Big Nights

Our biggest and most celebrated screenings.  Join us for Opening Night, Closing Night and for our Centerpiece screening.

  • The Santa Cruz Film Festival is proud to be closing its ninth edition with the locally-produced feature Etienne!    Before the film begins, the SCFF Awards Ceremony will be held.  Winners of the jury competitions and audience awards will be announced.

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  • The true story of Santa Cruz’s Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana (WAMM), a “collective of patients and caregivers [who have been] providing hope, building community and offering medical marijuana on a donation basis” for over a decade.  In the film, we meet Valerie and Mike Corral, and follow their journey as they dedicate their...

  • Soundtrack for a Revolution tells the story of the American civil rights movement through its powerful music: the freedom songs protesters sang on picket lines, in mass meetings, in paddy wagons, and in jail cells as they fought for justice and equality.  These songs evolved from slave...