We are very honored to be celebrating our 6th annual Pictoclik Film Festival. Join us on the red carpet November 3rd at Delancey Street Theater in San Francisco and watch as emerging and established filmmakers from around the world compete in a friendly challenge to see who will take home the Audience Choice Award. Doors open at 6:15p for red carpet photos and seating. At the end of the program there will be a Q&A session with the attending filmmakers and a brief award ceremony. Those with stamina are free to join us for libations and conversation at the after party.

Cake Day

Cast: Natalie Bonner
Crew: Joshua Choran, Kevin Wayne, Jason O’Brien

One young woman’s candid start to her day opens up to reveal a personal piece of her past that has carried over to the present. BUY TICKETS

The Butter Knife

Cast: Shalini Bathina, Daniel Halden
Crew: Eshaana Sheth, Sean Cruser

A young British man and American woman navigate misunderstandings on a first date that takes a bizarre turn. BUY TICKETS

Me Too

Cast: Ayeshah Rose, Tony Paulley, Ellen Westberg, John Boychuk
Crew: Ayeshah Rose, Tony Paulley

A young vibrant, aspiring artist, who thrives on chance, puts her absolute all into auditioning to a panel of producers and a casting director for a rare opportunity for a part in a film. A moment in time to fight for this job, to prove she is talented, attractive and good enough to be noticed. Amongst the situational tension, it seems her dramatic and genuine depth of a performance may not be enough to stand out in hope of securing a role. She knows what she must do. She understands what is expected of her. What extremes must women go to for an opportunity to have an opportunity? BUY TICKETS

Stay Brown

Cast: Adrian Nava
Crew: Adrian Nava, Sandra Lopez

Stay Brown is about a larger-than-life former lowrider named Che from the Mission District of San Francisco. His persona and old school lifestyle inspired the character Che Rivera played by childhood friend and actor Benjamin Bratt (Coco, The Infiltrator) in the 2009 indie film “La Mission,” written and directed by brother Peter Bratt (Follow Me Home, Dolores). BUY TICKETS

Couch Potato Chronicles Season 2

Cast: Lainnie Felan, Alejandro Patino, Elena Campbell-Martinez, Christopher Rivas
Crew: Annique Arredondo, Lainnie Felan, Ken Pulgar-Vidal, Amanda N. Adams, Wade Patterson

Latinx Millennial Zuraya Cruz dives deeper into her television obsession, more clues are revealed about the cause of the apocalypse, while the Cruz family fights to survive in the expansive forest, where unexpected surprises lurk around every corner. BUY TICKETS

Ainhoa

Cast: Aurelia Schikarsky, Josean bengoetxea, Fele Martinez, Natalia Mateo, Gorka Aguinagalde
Crew: Ivan Sainz-Pardo, Aitor Arenas

Ainhoa is 9 years old and she has left home, bringing only her school bag and a Playmobil.
“Ainhoa is a story that, instead of trying to put children to sleep, tries to wake up the adults.” BUY TICKETS

7:30 Program

We are very honored to be celebrating our 4th annual Women in Cinema showcase. These films from around the world feature leading ladies on and off the screen in key positions. In the past, we’ve screened 6-8 short films at this event. This year, we are excited to announce we’ll be showcasing 13 films from around the world. We’ve broken up the showcase into two programs to accommodate the increase in films. There will be a 5:30p program and a 7:30p program on Sunday, August 26th, 2018. At the end of each program, we will conclude with a Q&A with the Filmmakers in attendance. Those with stamina can join us at the after-party at a nearby location for libations and networking.

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The Ties That Bind

An infertile woman in 1960 Taiwan tries to save her family by letting her husband sleep with and impregnate her twin sister. The baby their coupling produces, however, might only serve to drive the family further apart.

CREW: Bruce Hsin-Ta Chiu, Mario Mastromarino, Assata Jackson, Bill Piyatut H.
CAST: Eon Song, Alvin Lam, Gloria Ho

ABIDE

As a man faces the reality of his wife’s dementia, he must decide whether to hold on to his guilt or let her go.

CREW: Molly Vernon, Derek J. Samms, Larry McKee
CAST: David Matranga, Celeste Roberts, Greg Dean

DARE

In 2038, where driving becomes banned, two siblings rebel against the government to save their family’s most precious thing: their car.

CREW: Manuela Vasquez, Laura Fernanda, Julian Bueno, Laura Fernanda
CAST: Jhonny Rey Diaz, Ania Catherine, Isabelle Ruthstrom, Gretar Gardarsson

Annabelle Crane

ANNABELLE CRANE is the story of a novelist who searches for inspiration at a writer’s retreat, Blackpoint Manor. As isolation, obsession and anxiety take over, her experiences at Blackpoint may unravel her forever.

CREW: Wyatt Lake, Daniel Hynes, Jalen Marcus, Payne Cowley, Sol Ye, Adam Hull, Sara Korajczck
CAST: Laura Campbell, James Neal, Don Lake

hoods

Upon finding her beloved Grams dead, Scarlet must unravel truths about Grams torrid past in order to carry on her legacy.

CREW: Maja Aro, Jeffery Aro, Louisa Phung
CAST: Eva Bourne, Aleks Paunovic, Gabrielle Rose, Ty Olsson

Maggie

‘Maggie’ is a family drama about a woman named Linda, who has recently become the stepmother of an overly imaginative little girl named Maggie. Linda’s goal is to be accepted as Maggie’s mother, despite Maggie’s tendency to rebel and embarrass her by carrying around a strange homemade doll.

CREW: Lindsay Kampenhout, Dhane Taylor

5:30 Program

We are very honored to be celebrating our 4th annual Women in Cinema showcase. These films from around the world feature leading ladies on and off the screen in key positions. In the past, we’ve screened 6-8 short films at this event. This year, we are excited to announce we’ll be showcasing 13 films from around the world. We’ve broken up the showcase into two programs to accommodate the increase in films. There will be a 5:30p program and a 7:30p program on Sunday, August 26th, 2018. At the end of each program, we will conclude with a Q&A with the Filmmakers in attendance. Those with stamina can join us at the after-party at a nearby location for libations and networking.

CLICK HERE TO GET TICKETS

Stationary

After a traumatic event, Rose, an enigmatic young woman, decides to flee her hometown and to start over in a new city. She is convinced that this is the only way to escape her traumatic past. In London, she tries to rebuild her life while denying her own unhappiness. However, an encounter with her mysterious neighbor, Ryan will turn her world upside down.

CREW: Jeanne Boyé, Kikki Strupat, Shaun Rhodes
CAST: Sonya Cullingford, Joshua Hayes

CUBE

The film tells about the dramatic fate of a woman at her fifties working in an ordinary children’s music school as a cleaner. But this woman is not as simple as it seems at first glance. In the process of history, we learn that in the early years she was talented and full of promise violinist.

CREW: Maksim Kodarov, Sain Gabdullin
CAST: Zhanna Nabiyeva

AFTER

After a tragic global event, two sisters return to their childhood home to get supplies for the new world. One is searching for more.
The other finds more.

CREW: Emily Scott
CAST: Emily Scott, Kim Hollkamp

CONTROL

In this shockingly dark but utterly poignant comedy from Alison Becker and Kimmy Gatewood, a depressed woman contemplates ending her life, if she could just get everything in order first.

CREW: Kimmy Gatewood, Alison Becker, Devin Doyle, Matthew C. Johnson
CAST: Alison Becker

I’m Not Sure Today

An anxiety ridden woman is about to attend her ex’s wedding, but becomes caught up in her own fears of being incomplete, she shares a moment of doubt and uncertainty about her undetermined future with her friend.

CREW: Siraya Saicheua , Pacharin Surawatanapongs
CAST: Rinrada Pornsombutsatien, Milin Wintachai

Trail Past Prejudice

With hate crimes against brown-skinned people on the rise, Sheela is conflicted whether to trust a white man she runs into while jogging, or to treat him with the same prejudice she often encounters.

CREW: Shruti Tewari, Kavya Tewari, Laikh Tewari, S. Viknesh, Shaan Memon, Steven Lagosh, Anthony Cotton
CAST: Shruti Tewari, Dave Garrett, Titus Vikneswarra

Princess Pussy

Diana really wants to have sex, but she unknowingly suffers from vaginismus or “Locked Vagina Syndrome.” Her vagina contracts involuntarily rendering any type of penetration, whether sexual or non-sexual, impossible or extremely painful. She seeks advice from an overly familiar gynecologist and a self-described ‘sexpert.’ All the while her mind races constantly with imagined situations: what she thinks will happen, what she wants to happen, and what she fears will happen.

CREW: Renée Sevier, Justin Molinari, Ashton Green, Nina Isaacson, Kate Nahvi, David Greenplate
CAST: Daniela Montalvo, Gemma McIlhenny, Kristy Goldy, Mala Wright, Michelle Pauls