San Antonio Rolls Out the Red Carpet August 1st for Their 29th Annual Celebration of the San Antonio Film Festival
San Antonio Rolls Out the Red Carpet as the San Antonio Film Festival (SAFILM) returns next week, August 1-6th, with over 200 films slated to screen amongst three different city locations: Tobin Center for Performing Arts, Radius Center and Palladium Santikos Theater.
The festival kicks off Tuesday, August 1st for Opening Night with the Texas premiere of the comedy THE ADULTS, directed by Dustin Guy Defa, starring Michael Cera (Arrested Development, Person to Person), Hannah Gross (Infinite Summer, Joker), and Sophia Lillis (Dungeons And Dragons, IT). Following the screening at the Santikos Palladium will be a special Opening Night afterparty at the Paper Tiger with a concert by Here’s to Now band, debuting their music video Control at SAFILM, executive produced by San Antonio native and actor/producer/director Kevin Alejandro.
SAFILM is proud to be partnered with the City of San Antonio’s World Heritage Office, UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy with the Food Film Festival programming five fantastic films that celebrate the culinary arts. The food films will screen throughout the festival week and include: The Best Pizza in the World, Les Dames d’Escoffier, Convection, Terroir to Table, Love Me Tenderizer.
In 2017, the City of San Antonio was designated as a Creative City of Gastronomy by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), becoming the 2nd city in the United States to receive this designation. In 2019 SAFILM partnered with the World Heritage Office who manages the designation in the creation of its Food Film Festival event. We rekindled that partnership in 2022, 2023 showcasing several local chefs and their food for audiences that reflected the cuisines, themes, and edible elements from films in the Food Film Festival category. This activation fulfills a promise the City of San Antonio made in its successful bid to be designated a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy and is also sanctioned as a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy event.
With much anticipation, SAFILM is bringing back the beloved 8th Annual San Antonio Children’s Film Festival on Friday morning, August 4th from 10am-12pm with award-winning films specially curated for the kids. SAFILM Kids Fest will be held at Radius Center with complimentary movie treats for the young film goers.
Saturday night’s feature film: #BUTGOD tells the inspiration story of Caleb Freeman and his 10 percent chance of survival after a devastating car accident and the miraculous #BUTGOD movement that followed. Both Caleb and Producer Kevin McAfee will be in attendance for the 7pm screening at the Carlos Alvarez Theater at the Tobin Center, with an encore screening, Sunday at 3pm.
Academy Award Winning Editor: Paul Hirsch (Star Wars, Mission Impossible, Carrie, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Footloose, The Mummy, Planes Trains & Automobiles) and author of A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away, discusses the power of film editing, moderated by SAFILM Founder & Executive Director Adam Rocha FREE to the public on Saturday, Aug 5, 12:30PM-2:30PM.
Honor the 2023 SAFILM Award winning filmmaker and screenwriters on Sunday, August 6th at 7pm for the Closing Night Award Ceremony. This event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited.
Tickets Now Available. Get a Badge to receive all-access to screenings, red-carpet events and a standing invitation to nightly filmmaker mixers at the Radius Center from 5-7pm. VIP Passes are $149, Weekend Passes $99, and Day Passes $59.99 – available at www.TobinCenter.org.
