The San Francisco Documentary Film Festival is back for a seventh season with disco, extreme Asian theater, mind-blowing documentary cinema and mayhem. This year’s lineup is comprised of more than 60 films, to be screened over a three-week period at San Francisco and Berkeley’s premiere independent film houses. Sensational, award-winning films include a portrait of the now 50 year-old “demi-gods of Canadian metal” recording their 13th album in Anvil! The Story of Anvil and a West Coast premiere of a look into the awkward world of break-ups, that will perhaps help to answer why San Francisco is the 2nd city for singles in the nation, for better or worse, in Break-Up Date.

Prioritize your calendar this October and early November, because the 7th Annual SF Doc Fest is not only known for bringing the best in local and international nonfiction film, but also some killer parties. Jeff Ross, founder of SF IndieFest, who launched DocFest in 2001, exclaims: “We’ve expanded to Berkeley for a full week, and as usual our parties will be wild! The Roller Disco party on the 24th especially.” SF Doc Fest and RedHook Beer will present a roller raging, grooving and grinding, dance party where costumes are encouraged, and inebriated falls and busts are highly anticipated, though not required. The heart of the Mission will be pumping with righteous jams in one of San Francisco’s coveted underground art and culture venue, Cell Space. Hub of some of the most mind blowing evenings in the Bay Area, expect the unexpected at a disco celebration dedicated to the silver screen and solid gold sounds.

SF Doc Fest, along with many esteemed Bay Area film events, showcase the creative currents that pulse at our city’s liberal core. Jeff Ross explains: “We have a strong documentary making community. When SF makers get selected for Sundance, or Academy Awards, its almost always for a doc.” These local storytellers give us a firsthand glimpse into the lives, experiences, and dreams of the incredible people that makeup our American landscape. As the holidays quickly approach, and your summer abundance of free time has dwindled and disappeared, Jeff Ross recommends you at least make it out to see Dear Zachary, which he praises as being “amazing, intense, and unexpected.” From the heart-wrenching to the story of two obsessed fans of 80s pop singer, Tiffany in I think We’re Alone Now, coupled with a documentary short about society’s problem with pubes, Why We Wax, there is obviously something for everyone.

With the first weekend of programming passed, get to the website now to see what will spark your interest in SF Doc Fest’s incredibly exciting and diverse lineup. Don’t forget the Roller Disco party and surely not the popcorn, for this once a year chance to see some of the most acclaimed documentary films in the world today.