Community Calendar

Celebrate San Antonio and Texas filmmakers, Latinx voices and powerful storytelling right here in San Antonio. Join us for the 47th CineFestival, happening July 9-12 at the Carver Community Cultural Center, located at 226 North Hackberry, San Antonio, Texas, 78202.

The 47th CineFestival San Antonio returns with powerful stories, bold voices, and a vibrant celebration of Chicanx, Latinx, and Latin American cinema. Presented by the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, the nation’s longest-running Latino film festival brings filmmakers and audiences together for four days of screenings, conversations, and cultural connection.

Highlights:
Opening Night: MexicanAmerican — Tribeca Audience Award–winning documentary
Closing Night: American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez — honoring a pioneer of Chicano storytelling
Music-driven films like Let the City Speak (featuring Quetzal)
Cultural deep dives including Los Tejanos: A 500-Year History
Soul and freestyle culture showcased in Soul Searchin’ and Who’s the Real Spanish Fly?
Dozens of short films, including a major spotlight on San Antonio filmmakers

Additional Info:
Over 50% of screenings are free and open to the public
All-Access Passes: $40
Individual tickets available
For questions, please contact Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center at 210-271-3151 opt 4 or ext. 250.

Endings transformed into something larger—music that reaches beyond:

Henri Vieuxtemps — Élégie, Op. 30
Johannes Brahms — Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 60
Olivier Messiaen — Quartet for the End of Time

From the intimate lyricism of Vieuxtemps’ Élégie to the stormy, searching intensity of Brahms’s C minor Piano Quartet, the program unfolds toward Messiaen’s transcendent masterpiece. Composed under unimaginable circumstances during World War II, the Quartet for the End of Time offers a vision of stillness, radiance, and eternity—music that seems to suspend time itself.

Cactus Pear Music Festival's Young Artist Program takes center stage in a program that looks toward the future of music-making. Featuring outstanding young musicians from the San Antonio community, this concert celebrates curiosity, growth, and the thrill of discovery—offering a glimpse of the artistry and imagination that will shape the musical world in the years ahead.

Looking ahead to what is to come, the festival now turns to the roots of an American musical voice—and the traditions that continue to shape it.

Classical music encounters new sounds, new rhythms, and new possibilities:

Darius Milhaud — La création du monde, Op. 81
William Grant Still — Suite for Violin and Piano
Ragtime (with members of the New England Ragtime Ensemble)

Milhaud’s La création du monde draws on jazz and African musical traditions to create something entirely new—one of the earliest and most compelling fusions of classical and jazz idioms. William Grant Still’s music brings lyricism, elegance, and a distinctly American voice to the program. The second half turns to ragtime itself, with works by Scott Joplin, James Scott, and others, performed by members of the legendary New England Ragtime Ensemble alongside festival artists.

*This production is not a presentation of the Carver Community Cultural Center or the Carver Development Board.

A playful and illuminating dialogue between refinement and revolution:

Igor Stravinsky — Suite from L’histoire du soldat
Maurice Ravel — Violin Sonata in G Major
Ragtime (with members of the New England Ragtime Ensemble)

Stravinsky’s L’histoire du soldat blends classical precision with popular dance rhythms in a sharply etched theatrical score. Ravel’s Violin Sonata—especially its iconic “Blues” movement—reveals a composer fascinated by American jazz. The festival concludes with a vibrant set of ragtime, tracing the roots of jazz and celebrating the composers who shaped an enduring American sound.

*This production is not a presentation of the Carver Community Cultural Center or the Carver Development Board.

The 32nd SAFILM–San Antonio Film Festival returns July 21–26, 2026, celebrating more than three decades of championing independent cinema, emerging filmmakers, and creative storytelling. As the largest festival in south Texas, SAFILM brings together filmmakers, actors, industry professionals, students, and movie lovers from around the world for six days of feature films, shorts, documentaries, screenplays, educational panels, networking events, red-carpet premieres, and special guest appearances.

Committed to fostering the next generation of storytellers while showcasing diverse voices and perspectives, SAFILM continues its mission of providing an accessible and inclusive platform for cinematic arts and cultural exchange in the heart of San Antonio.

Tickets can be purchased online or at event. Tickets/badges do not include service fee and taxes. Three types of tickets can be purchased; VIP badge, weekend badge, or 1 day badge. Prices vary based on badge type.

The 32nd SAFILM–San Antonio Film Festival returns July 21–26, 2026, celebrating more than three decades of championing independent cinema, emerging filmmakers, and creative storytelling. As the largest festival in south Texas, SAFILM brings together filmmakers, actors, industry professionals, students, and movie lovers from around the world for six days of feature films, shorts, documentaries, screenplays, educational panels, networking events, red-carpet premieres, and special guest appearances.

Committed to fostering the next generation of storytellers while showcasing diverse voices and perspectives, SAFILM continues its mission of providing an accessible and inclusive platform for cinematic arts and cultural exchange in the heart of San Antonio.

Tickets can be purchased online or at event. Tickets/badges do not include service fee and taxes. Three types of tickets can be purchased; VIP badge, weekend badge, or 1 day badge. Prices vary based on badge type.

The 32nd SAFILM–San Antonio Film Festival returns July 21–26, 2026, celebrating more than three decades of championing independent cinema, emerging filmmakers, and creative storytelling. As the largest festival in south Texas, SAFILM brings together filmmakers, actors, industry professionals, students, and movie lovers from around the world for six days of feature films, shorts, documentaries, screenplays, educational panels, networking events, red-carpet premieres, and special guest appearances.

Committed to fostering the next generation of storytellers while showcasing diverse voices and perspectives, SAFILM continues its mission of providing an accessible and inclusive platform for cinematic arts and cultural exchange in the heart of San Antonio.

Tickets can be purchased online or at event. Tickets/badges do not include service fee and taxes. Three types of tickets can be purchased; VIP badge, weekend badge, or 1 day badge. Prices vary based on badge type.

The 32nd SAFILM–San Antonio Film Festival returns July 21–26, 2026, celebrating more than three decades of championing independent cinema, emerging filmmakers, and creative storytelling. As the largest festival in south Texas, SAFILM brings together filmmakers, actors, industry professionals, students, and movie lovers from around the world for six days of feature films, shorts, documentaries, screenplays, educational panels, networking events, red-carpet premieres, and special guest appearances.

Committed to fostering the next generation of storytellers while showcasing diverse voices and perspectives, SAFILM continues its mission of providing an accessible and inclusive platform for cinematic arts and cultural exchange in the heart of San Antonio.

Tickets can be purchased online or at event. Tickets/badges do not include service fee and taxes. Three types of tickets can be purchased; VIP badge, weekend badge, or 1 day badge. Prices vary based on badge type.

The 32nd SAFILM–San Antonio Film Festival returns July 21–26, 2026, celebrating more than three decades of championing independent cinema, emerging filmmakers, and creative storytelling. As the largest festival in south Texas, SAFILM brings together filmmakers, actors, industry professionals, students, and movie lovers from around the world for six days of feature films, shorts, documentaries, screenplays, educational panels, networking events, red-carpet premieres, and special guest appearances.

Committed to fostering the next generation of storytellers while showcasing diverse voices and perspectives, SAFILM continues its mission of providing an accessible and inclusive platform for cinematic arts and cultural exchange in the heart of San Antonio.

Tickets can be purchased online or at event. Tickets/badges do not include service fee and taxes. Three types of tickets can be purchased; VIP badge, weekend badge, or 1 day badge. Prices vary based on badge type.