California Movies

A portal, a sorceress, a fictional device to portray existence as a moment encapsulated inside an instantaneous photograph to present fragmented...

The story of a series of wild fires that ripped through California's Wine Country on October 8, 2017 burning 250,00 acres, 9,000 homes and businesses...

A feature-length documentary that captures the passion of famous hashishin, Frenchy Cannoli, and his pursuit of quality hashish within the context of...

One of the social guidance / scare films made by prolific filmmaker Sid Davis, “Book Him!” was produced in the 1960s. It shows various...

Designing with Nature provides a vivid account of a pivotal chapter in the architectural history of Northern California. Set in the late 19th and...

Alexandra Jackonetti recounts the building of a children's playground of macrame in Bolinas, Calif., including her conception of the project and the...

A short film about the life and death of California's most famous post-apocalyptic hell-hole, the Salton Sea.

Named after the Shoshonean word for "Earth", this is the third and final part of Benning's "California Trilogy" and his approach to the Californian...

The connection between these three short films is initially indicated by their sound and music: In all three films, Lee Anne Schmitt does without...

Questions of race, identity and heritage are explored through the lives of young American women growing up as adoptees from China. These four...

Wendell is trying to make peace with his earthly deterioration in the face of late-stage cancer. His son Josh is fighting it, fleeing it, denying it....

After three British women went missing from a motel in California, detectives are on the hunt for the cryptic killer but will they find him in time...

The film details an entire live performance from Devo's 1996 reunion tour with Lollapalooza, opening for Metallica. The band performs a stripped down...

On November 4th, 2008, three states - California, Florida and Arizona - voted to amend their constitutions, denying and revoking the rights of...

A family deals with loss of a family member while reflecting on moments of happiness

CMC’s visionary leaders and artists to celebrate one of San Francisco’s most-revered and longest-running community arts programs.

After a bloody exchange with some bounty hunters, Anna, a veteran of the War in Afghanistan, and Gloria, her ill-prepared God-fearing friend, team up...

The real story of "4:20 Somethings" living in California's semi-legalized marijuana culture.

Jordan (Demarcus Jackson) enters a time loop after a masked man breaks into his house, sending him on a trip backwards in time.

Two young high school boys spike the punch at a Halloween party, mischievously let the air out of car tires, and finally steal a car to go for a...