2026 San Francisco Dance Film Festival

The San Francisco Dance Film Festival returns this fall for its seventeenth year, presenting over 80 films from around the world. The 2026 edition offers audiences a kaleidoscopic look at dance in its varied forms, from world-class ballet to endangered folkloric traditions and everything in between. Eighteen in-person screenings take place October 23-November 8 at venues throughout San Francisco, featuring artist Q&As, masterclasses, and community gatherings that bring audiences and creators together. For those tuning in from afar, the Online Festival runs November 9-30.

With intimate documentaries, dazzling screendance, thrilling live performance captures, and much more, SFDFF 2026 invites you to celebrate the ever-evolving intersection of dance and film.

Explore the full schedule and all films at: https://sfdancefilmfest.org/fall-festival-2026/

SCHEDULE AT-A-GLANCE:

* includes a post-screening Q&A

FRIDAY, OCT 23 @ Lucasfilm Premier Theater

7:00PM: NUREYEV*

WEDNESDAY, OCT 28 @ Delancey Street Theater

6:30PM: THE PEOPLE’S PALACE

8:00PM: CHINA MOVES*

THURSDAY, OCT 29 @ Delancey Street Theater

7:00PM: MY BENJAMIN*

FRIDAY, OCT 30 @ Delancey Street Theater

7:00PM: OTTER LAKE*

WEDNESDAY, NOV 4 @ Catharine Clark Gallery

7:00PM: DANCE HEALS*

THURSDAY, NOV 5 @ SHACK15

7:00PM: CUE THE MUSIC

FRIDAY, NOV 6 @ Brava Theater

2:00PM: DOC SHORTS

6:00PM: IN OTHER WORDS

8:00PM: ROBERT SHIELDS: MY LIFE AS A ROBOT*

SATURDAY, NOV 7 @ Brava Theater

10:00AM: FILMMAKING MASTERCLASS SERIES (free!)

12:00PM: BODY LANGUAGE: SCREENDANCE SHORTS

3:00PM: BAREFOOT BOY*

6:00PM: THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS*

8:30PM: SPOTLIGHT SHORTS*

SUNDAY, NOV 8 @ Brava Theater

11:00AM: THE SEA*

1:30PM: LEAP! (family-friendly)

4:30PM: MAKE WORK*

7:30PM: BAY AREA SHORTS*

NOVEMBER 9-30, STREAMING WORLDWIDE

ONLINE FESTIVAL