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The San Francisco International Film Festival presented by SFFILM runs April 24–28 at venues in San Francisco and Berkeley. The official program—curated from nearly 5,000 submissions and invitations—includes premieres, eagerly anticipated award titles, debut work from emerging storytellers, international narrative and documentary films, shorts, and the Golden Gate Award juried competition. Filmmakers will be networking at industry meetings and talks, and everyone will get to celebrate the magic of cinema with SFFILM’s prestigious Persistence of Vision, Mel Novikoff, Sloan Science in Cinema Award, and a tribute to a special honoree.
The SFFILM Festival always centers the Bay Area with selections by local creators and crews, and serves students, teachers, and families with Youth Works, family friendly workshops, and educational screenings through Schools at the Festival that reaches thousands of students each year. The SFFILM Festival Encore Days program runs at the Roxie Theater (Thursday through Saturday, May 2–4) with award winners and selections from the main Festival program.