Schedule

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  • JCCSF
  • Piedmont Theatre
  • Roxie Theater
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  • Narrative Features
  • Next Wave
  • Special Events
July 26, 2026

Next Wave Spotlight: Act One

USA English SFJFF 2026
July 26
Roxie Theater
3117 16th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
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In this rhythmic psychological thriller, a lonely aspiring teen actress finds herself drawn to an acting teacher who pulls her into a web of desire and control, blurring the lines of seduction and obsession.

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Work in Progress Screening: The Day After

Ireland Israel Palestine United Kingdom Arabic English Hebrew SFJFF 2026
July 26
JCCSF: Kanbar Hall
3200 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94118
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Amid rising tensions and the outbreak of war, a group of Israelis and Palestinians travel to Northern Ireland to hear and to try to tell an impossible story: how bitter enemies finally make peace.

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Far From Maine

Denmark France Hungary Italy Norway Switzerland English SFJFF 2026
July 26
JCCSF: Kanbar Hall
3200 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94118
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As if speaking to a childhood Palestinian friend killed by Israeli police in 2000, an Arab-Jewish Israeli filmmaker meditates on lifelong personal grief, collective trauma, and Israel-Palestine today. 

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Centerpiece Documentary: Holofiction

Austria Germany English
July 26
JCCSF: Kanbar Hall
3200 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94118
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This experimental film explores the visual representation of the Holocaust through a montage of thousands of excerpts from film and television from 1938 to the present to critically examine how Holocaust imagery has been codified and reproduced in cinema across decades.

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The Legend of Juan Jose Mundo

USA English
July 26
JCCSF: Kanbar Hall
3200 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94118
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It’s 1984 in suburban New York and Julie Gornick is hosting a charismatic, larger-than-life Spanish exchange student. As he starts hooking up with the girls in her class, Julie falls in love with him. Or what she thinks is love.

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