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CAAMFest
Happens in Bay Area
7-10 May 2026
The CAAMFest 2026 Film Fan Pass is available for pre-sale for the upcoming festival, taking place May 7-10 in San Francisco.
The Film Fan Pass gives access to all CAAMFest films and public programs. This includes all Gala Presentations, regular screenings, and discussions. Film Fan Pass holders will also receive priority access for all screenings.
The Pass can be purchased for a special early-bird discount of $300 through April 1, then prices go up to $350.
Kintsukuroi
Begins streaming
19 May 2026
Written & Directed by
Kerwin Berk
Starring
Ryan Takemiya, Kealani Kitaura, Ken Takeda, Chizu Omori
Synopsis
historical epic currently captivating audiences on the festival circuit, Kintsukuroi chronicles the forced incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans under President Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II. The film follows two Northern California families whose lives are destroyed as they are torn from their homes and sent to desolate prison camps, while their sons fight bravely on European battlefields. Spanning continents and generations, Kintsukuroi is a powerful portrait of resilience and dignity in the face of injustice—an intimate human drama set against one of America’s darkest chapters.
DOCFest 2026*
*25th Anniversary edition
Runs
28 May - 7 June, 2026
The Silver Anniversary of the annual San Francisco Documentary Film Festival (SF DocFest) will take place from May 28 to June 7, 2026. Celebrating non-fiction films and organized by the parent organization, SF IndieFest, the festival will feature a hybrid format, with iwith in-person presentations at the Roxie Theater, 3118 16th Street and the Vogue Theater, 3290 Sacramento St in San Francisco, alongside virtual screenings.
The full festival program will be announced on May 6, 2026..
I Swear
Opens in Bay Area
24 April 2026
Written & Directed by
Kirk Jones
Starring
Robert Aramayo, Maxine Peake, Shirley Henderson, Peter Mullan, and Scott Ellis Watson
Synopsis
Based on the life story of Tourette's Syndrome campaigner John Davidson, MBE. Set within 1980s Britain, the story follows him throughout his troubled teens and early adulthood, and explores this little known and entirely misunderstood condition, along with his attempts to live a ‘normal’ life against the odds.