SFGFF is thrilled to be a community partner for the 55th San Francisco International Film Festival, April 19 – May 3. The Festival presents marquee premieres of Jessica Yu’s Last Call at the Oasis, an enthralling, entertaining, and ultimately sobering look at the world’s water crisis, and Micha X. Peled’s Bitter Seeds, about a farmer’s [...]
Post-screening discussion will follow with: ~ Robert Hayden, Manager of Transportation Programs and San Francisco EV Initiative, SF Environment ~ Andrea Kissack, Sr. Science Editor, KQED ~ Kavi Reddy, Youth Advisory Board Member, Alliance for Climate Education (ACE) ~ moderated by Owen Thomas, Founding Editor of the Daily Dot. A Bay Area Community Cinema event, [...]
Join us at the SF International Asian American Film Festival for the local premiere of this beautiful new documentary. Members of the Polynesian community of Takū must decide how to adapt to the devastating impact of climate change. Briar March’s award-winning documentary shows the frustration and resilience of these innocent victims of environmental change. Buy [...]
Occupy Oakland free outdoor screening Oscar Grant Plaza, 14th & Broadway, Oakland Rain venue: The Hold Out, 2313 San Pablo (23rd Street), Oakland Another chance to see this festival favorite about the 1990 Oakland car bombing of Earth First! organizers Judi Bari & Darryl Cherney and the FBI’s & OPD’s attempt to frame them. Info [...]
Another chance to see our inspirational 2012 Festival opening night film, THE ISLAND PRESIDENT. Jon Shenk’s beautifully shot documentary follows the globe-trotting journey of Mohamed Nasheed, former president – he was forced to resign on February 7, 2012 – of the Maldives, the lowest-lying country in the world. After becoming the Maldives’ first freely elected [...]
Another chance to see our inspirational 2012 Festival opening night film, THE ISLAND PRESIDENT. Jon Shenk’s beautifully shot documentary follows the globe-trotting journey of Mohamed Nasheed, former president – he was forced to resign on February 7, 2012 – of the Maldives, the lowest-lying country in the world. After becoming the Maldives’ first freely elected [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Don’t miss the official pre-parties for both the SF Green Festival and Noisepop at the California Academy of Sciences “Nightlife” on Thursday, February 17 – with live music, films, and DJs! Catch a sneak peek of the 2011 film festival line-up, dance to some of San Francisco’s most popular DJs, enjoy food and cocktails, and [...]