San Francisco Cinematheque

EPHEMERA UNEARTHED!⁠
Anomalies from Baldwin’s Other Cinema
www.sfcinematheque.org/screening/ep...
OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, March 12 · 5-7pm
EXHIBITION ON VIEW: March 12 – May 29 · Monday–Friday · 9am–5pm
Presented by SFAI Legacy Foundation + Archive & San Francisco Cinematheque

Attention filmmakers! The CROSSROADS 2026 submission deadline has been EXTENDED to the end of March!⁠ Send us your films!⁠
www.sfcinematheque.org/crossroads/2...
#XRDS26 #filmfestival #CROSSROADSFILMFESTIVAL⁠ #experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #sfcinematheque⁠

DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE?
Feb 18 · 7pm · Bayfront Theatre, Fort Mason
Free w/ RSVP
A 16mm program of works that shaped Anthony McCall’s practice—plus an early McCall film.
www.sfcinematheque.org/screening/do...
Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture + @sfcinematheque.bsky.social

We’re thrilled to be co-presenting... ROBERT BEAVERS: FILMMAKER IN RESIDENCE! Opening this Friday at @bampfa.bsky.social
See event details and get tickets here: bampfa.org/program/robe...

Thank you ❤️
Our community helped raise $48,000, making this our most successful year-end fundraiser to date and securing our work for another year. Onward to 2026.

Happy New Year! 🎉
We’ve reached 96% of our $50K goal — thank you! ❤️
We’re almost there! Help us close the gap and carry Cinematheque’s work into 2026!
www.sfcinematheque.org/about/suppor...

We’re now at 76% of our $50K goal — thank you! ❤️
Cinematheque’s year-end fundraiser continues, and we’re close but not there yet.
www.sfcinematheque.org/about/suppor...
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#experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm⁠

SFCinematheque rings in the new year with two in-person screenings with Jennifer Reeves!
📅 Jan 14 @ Shapeshifters (Oakland) — When It Was Blue
📅 Jan 15 @ Gray Area (SF) — The Gloria of Your Imagination

Details + tickets: www.sfcinematheque.org

#experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #sfcinematheque

With your support, we’re working out our long-term plan to continue serving the community sustainably, as are our partners at @sfcinematheque.bsky.social, Shapeshifters Cinema, The Lab, and the Roxie Theater. Please keep them in your hearts and wallets!

We’re at 74% of our $50K goal—thank you! ❤️
Cinematheque still needs your support to survive in this post-NEA moment.
Help us reach the finish line and keep our programming alive into 2026
www.sfcinematheque.org/about/suppor...

⁠#experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #sfcinematheque #nonprofit #yearend⁠

Our sincere thanks to Stephanie Barber for her generous words and for the many years she has shared her work with Cinematheque. ❤️
Help us reach our $50,000 goal and keep Cinematheque alive! Make a tax-deductible donation or become a member today: www.sfcinematheque.org/about/suppor...

Want to support the arts with your holiday giving?⁠
Visit our bookstore: www.sfcinematheque.org/bookstore/
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Discover rare and micro-published books on experimental, non-commercial, artist-made cinema. Or gift a loved one a Cinematheque Membership — a full year of free or discounted screenings!⁠

This #GivingTuesday, please support SFCinematheque.
www.sfcinematheque.org/about/suppor...
We’re halfway to our $50K goal—your gift helps sustain our screenings, publications & archives into 2026.
#experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #nonprofit ⁠

Deep gratitude to Lynne Sachs for her reflection and longtime support of Cinematheque ❤️
Help us reach our $50,000 goal and keep Cinematheque alive! Make a tax-deductible donation or become a member today: www.sfcinematheque.org/about/suppor...

Join us for a tribute screening honoring the late Ken Jacobs — visionary, provocateur, and master of the moving image.
Tuesday, December 2
7:30pm at Gray Area
www.sfcinematheque.org/screening/re...
SCREENING: Window (1964), Mountaineer Spinning (2004), and Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son (1969)

Deep gratitude to Cauleen Smith for her powerful words and continued support ❤️
Help us reach our $50,000 goal and keep Cinematheque alive! Make a tax-deductible donation or become a member today: www.sfcinematheque.org/about/suppor...

64-year-old San Francisco film institution in financial jeopardy As federal funding dries up, the nonprofit may lay off its two-person staff.

Huge thanks to @sfgate.com and Timothy Karoff for shining a light on San Francisco Cinematheque and the urgent challenges facing small arts organizations like ours.
Read the full article & help us meet our goal of $50,000 and keep Cinematheque alive!
www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

CALL TO ACTION — SAVE CINEMATHEQUE
The NEA’s collapse cut 25% of our funding. Help us raise $50,000 to keep San Francisco Cinematheque alive! Your support sustains 60+ years of experimental film culture.
www.sfcinematheque.org/about/suppor...
#experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #nonprofit ⁠

Larry Gottheim: The Red Thread
A 3-Program Residency
November 5–7
Roxie Theater · Gray Area · Shapeshifters Cinema
Larry Gottheim in person at all screenings
www.sfcinematheque.org/screenings/

Cinematheque seeks submissions of recent films, videos, and works of performance cinema for CROSSROADS 2026, the 17th iteration of our annual film festival!⁠ ⁠See the entry guidelines and submit your films!⁠ bit.ly/4nllt49
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#XRDS26 #filmfestival #experimentalfilm #CROSSROADSFILMFESTIVAL⁠

JORDAN BELSON: COSMOGENESIS — A Symposium of Transcendental Films, Lectures, Performances and Visual Arts
grayarea.org/event/jordan...
3 days, 9 events
September 26-28 at Gray Area
Presented in association with Gray Area and Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive

CROSSROADS 2025 program 6
hold me in your arms

Aug 31 — 2:30pm
Gray Area, SF
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Works by Malaz Usta, Guillaume Vallée, Lin Htet Aung, Dianna Barrie & Richard Tuohy, Miranda Pennell and Saif Alsaegh
#XRDS25 #xrds #CROSSROADSFESTIVAL #sfcinematheque #experimentalfilm

CROSSROADS 2025 program 5
shadows between the frames

Aug 30 — 8pm
Gray Area, SF
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Works by Park Kyujae, Tomonari Nishikawa, Sophie Watzlawick, Sidney Gordon and Jerome Hiler
#XRDS25 #xrds #CROSSROADSFESTIVAL #sfcinematheque #experimentalfilm

CROSSROADS 2025 program 4
this isn’t what it appears

Aug 30 — 5pm
Gray Area, SF
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Works by Tori DotNet, Karen Yasinsky, Janie Geiser, Heehyun Choi, Erica Sheu, Alice Bommer, Friedl vom Gröller and Sarah Ballard
#XRDS25 #xrds #CROSSROADSFESTIVAL #sfcinematheque #experimentalfilm

CROSSROADS 2025 program 3
the earth as if it were a dream

Aug 30 — 2:30pm
Gray Area, SF
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Works by @sparklypinecone.bsky.social, Malena Szlam, J.M. Martínez, @kareldoing.bsky.social and Antoni Orlof
#XRDS25 #xrds #CROSSROADSFESTIVAL #sfcinematheque #experimentalfilm

Become a member and save!
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• Discount (or free!) screening admissions
• Invitation to exclusive pre-festival reception
• 20% discount on all bookstore items
• Waived CROSSROADS festival submission fees

[clip by Sam Drake]
#xrds #sfcinematheque #experimentalfilm

Gravitational Lensing: Feminist Film Dialogues⁠
Program 10: Craft, Tradition & Ritual
⁠Presented by Shapeshifters Cinema & San Francisco Cinematheque⁠
Fri, Aug 22 — 7pm at Shapeshifters Cinema
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#cinema #oakland #feminist #feministfilm #experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #sfcinematheque

CROSSROADS 2025 program 2
certain lights / nothing is stable

Aug 29 — 9:30pm
Gray Area, SF
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Works by Nicole Remy, Linda Izcali Scobie, Karl Lemieux & Daniel Menche
#XRDS25 #xrds #CROSSROADSFESTIVAL #sfcinematheque #experimentalfilm

CROSSROADS 2025
TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW!
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FESTIVAL PASS = 3 days / 8 programs
Buy the pass and save!
Discount admission for Cinematheque members!

⁠Video clip from: Slideshow (2024) by Janie Geiser
#XRDS25 #CROSSROADSFESTIVAL #sfcinematheque #experimentalfilm #filmfestival

CROSSROADS 2025 program 1
temporary near thing/pulsebeat promises

Aug 29 — 7pm
Gray Area, SF
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Works by Ken Jacobs, Antoinette Zwirchmayr, Sofia Theodore-Pierce, Kevin Jerome Everson, Scott Stark and Zachary Epcar
#XRDS25 #xrds #CROSSROADSFESTIVAL #sfcinematheque #experimentalfilm