California Movies

Its 1850 and California is under ruthless military rule. Kirby Tornell's rancho has been taken over by soldiers and when two of Kirby's men are...

Designing with Nature provides a vivid account of a pivotal chapter in the architectural history of Northern California. Set in the late 19th and...

The film tells a story with no dialogue. The group of boy skaters are suddenly at a point when one of the boys sees a young girl, and becomes...

Through concerts and interviews, folk-progressive group Harmonium takes Quebec culture to California. This documentary full of colour and sound,...

The film details an entire live performance from Devo's 1996 reunion tour with Lollapalooza, opening for Metallica. The band performs a stripped down...

The real story of "4:20 Somethings" living in California's semi-legalized marijuana culture.

Two young high school boys spike the punch at a Halloween party, mischievously let the air out of car tires, and finally steal a car to go for a...

After three British women went missing from a motel in California, detectives are on the hunt for the cryptic killer but will they find him in time...

Home movie collection of the Bohulano Family of Stockton, CA. Footage dates between the 1950s-1970s.

Girls Night In is a satirical horror short that was created based on the Bechdel test. The test examines works of fiction to see whether there are...

In the weeks leading to Allie moving across the country, her best friend Jacob reckons with life without her in this intimate story of leaving and...

One man, one camera, one goal...to capture the essence of adventure. An experimental, often abstract new type of filmmaking process creating color...

Wendy, a Chinese “parachute kid,” is struggling to adapt to her new American life.

Released on the 10th of December, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A short film about the life and death of California's most famous post-apocalyptic hell-hole, the Salton Sea.

A series of static shots of the buildings of the California Mission system, as they existed in 1907. Because many of the Mission buildings were in...

Beyond the sensationalized stories dominating the news, real people share their unfiltered experiences of life in San Francisco, a city far more...

“Last Men Standing,” the first feature-length documentary from The San Francisco Chronicle, Northern California’s largest newspaper...

A lonely basketball influencer struggles with competition and building his brand.

Questions of race, identity and heritage are explored through the lives of young American women growing up as adoptees from China. These four...