Against the backdrop of Havana”s sun drenched streets and shimmering coastline, "¡Quba!" blazes a trail through Cuba’s LGBTQ revolution. This Side Up:This Side Up […]

After 100 years of partial independence, a bold new wave of young Irish artists redefine folk music and reflect over the impact of their […]

A special live cinema event! Lost Landscapes is a participatory urban history project where our city of San Francisco shines throughout this wide-ranging, unbounded […]

The lines between real life and reel life are muddied in the story of the Adams, an unconventional family who makes independent horror films. […]

Award-winning filmmaker Min Sook Lee turns the camera on herself in this urgent documentary, searching for memories of her mother, Song Ji Lee, who […]

HA HA HA: Ha Ha Ha dives into the raw, unfiltered world of stand-up comedy through the eyes of six comedians, each on their […]

Anarchy in High Heels tells the story of Les Nickelettes, a women’s satirical musical theater company from 1970s and ‘80s San Francisco. They turned […]

With Q&As World Premiere of The Surrender of Waymond Hall with Q&A: A gripping, cinema verite documentary following a fugitive who surrenders to authorities risking […]

Hidden Levels: Machinima: Back in the 90s, artists turned video games into movie sets, and their wildest ideas are finally hitting documentaries. Before “virtual […]

Combining interviews and live cinema, Rising Through the Fray plunges us into the heart of Indigenous Rising Roller Derby, the first international team to […]

SCREENING AT NEW PEOPLE CINEMA in JAPANTOWN (1746 POST ST.) Part of Nippon Vibes: Japanese Cinema Weekend at New People Following its reopening in […]

With Q&A Three families with transgender children face an impossible choice in states banning gender-affirming care: stay home and risk their children’s well-being or […]

With Q&A Acre Wall Jumpers: On the hot summer days in the old city of Acre, a tradition connects the generations – children and […]

SCREENING AT NEW PEOPLE CINEMA in JAPANTOWN (1746 POST ST.) Part of Nippon Vibes: Japanese Cinema Weekend at New People Following its reopening in […]

with Q&A’s Soul Searchin’ explores the passionate world of rare soul record collectors who devote their lives to finding, preserving, and sharing forgotten music. […]

The Fair: Set in a conservative, mostly white Midwestern community – not far from where Abraham Lincoln once lived as a young man – […]

With Q&A In his hardest physical challenge to date, complex, dedicated and irreverent activist Richard Propes fights for the very tour that saved his […]

With Q&A Two unhoused men turned community leaders— John and LaMonté —organize their neighbors in the face of displacement, addiction, and a failing social […]

SCREENING AT NEW PEOPLE CINEMA in JAPANTOWN (1746 POST ST.) Part of Nippon Vibes: Japanese Cinema Weekend at New People Following its reopening in […]

With Q&A’s Saving Etting Street: A documentary feature by Dena Fisher and Amy Scott, follows carpenter Shelley Halstead as she trains a group of […]

As part of this cinema’s ARTHOUSE 50 series, The Roxie & SFDocFest co-present the 25th anniversary of Thomas Riedelsheimer award winning classic documentary Rivers and Tides: […]

SCREENING AT NEW PEOPLE CINEMA in JAPANTOWN (1746 POST ST.) Part of Nippon Vibes: Japanese Cinema Weekend at New People Following its reopening in […]

With Q&A #WhileBlack is an urgent documentary that centers on one of the most viral videos of our time: George Floyd’s murder, seen 1.4 […]

With Q&A’s Life Beyond the Pine Curtain – America the Invisible: Set in the thick pine forests and marshlands of East Texas, the film […]

Ildikó Enyedi (director of Oscar-nominated On Body and Soul) returns with a century-spanning triptych about lives that unfold around an ancient ginkgo tree. Featuring Tony […]

If these Walls Could Rock: Rock stars, wild parties, and untold stories come alive at LA’s iconic Sunset Marquis hotel, where music legends created […]

A tightly-wound film noir crime thriller featuring some of John Alton’s most thrilling images. Newly escaped convict Joe Sullivan desperately wants to reconnect with […]

Amber Galloway, a trailblazer in sign language interpretation, takes us on a journey into the profound bond between the Deaf community and music. We […]

4K Restoration! Without a doubt among the most hard-edged film noir thrillers of the 50s, it continues to thrill and fascinate audiences with its […]

 With Q&A Fast-talking, hilarious, and laden with east-coast charm and curse words, Steve is not your typical party clown. We meet this unorthodox man […]

John Muller, a petty and arrogant crook, devises a plot to rob an illegal gambling joint and when the caper becomes badly botched, he […]

A son of one of America’s wealthiest families creates a communist revolutionary base in rural Massachusetts as a means of disrupting the capitalist system […]

Truly one of the most unusual films in the entire film noir canon, it tells the story of a beautiful young widow who becomes […]

Six Palestinian stand-up comedians write and tour a comedy show exploring the unlikely, often dark humour that surrounds the complexity of Palestinian identity. What […]

With Q&A To celebrate our 25th anniversary we welcome back alumni Colin Hanks (All Things Must Pass, SF DocFest 2015) for a free screening […]

With Q&A Premiering at Slamdance Film Festival 2026, Clovers drops us into Asheboro, North Carolina, once labeled the fastest-dying city in America, and refuses […]

With Q&A A pair of fans of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden launch a crowdfunding campaign to help Paul Di’Anno (aka The Beast), […]

One of David Cronenberg’s most prophetic and thrilling achievements! Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Willem Defoe, Sarah Polley, Ian Holm and Christopher Eccleston all […]