The 32nd Annual Brainwash Movie Festival Live shows at: Dresher Ensemble Studio – 2201 Poplar St., Oakland, CA, US, November, Friday the 13th!, and Saturday the 14!, 2026 – Shows at 7:30pm . Fri., Nov. 13th, 2026 Externalities – Dan McHale 2:35 I Was Here – José Crúzio, Martin Gerigk 5:00 Kind Procedures – Marco […]
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The 2026 Brainwash Shows!
October 10, 2026 – 6:05 pm
The 32nd Annual Brainwash Movie Festival The Boxshop – 951 Hudson Av., SF, Fri. & Sat. 9/25 & 26/2026 – 8:00pm . Fri., Sept. 25, 2026 Externalities – Dan McHale 2:35 I Was Here – José Crúzio,Martin Gerigk 5:00 Kind Procedures – Marco Santos 2:54 Couch Ghosts – Jiaxin Zheng 5:09 Limited Slip – […]
The 2026 Brainwash Shows!
September 14, 2026 – 9:14 pm
The 32nd Annual Brainwash Movie Festival live shows this season at The Boxshop – Fri. & Sat. 9/25 & 26/2026 – 951 Hudson Av., S.F., CA. Admission @12ea. at the door, or @10ea. on Stride. And Coming Up: PDE Studios – Fri. & Sat. 11/13 & 14/2026 – 2253 Poplar St., Oakland, CA. All shows […]
The 2026 Brainwash Movie Festival Call for Entries.
January 15, 2026 – 7:48 pm
With live shows this season at Boxshop – Fri. & Sat. 9/25 & 26/2026 – 951 Hudson Av., S.F., CA, PDE Studios – Fri. & Sat. 11/13 & 14/2026 – 2253 Poplar St., Oakland, CA. All shows start at 8:00pm. A rarefied and unique event: Screening the weird, unusual and significantly great (but, probably, unheralded) […]
2025 SHOWS!
October 17, 2025 – 1:06 am
Welcome to our 2025 Extremely Super Deluxe Shows! At the Boxshop, again, this year-951 Hudson Av., San Francisco, CA. Shows start at 8:00pm Fri. & Sat., Nov. 14 & 15/2025. Admission is $12 each suggested donation. AND… on Thurs., Nov. 13, we are looking for extras to play audience members for our Brainwash broadcast series. […]
Call for Entries!
February 28, 2025 – 7:57 pm
The 2025 Brainwash Movie Drive-In/Bike-In/Walk-In Festival Call for Entries. A rarefied and unique event: A drive-in/bike-in/walk-in movie festival! Screening the weird, unusual and significantly great (but, probably, unheralded) movies of the world for the past 30 years. Every season, the Brainwash Drive-In/Bike-In/Walk-In Movie Festival screens your movies, gives awards and now going online, too! Join […]
OK, Here We Go—This Season’s Shows!
November 18, 2024 – 8:03 pm
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. […]
Brainwash Call Extended!
July 9, 2024 – 5:32 pm
This year’s Brainwash Movie Festival’s Call for Entries has been extended until July 31st, 2024. So enter now directly on Stride or at Film Freeway, and see yourself in our shows this season, and, possibly, beyond…
2023 Call for Entries
March 23, 2024 – 7:30 pm
2023 Call for Entries! The 2023 Brainwash Movie Drive-In/Bike-In/Walk-In Festival Call for Entries. A rarefied and unique event: A drive-in movie festival high in the eastern California Sierra Mountains! Screening the weird, unusual and significantly great (but, probably, unheralded) movies of the world for the past 28 years. Every season, the Brainwash Drive-In/Bike-In/Walk-In Movie Festival […]
The Brainwash Movie Festival’s 30th Anniversary Annual Shows!
March 23, 2024 – 6:35 pm
OK, Look Out Now, here comes our 30th! Annual Brainwash Movie Festival! But first, here are our winners from our 2023 Festival, shown at SF’s New Farm, 10/27-29/2023: 1st Prize: Loop Garou – a French Canadian Werewolf Fable – Erin Greenwell 2nd Grand! Prize!: The Unseen – John Akre 3rd Prize: Shitfaced –Jack E. K. […]
