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
Co-Presenters and selected by the 2026 Selection Committee
ALL VENUES ARE INDOORS
Venues
Studio 45 • Cafe Seventy8 • The Magic Patio • STEMful
Co-Presenters
48 Hills 24 Frames / MMTB / San Francisco Black Film Festival / Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema
File lineup is still in progress. We appreciate your patience.
48 Hills is a summer experiment in large-scale creativity, testing what young San Franciscans can make when trusted with real stakes.
Amiko Muscat, Brendan Giang, August Petersen, Christina Labban, Kaylee Kim, Cait Yoffie, Jeremiah Gamez, Kayli Hrvatin, Ian Sprouls, Sophie Fastasia, Leela Chandra, Riley Lai Nelet, Chloe Fong
Science Fiction | 44:21
The new hire at a teenage correctional facility must chase the inmates across San Francisco after accidentally letting them escape.
MMTB- Movie Making Throughout the Bay! is a 501c3 Non-Profit Organization that supports filmmakers, performers, and industry professionals. We provide a collaborative, supportive, and fun environment for you to create, connect, and succeed. Serving the Bay Area and Sacramento since 2010
Pawel Filipczuk
Dark Comedy | 8:40
Five strangers wake up in a waiting room, each convinced they’re there for a different reason until conflicting memories, rising accusations, and a shocking revelation force them to confront the possibility that they share far more than they realize.
Elena Altman
Drama | 11:32
“When life doesn’t end up how you want it, you keep pushing til you can’t anymore.” A homeless family looks for a way out, when a Karen won’t just let them be.
Letti Lee
Dark Comedy | 6:24
What if there was a person behind AI? Would we get better results? Can it help us fire someone the right way? Depends how you ask?
Bill Herbert
Psychological Thriller | 11:44
Step inside the mind of someone who’s supposed to have it all together. A compassionate professional, until tragedy strikes and the walls between her and her patients begin to crumble.
Elena Altman
Dark Comedy | 8:08
We all wish we could make the perfect meal, throw the best dinner party, but life doesn’t always work out how we want it. — finding comedy in life’s train wrecks.
San Francisco Black Film Festival’s mission is to celebrate African American cinema and the African cultural diaspora and to showcase a diverse collection of films – from emerging and established filmmakers.
Mimi Chakarova
Documentary | 21:03
When three neighbors travel to Amsterdam for an award ceremony, their comical journey brings unexpected revelations along the way.
Sarah Anders
Documentary | 18:02
Based on a true story about a Bay Area artist, Brooklyn. Desperate to open a boutique, Brooklyn is met with several challenges. Will she open up her boutique or will she stand by her faith-based morals? Only time will tell what her values are worth.
Celebrating 23 seasons of presenting the work of local filmmakers with a vision of building and bringing community together through film.
Mark Nobriga
Experimental, Animation | 1:30
A handmade 16mm film — a tactile fever dream of shapes and textures that collide to dissolve boundaries between abstraction and imagery that evokes organic life.
Eran Putterman
Experimental, Animation | 1:19
A young man contemplates a future alone and in the snow.
Mike Godlewski
6Dance | 4:28
A dance in which painted layers of words gradually reveal the layers of self that are put out into the world.
Elie Khadra, Benjamin McBride
Music Video, Poetry | 5:50
San Francisco Poet Laureate Tongo Eisen Martin delves into the turbulent existence of an individual navigating through the complexities of urban life.
Ron Campbell, Katarina Fink
Animation | 6:42
The tale of a coveted, but lethal saxophone. Warning: this animated short contains poetry, jazz and multiple fatalities.
Jack Hirsch
Sci-Fi, Drama | 7:58
In a harsh dystopia, Em accepts help from a mysterious corporation bent on training her to become a “perfect citizen.”
Sam Hyatt
Comedy-Drama | 7:04
A simple coffee shop request for an insulated cardboard sleeve spirals into a heated discussion about entitlement, love and loss.
Greg Armstrong
Comedy | 7:25
A bartender has an unusual patron, her mom, on a first date.
Matt Klug, Josh Harding
Documentary | 12:58
Dive into the raw, unfiltered world of stand-up comedy through the eyes of six comedians, each on their own path.
Michael Kaplan
Documentary | 13:16
Oliver, a queer man living alone in San Francisco, turns to chatbots for everything from financial advice to intimacy.
Edouard Negiar
Satire | 14:52
In a near future, the elderly poor are rounded up in kill shelters like stray dogs. A grumpy retiree forms an unexpected bond with the child who adopts him.
Fego Navarro
Comedy-Drama | 15:14
A coming-of-age story set in early 2000s San Francisco. It follows Mikey and Alvin—two teenage friends navigating the challenges of inner-city life.
