SAN FRANCISCO — The third annual Golden Gate Armenian Film Festival (GAFF) will take place from November 20 to 22 at the charming Vogue Theatre in the Iconic Pacific Heights neighborhood in San Francisco. This year’s festival features highly acclaimed movies screened at the Venice, Locarno and Golden Apricot International Film Festivals. Produced in Armenian, France, Germany, Belgium and Canada, documentaries, dramas, short films and animated films brings to the screen topics from the lives of Armenians across the globe. The distinguished jury will reward the best films in each category. The awards are handcrafted on Armenian tuff stone by famous Lebanese-Armenian artist Narine Paladian. The audience will experience films such as: Tamara Stepanyan’s “In the Land of Arto” (2025) – Armenia’s official submission to the 99th Academy Awards; Robert Guediguian’s masterpiece “Woman Today” (2026); “Outliving Shakespeare” by Inna Sahakyan and Reuben Ghazaryan (2025); “Here Elsewhere” by Comes Chahbazian (2026), set in Artsakh during the final month of the Armenian population in 2023, when they are losing their homes and trying to preserve ordinary life and memory). Full program, tickets, Awards are available at: https://ggaff.art . See also the Facebook site https://www.facebook.com/p/Golden-Gate-Armenian-Film-Festival-100071632466645/ and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goldengatearmenianfilmfestival/?hl=en GGAFF was founded with the goal to built and strengthen collaborations between Armenian film directors and the Armenian diaspora in the United States, as well as to provide an opportunity both for the Armenians living in the Bay Area and the general public to enjoy the best selection of films created by Armenian film directors. The post Third Annual Golden Gate Armenian Film Festival Coming to San Francisco This November appeared first on The Armenian Mirror-Spectator .