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San Francisco International Film Festival · 2026

San Francisco International Film Festival 2026

Documentary Competition

Programme

3 films

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Hair, Paper, Water... (Tóc, Giây và Nuóc...)

An ode to an elderly healer and to Rục, her endangered mother tongue.

(Country: Belgium, France, Vietnam; Year: 2025; Director: Nicolas Graux, Trương Minh Quý; Stars: Cao Thị Hậu, Cao Xuân Doanh, Cao Thị Hiệu)

Time And Water

Facing the death of his country’s glaciers and the loss of his beloved grandparents, Icelandic writer Andri Snær Magnason turns his archives into a time capsule to hold what is slipping away — family, memory, time, and water.

(Country: US, Iceland; Year: 2026; Director: Sara Dosa; Writer: Sara Dosa, Erin Casper, Jocelyne Chaput, Andri Snær Magnason)

Yo (Love Is A Rebellious Bird)

Through beautifully constructed miniature sets and puppets, directors Anna Fitch and Banker White craft an elegy to the life and times of Anna’s beloved friend, Yo.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Anna Fitch, Banker White; Stars: Yolanda Shea, Anna Fitch, Dylan White)