2026 Schedule Introduced for the thirty second Annual for SAFILM-San Antonio Movie Pageant
2026 Schedule July 21-26
Again for 12 months 32! SAFILM-San Antonio Movie Pageant returns for the annual 6-day celebration of cinema, July 21-26, 2026, increasing this 12 months’s program and viewers with much more screening areas all through Alamo Metropolis. All-Entry VIP and Pageant passes at the moment are out there for buy, solely at SAFILM.com, with pre-sale tickets for particular person motion pictures and movie blocks dropping on-line this week. Tickets may also be out there in any respect screening areas in the course of the official SAFILM fest week.
Opening Tuesday, July twenty first and operating by means of Sunday, July twenty sixth, over 200+ official SAFILM chosen movies will premiere throughout FIVE official screens in San Antonio, together with the principle competition HQ at Radius Heart (106 Auditorium Cir #120); Tobin Heart for the Performing Arts (100 Auditorium Cir); Metropolis Base Cinema (2623 SE Navy Dr.); together with the newly-opened Gunter Lodge San Antonio Riverwalk (311 N St Mary’s St); and The Rock at La Cantera (1 Spurs Means).
SUMMER SCREENING SERIES @ THE ROCK
As a part of the thirty second annual celebration, SAFILM hosts a FREE Summer time Screening Collection Cinema & Sips happening each Thursday all through the month of July at The Rock at La Cantera.
Each Thursday’s occasion will showcase a curated block of SAFILM quick movies from 7 PM – 8 PM, spotlighting unbiased filmmakers and rising voices in cinema, adopted by an outside function movie screening at 8 PM, together with:
Bridesmaids, July 9
The Darkish Knight, July 16
Nacho Libre, July 23
How you can Lose a Man in 10 Days, July 30
All screenings are free and open to the general public.
Kicking off SAFILM’s Opening Day festivities is the returning San Antonio Movie Fee Espresso Discuss Mixer from 3pm – 5pm with Particular Visitors from the Texas Movie Fee. This now-annual pre-festival mixer is FREE and open to the general public. Sponsored by the San Antonio Movie Fee.
Instantly following the Espresso Discuss Mixer is SAFILM’s every day Filmmaker’s VIP Lounge internet hosting complimentary drinks and eats each day throughout SAFILM from 5-7pm, solely for passholders, VIPS, sponsors, Trade panelists and honored company.
Opening Evening movies will display screen at 7pm and 9pm SHARP at Radius Heart – beginning with the U.S. Premiere of VALLEY OF THE HORNTAK, directed by Maxwell Morro – in attendance – alongside solid: Kathleen Kinmont, Michael Kehoe, William Mann, Nicole Gellman, and Gracie Huff; and crew: Erik Weed (Author), Dan McMellen (Producer) and Derrick Huff (Producer). WATCH TRAILER: HERE.
PLOT: The key cult often called the Ceremony of Cycle summons Julian to return to the neighborhood he fled from seeking a lacking boy, whose disappearance threatens the lifetime of his grownup son, Thomas. What begins as a rescue mission shortly descends right into a psychological nightmare. As Thomas uncovers the horrific thriller inside his bloodline, he’s compelled to confront the cult’s twisted philosophy and darkness festering in his personal lineage.
SAFILM OPENING NIGHT FILMS (L-R): US PREMIERE: VALLEY OF THE HORNTAK, DIRECTED BY MAXWELL MORROTEXAS PREMIERE: THE LEGEND OF JUAN JOSE MUNDO, DIRECTED BY MICHAEL WALKER
At 9pm, SAFILM will showcase the Texas Premiere of THE LEGEND OF JUAN JOSE MUNDO directed by Michael Walker, and starring Anna Mirodin, Alexandro Byrd, and Hannah Kepple. WATCH TRAILER: HERE
PLOT: Set in suburban NY in 1984, Julie Gornick hosts a charismatic bigger than life Spanish trade pupil. As he begins hooking up with ladies in her class, Julie falls in love with him. Or what she thinks is love.
Extra Info & Tickets
For more information, tickets and full competition schedule: www.safilm.com & keep tuned @safilm
