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SFGFF co-presents at CAAMFest: THE LAND OF HOPE

By SFGFF ⋅ March 15, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

When: March 21, 2013 @ 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Where: Pacific Film Archive Theater, 2626 Bancroft Way, Berkeley,CA 94704, USA

Join us at this year’s stellar CAAMFest (March 14 – 24) for the SF Premiere of THE LAND OF HOPE. An earthquake and nuclear crisis forces two Japanese families to decide what is worth sacrificing in the name of safety. Alternately naturalistic and surreal, director Kibou no Kuni’s first feature is inspired by the 2011 [...]

SFGFF co-presents at CAAMFest: THE LAND OF HOPE

By SFGFF ⋅ March 15, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

When: March 16, 2013 @ 9:40 PM – 11:30 PM

Where: Sundance Kabuki Cinemas , 1881 Post Street, San Francisco,CA 94115, USA

Join us at this year’s stellar CAAMFest (March 14 – 24) for the SF Premiere of THE LAND OF HOPE. An earthquake and nuclear crisis forces two Japanese families to decide what is worth sacrificing in the name of safety. Alternately naturalistic and surreal, director Kibou no Kuni’s first feature is inspired by the 2011 [...]

Free Screening: SPLIT ESTATE

By SFGFF ⋅ December 21, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

When: February 27, 2013 @ 5:45 PM – 7:30 PM

Where: Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Public Library Main Branch, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco,CA 94102, USA

SPLIT ESTATE This compelling Emmy Award winning documentary shows the dirty side of hydraulic fracturing and natural gas, an energy source the industry touts as a clean alternative to fossil fuels. Imagine discovering that you don’t own the mineral rights under your land, and that an energy company plans to drill for natural gas two [...]

Free screening: BAG IT

By SFGFF ⋅ August 14, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

When: August 23, 2012 @ 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Where: Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Public Library Main Branch, 100 Larkin St, San Francisco,CA 94102, USA

There’s another opportunity to view Festival 2011 Opening Night film BAG IT at the San Francisco Public Library on Thursday, August 23. This film will change your life! Americans use 60,000 plastic bags every five minutes, disposable bags that they throw away without much thought. But where is “away”? Where do the bags and other [...]

THE CITY DARK

By SFGFF ⋅ November 29, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

When: December 6, 2011 (all-day)

Where: SF Film Society | New People Cinema, 1746 Post St, San Francisco,CA 94115, USA

The City Dark is the latest film from Ian Cheney (King Corn, Truck Farm) and will screen on Saturday, March 3, 2012 at the 2nd SF Green Film Festival with the director in attendance. Can’t wait until March? Get a sneak peek of this wonderful film at the San Francisco Film Society Cinema on Tuesday, [...]

SFGFF at ‘Nightlife’

By SFGFF ⋅ October 15, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

When: September 30, 2010 @ 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Where: California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Dr, San Francisco,CA 94118, USA

Drill, baby, spill: On Sept 30 we’re screening Jon Bowermaster’s film SOLA: LOUISIANA WATER STORIES at the California Academy of Sciences ‘Nightlife’ special H2O edition. Jon arrived in Louisiana in July 2008 to make a film about the relationship between man and water, and could never have predicted his reportage would end with the planet’s [...]

Pre-Screening and Kick-Off Party for the 1st San Francisco Green Film Festival

By SFGFF ⋅ October 15, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

When: November 30, 2010 @ 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Where: Ninth Street Independent Film Center, 145 9th St, San Francisco,CA 94103, USA

Join us to celebrate the launch of the 1st San Francisco Green Film Festival, March 3-6, 2011, with a pre-screening and kick-off party on November 30 at the Ninth Street Independent Film Center. Be the first to see a sneak peek of some of our most inspiring films, hear about the great line-up of films [...]

SFGFF & SF Public Library co-present: GREEN by Patrick Rouxel

By SFGFF ⋅ October 15, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

When: June 29, 2011 @ 6:15 PM – 8:00 PM

Where: Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Public Library Main Branch, 100 Larkin St, San Francisco,CA 94102, USA

Here’s your opportunity to see 2011 festival film GREEN by Patrick Rouxel one more time. This multi-award winning film explores the devastating impacts of logging and the palm oil industry on Orang-utan habitat in Indonesia.

SFGFF and SF Public Library co-present: BAG IT by Suzan Beraza

By SFGFF ⋅ October 15, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

When: July 28, 2011 @ 5:45 PM – 7:15 PM

Where: San Francisco Public Libraries (various locations)

Another chance to see our popular 2011 Opening Night film BAG IT. We are partnering with SFPL GreenStacks and SF Department of the Environment to present five neighborhood library branch screenings and a grand finale screening at the Main Branch at Civic Center. Follow “everyman” Jeb Berrier as he travels through our entangled plastic world. [...]

SF Premiere of PIPE DREAMS and panel discussion

By SFGFF ⋅ October 15, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

When: November 16, 2011 @ 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Where: SF Film Society | New People Cinema, 1746 Post St, San Francisco,CA 94115, USA

San Francisco Green Film Festival presents the San Francisco Premiere screening of PIPE DREAMS by Academy Award® nominated director Leslie Iwerks followed by panel discussion PIPE DREAMS (USA, 2011, 40 min.) Narrated by Daryl Hannah. Directed by Leslie Iwerks. Across the heartland of America, farmers and landowners are fighting to protect their land, their water, [...]