Video Arts

SFO Museum’s Video Arts program provides visibility to a range of contemporary artists and filmmakers who are at the leading edge of their craft. From short-form documentaries and narratives, to experimental films and all forms of animation, Video Arts brings you the thought-provoking, innovative work of today’s filmmakers.

This gallery is located pre-security on the departures level of International Terminal with daily operating hours of 5:00am to midnight.

SFO Museum reviews exhibition proposals from artists and filmmakers on a rolling basis. Video Arts is currently programming films that are 20 minutes or less in duration and schedules each film for a four-week presentation. Due to our operation in a public space, Video Arts does not program work that features overt sexual or violent content. Those who are interested in participating may submit their work via our online form, here.

Now on View

Negative Space

2017 Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata: The husband-and-wife filmmaking team of Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata employ stop-motion to animate a 150-word poem by Ron Koerge in this poignant and bittersweet story about family, loss, and the finer points of packing a suitcase.

Dans les Vagues Noires des Premiers Océans

2018 Rubod & Stroudinsky: Organic life somehow emerges beneath the black waves of the first oceans in this composition and film produced as a long-distance collaboration between lifelong friends, Los Angeles-based Aurélien Rubod and London-based Michaël Stroudinsky.

Catastrophe

2017 Jamille van Wijngaarden: When a pet bird appears to drop dead in its cage, the good intentions of a hapless housecat set off a chain reaction of calamitous events in this tightly paced masterpiece of animated chaos by Dutch filmmaker Jamille van Wijngaarden.

Dear, Dreamer

2019 Kristian Melom: Filmmaker Kristian Melom’s poetic approach matches the writing style of his subject, rising literary star Jason Reynolds, whose enthusiastic embrace of Young Adult Fiction and use of realism demonstrate the power and limitlessness of the genre.

Video Arts History