Series Site
presented by San Francisco Cinematheque
curated by Steve Polta
all programs presented in person at Gray Area
CROSSROADS 2023 is the 14th manifestation of Cinematheque's annual film festival. CROSSROADS 2023 consists of 10 programs featuring 62 works of film, video and performance by 61 artists representing 20 countries and territories. Cinematheque is proud to announce that, of these 61 featured artists, 31 are receiving their CROSSROADS debut this year. This year’s festival includes dives into archives, ecstatic gestures, haunted explorations into familial and cultural history, visceral and polymorphous erotics and deep decentering meditations on the malleable conceptions of time. Opening night capstone program spotlights three contemporary Mexican avant-garde filmmakers, with live musical performance of Elena Pardo’s (Mexico City) three-projector 16mm work Pulsos Subterráneo