☀️ Memorial Weekend is almost here—and it’s almost been ONE year since CAFILM reopened the Sequoia Cinema in Mill Valley! To celebrate, we're bringing back... 🎟️ $1 MOVIES. 4w533i

Catch some of these film favorites on the big screen! 🍿

• Best in Show
• Amélie
• Moonrise Kingdom
• Raiders of the Lost Ark
• Pee-wee's Big Adventure
• Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
• Chocolat
• Labyrinth
• The Maltese Falcon
• La Dolce Vita

CAFILM is proud to present our third Pride series, this year in partnership with Frameline49! us as we celebrate exceptional LGBTQ+ films that are thought-provoking, insightful and entertaining – A celebration of the varied and vibrant community they reflect. Our goal is to promote LGBTQ+ understanding, provide a safe space for queer individuals, families and allies, and foster an inclusive community for all.

Find tickets + showtimes: rafaelfilm.cafilm.org/pride-2025

• Outerlands
• The Nature of Invisible Things
• Dreamers
• Four Mothers
• In the Best Interests of the Children

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• Bonjour Tristesse
• When Fall Is Coming
• The Penguin Lessons
• The Wedding Banquet
• Sinners
• Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
• Lilly
• Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted

  Coming soon

• Little Buddha

  Coming Soon

• Jane Austen Wrecked My Life

  Coming Soon

See what's playing at the Rafael & Sequoia! Apr 25 - May 1
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• Starman
• One to One: John & Yoko
• The President's Wife
• The Penguin Lessons
• Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii
• When Fall Is Coming
• Bonjour Tristesse
• The Wedding Banquet

  Sequoia

• On Swift Horses

  Sequoia

Go to doclands.com to watch this year's official trailer and see the full list of programs, filmmaker guests, + more!

Please note - there may be a few titles missing - go to doclands.com for the FULL list!

• Champions of the Golden Valley
• Free Leonard Peltier
• Ghosts of the Sea
• I Need You: 53 Years of the Band America
• Incandescence
• The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism (& How It Came to Control Your Life)
• The Invisible Mammal
• The Last Expedition
• A Radical Thread
• Remaining Native

...plus 11 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

See what's playing at the Rafael & Sequoia! Mar 28 - Apr 3
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• Thank You Very Much

  Sequoia Cinema, Mill Valley

• The Friend

  Sequoia Cinema, Mill Valley

• Black Bag

  Sequoia Cinema, Mill Valley

• Mickey 17

  Sequoia Cinema, Mill Valley

• No Other Land
• Bob Trevino Likes It
• O Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder
• The Penguin Lessons
• There's Still Tomorrow
• The Way, My Way

...plus 5 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Anora
• The Brutalist
• Conclave
• Dune: Part Two
• Emilia Pérez
• Flow
• I'm Still Here
• The Only Girl in the Orchestra
• A Real Pain
• Wicked

Here are the 2025 Oscar nominees that were seen via CAFILM—either at the Smith Rafael Film Center, Sequoia Cinema, DocLands or the Mill Valley Film Festival.

Save the date - Sun, Mar 2 for our Awards Night Watch Party! A benefit for CAFILM Education. Get tickets - rafaelfilm.org

• Alien: Romulus
• Anora
• The Apprentice
• Better Man
• Black Box Diaries
• Blitz
• The Brutalist
• A Complete Unknown
• Conclave
• A Different Man

...plus 21 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

97TH OSCARS® SHORTLISTS IN 10 AWARD CATEGORIES ANNOUNCED HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED! Here are the films that were seen via CAFILM—either at the Smith Rafael Film Center, Sequoia Cinema, DocLands or the Mill Valley Film Festival.

• Dahomey
• Black Box Diaries
• Daughters
• Porcelain War
• The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
• Sugarcane
• Union
• Will & Harper
• Armand
• Emilia Pérez

...plus 25 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Oscar® submissions from around the world. See all 15 of the shortlisted films in this category, FRI Jan 10 - THU, Jan 16 at the Smith Rafael Film Center!

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• Waves
• Dahomey
• Armand
• Flow
• Emilia Pérez
• From Ground Zero
• The Girl with the Needle
• How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
• I'm Still Here
• Kneecap

...plus 5 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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• A Complete Unknown

  Coming soon to The Sequoia

• Conclave

  @ The Sequoia

• A Real Pain
• Anora
• Flow
• All We Imagine as Light
• The Room Next Door
• The Seed of the Sacred Fig
• Maria
• Queer

Congrats to all the 2025 Golden Globes Nominees! Here are the nominees that were seen via CAFILM—either at the Smith Rafael Film Center, Sequoia Cinema, or the Mill Valley Film Festival!

• The Brutalist
• A Complete Unknown
• Conclave
• Dune: Part Two
• Nickel Boys
• September 5
• Anora
• Challengers
• A Real Pain
• Wicked

...plus 25 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Sequoiafilm.org | Rafaelfilm.org | Updated: 11/21/24

• All We Imagine as Light
• My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
• Blitz
• Maria

  Opens Wed, Nov 27

• A Real Pain

  Sequoia

• Conclave

  Sequoia

Sequoia Cinema + Smith Rafael Film Center | Updated: 11/6

• My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
• Emilia Pérez
• Memoir of a Snail
• Forrest Gump
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
• Amadeus
• The English Patient
• The Unbearable Lightness of Being
• Blitz
• Maria

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

We celebrate the Award-Winning film producer Saul Zaentz at the Smith Rafael Film Center with a series of films and conversations, co-presented by the Berkeley FILM Foundation. Nov 15-17 | bit.ly/3AeVYiz

• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
• The English Patient
• The Unbearable Lightness of Being
• Amadeus

Congratulations to our MVFF47 Audience Favorites Award Winners! Amongst 132 films, including 80 premieres and 76 features, the featured films received the highest honors from our festival-goers in the following categories:

Audience Favorite | World Cinema: I'M STILL HERE (Ainda Estou Aqui) – Walter Salles

Audience Favorite | US Cinema: MY DEAD FRIEND ZOE – Kyle Hausmann-Stokes

Audience Favorite | Documentary: CHECKPOINT ZOO – Joshua Zeman

Audience Favorite | Family: OUT OF MY MIND – Amber Sealey

Audience Favorite | Active Cinema: ZURAWSKI V TEXAS – Maisie Crow & Abbie Perrault

Audience Favorite | ¡Viva el cine!: EMILIA PÉREZ – Jacques Audiard

Audience Favorite | Mind the Gap | Documentary: THE DAY ICELAND STOOD STILL – Pamela J Hogan

Audience Favorite | Mind the Gap | Narrative: BOB TREVINO LIKES IT – Tracie Laymon

And the MVFF Overall Audience Favorite is CONCLAVE directed by Edward Berger!

• I'm Still Here
• My Dead Friend Zoe
• Checkpoint Zoo
• Out of My Mind
• Zurawski v Texas
• Emilia Pérez
• The Day Iceland Stood Still
• Bob Trevino Likes It
• Conclave

As the world around us shifts in new and unexpected ways, we look to cinema and its makers to tell the stories of our time. Mind the Gap continues to proudly champion the bold female and nonbinary filmmakers telling these stories. Their clarity of vision empowers us, and their audacious work helps us find our way forward.

This year, our program features a wave of exceptional emerging talent shaping the future of film and our collective imagination. We hope our screenings and conversations inspire you, and look forward to seeing you at the festival.

• All We Imagine as Light
• Bird
• The Black Sea
• Bob Trevino Likes It
• The Book of Jobs
• Borderland
• Bring Them Home
• Chaperone
• Dahomey
• The Day Iceland Stood Still

...plus 46 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

A forum for films united in their commitment to explore the world and its issues, engage audiences, and transform ideas into action for positive change.

us for screenings throughout the Festival, the grassroots activism of the filmmakers, and engage with the irable work of special guests, co-presenters, and partners.

• American Cats: The Good, the Bad, and the Cuddly
• Borderland
• Bring Them Home
• Checkpoint Zoo
• Homegrown
• Into the Heart of the Mountain
• Lost Wolves of Yellowstone
• Oceania: Journey to the Center
• Standing Above the Clouds
• Zurawski v Texas

¡Víva El Cine! celebrates the richness of Ibero-American cinema, encoming films in Spanish and Portuguese languages and Latinx and Latin American cinema from around the world. Our initiative curates a selection of films that resonate deeply with these communities, bringing the finest international and independent films to the screen. We create a space through cinema where history, culture, and identity come alive.

¡Víva El Cine! celebra la riqueza del cine iberoamericano, abarcando películas en español y portugués, así como el cine latino y latinoamericano de todo el mundo. Nuestra iniciativa selecciona cuidadosamente una colección de películas que resuenan profundamente con estas comunidades, trayendo a la pantalla lo mejor del cine internacional e independiente. Creamos un espacio a través del cine donde la historia, la cultura y la identidad cobran vida.

• Borderland
• Cheech & Chong's Last Movie
• The Crow and the Squirrel
• Emilia Pérez
• I'm Still Here
• JessZilla
• Lunar Power
• Malu
• Milonga
• Mistura

...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

A collection of our most highly anticipated films, featuring standout premieres and major titles. These special screenings bring together acclaimed filmmakers, star-studded casts, and unforgettable stories, making them the festival’s highlight screenings!

• All We Imagine as Light
• Anora
• Better Man
• Conclave
• Emilia Pérez
• Memoir of a Snail
• Nightbitch
• The Piano Lesson
• Unstoppable

Prepare for MVFF47! Showcasing a vibrant mix of U.S. independent gems, global cinema highlights, thought-provoking documentaries, and films poised for Academy Award®️ recognition, this year's festival brings an unforgettable experience for all ages. Each film is thoughtfully selected to engage, entertain, and inspire audiences through the power of storytelling.

• The Piano Lesson
• Conclave
• Emilia Pérez
• Unstoppable
• Nightbitch
• 2073
• Anora
• Adventures with the Caretaker
• All We Imagine as Light
• American Cats: The Good, the Bad, and the Cuddly

...plus 68 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
• Good One
• Cat Video Fest 2024
• Sing Sing
• My Penguin Friend
• The Critic
• His Three Daughters
• Between the Temples
• Will & Harper
• Edward Scissorhands

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

MVF47 will include a Tribute to Jude Law! Just brushing up on some favorites...

• The Talented Mr. Ripley
• Firebrand
• The Aviator
• Gattaca
• Closer
• Cold Mountain
• Road to Perdition
• Sherlock Holmes
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• A.I. Artificial Intelligence

As we count down to the US Premiere of the 4K Remastered RABBIT PROOF FENCE with director Phillip Noyce ing us in person, here are some of our favorite films by this Australian director.

SAT, JUL 27 | rafaelfilm.org

• Rabbit-Proof Fence
• Fast Charlie
• Salt
• The Bone Collector
• Patriot Games
• Clear and Present Danger
• Catch a Fire
• Dead Calm
• The Giver
• Blind Fury

FREE Family Movie Nights, presented by CAFILM & the Town of San Anselmo, are back!

More info: bit.ly/3s0ySYe or liveontheavenue.org

• The Lego Movie
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
• Ratatouille
• Barbie
• The Princess and the Frog
• The Goonies

As we get ready for KINDS OF KINDNESS, the latest film by Yorgos Lanthimos, here's a look at some of our other favorite films by this director.

"Yorgos Lanthimos' Movies Are Weird, Violent, and Disturbingly Funny." -GQ

KINDS OF KINDNESS opens on THU Jun 27 at the Sequoia, Mill Valley.

• Kinds of Kindness
• Poor Things
• The Lobster
• The Killing of a Sacred Deer
• Dogtooth
• The Favourite

us for these features and shorts, Jun 7-9 | rafaelfilm.org | The Rafael

• Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
• Pride
• Toll
• Tomboy
• Blackness Is Everything
• Blue Diary
• Carving Space
• Noor & Layla
• As You Are
• Ifé

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

sequoiafilm.org | Updated Wed 5/29

• Edge of Everything
• The Fall Guy
• Challengers
• Inside Out 2
• Ezra
• Kinds of Kindness

CAFILM welcomes you to Sequoia Cinema! We're reopening with a throwback of cinema favorites— at the astonishingly retro price of $1. Here are some of our favorites to kick off the return of this historical landmark.

Find full showtimes: sequoiafilm.org

• The Wizard of Oz
• Vertigo
• 8½
• Casablanca
• Buena Vista Social Club
• Wings of Desire
• Jules and Jim
• Back to the Future

Now thru May 1 | www.rafaelfilm.org | Updated Fri, Apr 19

• The Old Oak
• Wicked Little Letters
• The Beast
• La Chimera
• Carol Doda Topless at the Condor
• ing Gene Wilder
• We Grown Now
• Le Samouraï
• States of Grace
• Trust Me

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

doclands.com | Within the DocLand 2024 lineup of documentary films and special guests, we've included several incredible films with local connections and Bay Area filmmakers. This is part of our deeper commitment to spotlighting established and up-and-coming talents within the region.

Check out these feature-length films with Nor-Cal ties below and be on the lookout for local filmmakers ing us in person!

• The Body Politic
• The Strike
• Maya and the Wave
• Married to Comics
• Giants Rising
• Shaking It Up: The Life and Times of Liz Carpenter

Here is a list of the DocLands 2024 feature-length films! Check out doclands.com to check out the trailer and the full list of programs, filmmaker guests, + more!

• Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field
• Wilding
• 7 Beats Per Minute
• Skywalkers: A Love Story
• 500 Days in the Wild
• The Body Politic
• Daughters
• The Hunt for the Oldest DNA
• The Homecoming
• Married to Comics

...plus 7 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

As we get ready for the doc 'ing Gene Wilder' we reflect back on some of our favorite films with this beloved actor, comedian, writer and filmmaker.

ING GENE WILDER opens FRI, APR 5
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• ing Gene Wilder
• Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
• Blazing Saddles
• The Producers
• Young Frankenstein
• Silver Streak
• Stir Crazy
• See No Evil, Hear No Evil

www.rafaelfilm.org | Updated Wed, Mar 27

• Carol Doda Topless at the Condor

  With co-directors on Fri Mar 29

• Butterfly in the Sky
• William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill
• One Life
• Hate to Love: Nickelback
• The Taste of Things
• Wicked Little Letters
• Food, Inc. 2
• ing Gene Wilder
• Indigo Girls: It's Only Life After All

The Oscar® Winners are in! Congrats to all those working to bring these films to life!

Here are the films shown this year via CAFILM—either at Mill Valley Film Festival or as part of our year-round programming at the Rafael! 💛

• American Fiction
• Anatomy of a Fall
• Barbie
• The Boy and the Heron
• The Holdovers
• Poor Things
• The Last Repair Shop
• 20 Days in Mariupol
• The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
• The Zone of Interest

us for a special 3.14 screening of PI, now in 4k!
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• Pi
• The Fountain
• mother!
• Black Swan
• Requiem for a Dream
• The Whale
• Noah
• The Wrestler

www.rafaelfilm.org | Updated TUE, MAR 5

• The Peasants
• Robot Dreams
• They Shot the Piano Player
• Pi
• Perfect Days
• The Taste of Things
• Io Capitano
• Driving Madeleine

⭐️ Congrats to all the Screen Actors Guild Award Winners! Here are the SAG Award winners seen via CAFILM—either at the Mill Valley Film Festival and/or at the Smith Rafael Film Center!

• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Barbie
• American Fiction
• The Holdovers
• Maestro
• NYAD
• Poor Things
• Rustin
• The Color Purple

The 2024 Oscar nominations are in! Here are the nominees who screened at the Mill Valley Film Festival, DocLands Documentary Film Festival, and/or at the Smith Rafael Film Center.

• 20 Days in Mariupol
• American Fiction
• American Symphony
• Anatomy of a Fall
• Barbie
• Bobi Wine: The People's President
• The Boy and the Heron
• The Eternal Memory
• Four Daughters
• The Holdovers

...plus 17 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Check out what's playing now and coming soon!
rafaelfilm.org | Updated Thu, Feb 22

• Perfect Days
• I Heard It Through the Grapevine
• American Fiction
• The Taste of Things
• Driving Madeleine
• Robot Dreams

  Coming soon!

• Hate to Love: Nickelback

  Coming soon!

• Carol Doda Topless at the Condor

  Coming soon!

Congrats to all the 2024 Golden Globe Nominees! Check out the nominees that were shown via CAFILM, either as part of the Smith Rafael Film Center year-round programming and/or at the Mill Valley Film Festival.

• Poor Things
• The Holdovers
• Anatomy of a Fall
• Fallen Leaves
• The Boy and the Heron
• Barbie
• Maestro
• American Fiction
• Past Lives
• The Zone of Interest

...plus 5 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Pierce Brosnan, we see you! The MVFF Tribute to Pierce Brosnan is Saturday, 12/16. We're excited to welcome both Pierce Brosnan and director Phillip Noyce to the Rafael for this special screening of FAST CHARLIE + onstage convo.

🎟 Get tickets: rafaelfilm.org

• Fast Charlie
• Mrs. Doubtfire
• Mars Attacks!
• Tomorrow Never Dies
• Die Another Day
• GoldenEye
• The World Is Not Enough
• Dante's Peak
• The Thomas Crown Affair
• The Matador

...plus 5 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

We're so excited to welcome Award-winning cinematographer, director, and producer Louie Schwartzberg to the Rafael! us for GRATITUDE REVEALED + a Q&A with the director on Wed, 11/29.

• Gratitude Revealed
• Fantastic Fungi
• Mysteries of the Unseen World
• Moving Art: Waterfalls
• Wings of Life

MAY DECEMBER, the latest film by MVFF46 Award Recipient Todd Haynes, is now playing at the Rafael!

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• May December
• Carol
• I'm Not There
• Far from Heaven
• Dark Waters
• Safe
• The Velvet Underground
• Wonderstruck
• Velvet Goldmine
• Poison

Here are the films that were named Audience Favorites at this year's Mill Valley Film Festival!

• Radical
• Skin of Glass
• American Fiction
• Rustin
• The Taste of Things
• Water for Life
• Frybread Face and Me
• A Double Life
• Fancy Dance
• Society of the Snow

THE KILLER, the latest film by David Fincher, is now playing at the Rafael!

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• The Killer
• Fight Club
• Gone Girl
• Se7en
• The Social Network
• Zodiac
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• The Game
• Mank

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

A forum for films united in their commitment to explore the world and its issues (both local and global), engage audiences, and transform ideas into action for positive change.

us for screenings throughout the Festival, the grassroots activism of the filmmakers, and engage with the irable work of special guests, co-presenters, and partners.

Find the full MVFF program at mvff.com!

• Adrift
• Common Ground
• Farming While Black
• Patrol
• The Right to Read

Mill Valley Film Festival’s ¡Viva el cine! initiative is a showcase of Latin American, Latinx, and Spanish-language stories, connecting audiences with a diversity of cultures, identities, and histories explored through the magic of cinema.

¡Viva el cine! es una iniciativa de MVFF que celebra historias latinoamericanas, latines y en español, conectando a las audiencias con una diversidad de culturas, identidades e historias exploradas a través de la magia del cine.

Find the full MVFF program at mvff.com!

• Heartbeat
• Mountains
• Musica!
• Patrol
• Radical
• River of Desire
• Robot Dreams
• The Settlers
• Skin of Glass
• Society of the Snow

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Best International Film Oscar Submissions at the Mill Valley Film Festival!

Find the full MVFF program at mvff.com!

• Fallen Leaves
• Housekeeping for Beginners
• Perfect Days
• The Settlers
• Society of the Snow
• The Taste of Things
• The Teachers' Lounge
• The Zone of Interest
• Goodbye Julia
• Inshallah a Boy

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

We are thrilled to present the following animated feature films this October at MVFF46!

Find the full MVFF program at mvff.com!

• The Boy and the Heron
• Robot Dreams
• Sirocco and the Kingdom of Winds
• Slide
• They Shot the Piano Player