Special Events

These special events encompass community gatherings, live performances, conversations with filmmakers, and more. 

Festival Community Shabbat

Festival Community Shabbat

Gather in the JCCSF atrium for a community Shabbat to mark the midway point of SFJFF46 and celebrate the world premiere of "I Don’t Know What I’m Doing Here."

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I Don't Know What I'm Doing Here

I Don't Know What I'm Doing Here

Guided by her grandmother’s unmarked photographs, an American college student journeys through Romania, searching for the village her family once called home.

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Friday July 24, 2026
6:00 p.m.
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Saturday July 25, 2026
12:30 p.m.
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mdbr mdbr: Brian Chase & Annie Albagli

mdbr mdbr: Brian Chase & Annie Albagli

Pushing the boundaries of sound and image, drummer Brian Chase (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) presents a one-of-a-kind experimental collaboration with Bay Area-based video artist Annie Albagli, developed only for SFJFF46.

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Saturday July 25, 2026
6:00 p.m.
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

In Amy Heckerling's 1982 classic, a group of Southern California high school students navigate the ups and downs of adolescence, part-time jobs, and emerging sexuality over the course of one school year.

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Saturday July 18, 2026
9:30 p.m.
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The Day After

The Day After

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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Sunday July 26, 2026
11:30 a.m.
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