece of modern artwork, both with the hope of outdoing the other, resulting in an unlikely pair.
Laurel Yardley, Harper Hallquist
Experimental | 4:35
A young girl looks back on the innocence of childhood, haunted by memories of growing up, now left to navigate the bittersweet weight of nostalgia
Adam Ouali
Documentary | 6:01
We take a look at San Francisco’s public transportation system, the good, the bad, and everything in between. What’s working with Muni, what isn’t, and their big goal to go fully electric by 2030.
Meime Chiang
Narrative Documentary | 5:02
PSA-based film about how fast fashion is currently affecting climate change and why textile waste is bad for the earth.
Diana Ramos
Experimental Narrative | 3:14
A journey through time in San Francisco reveals how the invisible rise of AI leads to environmental decline.
Camilo Munist
Documentary | 6:36
The history of Bayview and how it’s considered one of the most polluted places in the city.
Nofa Quali, Tlaloc
Narrative Fiction | 4:54
In the year 2050 on Treasure Island a group of kids explore the radioactive side of the Island.
SFBFF believes film can lead to a better understanding of and communication between, peoples of diverse cultures, races, and lifestyles, while simultaneously serving as a vehicle to initiate dialogue on the important issues of our times.
Melvin Taylor II
Dramedy
Haunted by looming thoughts of his receding hairline, Travis struggles with how to open up about it to his friends and family.
Rodrigo Williams
Horror | 25:00
In a surreal San Francisco where urban legends exist, a young woman on a date is stalked by an infamous serial killer terrorizing Vibeland and the greater Bay Area.
