Seven nights on Clement Street
The 21st San Francisco Short Film Festival runs October 15 to 22, 2026 and screens its live programme at the 4-Star Theater, 2200 Clement Street. SF IndieFest produces the festival. The organiser lists 88 short films in this edition and plays seven of them live across seven nights, from Thursday October 15 to Wednesday October 21.
A stay for the whole live run is seven nights. Check in Thursday October 15 and check out Thursday October 22.
One programme a night, two hours a night
The clock below comes from the festival's own ticketing system. Every live block runs two hours at the 4-Star.
Thursday October 15, Opening Night, 8:15 p.m. Friday October 16, Funny LOL, 8:30 p.m. Saturday October 17, An Animated World, 8:30 p.m. Sunday October 18, True Stories, 5 p.m. Monday October 19, Spontaneous Connections, 8:15 p.m. Tuesday October 20, Spine-tingling Stories, 8:15 p.m. Wednesday October 21, Closing Night, 8:15 p.m.
Four nights start at 8:15 p.m. and end at 10:15 p.m. Two nights start at 8:30 p.m. and end at 10:30 p.m. Sunday starts at 5 p.m. and ends at 7 p.m.
What a seat costs
Live tickets are $15. Tickets for all virtual presentations are $10. The festival sells a Live+Virtual Screenings Pass for $95, and that pass covers both. Seven live tickets bought singly cost $105.
The festival puts 120 general-admission tickets on sale for each live programme, which is 840 across the seven nights. On 6 October 2026 the festival's own inventory read 96 seats left of 120 for Opening Night and 84 left of 120 for Closing Night. The organiser recommends advance purchase in those words.
The house sits at 2200 Clement Street and the operator lists its box office at 415.418.6712.
The organiser contracts no block and no hotel partner
The organiser publishes no hotel partner, no room block, no group rate, no booking code and no cut-off for this festival. The About page thanks its funders and names hotels among them. That is an acknowledgement and not an arrangement.
Rooms for October 15 to 22 sit in the open market. The same organiser lists the 7th Green Film Festival of San Francisco on the identical window, October 15 to 22.
The properties published closest to the theatre
The distances below are straight-line from 2200 Clement Street, measured against the coordinates on our own directory pages on 6 October 2026. The addresses and star ratings are the properties' own listings.
Geary Parkway Motel, 4750 Geary Boulevard, 94118, two stars, 0.69 miles. Seal Rock Inn, 545 Point Lobos Avenue, 94121, 1.45 miles. Inn at the Presidio, 42 Moraga Avenue, 94129, 1.71 miles. Stanyan Park Hotel, 750 Stanyan St, 94117, three stars, 1.89 miles. The Laurel Inn, JdV by Hyatt, 444 Presidio Ave, 94115, three stars, 2.02 miles. Ocean Inn, 4211 Judah Street, 94122, two stars, 2.03 miles.
No directory page publishes a nightly rate. Rates for this window come from the properties.
What to ask the desk for October 15 to 22
Ask four questions. Does the property hold rooms across seven consecutive nights from October 15? What is the cancellation deadline in writing on those seven nights? What is the nightly difference between the flexible rate and the non-refundable rate across that span? What does parking cost, and can a guest return after 10:30 p.m.?
A desk that answers those four in writing gives a festival-goer the whole decision. A desk that holds only part of the span turns the stay into two bookings.
How one request reaches the hotels
hotelhuddle sends one request to 50 or more hotels in a destination city. Submission is free and carries no obligation. Properties answer in 24 to 72 hours, and many answer the same day. hotelhuddle adds no commission to your rate, and no answer obliges a booking.
Most hotels require 10 or more rooms to qualify for a group rate. A party of one or two rooms sits below that floor, so the request still goes out and each property answers on its own terms.
The play
Book the seven nights early. Ask each property what it holds for October 15 to 22. Get the cancellation deadline in writing before you accept a non-refundable rate.