TWENTY26 Online Film Festival Schedule

Experience the San Francisco Frozen Film Festival from anywhere in the world, July 15 through July 18, 2026. During these four days, audiences can stream our official online selections featuring an exceptional lineup of independent films from talented filmmakers representing countries and communities across the globe.

Selected from submissions received worldwide, this year's online festival showcases an outstanding collection of narrative short films, narrative feature films, documentary shorts, documentary features, animation, horror, science fiction, experimental and visual art films, LGBTQ+ cinema, surf and skate films, adventure and outdoor films, music documentaries and music-inspired cinema, along with our official screenplay selections. Together, these works represent the creativity, originality, and diverse perspectives that have made the San Francisco Frozen Film Festival a destination for discovering remarkable independent artists.

Our online festival provides audiences everywhere with the opportunity to experience many of the outstanding films selected for this year's festival, all from the comfort of home. Whether you're joining us from across the Bay Area or across the world, we invite you to explore the complete lineup below, discover new filmmakers, and celebrate twenty years of independent cinema with us.

Narrative Shorts Collection #1

A Family Matter
Director: Rylee Norman

A Man Alone
Director: Alberto Gallego Frau

A MOTHER'S LOVE
Director: Harald Schwarzenbacher

Deeply Darkly Drole
Director: Mohamad Razazian

EL DÍA DE LA MUERTE DE KURT COBAIN
Directors: SERGIO MU.OZ, ESTRELLA ASENSIO

Five Twelve
Director: Seth Gabrielsson

IN OUT
Director: Yara Sharyan

Leave Me There
Director: Shirit Gal Kedar

Little Big Sister
Director: Alaa Al-Shameri

One Moment
Director: Aiden Hurley

Skin Deep
Director: Adarsh Reddy

The Cut Ear
Director: İsmail Hakkı Ko.ak

Too Late
Director: Artur Matveev

Vairagya
Director: Sanish Maharjan

Narrative Shorts Collection #2

Death Closes the Eyes
Director: Afshin Soufian

Dubito
Director: Daniyal Mahmoudnia

Hazelbeth
Director: Graham Hastings

I won't cry tomorrow
Director: Mohamed Mahmoud

INGRID
Director: Raquel Colera

Major Type
Directors: barzin salehi, Saeed Khodarezaei

Outh
Director: Mostafa Ghanbarizadeh

plan B
Director: Nima Rahimpour

Sauce
Director: Goli Forootan

Side by Side
Director: Amir Raisian

Soraya
Director: Maryam Rahimi

Suddenly Exists
Director: Samin Rad

The Agent
Directors: Michal Redlus, Avia Brosh Yerushalmi

The ROPE
Director: Reza Sobhani

Warden
Director: SABAH MOHAMMADI

YOU'RE THE BOSS!
Director: AMIN KHANKAL

Narrative Features

Haim's Story
Director: Tova Ascher

Masters and Vices
Director: Gregory Mallard

The Color Of Exile
Director: AZLARABE ALAOUI

VIOLENT BUTTERFLIES
Director: Adolfo Davila

EL FIGURANTE
Director: DAR.O GARC.A SANZ

Short Documentaries

ADI, FILLA DA LUZ
Director: HORACIO CABILLA

Asparagus Dead, Cherries Red
Directors: Nina Moog, Elisabeth Wilke

Barbarous Coasts
Director: Lily King

CANDELARIA
Director: Daniel Matos

Dick's-A-Thon
Director: Dylan Young

Hydra on the Horizon
Director: Curran Seth

Railroaded
Director: David Matthew Gladstone

Salon Legacy
Director: Hannah Renee Bennett

STADIUM
Director: Carlos Novella

The Last Fin
Director: Lexi Addison

Documentary Features

Across Dark Matter
Director: Mariam Makhieva

AMERICAN MOTH
Director: Alan Shope

Behind the Beard: Making Santa Real
Director: Brandon Rice

Chanting of the Dunes
Director: Mokhless Al-Hariri

FEDERICO FAGGIN - THE MAN WHO SAW THE FUTURE
Director: Marcello Foa

Following in the footsteps of my ancestors An Ute Köhler Documentary
Directors: Ute Koehler, Katherin Wermke

Interpreting Erik - Canadian Documentary
Director: Donald D'Haene

Kaleidoscope Child
Director: Michael Patrick McKinley

LA BARRACA
Director: AGUST.N M.RQUEZ

LA GOMERA ISLA INTERIOR (60)
Director: TAREK ODE

Lessons from 100: Reflections in My Centennial Year
Director: Matthew Floyd

Making Megaforce
Director: Bob Lindenmayer

Nameless Children
Director: Lucca Bertollini

NEW BEGINNINGS
Directors: Isabelle INGOLD, Vivianne PERELMUTER

Nothing to See Here: Watts
Director: Michael Soenen

Only Lazy Americans E-bike
Directors: Gregory F Maassen, Brian McCotter

Rotten Apple
Director: Justin Hunt

UMUGANDA
Director: Zion Sulaiman Mukasa Matovu

Animation

CARMELA
Director: Vicente Mallols

Newt
Director: Steven Bednar

SNORRI - CATCH ME IF YOU CANDY!
Director: THIERRY MARCHAND

The Robe of Rainbow Feathers
Director: Wesley Price

The Rope
Director: Saba Javar

Horror Collection

Don't Let the Cat Out
Director: Tim Cruz

LIFE FOR BEGINNERS
Director: Paweł Podolski BURGOS

Quiet After Supper
Director: Francis Tejada

THE DEVIL WHISPERED MY NAME
Directors: Emilia Cotella BURGOS, John Mathis

SIREN
Director: Giulia Mucciarelli

Sci-Fi Collection

THE INTERVIEW
Director: Oriol Bueno

The Nature of the End
Director: Eric Yves Wuilleumier

Tomorrow Does Not Exist
Director: Arthur Lai

Wake Up, Dolores!
Director: Dan James Rathke

What you lack
Director: Sara Bermejo

Experimental & Visual Art Collection

April - Short
Director: Alexandra Iglesias

Here Lies Our Tempest
Director: Misa Ogawa

Pyramidshire
Director: Giacinto Cerviere

Ramy
Director: Pouyan Rostami

LGBTQ+ Collection

A Life Inside Me
Director: Jackie R. Bala

Last Orders
Director: Adam Ali

Trans Rising
Director: John Francis Rizzo

Velvet Vision - The Story of James Bidgood (and the Making of Pink Narcissus)
Director: Bart Everly

Surf & Skate

Euphoria Surf film
Director: Rodrigo Valsamis

FROSTBITE
Director: Oscar James

Spaghetti Week
Director: Joe Morgan

The OC Effect
Directors: Terry Corwin, Scott Hays

Adventure & the Outdoors

Best Day Ever
Directors: Ben Knight, Berne Broudy

The Great Nomad Expedition
Director: Kristin Gates

Touching the Sky VR
Director: Jonathan Griffith

Music on Film

Concerto
Director: Jurg Slabbert

Enongo
Director: Kevin Schreck

MIENTEME
Director: DALTON JAUREGUI

NOTAS PARA PEDRO BLANCO
Director: ISMAEL AVELEIRA

Slouching Towards Branson
Director: Will Wood

The Blossom and the Mountain
Director: Kathleen Stevenson

Under the light
Director: Gonzalo Rodr.guez

Screenplays

Escape to Alcatraz
Writer: Eugene Hattingh

Executed and Risen
Writer: Salvatore A. Bono

SACRED SUN
Writer: Michael Louis Gould

Animation

CARMELA
Director: Vicente Mallols

Newt
Director: Steven Bednar

SNORRI - CATCH ME IF YOU CANDY!
Director: THIERRY MARCHAND

The Robe of Rainbow Feathers
Director: Wesley Price

The Rope
Director: Saba Javar

Horror Collection

Don't Let the Cat Out
Director: Tim Cruz

LIFE FOR BEGINNERS
Director: Paweł Podolski BURGOS

Quiet After Supper
Director: Francis Tejada

THE DEVIL WHISPERED MY NAME
Directors: Emilia Cotella BURGOS, John Mathis

SIREN
Director: Giulia Mucciarelli

Sci-Fi Collection

THE INTERVIEW
Director: Oriol Bueno

The Nature of the End
Director: Eric Yves Wuilleumier

Tomorrow Does Not Exist
Director: Arthur Lai

Wake Up, Dolores!
Director: Dan James Rathke

What you lack
Director: Sara Bermejo

Experimental & Visual Art Collection

April - Short
Director: Alexandra Iglesias

Here Lies Our Tempest
Director: Misa Ogawa

Pyramidshire
Director: Giacinto Cerviere

Ramy
Director: Pouyan Rostami

LGBTQ+ Collection

A Life Inside Me
Director: Jackie R. Bala

Last Orders
Director: Adam Ali

Trans Rising
Director: John Francis Rizzo

Velvet Vision - The Story of James Bidgood (and the Making of Pink Narcissus)
Director: Bart Everly

Surf & Skate

Euphoria Surf film
Director: Rodrigo Valsamis

FROSTBITE
Director: Oscar James

Spaghetti Week
Director: Joe Morgan

The OC Effect
Directors: Terry Corwin, Scott Hays

Adventure & the Outdoors

Best Day Ever
Directors: Ben Knight, Berne Broudy

The Great Nomad Expedition
Director: Kristin Gates

Touching the Sky VR
Director: Jonathan Griffith

Music on Film

Concerto
Director: Jurg Slabbert

Enongo
Director: Kevin Schreck

MIENTEME
Director: DALTON JAUREGUI

NOTAS PARA PEDRO BLANCO
Director: ISMAEL AVELEIRA

Slouching Towards Branson
Director: Will Wood

The Blossom and the Mountain
Director: Kathleen Stevenson

Under the light
Director: Gonzalo Rodr.guez

Screenplays

Escape to Alcatraz
Writer: Eugene Hattingh

Executed and Risen
Writer: Salvatore A. Bono

SACRED SUN
Writer: Michael Louis Gould

All Festival Passes Now On Sale!

Experience the complete 2026 San Francisco Frozen Film Festival with our $25 All-Access Festival Pass.

Your pass includes admission to:
• Online access to festival films through the Online Festival Pass

From Bay Area filmmaker showcases and award-winning short films to horror, sci-fi, animation, documentaries, comedy, and more, your pass grants access to the entire festival experience.

Join filmmakers, artists, and audiences from around the world as we celebrate 20 years of independent film in San Francisco.

Get your pass today and enjoy every film, every event, and every moment of the festival.

Wed, July 15th, 2026

In-Person Opening Night Party (Open to the public)

Celebrate 20 Years with an Unforgettable Opening Night

The Twenty26 San Francisco Frozen Film Festival will launch its 20th anniversary in style with a spectacular opening night party Cabaret featuring live music, dance, theatrical performances and short films.

Join us on Wednesday, July 15th at 7:00 PM at The Lost Church for an evening designed to captivate and inspire. This one-night celebration brings together dynamic artists and unforgettable performances to mark two decades of creativity and community.

Tickets will be available starting in June. This is an opening night experience not to be missed.

7:00pm: Cabaret & Networking

9:00pm: Opening night short films

Films Showing

• The Ocean I Leave Behind
Director: Alfredo Andreu Ríos

• EMPATHY REHEARSALS
Director: Jacopo Cullin

• Ne Me Quitte Pas
Director: Karim Huu Do

• The Axe Forgets
Director: John Christopher

Location: The Lost Church, 988 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133

Get tickets here!