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2013 Program Launch Party

By SFGFF ⋅ April 16, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

When: May 7, 2013 @ 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

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

The 3rd San Francisco Green Film Festival May 30 – June 5, 2013 is just around the corner! PROGRAM LAUNCH PARTY Tuesday, May 7, 2013 6:00-8:00pm Ninth Street Independent Film Center 145 9th Street (at Minna/Natoma) San Francisco, CA 94103 **We strongly recommend getting tickets in advance. Space is limited and last year tickets sold [...]

Festival Kick-Off Screening: TINY – A STORY ABOUT LIVING SMALL

By SFGFF ⋅ April 11, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

When: May 22, 2013 @ 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Where: Annie Alley (next to SPUR Urban Center), Annie Street, San Francisco,CA 94105, USA

TINY – A STORY ABOUT LIVING SMALL Christopher Smith and Merete Mueller, USA, 2013, 62 mins tiny-themovie.com Can living small go big? Fresh off its premiere at SXSW 2013, TINY, a film about families living in homes smaller than a parking space and one couple’s attempts to build a similarly scaled house for themselves, will [...]

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 [...]

Earth Day SF

By SFGFF ⋅ February 23, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

When: April 20, 2013 @ 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Where: Civic Center Plaza, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA

Join us and celebrate Earth Day 2013 in the heart of San Francisco, the “Greenest City in North America” This unique celebration packs a powerful day of green sustainability discussions, activism, workshops and solutions into one full day of fun and excitement for the whole family. Designed to support the Bay Area Community and beyond, [...]

Free Earth Day screening: A FIERCE GREEN FIRE

By SFGFF ⋅ February 23, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

When: April 24, 2013 @ 5:15 PM – 7:45 PM

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

A FIERCE GREEN FIRE: THE BATTLE FOR A LIVING PLANET is the first big-picture exploration of the environmental movement – grassroots and global activism spanning fifty years from conservation to climate change. From halting dams in the Grand Canyon to battling 20,000 tons of toxic waste at Love Canal; from Greenpeace saving the whales to [...]

Free Earth Day Screening: THE ISLAND PRESIDENT

By SFGFF ⋅ February 23, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

When: April 23, 2013 @ 5:45 PM – 7:30 PM

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

Bay Area filmmaker Jon Shenk spends a year with President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives as he confronts a problem greater than any other world leader has ever faced – the literal survival of his country and everyone in it, due to the devastating impacts of climate change. Witness the first chapter of his global [...]

SFGFF Special Screening & Mixer: CHASING ICE

By SFGFF ⋅ January 23, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

When: February 14, 2013 @ 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

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

*** SOLD OUT *** GIVE SOME LOVE TO THE PLANET! Treat yourself and the planet to an extraordinary Valentine’s Day event! Join us for an evening of film and friends with a special screening of the multi-award winning (and Oscar nominated) CHASING ICE. Be the first to hear exciting announcements about the upcoming festival in [...]

Free Screening SOUL FOOD JUNKIES

By SFGFF ⋅ January 7, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

When: January 15, 2013 @ 5:45 PM – 6:00 PM

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

Join us for the first ITVS Community Cinema screening of 2013 with a free screening of SOUL FOOD JUNKIES. Filmmaker Byron Hurt explores the upsides and downsides of soul food, a quintessential American cuisine. SOUL FOOD JUNKIES explores the history and social significance of soul food to black cultural identity and its effect on African [...]

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 [...]

Socially Green Meetup: Art, Culture & Lifestyle w/ GreenStreetSF & SF Green Film Fest

By SFGFF ⋅ December 6, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

When: January 10, 2013 @ 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

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

Meet other green startups and eco entrepreneurs, media, and local green business owners SOCIALLY GREEN is the Meetup group of GreenStreetSF.org. GreenStreetSF.org is a professional networking group for anyone from ecologically-minded consumers to green entrepreneurs and startups who want to connect with other professionals and innovators in the burgeoning green industry landscape. Our mission is [...]