San Francisco International Film Festival 2024

[Chris Knipp]

March 27: The program has been announced. Here it is.

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Opening Night: Dìdi (弟弟)

SFFILM has announced the full lineup for the 2024 67TH San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM Festival).

Curated from almost 5,000 submissions, films featured in the 67th annual festival will screen in theaters in San Francisco’s Marina and Presidio neighborhoods and in Berkeley from April 24 to April 28. Moreover, a selection of titles will be presented from May 2 to May 4 as SFFILM Festival encore days at the historic Roxie Theater.

Opening night will feature Sean Wang’s Sundance award-winning first feature Didi. Wang was recently nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary short for Nai Nai & Wài Pó. Closing night will feature Thelma, starring June Squibb, Parker Posey, Clark Gregg, Malcolm McDowell, Fred Hechinger and Richard Roundtree.

Other titles on the lineup include The Idea of You, directed by Michael Showalter and starring Anne Hathaway; Janet Planet, directed by Annie Baker and starring Julianne Nicholson; Sing Sing, directed by Greg Kwedar and starring Colman Domingo; Porcelain War, winner of Sundance’s U.S. grand jury prize for documentary, directed by Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev; Luther: Never Too Much from SFFILM Festival alum Dawn Porter; and Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story, from renowned wildlife cinematographer Charlie Hamilton James.

See below for the full program. For more information on the titles, click here.

Big Nights + Special Events

Opening Night: Dìdi (弟弟)
Sean Wang (USA 2023, 90) Narratives: USA

Closing Night: Thelma
Josh Margolin (USA 2024, 97)


Documentaries: International

Agent of Happiness
Arun Bhattarai, Dorottya Zurbó (Bhutan 2024, 94) Documentaries: International

Black Box Diaries
Shiori Ito (Japan 2024, 104) Documentaries: International

Eternal You
Hans Block, Moritz Rieswieck (Germany 2024, 87) Documentaries: International

Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa
Lucy Walker (USA 2023, 98)
US Premiere
Documentaries: International

Porcelain War
Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev (Ukraine 2024, 90) Documentaries: International

Sugarcane
Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie (Canada 2024, 107) Documentaries: International

The Cats of Gokogu Shrine
Kazuhiro Soda (Japan 2024, 119) North American Premiere Documentaries: International

Zinzindurrunkarratz
Oskar Alegría (Spain 2023, 89) Documentaries: International

Documentaries: USA

Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story
Charlie Hamilton James (UK 2023, 78) Documentaries: USA

Counted Out
Vicki Abeles (USA 2024, 89) Documentaries: USA

Luther: Never Too Much
Dawn Porter (USA 2024, 131) Documentaries: USA

Seeking Mavis Beacon
Jazmin Renée Jones (USA 2024, 103) Documentaries: USA

Uncropped
D.W. Young (USA 2023, 111) Documentaries: USA

Narratives: International

Alemania
María Zanetti (Argentina 2023, 87) Narratives: International

Banel & Adama
Ramata-Toulaye Sy (Senegal 2023, 87) Narratives: International

Empty Nets
Behrooz Karamizade (Germany 2023, 101) Narratives: International

Eureka
Lisandro Alonso (Argentina 2023, 146) Narratives: International

Great Absence
Kei Chika-ura (Japan 2023, 152)
US Premiere
Narratives: International

Heartless
Nara Normande, Tião (Brazil 2023, 90)
US Premiere
Narratives: International

Ru
Charles-Olivier Michaud (Canada 2023, 116) Narratives: International

Sidonie in Japan
Élise Girard (Japan 2023, 95)
US Premiere
Narratives: International

Sloan Science on Screen Award: “On the Invention of Species”
Tania Hermida (Ecuador 2024, 91)
World Premiere
Narratives: International

The Practice

Sat Apr 27 at 8:45 pm PT at Marina 2 Martín Rejtman (Argentina 2023, 95) Narratives: International

The Teacher
Farah Nabulsi (UK 2023, 118)
Narratives: International

A Tribute to Joan Chen + “Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl”
Joan Chen (China 1998, 147)
Narratives: International

Wakhri
Iram Parveen Bilal (Pakistan 2023, 99)
Narratives: International

Woodland
Elisabeth Scharang (Austria 2023, 100)
Narratives: International

Narratives: USA

Dìdi (弟弟)
Sean Wang (USA 2023, 90)
Narratives: USA

Janet Planet
Annie Baker (USA 2023, 113)
Narratives: USA

Sing Sing
Greg Kwedar (USA 2023, 107)
Narratives: USA

Sloan Science on Screen: “Mabel”
Nicholas Ma (USA 2023, 84)
World Premiere
Narratives: USA

The Idea of You
Michael Showalter (USA 2024, 115)
Narratives: USA

Thelma
Josh Margolin (USA 2024, 97)
Narratives: USA

A Tribute to Chiwetel Ejiofor + “Rob Peace” (Sloan Science on Screen)
Chiwetel Ejiofor (USA 2024, 146)
Narratives: USA

Shorts

Shorts 1: I’m Just a Girl
Short Films

Rizoo
Azadeh Navai (Iran 2023, 16)

Can We Pretend
Samantha Toy Ozeas (USA 2023, 12)

VOID
Yusuke Iwasaki (Japan 2023, 24) North American Premiere

Muna
Warda Mohamed (UK 2023, 19) North American Premiere

Little Queen
Julien Guetta (France 2023, 25) US Premiere

Shorts 2: Of Body and Mind
Short Films

Thirstygirl
Alexandra Qin (USA 2023, 10)

Playground
Raul Villalba (Spain 2023, 16) North American Premiere

La Perra
Carla Melo Gampert (Colombia 2023, 14)

I Did Not Wake Up Dead Today
Erin Macpherson (Belgium 2023, 18) North American Premiere

Don’t Look Down
Ilanna Barkusky (USA 2023, 8)

Choices
Kameishia Wooten (USA 2022, 12)

Punta Salinas
Maria del Mar Rosario (Puerto Rico 2023, 16) North American Premiere

Shorts 3: Lineages of Love
Short Films

Salone Love
Tajana Tokyo (USA 2023, 5)

a film is a goodbye that never ends
María Luisa Santos (Costa Rica 2024, 13) World Premiere

I Was Here
Noëlle Gentile (USA 2023, 17) World Premiere

Layover
Taylor Sanghyun Lee (USA 2024, 12) World Premiere

The Medallion
Ruth Hunduma (UK 2023, 19)

We Exist in Memory
Darian Woehr (USA 2023, 14)

Weekend Visits
Pete Quandt (USA 2024, 9)

Battery Mommy
Seungbae Jeon (South Korea 2023, 8)

Shorts 4: Migration Flows
Short Films

Bogotá Story
Esteban Pedraza (Colombia 2023, 16)

Boat People
Thao Lam (Canada 2023, 10)

Primero, Sueño
Andrés Lira (USA 2023, 17)

Confused Blood
James Cutler (South Korea 2023, 17)

Until He’s Back
Jacqueline Baylon (Morocco 2023, 40)

Shorts 5: Family Films
Short Films

A Little Beetle Returns
Elene Sebiskveradze (Georgia 2023, 4) North American Premiere

Self
Searit Kahsay Huluf (USA 2023, 7)

Where Do Ideas Come From?
Joysi Olijhoek (Netherlands 2023, 5) World Premiere

Yuck!
Loïc Espuche (France 2024, 13)

Dynasty and Destiny
Travis Lee Ratcliff (USA 2024, 7)

Bottle George
Daisuke ‘Dice’ Tsutsumi (Japan 2024, 13) World Premiere

Coach Pancake
Gabriel Olson (USA 2024, 6)

Battery Mommy
Seungbae Jeon (South Korea 2023, 8)

Little Fan
Sveta Yuferova (Germany 2023, 5)

Shorts 6: Youth Works
Short Films

Make Art, Reese!
Mika Lim (USA 2023, 8)

Weathered
Patrick Jang (USA 2023, 9) World Premiere

Comma
Sonia Leliukh (Ukraine 2023, 4)

like a stone or flower
Kaiya Jordan (USA 2023, 10) World Premiere

FATALE
Kayen Manovil (USA 2024, 4) World Premiere

Sil-tteu-gi
Yezy Suh (USA 2023, 5)

Majid, the Muslim Rapper
Kea Morshed (USA 2023, 10) World Premiere

Substratum
Harvey Abrahams (Australia 2023, 7)

Puppet Back Up
Maxwell Downer (UK 2023, 9) World Premiere

Maps
Esmé Nix (USA 2023, 8)

Gentle Breeze
Wenwei Hu (China 2023, 4) North American Premiere

Family Workshop

Cartoon Saloon Workshop: “Puffin Rock and the New Friends”
Jeremy Purcell (Ireland 2023, 120)
Special Events

Members Screening

Members Screening: Mother Couch
Niclas Larsson (USA 2023, 96)