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We're building our Volunteer Team for the 49th Mill Valley Film Festival...Love film? Want to be a part of this year's f...
07/20/2026

We're building our Volunteer Team for the 49th Mill Valley Film Festival...
Love film? Want to be a part of this year's festival? Let us know!

Volunteer opportunities include theater ushering, line management, party help, and much more! Perks include a volunteer-exclusive t-shirt, vouchers earned for every shift, and entry into a robust community of film lovers.

To learn more, share your interest via this quick form: bit.ly/4w4i7Yi

| Oct 1-11

07/19/2026

🎬 Behind the scenes: CAFILM Education's Documentary Film Camp

Both Narrative & Documentary Film Camps will be showing their films this MON, JUL 20 on the big screen at the Smith Rafael Film Center! (Get your free ticket: rafaelfilm.org)

Presented by
Vid compilation by Maggie List

Cover photo © Tommy Lau

07/19/2026

It's almost time to say farewell to our $5 Essential Animation series—but not before a rare screening of THE PLAGUE DOGS!

Two dogs escape a research lab and set out across the English countryside in search of a place they can safely call home. Directed by Martin Rosen (WATERSHIP DOWN), this haunting film features standout voice work from John Hurt and Nigel Hawthorne—and deserves to be far better known.

📍 Sat, July 25 | Smith Rafael Film Center
🕚 Saturdays in July @ 11AM | $5
🎟️ bit.ly/4eXZsYa

Special thanks to community partners Marin Theatre and 🌈 Double Rainbow Cafe

07/18/2026

🎬 Having these young filmmakers at the Smith Rafael Film Center for Summerfilm was a blast! We miss them already...

But before that's a wrap, check out their films on the big screen! 💛

Free community event, MON, JUL 20 | Smith Rafael Film Center
Get your free ticket: rafaelfilm.org

Presented by CAFILM Education
Narrative Film Camp, Vid compilation by Maggie List

The Summerfilm fun continues with our Narrative Film camp happening this week!See what students have been working on at ...
07/17/2026

The Summerfilm fun continues with our Narrative Film camp happening this week!

See what students have been working on at SUMMERFILM SHOWCASE, a free screening open to the community.

📍 Mon, Jul 20 | Smith Rafael Film Center, San Rafael
🎟️ Free with ticket — bit.ly/4aSErMa

With thanks to Community Media Center of Marin for equipment, production facilities, and technical support.

Photos © Tommy Lau

🎬 Want to be part of MVFF49? We're hiring!We've got seasonal gigs open with the Mill Valley Film Festival, including our...
07/17/2026

🎬 Want to be part of MVFF49? We're hiring!

We've got seasonal gigs open with the Mill Valley Film Festival, including our newly added Development Associate position, as well as opportunities in Box Office and Theater Operations.

Apply today: bit.ly/4ozYILV

| October 1–11, 2026

Films galore! Happy (almost) weekend! 🍿 🎞️ Smith Rafael Film CenterUNDERLAND, Opens FRI, JUL 17SHERMAN'S MARCH, Opens FR...
07/16/2026

Films galore! Happy (almost) weekend! 🍿

🎞️ Smith Rafael Film Center
UNDERLAND, Opens FRI, JUL 17
SHERMAN'S MARCH, Opens FRI, JUL 17
PERSEPOLIS, SAT, JUL 18 @11:00AM -Essential Animation, $5
SUMMER TOUR, JUL 21-23
MARY OLIVER: SAVED BY THE BEAUTY OF THE WORLD
GAIL DAUGHTRY & THE CELEBRITY S*X PASS
PETER ASHER: EVERYWHERE MAN
TUNER

🎤 JACK JOHNSON: SURFILMUSIC, Film + Conversation • THU, JUL 23 @7:00PM
🎤 SUMMERFILM, MON, JUL 20 @3:00PM -CAFILM Education, Free Event

🎞️ Sequoia Cinema
THE ODYSSEY • Opens tonight! JUL 16
THE INVITE

rafaelfilm.org | sequoiafilm.org

📓 Tell us what you're watching! letterboxd.com/CAFILM

07/16/2026

🎙️ Peter Asher helped to define a musical era—or two...

Watch the full PETER ASHER: EVERYWHERE MAN Conversation with filmmakers Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller: youtu.be/3dVjW3xQ4hw

See the film! Now Playing at the Smith Rafael Film Center
🎟 bit.ly/4fDBhi2

Peter Asher: Everywhere Man

07/15/2026

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey opens tomorrow!

📍Opens THU, JUL 16 | Sequoia Cinema, Mill Valley
🎟️ bit.ly/4gv6epE

Heads up, Mill Valley — if PG&E's Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) hits your block tonight, Sequoia Cinema is expected...
07/15/2026

Heads up, Mill Valley — if PG&E's Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) hits your block tonight, Sequoia Cinema is expected to stay powered.

Come cool off and catch a movie on the big screen while the lights are out elsewhere. We've got popcorn and a full lineup tonight; it’ll be business as usual for us.

📍 Sequoia Cinema, Mill Valley

Today's showtimes:
THE INVITE 4:30, 7:00
PRESSURE 4:15
DISCLOSURE DAY 6:30

sequoiafilm.org

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