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SFGFF presents: FOOD STAMPED with filmmaker Q&A

By SFGFF ⋅ April 30, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Join us on May 31 at the Ninth Street Independent Film Center to launch our 2012 community screenings series: FOOD STAMPED Special screening and Q&A with Bay Area filmmakers Shira and Yoav Potash Moderated by Julian Mocine-McQueen, Campaign and Partnerships Manager, Green For All Thursday, May 31 Ninth Street Independent Film Center 145 9th Street, [...]

SFGFF co-presents: ONE DAY ON EARTH – Global Screening Event on Earth Day with filmmaker Q&A

By SFGFF ⋅ April 13, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

SFGFF co-presents: ONE DAY ON EARTH Global Screening Event with filmmaker Q&A Sunday, April 22 at 4:00 PM Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street, SF Buy Tickets >> Be a part of cinema history this Earth Day and join countries around the world in the global screening of One Day on Earth, the first film made [...]

2012 Film Festival Award Winners

By SFGFF ⋅ March 13, 2012 ⋅ One comment

The 2nd San Francisco Green Film Festival (SFGFF), from March 1-7, 2012, has announced the recipients of the festival’s 2012 film awards. SFGFF is the Bay Area’s only festival dedicated to films and new forms of media that explore green issues and sustainable living. This year’s festival included 18 programs with local premieres of 40 [...]

Full program line-up! March 1-7, 2012

By SFGFF ⋅ January 30, 2012 ⋅ 4 comments

Join us for the 2nd San Francisco Green Film Festival, March 1-7, 2012 – the Bay Area’s only festival dedicated to films and new forms of media that explore green issues and sustainable living. This year’s films include local premieres of 40 films from around the globe, with 50 visiting filmmakers and guest speakers. The [...]

Lights! Camera! Action Steps! [PDF downloads]

By SFGFF ⋅ January 30, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Have you seen a festival film and are you thinking “What can I do?” Check out our new ‘Action Steps’ resources! Get an action-steps guide in the theater or download from here on our website, tell us what you’re going to do in the video story booth in the cinema lobby, or sign up for [...]

Filmmakers & Guests at the 2012 Festival

By SFGFF ⋅ January 30, 2012 ⋅ 2 comments

A list of filmmakers, panelists, and speakers expected at the 2012 Festival. Please check back frequently for additions. Allison Arieff, ‘Opinionator’ columnist, New York Times; Urbanist Editor, SPUR Tamara Badgley Horowitz, Grants & Residencies Coordinator, San Francisco Film Society David Baker, David Baker+Partners Architects Anthony Baxter, Director, “You’ve Been Trumped” Richard Berge, Producer, “The Island [...]

Opening Night Premiere & Party: THE ISLAND PRESIDENT with filmmakers and special guests

By SFGFF ⋅ January 30, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

OPENING NIGHT PREMIERE Thu 3.01 // 7:00 PM SF Film Society Cinema, 1748 Post St. *** FILM IS SOLD OUT *** PARTY TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE *** THE ISLAND PRESIDENT Jon Shenk, USA, 2011, 101 mins. San Francisco Premiere. In person: Jon Shenk, Director; Richard Berge, Producer; Bonni Cohen, Producer; Steve Hipskind, Chief, Earth Science [...]

Panel discussions at the 2012 Festival

By SFGFF ⋅ January 29, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Join us for a series of lively panel discussions in the Superfrog Gallery at the New People, 1746 Post Street. SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2012 1:00 PM THE FUTURE OF FILM FUNDING Buy tickets Documentary filmmaking has come of age and the ways docs are funded is changing rapidly. From bootstrapped productions and crowd-sourced micro-financed films [...]

Festival Video Story Booth [videos]

By SFGFF ⋅ January 29, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Responses to the films and ideas in the festival from audience members in the Video Story Booth: Here are responses to the Opening Night screening of The Island President. Additional videos for many of the other films throughout the week are at www.youtube.com/sfgreenfilmfest. Can you find yourself?

Glorious short films at the 2012 Festival!

By SFGFF ⋅ January 29, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Enjoy the great selection of short films at the upcoming festival! Shorts play throughout the week before the feature presentations. ANIMAL BEATBOX Damon Gameau, Australia, 2011, 2 mins “This film was a joy to make. It involved my girlfriend and my mother and 3 days of being children again building sets and cutting out animal [...]