Raising Voices | 2025 SF Dance Film Festival

Engaging and deeply emotive storytelling centers the fem perspective for the 7th Annual Raising Voices program. These nine films blend movement with poetry, testimony, and activism to spotlight a spectrum of lived experiences from trans joy and queer identity to carceral systems and cultural reclamation. Curated by Laura Elaine Ellis and followed by a filmmaker panel, this screening is more than a program - it’s a gathering place for reflection on universal themes of resilience, courage, and self-discovery. Come experience stories that move the body and speak from the heart.

This program contains mature content. Parental discretion is advised.

This program will be captioned.

4:30p | House Opens

5:00p | Program begins

Runtime: 100 minutes

Tickets purchased at the door will cost $1 additional per ticket.

Venue Accessibility: Brava Theater is located at 2781 24th Street. Curb cuts for the sidewalk to the Brava Theater Center are located on the corner of York and 24th Street. The entrance of the theater is on the ground floor and there is an elevator to seating in the upper level of the theater.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Brava Theater Center, 2781 24th Street, San Francisco, United States