Free Screening: Jan Švankmajer’s “Alice” (1989) + Surrealist Shorts

The San Francisco Public Library continues its 100 Years of Surrealism film series with a screening of selected surrealist short films, followed by a screening of director Jan Švankmajer’s surreal feature film Alice.

In Alice (1989), Czech animation master and surrealist artist Svankmajer presents a dark, surrealistic interpretation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, in which the young girl Alice follows a demonic rabbit through a decaying landscape littered with broken, discarded objects and nightmarish toys. Not for children!

NR, 96 mins., 1989. Closed captions (CC) in English.

More info about the film: https://sfpl.org/events/2025/04/20/film-jan-svankmajers-alice-surrealist-shorts
More info about SFPL's 100 Years of Surrealism: https://on.sfpl.org/100Surrealism

1:00 Meet in the Latino Room on the library's Lower Level. The film program will start at 1:00 p.m.
4:15 After the screening we will stay a short while for coffee, cookies and conversation.