Venues

Due to renovations at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, the Festival is taking place at two new venues this year. The majority of our screenings will be held at the AMC Van Ness Theatres, located just several blocks away from Japantown. Japantowns Peace Plaza will host outdoor events over the first weekend, and a number of Japantown businesses will be offering promotional prices for Festival ticketholders.

Also new this year is the Landmark Opera Plaza Cinema, just a short walk down Van Ness Avenue from the AMC. Returning to host a weekend full of screenings, including our Opening Night Gala and Centerpiece Presentation, is the historic Castro Theatre. Also returning are our East Bay and South Bay partners, the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley and the Camera 12 Cinemas in San Jose.

Looking for an easy way to travel between the AMC Van Ness, Japantown and the Castro Theatre over the first weekend? Take advantage of our new Festival Shuttle service!

Free Shuttle Service

• Take advantage of the Free Festival Shuttle, which will run between AMC Van Ness
  Theatres, Miyako Hotel (in Japantown) and Castro Theatre.

• AMC Van Ness Theatres (in front of the Theatre at 1000 Van Ness Ave.)
• Miyako Hotel (in front of the Hotel at 1625 Post St.)
• Castro Theatre (in front of the Theatre at 429 Castro St.)

Service Schedule - March 16-18 only

• March 16: 4pm-midnight
• March 17: 11am-midnight
• March 18: 11am-midnight

• Shuttles will arrive approximately every 20 minutes, and will admit passengers on a first-come first-serve basis.

• Shuttles are wheel-chair accessible.
• Service hours and frequency subject to change.
• Please give ample time for transportation between screenings as transit times can vary depending on traffic.

AMC Van Ness Theatres www.amctheatres.com 1000 Van Ness Ave. (at O’Farrell) San Francisco, CA t +1 800 231 3307 google map

Landmark Opera Plaza Cinema www.landmarktheatres.com 601 Van Ness Ave. (at Golden Gate) San Francisco, CA t +1 415 267 4893 google map

Castro Theatre www.thecastrotheatre.com 429 Castro Street (at Market Street) San Francisco, CA t +1 415 621 6120 google map

Japantown www.sfjapantown.org Along Post and Sutter Streets (between Laguna and Fillmore Streets) google map

Palace of Fine Arts www.palaceoffinearts.org 3301 Lyon Street San Francisco, CA t +1 415 563 6504 google map

Asian Art Museum www.asianart.org 200 Larkin Street (at Fulton Street) San Francisco, CA t +1 415 581 3500 google map

The Independent www.theindependentsf.com 628 Divisadero Street (between Grove and Hayes) San Francisco, CA t +1 415 771 1422 google map

Rickshaw Stop www.rickshawstop.com 155 Fell Street (at Van Ness) San Francisco, CA t +1 415 861 2011 google map

Pacific Film Archive www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 2575 Bancroft Way (between College and Telegraph) Berkeley, CA t +1 510 642 0808 google map

Oakland Museum of California www.museumca.org 1000 Oak Street Oakland, CA t +1 (510) 238-2200 google map

Camera 12 Cinemas www.cameracinemas.com 201 South Street (at San Carlos Street) San Jose, CA t +1 408 998 3300 google map

D.P. Fong Galleries www.ultisys.com/trilogy/dpfong.html 383 S First Street San Jose, CA t +1 408 298 8877 google map