Festival Schedule

Bad Shabbos

2024 | 84 minutes | USA

A Shabbat dinner turns murderously hilarious in this chaotic, award-winning screwball comedy.

DJ Ahmet

2025 | 99 minutes | North Macedonia, Czech Republic, Croatia, Serbia

A shepherding boy in North Macedonia grooves to techno in a small-town dramedy reminiscent of "Footloose."

Free Leonard Peltier

2025 | 110 minutes | USA

Leonard Peltier’s nearly 50-year imprisonment story is uncovered in this powerful documentary.

Gloria

2024 | 106 minutes | Italy

An 18th-century girls’ music school erupts in rebellious song when a mute maid finds a pianoforte

The Last Journey

2024 | 91 minutes | Sweden

A Swedish director takes his retired father on a life-rekindling road trip to the South of France in this Academy Award Oscar Submission.

Long Good Thursday

2024 | 97 minutes | Finland

A grumpy Finnish farmer finds unexpected love in this charming road-trip comedy.

The Luckiest Man in America

2024 | 90 minutes | USA

A broke ice cream truck driver becomes a game show legend in this stranger-than-fiction tale.

Meet The Barbarians

2024 | 101 minutes | France

Julie Delpy’s sharp satire skewers cultural misunderstandings when a village hosts unexpected refugees.

Mexico 86

2024 | 89 minutes | France, Belgium

Berenice Bejo starts as a Guatemalan activist who must choose between political duty and protecting her son in this intense thriller.

My Favorite Cake

2024 | 96 minutes | Iran, France, Sweden, Germany

A 70-year-old Iranian widow’s taxi ride takes an unexpected turn toward romance and rebellion. Banned in Iran.

The Other Way Around

2024 | 114 minutes | Spain, France

A couple turns their breakup into a party in this hilariously unconventional anti-rom-com.

Sew Torn

2024 | 95 minutes | USA

A seamstress stumbles into a drug deal and sews up her own fate in this stylish neo-noir.

Sweet Störy

2025 | 75 minutes | United Kingdom

Meg Ray, of patisserie Miette, embarks on a journey to help save a magical café on the remote Swedish island of Rödlöga. Irresistibly delicious.

U Are The Universe

2024 | 90 minutes | Ukraine

The last human in space gets a mysterious call, launching him on an emotional, high-stakes journey across the cosmos.

Waves

2024 | 131 minutes | Czech Republic

Journalists in 1960s Czechoslovakia navigate the tightrope between truth and propaganda in this gripping, award-winning historical drama. Academy Award Shortlist Finalist.

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Animation Nation Shorts (March 19)

March, 19 2025

Dive into the filmmakers’ minds while we experience their artistic perspective in this collection of animated stories that will have you following a drunk pig through a city, a girl having tea with mummies as well as a dancing robot vacuum.

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Just for Fun Shorts (March 19)

March, 19 2025

From the months before Christ through the Regency era and into modern times, the protagonists of these films will take you by surprise with their comedic spin on solving contemporary problems.

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Opening Night Party

March, 19 2025

Sonoma International Film Festival Opening Night Party. Kick off the 2025 Sonoma International Film Festival with DJ StaRJay and a "Taste of Sonoma" small bites and libations at the beautiful Sebastiania Vineyard & Winery. Open to Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Patron Passholders.