Series Site
presented by San Francisco Cinematheque
curated by Steve Polta
all programs presented in person at Gray Area
CROSSROADS 2025 is the sixteenth manifestation of Cinematheque’s annual film festival. CROSSROADS 2025 features 47 works of film, video and performance by 47 artists representing 19 countries and territories presented in 8 curated programs. Weaving through this year’s lineup are alchemical and environmental evocations of utopian and dystopian realities; ruminations on the impermanence inherent in existence; transnational, transgenerational and even trans-species relations and expressions of vulnerability, resilience and political resistance culled from the world’s rotting image bank. CROSSROADS opening night features a sound/image performance by legendary Portland sound artist Daniel Menche and filmmaker Karl Lemieux projectionist for Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Cinematheque is proud to announce that, of these 47 featured artists, 16 are receiving their CROSSROADS debut this year.