
THE YOUNG VOTE
mvff 2022 United States TRAILBLAZERS BAMPFA, Sequoia 2, Virtual Oct 10, Oct 6, Oct 8, Oct 9 DOCS Active Cinema, Mind the Gap FilmTRAILBLAZERS | ACTIVE CINEMA | MIND THE GAP | DOCS
US 2022, 67 min, Director: Diane Robinson
As the United States teeters toward theocracy, it is painfully clear that the stakes in the upcoming midterm elections are nothing short of the life,…

TURN EVERY PAGE – THE ADVENTURES OF ROBERT CARO AND ROBERT GOTTLIEB
United States CREATE BAMPFA, Rafael 3 Oct 16, Oct 7 DOCS Mind the Gap FilmCREATE | MIND THE GAP | DOCS
US 2022, 112 min, Director: Lizzie Gottlieb
Fifty years, five books, four thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight pages…and counting. Lizzie Gottlieb’s gripping documentary focuses on the intersecting life's…

SHORTS: LUNAFEST
mvff 2022 United States BAMPFA, Virtual Oct 13, Oct 6 SHORTS Mind the Gap Film
MIND THE GAP
Total program 80 minutes
Eight short films that empower and inspire. How to Be at Home (Andrea Dorfman, 5 min): An animated poem reflects on coping with isolation during the pandemic. Close Ties to Home Country (Akanksha…

SANTOS—SKIN TO SKIN
mvff 2022 United States TRAILBLAZERS BAMPFA, Roxie Theater, Sequoia 2, Virtual Oct 14, Oct 16, Oct 6, Oct 8 DOCS Mind the Gap, Viva el Cine FilmTRAILBLAZERS | MIND THE GAP | ¡VIVA EL CINE! | DOCS
US 2022, 75 min, Director: Kathryn Golden
Bay Area music legend and activist John Santos takes center stage in this documentary thrumming with rhythm, passion, and cultural reflection. Known…

THE PUPILS (LE PUPILLE)
mvff 2022 Italy LAUGH BAMPFA, Lark Theater, Rafael 3, Sequoia 1 Oct 12, Oct 15, Oct 8, Oct 9 SHORTS FilmLAUGH | MIND THE GAP | SHORTS
Italy 2022, 37 min, Director: Alice Rohrwacher
From the very first frames of Alice Rohrwacher’s The Pupils, “a film clumsily and freely based on a letter the writer Elsa Morante sent to her friend Goffredo…

PLAN 75
Japan SPIRIT BAMPFA, Rafael 2 Oct 14, Oct 15 WORLD CINEMA FilmSPIRIT | WORLD
Japan 2022, 112 min, Director: Chie Hayakawa
Chie Hayakawa’s feature debut, which premiered at Cannes, puts our ageist society under a microscope. This dystopian drama may provoke comparisons to 1970s-era classics Logan’s…

ONE FINE MORNING (UN BEAU MATIN)
mvff 2022 France BAMPFA, Rafael 3 Oct 8, Oct 9 WORLD CINEMA Mind the Gap FilmMIND THE GAP | WORLD
France 2022, 112 min, Director: Mia Hansen-Løve
Even more moving for eschewing excess drama, writer-director Mia Hansen-Løve’s subtle film is a bittersweet exploration of how the vicissitudes of fate and the passage…

FANTASTIC NEGRITO: HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND YET?
mvff 2022 United States TRAILBLAZERS BAMPFA, Lark Theater, Virtual Oct 15, Oct 16, Oct 6 DOCS FilmTRAILBLAZERS | DOCS
US 2022, 93 min, Director: Yvan Iturriaga, Francisco Núñez Capriles
This locally made doc packs a lot of life into 90 minutes — specifically, the super-sized life of Xavier Dephrepaulezz, better known as Grammy-winning…

DECISION TO LEAVE
South Korea BAMPFA, Rafael 2 Oct 15, Oct 9 WORLD CINEMA FilmWORLD
South Korea 2022, 138 min, Director: Park Chan-wook
South Korean auteur Park Chan-wook continues his transformation from ace provocateur to mature master with this elegant Hitchcockian thriller about obsession and the mysteries of the…

CHARCOAL (CARVÃO)
Brazil BAMPFA, Roxie Theater, Sequoia 1 Oct 15, Oct 7, Oct 8 WORLD CINEMA Mind the Gap, Viva el Cine FilmMIND THE GAP | ¡VIVA EL CINE! | WORLD
Brazil, Argentina 2022, 107 min, Director: Carolina Markowicz
Writer-director Carolina Markowicz’s evocative feature debut is the kind of film that makes you love cinema more than ever. Irene (Maeve…