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San Diego Film Festivals and Special Screenings

67 film festivals and special screenings scheduled in and around San Diego County.

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Balboa Park

Museum of Photographic Arts	Empty Iris Sep 22	A film developed, produced, and completely made by young San Diego artists.
Museum of Photographic Arts	40 North Dance Film Festival: Experimental Short Films Sep 28	Come experience artistic and experimental filmmaking for a 50 minunte program of short films, followed ...
Museum of Photographic Arts	GI Film Festival San Diego Oct 18	KPBS is proud to present the 2017 GI Film Festival San Diego. ...
Museum of Photographic Arts	GI Film Festival San Diego Opening Night Oct 18	KPBS is proud to present the 2017 GI Film Festival San Diego, ...
Museum of Photographic Arts	San Diego Film Week March 2, 2018	The Second Annual San Diego Film Week is a ten-day-long celebration of ...

Carlsbad

Schulman Auditorium at Carlsbad City Library	Carlsbad Film Series: Get on Up Sep 27	Based on the life story of the Godfather of Soul, Get on ...
Schulman Auditorium at Carlsbad City Library	Carlsbad Film Series: Fences Oct 11	In this Academy Award for Best Picture nominated film, Troy Maxson is ...
Schulman Auditorium at Carlsbad City Library	Carlsbad Film Series: Nebraska Oct 18	The story of a man who tries to get through to his ...
Schulman Auditorium at Carlsbad City Library	Carlsbad Film Series: The Music Never Stopped Oct 25	Henry Sawyer learns that his estranged son Gabriel has been diagnosed with ...

Chula Vista

Chula Vista Civic Center Library

Classic Film Discussion Series: Out of the Past

Sep 27

Film Forum and the Friends of the Chula Vista Library present Out ...

Chula Vista Civic Center Library

Film Forum: Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Oct 11

Director Taika Waititi takes us on a whirlwind adventure through the New ...

Chula Vista Civic Center Library

Film Forum: The 39 Steps

Oct 25

The Friends of the Chula Vista Library present The 39 Steps, followed ...

Clairemont

Reading Cinemas Town Square

The Playground

Oct 12

Winner of San Diego’s Best Feature Award at the San Diego Film Awards, ...

Del Cerro

Temple Emanu-El

Film Discussion: The Wedding Plan

Oct 16

Dumped by her fiancé, the spirited bride-to-be Michal (Noa Koler) keeps her ...

Temple Emanu-El

Film Discussion Class: In a Lonely Place

Nov 20

Humphrey Bogart stars as a potentially violent screenwriter who is suspected of ...

Downtown San Diego

Chuang Archive and Learning Center

Finding Samuel Lowe: Film Screening and Book Signing

Nov 18

Finding Samuel Lowe, produced by Paula Madison, is a documentary film that ...

El Cajon

El Cajon Library

Tony the Movie

Oct 7

Directed by local filmmaker Dennis Stein, the documentary sheds light on the ...

Escondido

Escondido Library

Sky Takes a Bite Out of Crime

Sep 30

Art Animates Life Films will premiere it newest short film, named a ...

Hillcrest

Joyce Beers Uptown Community Center

Healing Phenomenon

Oct 15

About the life of Bruno Groening. During the showing of the film ...

La Jolla

David and Dorothea Garfield Theatre

Saving Neta with Nir Bergman

Oct 10

Join one of Israel’s most acclaimed directors, Nir Bergman, for the USA ...

David and Dorothea Garfield Theatre

An Evening of Israeli Cinema with David Ofek

Nov 15

A new film by one of the leading filmmakers in Israel and current ...

La Mesa

Grossmont Center

Film Discussion Class: The Salt of the Earth

Oct 20

The saga of striking miners in New Mexico was produced by blacklisted ...

Grossmont Center

Film Discussion Class: The Wedding Plan

Dec 14

30 days. 1 wedding. No groom. No problem. Dumped by her fiancé, ...

Liberty Station

Liberty Station Marketplace

Ghostbusters

Oct 14

Second Cinema Saturday Movie. Grab a picnic blanket or a low back-chair and ...

LOT: Liberty Station

San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival: Fermented

Nov 13

Food and film converge at this year’s San Diego Bay Wine & Food ...

Mission Beach

Santa Clara Point Recreation Center

Movies in the Park

Oct 7

Games, activities, a snack bar, bounce house, more. Families can bring their ...

Mission Valley

AMC Mission Valley

GI Film Festival

Oct 18

KPBS is proud to present the 2017 GI Film Festival San Diego, ...

North Park

Art Produce Gallery	40 North Dance Film Festival: Immersive/Interactive Dance Media Installations Sep 28	San Diego’s resident dance film festival presents two works of interactive and ...
Art Produce Gallery	40 North Dance Film Festival Panel: Women Effecting Change Sep 29	Creating New Space: Women Effecting Change through Media and Performance Arts is ...
Art Produce Gallery	40 North Dance Film Festival: Immersive/Interactive Dance Media Installations Sep 30	San Diego’s resident dance film festival presents two works of interactive and ...
Art Produce Gallery	40 North Dance Film Festival: Grand Finale Sep 30	Art Produce will present their Closing Finale Showcase, a 75 minute program ...
Observatory North Park	Tony - The Movie Oct 28	Local business owner Dennis Stein will debut his documentary Tony – The ...