Festival Forecast | Friday, February 13, 2026

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The following films will have Filmmaker Q&A’s on Friday, February 13th:

TOUGH OLD BROADS – 8:00am @ Film Center 1 with Director Stacey Tenenbaum
ETERNAL STOKE – 8:20am @ Film Center 2 with Producer Sean Maurer and Subject Chloe Brown
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS 1 – FALLOUTS & FRAILTIES – 9:00am @ Film Center 4
AMERICAN PACHUCO: THE LEGEND OF LUIS VALDEZ – 11:20am @ Film Center 2 with Director David Alvarado
#VIRAL – 11:40am @ Film Center 3 with Director King Bai & Producer Junichi Nakano
NARRATIVE SHORTS 7 – FESTIVAL CIRCUIT FAVORITES – 12:00pm @ Film Center 4
THE COST OF HEAVEN – 12:00pm @ Riviera Theatre with Writer/Director Mathieu Denis
ASCO: WITHOUT PERMISSION – 12:20pm @ Film Center 4 with Director Travis Gutiérrez Senger
SHAKTI – 2:00pm @ Film Center 1 with Writer/Director Nani Sahra Walker
IN THE ROOM – 2:20pm @ Film Center 2 with Director Brishkay Ahmed, Nelofer Pazira-Fisk, Mozhdah Jamalzadah, Vida Samadzai, Sahar Parniyan
SANTA BARBARA DOCUMENTARY SHORTS – 2:40pm @ Film Center 3
TWO UGLY PEOPLE – 3:00pm @ Film Center 4 with Writer/Director Peter Skinner
WHAT WE CARRY – 5:00pm @ Film Center 1 with Subject Kat McDermott, Director Jessie Anthony, Subject Katrinka Scott
NATURE SHORTS – ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY – 5:40pm @ Film Center 3
OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD: THE FIRST CORAL REEFERS – 6:00pm @ Film Center 4 with Director/Producer John H. Cunningham & Producer Ted E. Haynes
SELL YOUR HOUSE – 6:20pm @ Film Center 5 with Producer Deborah Lee Smith, Executive Producer Brad Blondheim, Executive Producer Clayton Wolflick
VERAILLES – 8:00pm @ Film Center 1 with Writer/Director Andres Clariond
BOOKENDS – 8:20pm @ Film Center 2 with Director Mike Doyle & Writer/Actor Noam Ash
NARRATIVE SHORTS 3 – PERILOUS JOURNEYS – 8:40pm @ Film Center 3
STAND BY, MOTHER – 9:00pm @ Film Center 4 with Writer/Director Kerrilee Gore, Actor Dakota Lotus, Actor Emmett Long, Compser Bobby Tahouri