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
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
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
I blurred my signature because it hasn’t much changed. The PO Box, the account, the bank: long gone. ISTR I had a Working Assets long distance phone plan, too, for my landline.
#sfcinematheque #lifetimemember #StevePolta #experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #nonprofit #yearend
¹ we’ll get to the one exception.
#sfcinematheque #lifetimemember #StevePolta #experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #nonprofit #yearend
People’ve deleted my posts elsewhere on this topic, blocked my account. All along, those in a position to address the issue¹ have resorted to hand-wringing & “oh, that’s a shame”.
Doubters: my check.
#sfcinematheque #lifetimemember #StevePolta #experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #nonprofit #yearend
This former Board Member/President, program note compiler/author, monograph co-author, occasional curator & fundraiser, says: time for callous treatment of individual donors to come home to roost.
#sfcinematheque #lifetimemember #StevePolta #experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #nonprofit #yearend
No invitations to “special members events” ever. Naturally, social media delivers member party photos to me after the fact.
#sfcinematheque #lifetimemember #StevePolta #experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #nonprofit #yearend #bullypulpit
No publications since 2002. No printed calendars since 2009. No free admission since the mid-2000s.
#sfcinematheque #lifetimemember #StevePolta #experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #nonprofit #yearend
backside of the 1993 prospectus for #sfcinematheque membership showing member benefits at the $1,500 level to include, for life, copies of all publications, free admission plus reservation privileges for two people, first class calendar mailings, invitations to special member events, and occasional issues of the long-discontinued Cinemascope newsletter. Plus a one-time t-shirt designed by George Kuchar.
frontside of the 1993 prospectus for #sfcinematheque membership
In 1993 I gave #sfcinematheque $1500 (3312 in 2025 $) to be a #lifetimemember. #StevePolta denied my annual publications benefit starting 2002 & eventually whittled all promised benefits to zero.
#experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #nonprofit #yearend #bullypulpit
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
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
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
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
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
bit.ly/45eEyiO
#cinema #oakland #feminist #feministfilm #experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #sfcinematheque
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
CROSSROADS 2025
TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW!
bit.ly/45DugZw
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
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
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
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
INVENTION: A film by Callie Hernandez & Courtney Stephens
May 28 — 8:30pm at the Roxie Theater
bit.ly/3Yy1QMM
#CallieHernandez #CourtneyStephens #experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #sfcinematheque
FOUND FOOTAGE & COLLAGE FILMS
The Artist’s Voice
May 29 — 7:30pm at The Lab
bit.ly/4jyB6nP
#experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #sfcinematheque #FoundFootageMagazine #FoundFootageFilms
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
CINEMATHEQUE COMMUNITY CELEBRATION
* Exclusive Member Event *
Thursday, May 8 | 7–9pm
Learn more: bit.ly/44gOlVi
Membership: bit.ly/3rxq6gT
On May 8, San Francisco Cinematheque celebrates its members, supporters, and community. #member #membership #sfcinematheque #experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm
LYNN MARIE KIRBY: THE INSUFFICIENT FRAME
Lynn Marie Kirby in person
bit.ly/4bY4wsq
March 30, 3:40pm at The Roxie Theater
#experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #sfcinematheque
MATTER/ANTI-MATTER: RECENT WORK BY MAKINO TAKASHI
Makino Takashi in person!
April 24 — 7:30 pm at The Lab
bit.ly/3XoOwcU
#experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #sfcinematheque #MakinoTakashi
DIRECT ACTION
A film by Guillaume Cailleau + Ben Russell
bit.ly/4brGtSp
Apr 2nd, 7:00pm at The Lab
#experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #sfcinematheque #GuillaumeCailleau #BenRussell #DirectAction
Attention filmmakers! The CROSSROADS 2025 submission deadline has been EXTENDED to the end of March! Submissions are now due by Monday, March 31, 2025. Send us your films! bit.ly/4f75YcK
#XRDS25 #XRDS #CROSSROADSFILMFESTIVAL #filmfestival #experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #sfcinematheque
RUINS & RESILIENCE: FILMS BY KAREL DOING
Presented by #sfcinematheque & #shapeshifterscinema
March 14 — 7pm at Shapeshifters Cinema
bit.ly/4ghdilN
#experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #KarelDoing #16mm
