Film / Video

YBCA curates a series of monthly film/video screenings with a focus on experimental and alternative films and documentaries. YBCA also hosts screenings for a select group of community partner organizations. Click the link at left for a list of our current partners.

Seating in the YBCA Screening Room is limited and screenings often sell out. Guarantee your seats by purchasing in advance online or by calling 415.978.2787. Otherwise, plan to arrive early or call ahead for seating availability.

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YBCA and San Francisco International Film Festival present Scott Arford: Static Life

May 7, 2008

Over the last decade, Arford has been shaping the Bay Area’s new media culture, producing video and musical works and developing exhibition spaces. This program presents both a retrospective and his latest multimedia performance …



YBCA presents Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

May 8–10, 2008

Infused with Ukrainian folk music, religious symbolism, dazzling colors and dizzying camerawork, the film is a chaotic and lyrical tour de force …



YBCA presents I’ll Be Your Mirror: J’entends plus la guitare (I Don’t Hear The Guitar Anymore)

May 15 & 16, 2008

A dramatized version of Philippe Garrel's traumatic love affair with his muse, musician Nico, made three years after her death.



YBCA presents I’ll Be Your Mirror: The Velvet Underground And Nico: A Symphony Of Sound

May 15 & 16, 2008

Andy Warhol’s raw film of the Velvet Underground and Nico, live at the Factory in 1966.



YBCA presents Homoccult & Other Esoterotica

May 17, 2008

Satan queers and psychedelic wild boys unite. For extreme tastes, this gay-themed shorts program examines the occult, magick, erotic rituals, pain rituals and other mystic esoterica.



YBCA presents I’ll Be Your Mirror: Le lit de la vierge (The Virgin’s Bed)

May 18, 2008

A minimalist-psychedelic retelling of the Christ story, shot in Brittany, Morocco, and Rome under the influence of LSD.



YBCA presents Witchcraft Weekend: Witchcraft Through The Ages

May 23, 2008

Using animation, creature effects, nightmarish sets, reenactments of satanic rituals and intense sexual imagery, it weaves a tale both darkly humorous and quite disturbing …



YBCA presents Witchcraft Weekend: The Witchmaker

May 24, 2008

Not without it’s schlocky elements, this eerie and atmospheric movie is considered by some to be one of the most compelling witchcraft films ever made …



YBCA presents Witchcraft Weekend: Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs

May 25, 2008

Disney's unforgettable classic tells the story of a jealous evil queen who tries to kill her beautiful stepdaughter, Snow White, who escapes into the forest and discovers the Seven Dwarfs …



YBCA presents Witchcraft Weekend: Day of Wrath

May 25, 2008

Filmed during the Nazi occupation of Denmark, Day of Wrath is a harrowing drama about the church's persecution of women for witchcraft in the 17th century …



San Francisco Jewish Film Festival presents Arranged

May 28, 2008

This excellent drama chronicles a friendship that crosses cultures and reveals that two young women—an Orthodox Jew and a Muslim—share much in common—not least of which is the fact that they are both going through arranged marriages …



YBCA presents Day is Done

May 29, 2008 — RE-SCHEDULED SCREENING

A new video work by Los Angeles artist Mike Kelley, Day is Done is a twisted semi-musical that examines American subcultures through sketches based on photographs found in high school yearbooks …




YBCA's programs are made possible in part by:

The Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund
LEF Foundation

Novellus   |   Citibank   |   Whole Foods

YBCA Film/Video media sponsor:

SF Weekly

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