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San Francisco Cinematheque
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www.sfcinematheque.org
Cinematheque is one of the most respected showcases of experimental film & video in the world, including our CROSSROADS festival.
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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.
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#experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #nonprofit
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)
November 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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...
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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...
64-year-old San Francisco film institution in financial jeopardy
As federal funding dries up, the nonprofit may lay off its two-person staff.
www.sfgate.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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
November 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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/
October 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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

#XRDS26 #filmfestival #experimentalfilm #CROSSROADSFILMFESTIVAL
October 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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
September 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
CROSSROADS 2025 program 6
hold me in your arms

Aug 31 — 2:30pm
Gray Area, SF
bit.ly/4mapJDg

Works by Malaz Usta, Guillaume Vallée, Lin Htet Aung, Dianna Barrie & Richard Tuohy, Miranda Pennell and Saif Alsaegh
#XRDS25 #xrds #CROSSROADSFESTIVAL #sfcinematheque #experimentalfilm
August 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
CROSSROADS 2025 program 5
shadows between the frames

Aug 30 — 8pm
Gray Area, SF
bit.ly/4kT7txe

Works by Park Kyujae, Tomonari Nishikawa, Sophie Watzlawick, Sidney Gordon and Jerome Hiler
#XRDS25 #xrds #CROSSROADSFESTIVAL #sfcinematheque #experimentalfilm
August 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
CROSSROADS 2025 program 4
this isn’t what it appears

Aug 30 — 5pm
Gray Area, SF
bit.ly/41cLsT0

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
August 18, 2025 at 11:53 PM
CROSSROADS 2025 program 3
the earth as if it were a dream

Aug 30 — 2:30pm
Gray Area, SF
bit.ly/4o6KYI6

Works by @sparklypinecone.bsky.social, Malena Szlam, J.M. Martínez, @kareldoing.bsky.social and Antoni Orlof
#XRDS25 #xrds #CROSSROADSFESTIVAL #sfcinematheque #experimentalfilm
August 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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
August 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Gravitational Lensing: Feminist Film Dialogues⁠
Program 10: Craft, Tradition & Ritual
⁠Presented by Shapeshifters Cinema & San Francisco Cinematheque⁠
Fri, Aug 22 — 7pm at Shapeshifters Cinema
bit.ly/45eEyiO
#cinema #oakland #feminist #feministfilm #experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #sfcinematheque
August 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
CROSSROADS 2025 program 2
certain lights / nothing is stable

Aug 29 — 9:30pm
Gray Area, SF
bit.ly/40Ab6B2

Works by Nicole Remy, Linda Izcali Scobie, Karl Lemieux & Daniel Menche
#XRDS25 #xrds #CROSSROADSFESTIVAL #sfcinematheque #experimentalfilm
August 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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
August 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
CROSSROADS 2025 program 1
temporary near thing/pulsebeat promises

Aug 29 — 7pm
Gray Area, SF
bit.ly/41cLsT0

Works by Ken Jacobs, Antoinette Zwirchmayr, Sofia Theodore-Pierce, Kevin Jerome Everson, Scott Stark and Zachary Epcar
#XRDS25 #xrds #CROSSROADSFESTIVAL #sfcinematheque #experimentalfilm
August 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM
San Francisco Cinematheque proudly announces…
CROSSROADS 2025, August 29–31
full festival line-up at: bit.ly/4nKvitY

8 Programs / 47 Artists
47 Works of Film and Video
All programs presented at
Gray Area, San Francisco

#XRDS25 #CROSSROADSFESTIVAL #sfcinematheque #experimentalfilm #filmfestival
July 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Gravitational Lensing: Feminist Film Dialogues
Program 9: LABOR
Presented in association with Shapeshifters Cinema
Friday, July 11 — 7pm at Shapeshifters Cinema
bit.ly/44xyfFu
#cinema #oakland #feminist #feministfilm #experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm
July 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Gravitational Lensing: Feminist Film Dialogues
Program 8.5: IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILDREN + LESBIAN CUSTODY
Presented in association with Shapeshifters Cinema
June 29 — 7pm at Shapeshifters Cinema
bit.ly/4dLwHvw
#cinema #oakland #feminist #feministfilm #experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm
June 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Gravitational Lensing: Feminist Film Dialogues
Program 8.5: PARENTHOOD
Presented in association with Shapeshifters Cinema
June 6 — 7pm at Shapeshifters Cinema
bit.ly/3ZhZMZr
#cinema #oakland #feminist #feministfilm #experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #sfcinematheque
June 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
THEN<·>NOW: TAIWAN EXPERIMENTAL FILM AND VIDEO ART
June 26 — 7:30pm at The Lab
bit.ly/4kAnXuv
⁠Curated by Cherlyn Hsing-Hsin Liu
Presented by San Francisco Cinematheque & the Center for Asian American Media
#Taiwan #Taiwanese #experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm
June 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
INVENTION: A film by Callie Hernandez & Courtney Stephens
May 28 — 8:30pm at the Roxie Theater
bit.ly/3Yy1QMM
#CallieHernandez #CourtneyStephens #experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #sfcinematheque
May 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
RECOMMENDED SCREENING…
YOUR TOUCH MAKES OTHERS INVISIBLE
by #RajeeSamarasinghe (In Person)
tinyurl.com/5fv7mpbr

Presented by @caamedia.bsky.social #CAAMFest
Saturday, May 10
12:30PM at #sfmoma

Admission is FREE for Cinematheque members. Join us!
Membership: bit.ly/3rxq6gT
May 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
FOUND FOOTAGE & COLLAGE FILMS
The Artist’s Voice
May 29 — 7:30pm at The Lab
bit.ly/4jyB6nP
#experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #sfcinematheque #FoundFootageMagazine #FoundFootageFilms
April 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
WHO'S YOUR TRUE LOVE? FILMS BY KAREN YASINSKY
Karen Yasinsky in person!
May 10 — 7pm at Shapeshifters Cinema
Presented by San Francisco Cinematheque⁠ & Shapeshifters Cinema
bit.ly/4ijkFdG
#experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #sfcinematheque #KarenYasinsky
April 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM