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SF Women's Film Festival presents a program of seven short films made by women from America, Spain and the UK. The films explore subjects as wide-ranging as human cloning, dealing with grief and loss, and the search for identity. The film presentation will be followed by a filmmaker q & a session. Learn more...

21 Days To Nawroz is a documentary feature that explores the lives of three very different Kurdish women: a feminist attorney, an eight year-old girl, and a tech-savvy young woman. It is a story of hope and courage in the most unlikely of places, and an exploration of how the experimental democracy of Kurdistan has affected women. Learn more...

SF Women's Film Festival honors Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfland with the festival's tribute award for her many contributions to cinema, community building, and social justice. This event is a celebration of Helfland's work and her 20-year anniversary as a cancer survivor. Helfland's film A Healthy Baby Girl, about her experience with cancer will be screened, as well as her other works Blue Vinyl and EK Velt. Learn more...

A charismatic figure immortalized in Tom Wolfe's book The Right Stuff, Florence "Pancho" Barnes was one of the most important women in 20th century aviation. A tough and fearless pilot, Pancho flew on Amelia Earhart's wingtip, performed as a barnstormer throughout California, and made a name for herself as Hollywood's first female stunt pilot in the 1920s and '30s. Learn more...

The popular Giants of Jazz on Film series features The Great Jazz Singers. Jazz scholar and collector Mark Cantor presents and narrates ultra-rare film clips from his private collection, featuring classic performances by Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Nat "King" Cole, Sarah Vaughan and many more legendary vocalists. Learn more...