The non-profit California Film Institute (CAFILM) celebrates and promotes film as art and education through year-round programming at the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center and the Sequoia…

Here are the 2025 Oscar nominees that were seen via CAFILM—either at the Smith Rafael Film Center, Sequoia Cinema, DocLands…
97TH OSCARS® SHORTLISTS IN 10 AWARD CATEGORIES ANNOUNCED HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED! Here are the films that were seen via CAFILM—either…
Oscar® submissions from around the world. See all 15 of the shortlisted films in this category, FRI Jan 10 -…
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Congrats to all the 2025 Golden Globes Nominees! Here are the nominees that were seen via CAFILM—either at the Smith…
Todd Carper 17 films
Nuno Costa 21 films
Mitchell Beaupre 32 films
Janus Films 10 films
An utterly fantastic documentary on one of the most prolific and inspirational filmmakers of our time. It ebbs and flows between the films of his career, both great and forgettable, and provides a context of how each one was inspired by the director's life events.
There's great behind-the-scenes material that gives us insight not only into Spielberg's insular, on-set problem solving but also solving larger ones (like how to shoot half a shark picture without a shark). What separates this…
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