Founded by filmmaker Bruce Baillie in 1961, San Francisco Cinematheque is the Bay Area’s premier venue for avant-garde/experimental, underground and personally expressive film, video and media performance, inspiring aesthetic dialog among artists, stimulating critical discourse, and encouraging appreciation of artist-made cinema across the broader cultural landscape.
CROSSROADS 2024 is the 15th manifestation of Cinematheque's annual film festival. CROSSROADS 2024 consists of 10 programs featuring 75 works of film and video by 68 artists representing 19 countries and territories. Cinematheque is proud to announce that, of these 75 featured artists, 28 are receiving their CROSSROADS debut this year.
As usual, CROSSROADS 2024 is replete with works from well-known filmmakers and “new discoveries.” Major themes of this year’s festival include considerations of personal and collective history in the context of global politics; accountings of urban and natural landscape in the Anthropocene era; contemplations of erotics, isolation and identity in an increasingly virtualized world; and the status of myth in contemporary culture.
Highlights of the festival include a bittersweet portrait of the late San Francisco Art Institute by long-time San Francisco filmmaker Dominic Angerame, a poignant consideration of the poetry of VietNam War veteran Yusef Komunyakaa by Morgan Quaintance; elaborate experimental docs and essay films by Mary Helena Clark, Ross Meckfessel and Parinda Mai and major works of experimental cinema by 68 contemporary artists.
Artists to Screen: Dominic Angerame* | Luis Arnías | Sarah Ballard* | Dianna Barrie | Yuula Benivolski | Laura Moreno Bueno | Khalil Charif | Heehyun Choi | Mary Helena Clark | Colectivo Los Ingrávidos | Michael Damm* | Julia Dogra-Brazell | Kate Dollenmayer* | Ayanna Dozier | Sam Drake* | James Edmonds | Kevin Jerome Everson | Federica Foglia | Alison Folland* | Blanca García | Vincent Grenier | Maya Gurantz* | Anna Hogg | Marisa Hoicka* | Mike Hoolboom | Sky Hopinka | Adina Ionescu-Muscel | Tristen Ives | Ville Koskinen | Laura Kraning | Simon Liu | Parinda Mai* | Pedro Maia | Ryan Marino* | J.M. Martínez* | Ross Meckfessel | Antoni Orlof | Chantal Partamian | Alee Peoples* | Agnès Perrais | Christiana Perschon | Deborah S. Phillips | Leonardo Pirondi* | Maximilien Luc Proctor | Charlotte Pryce* | Morgan Quaintance | Zazie Ray-Trapido* | Francisco Rojas | Margaret Rorison* | Niyaz Saghari | Azar Saiyar | Craig Scheihing | Kelly Sears | Barbara Sternberg | Deborah Stratman | Alina Taalman | TT Takemoto* | Christopher Thompson | Richard Tuohy | Zulaa Urchuud | Janelle VanderKelen | Ellie Vanderlip* | Friedl vom Gröller | Elizabeth M. Webb | Micah Weber | Matt Whitman | Sebastian Wiedemann | Sheri Wills | Chae Yu
* indicates anticipated filmmaker in person
For our third year, CROSSROADS is presented in collaboration with venue partner Gray Area, San Francisco.
San Francisco Cinematheque and CROSSROADS 2024 are supported by contributions from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, California Revealed, the Fleishhacker Foundation, the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund/Grants for the Arts and Cinematheque’s Members and Donors.