Brainwash

OK, Here We Go—This Season’s Shows!

The Brainwash 30th Annual “Pearl” Movie Festival!

Brace Yourself! – The Brainwash Drive-In/Bike In/Walk In Movie Festival returns to San Francisco again Sat. & Sun., November 30th, & December 1st, 2024, beginning at 7:00pm each night until about 8:30pm at The BoxShop, 951 Hudson Ave., SF, CA.

Bring a Blanket and a Chair!

Sat., Nov. 30, 2024

Ancient Lore – Patrick Müller

Dream of Sailing – Greg Roensch

Tina – Laura Sweeney, Sheri Davenport

We – Sara Bahramjahan

RAMGOG! – James Ristas

An Angel’s Bearing – Ashé X, Isham Wilken

The Danbury Redemption – Craig Trumbo

Sun., Dec. 1, 2024

Love, Light & Metal: The Making of Entwined – Emily Cohan

Do You Want to Know the Truth – Peter Allen VanOosting

Emerald City – Josef Steiff

The Visit – Sean Patrick Folster

form – Adam E. Stone

Whiskey Roulette – Subuddh Parekh

Melodies In the Sand – Allen Shahri

Daydream of the Sleepwalker – Yevgeniy K’banchik

Lilly Visits the Hospital – Medina Dennie, Ocean Demuth, Zaiyah Dennie, Sol Demuth, Xstine Cook, Heather Cook

The Untranslatable Forest – Ivan Miguel, Andy Camou

Tickets – $12 suggested donation, soon to be available on

(or you can contribute at the door).


Brainwash thanks our generous sponsors!



And many thanks to the following contributors — past, present, and future:

Founders: Shelby Toland, Dave Krzysik, Barbara Traub & Scott Arford
Exec. Producer: Duncan Maddux
2024 judges: Dave Krzysik, Kamala, Mark McGothigan and Shelby Toland

Special Thanks to:
Neil Kaplan (may he Rest in Peace), David Sutera, Mike Snook and Nimby, Amy Stabler, Dionne Stevens, Jason Gohlke, (General Partner Emeritus), Ron Baker, Simon Lang, Michael Mohr, Jalal Elhayek, Steve Mobia, Bekah Barnett, Ben the awesome fiddle and banjo player, Doug Campbell, Mark McGothigan, Linda Lord, Gary Nakamoto, Dave Reda, Emmanuel Jonas, Steven DeCaprio, Sarah Fisher, Yvette Hochberg, Andy Kirk, D.J. Neel N. Kizmiaz, Lillian Phaeton, Bev Reiser, The Rhythmic Revolution, Hal Robins, Betty Tweedy, Jonathan Logan, Jesse Block, Ed Holmes, Vikki Vaden, Mark States, Victor Ho, John Law, The SF Cacophony Society, (we're on pgs. 230-231), Scott Beale, Rob Schmidt, J.D. Boggmann, Mr. Mystic, M2, Burning Man, Phil Shuey, Kathy Vaquilar, Annie Coulter, Mike Dingle, SomArts, Jabari Herbert, Monsa, Phil Snyder, Mark Thimijian, ALL of our moviemakers! and, in memoriam to Neil Kaplan, Michael Hawk and Les Blank, whose movies live on.

Theme Music for the Festival and Big Weird Time Webisodes: Traffic Man, written by Dave Krzysik & Ed Bullins.
Performed by:
Hot Tub Man: Benny Lewis, Joe Shelby, Gaylord Birch, Nik Phelps, Joe McKinley, & Dave Krzysik. Hot Tub Man, with a different line-up, also performed Find Your Place, moviemaker Scott Bartlett's last movie.

Not To Mention The Doggie Diner Dogheads:

Chill.