Documentary Screenings San Francisco

Sundays Pick-Up Soccer in Marina Green

Lace up your cleats and join us for a pickup soccer game every Sunday at Marina Green. All skill levels are welcome — come enjoy the bay views, get a good workout, and meet some new people. Bring water, sunscreen, and cleats. * Day: Every Sunday * Time: 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM * Location: Marina Green * Format: Casual pickup, teams mixed up each week. Skill levels vary, but everyone's respectful and just there to have fun. * Age Range: 18–55 * What to Bring: Cleats, water, black and white t-shirt Important: Don't rely on this Meetup listing for final game details. Exact times, locations, player counts, and live updates are managed in our WhatsApp group.

Spooktacular Halloween Matinee

Clarion celebrates its 10th year as a performing arts center with a Halloween haunted open house. Performers include musicians, poets, a tea master, students of Clarion Children's Theater, and a fun-for-all shadow puppet theater. Bring the whole family and participate in this joyous event. **FREE if you come in costume. Otherwise, you'll be CHARGED!**

ATA Open Screening - Short Film Festival

[https://www.atasite.org/engage/openscreening/](https://www.atasite.org/engage/openscreening/) Open Screening ATA’s Open Screening is the only monthly open submissions screening in the Bay Area. The first Thursday of every month we have an Open Screening. An Open Screening is where we invite local filmmakers to show their short subject films (under 15 mins.). It is a free event and you can either screen a film or just be a member of the audience. Either way it is FREE. Please let us know if you would like to screen something. We love films and would love to see yours. Artists’ Television Access is a San Francisco-based, artist-run, non-profit organization that cultivates and promotes culturally-aware, underground media and experimental art. We provide an accessible screening venue and gallery for the presentation of programmed and guest-curated screenings, exhibitions, performances, workshops and events. We believe in fostering a supportive community for the exhibition of innovative art and the exchange of non-conformist ideas. 992 Valencia Street \| San Francisco\, CA 94110 Submissions: To submit a digital file, email us at openscreening@atasite.org. 1 week advance submissions strongly recommended. If not, just walk in before the show. Maximum length: 15 min. We are equipped to show digital files, DVD, miniDV/DV-cam, VHS, beta, 8mm and 16mm. For 8mm and 16mm films, please give us advance notice. Show at 8:00 pm, doors open at 7:30. More Info: contact openscreening@atasite.org

Filmmaking Community Screening & Mixer

Member Montage: Filmmaking Community Screening & Mixer By BAVC Media Ninth Street Independent Film Center 145 9th Street #105 San Francisco, CA 94103 Thursday, October 29 • 6 PM - 8:30 PM Overview Local filmmakers sharing their work with the BAVC Media community, followed by a happy hour to connect with fellow creatives. Doors open at 6pm and the screening starts promptly at 6:15pm The Member Montage: Community Screening & Mixer is a new event series for Bay Area filmmakers. Creating a judgment-free space to share and workshop short films, music videos, passion projects, or works in progress with the BAVC Media community. There's no theme this time around, but spooky films are encouraged. Kick back after the screening for the happy hour and connect with other creatives to collaborate, network, discuss, and inspire one another. Who can attend? Anyone! This is a free and open event to watch some cool stuff and meet fellow artists, creatives, and filmmakers in the Bay Area. You can choose to give a voluntary donation if you have the means, but we want this event to be accessible to everyone. Please RSVP here too... https://www.eventbrite.com/e/member-montage-community-screening-mixer-tickets-2002102211610

The 32nd Annual Brainwash Movie Festival

## The 2026 Brainwash Shows Continue: ## A rarefied and unique event: Screening the weird, unusual and significantly great (but, probably, unheralded) movies of the world for the past 30 years. Every season, the Brainwash Movie Festival screens new movies, gives awards and now going online, too! Join us! Come on out for the shows! Nothin’ like it! ## **Fri., Nov. 13th, 2026** Externalities – *Dan McHale* 2:35 I Was Here – *José Crúzio, Martin Gerigk* 5:00 Kind Procedures – *Marco Santos* 2:54 Couch Ghosts – *Jiaxin Zheng* 5:09 Our 250th Anniversary – *Mary Vollero* 3:30 Mainline My Funk – *Black Shoe Polish Gerry Fialka & Tyler Bartram* 3:07 Lia: Body of Work – *Susan Weiss* 14:48 INVISIBLE WOUNDS – *Torsten Lang, Michael Durden* 1:17 Only Yesterday Has a Name – *Liana Vrajitoru Andreasen* 37:40 The Eye In Nothing – *Michael Edwards* 5:43 ### [Event info. and tickets on STRIDE for the Dresher Ensemble Studio shows 11/13, 14/2026 @ $12 each night or $20 for both](https://www.strideevents.com/the-32nd-annual-brainwash-movie-festival/event-information)

You Can See Everything

An Evening with Jane Schoenbrun!

Join us for a special evening with acclaimed filmmaker and writer **Jane Schoenbrun** ("Teenage Sex & Death At Camp Miasma", "I Saw The TV Glow"), celebrating the release of their debut novel, ***Public Access Afterworld***. **Schoenbrun will join us for a moderated conversation about the book and their work, followed by a screening of their acclaimed film *I Saw the TV Glow***. A mesmerizing mash-up of speculative fiction, horror, and conspiracy, *Public Access Afterworld* spans decades and realities, following an unforgettable ensemble of outsiders drawn into the mystery of a strange pirate television network broadcasting from somewhere beyond the static. *Ticket includes a pre-signed copy of Public Access Afterworld.* Additional books will be available for purchase at the event. Tickets: https://roxie.com/film/an-evening-with-jane-schoenbrun-public-access-afterworld-i-saw-the-tv-glow/ The event starts at 6 pm - we'll get in line no later than 5.30 pm. Buy your tickets now, this event might sell out. Please indicate in the event chat if you're interested in dinner before the show - happy to organize!

The American Indian Film Festival

Inaugural World Deaf & Disabled Dance Film Festival, Nov 6 - 7, 2026!

You are invited to our first-ever 2026 World Deaf and Disabled Dance Film Festival Friday Nov 6th-Saturday Nov 7th at YBCA in San Francisco presenting 28 incredible films highlighting artists and dancers from over the world! Friday Nov 6 6:00pm \- 9:00pm \| Evening Dance Documentary & Short Films Program Saturday Nov 7 11:30am \- 1:00pm \| Morning Dance Documentary Film Program 1 1:15pm \- 3:00pm \| Short Dance Film Program 1 4:00pm \- 6:00pm \| Short Dance Film Program 2 6:15pm \- 8:15pm \| Evening Dance Documentary Program 2 Film line up coming soon! Tickets $25 per individual program $80 Saturday All-Day Pass WDDDFF2026.eventbrite.com YBCA: 701 Mission St in SF - (Powell BART) Access Check: YBCA is ADA accessible, ASL interpreters will be provided and all films will be captioned and Audio Described. #WWDDDFF2026 [CONTENT DESCRIPTION: A promotional flyer for the World Deaf & Disabled Dance Film Festival. The background is a cosmic scene filled with blue, purple, pink, orange, and gold nebula clouds and stars. At the top center is a glowing rainbow globe wrapped with a golden film strip. Gold and cream text across the globe reads WORLD DEAF & DISABLED DANCE FILM FESTIVAL. At upper left is a red-and-white striped popcorn container with popcorn spilling above it. At upper right is a yellow ticket icon with a black star. Large gold, white, and cream text with black outlines fills the center and lower half of the flyer. A thin gold rounded rectangle frames the Friday and Saturday schedule. Along the bottom is a gold footer containing access and organizational logos, with a QR code at the far right. Text reads: WORLD DEAF & DISABLED DANCE FILM FESTIVAL Light Concessions Provided Tickets $25 per program $80 Saturday day pass November 6–7 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts 701 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103 Friday, November 6 6–9 PM: Evening Dance Documentary & Short Films Program Saturday, November 7 11:30 AM–1 PM: Morning Dance Documentary Film Program 1 1:15–3 PM: Short Dance Film Program 1 4–6 PM: Short Dance Film Program 2 6:15–8:15 PM: Evening Dance Documentary Program 2 Tickets here: WDDDFF2026.eventbrite.com The footer includes logos for sign language interpretation, closed captioning, audio description, and wheelchair accessibility symbols, followed by the YBCA, Urban Jazz Dance Company, Borealis Philanthropy, Intersection for the Arts, and FilmFreeway logos. A QR code appears at the bottom right. END CONTENT DESCRIPTION]

One Way Summit 2026: The Flagship Event for Immigrant Entrepreneurship

This event is organized by One Way Ventures. Our meetup group is collaborating by promoting this event. In order to attend, please register here: [One Way Summit 2026: The Flagship Event for Immigrant Entrepreneurship Tickets, Multiple dates | Eventbrite](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/one-way-summit-2026-the-flagship-event-for-immigrant-entrepreneurship-tickets-2000784038920?aff=oddtdtcreator) Our meetup members get a discount! Use promo code: IPODISCOUNT Hurry! Slots are limited! Annual gathering for visionary immigrant founders, builders, and investors. The One Way Summit is an all-day event spotlighting the visionary immigrant founders building over half of America’s unicorns and driving the future of US innovation. ​Held in the heart of San Francisco, this summit brings together 450+ visionary founders and investors for a day of tactical insights on fundraising, storytelling, and scaling globally. ​Expect: ​🎤 Speakers including founders of Slack, Lyft, Mercury and more ​💪 GPs and LPs who believe in the power of immigrant grit ​💬 Deep networking opportunities throughout the day ​🚪 Intimate, dynamic roundtables on startup strategy (VIP) ​🥂 Happy hour above the bay to wrap up the summit ​To those immigrant founders with an unstoppable drive and those investors looking to back the next unicorn — this is your community. If you would like a demo or marketing table please send an email message to: siliconvalleysponsor@gmail.com Put this in the subject header: Tabler - Oct. 28-29 One Way Summit 2026

Conversation Talk : Defending Our Rights, Fighting For Our Future

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