The complete lineup has been announced for the
2018 San Francisco International Film Festival, running
April 4–17 at venues in San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley.
Browse the full public program info at
sffilm.org
2018 SFFILM Festival by the Numbers:
183 Films
57 Narrative Features
37 Documentary Features
4 New Vision Features
2 Episodic Programs
83 Shorts
45 Countries Represented
46 Languages
8 World Premieres
5 North American Premieres
6 US Premieres
66 Women Directors
Highlights from today's press conference included these announcements:
The Festival’s
Opening Night selection is Silas Howard’s
A Kid Like Jake, starring Claire Danes, Jim Parsons, and Octavia Spencer. Howard and other special guests are expected to attend the kickoff event on April 4.
Closing Night will be Gus Van Sant’s
Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara, and Jack Black. Van Sant and composer Danny Elfman will present the film to close out the main 2018 Festival program on
April 15.
The Festival’s 2018 award and tributes include honors for
Wayne Wang (
A Tribute to Wayne Wang),
Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman (
George Gund III Craft of Cinema Award),
Annette Insdorf (
Mel Novikoff Award), and
Nathaniel Dorsky (
Persistence of Vision Award), along with the previously announced
Tribute to Charlize Theron.
Special live events include
Blonde Redhead performing live with Yasujiro Ozu’s
I Was Born, But… ,
A Thousand Thoughts – A Live Documentary by Sam Green and Kronos Quartet ,
A Celebration of Oddball Films with Marc Capelle’s Red Room Orchestra, and the 2018
State of Cinema Address by Canadian iconoclast
Guy Maddin.
There is a particularly strong showing of films that have received support through
SFFILM Makers artist development programs at this year’s Festival, with several SFFILM grant-winners making the cut. Supported films include the previously announced
Centerpiece selection of Boots Riley’s
Sorry to Bother You, RaMell Ross’s
Hale County This Morning, This Evening, Alyssa Fedele and Zachary Fink’s
The Rescue List, and Jeremiah Zagar’s
We the Animals.
As previously announced, the SFFILM Festival is again featuring a slate of World Premieres as part of its
Launch initiative, a boutique program designed to introduce a curated selection of films to screen for Festival audiences and select film industry representatives. Featuring five documentaries from the official Festival lineup, Launch serves as an alternative to larger-scale film sales environments elsewhere in the US.
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