Nine must-see picks at the 69th San Francisco International Film Festival
by G. Allen Johnson, Staff Writer
San Francisco Chronicle April 17, 2026
Persistence of Vision Award: Lynne Sachs and ‘Every Contact Leaves a Trace’The prolific experimental poet and filmmaker may be a resident of Brooklyn, N.Y., but she has deep ties to the Bay Area as an alumna of San Francisco State University and the San Francisco Art Institute and a longtime board member of avant-garde collective Canyon Cinema Foundation. In her latest film, “Every Contact Leaves a Trace,” Sachs examines her own life and biases through the 600-plus business cards she has amassed over the decades.
7 p.m. April 29, Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film Archive