“Farewell, Mr. Haffman” guides the viewer through the world of Vichy France, where lives are irrevocably shaped by the twin scourges of war and the black market. Rich in moral complexity and empathy, with several twists too good to spoil, this is grand, big-screen adult entertainment at its finest. Senior discount available. Get tickets. Tuesday, June […]
This film profiles Oakland-based NAACP activist Kareem Weaver, who believes literacy is one of the greatest civil rights issues of our time and is fighting for better reading instruction. “What good is winning the right to vote if we can’t even read the ballot?” Fed up with the bleak reading scores in his own community, […]
Thursday, August 1, 7 pm, at Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St., Sebastopol. $15.25. With unprecedented access to Taiwan’s sitting head of state, director Vanessa Hope investigates the election and tenure of Tsai Ing-wen, the first female president of Taiwan. Thorough, incisive and bristling with tension, Invisible Nation is a living account of Tsai’s tightrope walk […]
Saturday and Sunday, August 3-4, 1:30 pm at Rialto Cinemas Sebastopol, 6868 McKinley St., Sebastopol. $15.75 A benefit for Forgotten Felines. Cat Video Fest is a compilation reel of the latest and best cat videos culled from countless hours of unique submissions and sourced animations, music videos, and classic internet powerhouses. Cat Video Fest is […]
Saturday, August 3, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm At Polly Baseball Field in Ives Park, Sebastopol. Free. Live music, screening of The Peanuts Movie (2015), trivia, food truck, popcorn, candy, beverages, local beer and wine, Hosted by the Sebastopol Chamber of Commerce.
SDFF is an Oscar ® qualifying Film Festival for documentaries in the short form. Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival is proudly progressive, often featuring spotlights on social justice, journalism, current issues. When the right films come through we’ve programmed different POV’s of the same story. Given the proliferation of AI, documentary might become our only touchstone […]
Join us for a film screening of Olympia Stone’s new film Always Looking, which delves into the work of photographer Titus Brooks Heagins, highlighting the systemic neglect of society’s most vulnerable. His humanizing yet confrontational photos document those marginalized by poverty, race, gender, and sexual identity. The film also explores Titus’ own challenge capturing the […]
Join us for a film screening of Olympia Stone’s new film Always Looking, which delves into the work of photographer Titus Brooks Heagins, highlighting the systemic neglect of society’s most vulnerable. His humanizing yet confrontational photos document those marginalized by poverty, race, gender, and sexual identity. The film also explores Titus’ own challenge capturing the […]
The David Lynch Retrospective at the Rialto Cinemas continues with the films Blue Velvet, Dune, Elephant Man, Eraserhead, Inland Empire, Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive, Twin Peaks, and Wild at Heart. Go here, then scroll down to see the Lynch films. Now to May 22, varied times, at Rialto Cinemas 6868 McKinley St., Sebastopol.
Exit Through The Gift Shop: A Banksy Film + Graffiti Artist Panel $20.00 Friday, August 15, 2025; 5-8pm Join us for a special screening of Exit Through the Gift Shop, the Oscar-nominated documentary directed by the elusive street artist Banksy. This thought-provoking and often humorous film delves into the underground world of street art, blurring […]