// What People Are Saying

RECENT PRESS COVERAGE

San Francisco Magazine
5.1.11 Greening Our Silver Screen
“Audiences may have had to face some inconvenient truths—landfills in China, the decimation of oceans, global warming, and other such unentertaining fare—but many of the films also celebrated conservation efforts and left theatergoers exhilarated rather than discouraged.”

IDTV [Television]
3.27.11 1st San Francisco Green Film Festival

eGlobalCommunity [Television]
3.10.11 1st San Francisco Green Film Festival

Treehugger
3.7.11 Powerful Sweet Crude Film Documents Protests Against Oil Extraction in the Niger Delta
3.7.11 The Coral Gardener‘s Innovative Idea for Restoring Reefs in Fiji
3.7.11 Plastic State of Mind Music Video Helps Get Plastic Bags Banned
“The first ever San Francisco Green Film Festival launched this past weekend and […] the quality of the films presented were of the highest caliber. Mixed in among the serious documentaries about everything from precious metal mining to bird conservation were a few choice shorts that thankfully use a little comedy and music to disseminate disturbing information.”

KALW: Crosscurrents [Radio]
3.3.11 The first annual SF Green Film Festival takes root

SF360.org
3.3.11 Hope Springs Eternal at Green Film Festival

SF Weekly
3.2.11 San Francisco Green Film Festival Offers Laughs, Entertainment — and Stark Reality
“The idea of individual initiative pervades the festival lineup, from ordinary guy Jeb Berrier’s inquiry into the ubiquitous plastic bag in Thursday’s opening night film BAG IT to Burkina Faso farmer Yacouba Sawadogo and his soil-reclamation breakthrough profiled in Sunday night’s closer, THE MAN WHO STOPPED THE DESERT.”

The Bay Citizen
3.2.11 Green Film Festival Founder Talks Doom, Gloom and Personal Passions

Cinesource
3.1.11 Flickering Green on the Silver Screen

San Francisco Examiner
2.27.11 Shining a spotlight on The City’s myriad film festivals / First green film festival takes root

Examiner.com
2.26.11 The first ever San Francisco Green Film Festival launches March 3-6 ☆☆☆☆☆

Filmbalaya.com
2.25.11 Green Film Festival 2011: Hauling Review ☆☆☆☆

San Francisco Chronicle
2.24.11 S.F. Green Film Festival seeks to educate, inspire [Walter Addiego]
“The San Francisco Green Film Festival is unapologetically about advocacy. The goal isn’t just to educate audiences about many environment issues but also to inspire them to take action.”

San Francisco Chronicle
2.18.11 Industry Buzz: Green Film Festival not hurting for entrants [Hugh Hart]

The Bay Citizen
2.18.11 SF Green Film Fest: Bag Ladies, Surf Photog and the Cow Who Got Away
“The Film Festival offered an array of shorts and we checked out a half dozen that inspired ‘ooohs’ and ‘aaahhhh’s’ and some chuckles for their creative approaches to video and topics with a green tinge.”

Bay Nature
2.18.11 Green Film Festival Coming to San Francisco

Filmbalaya.com
2.14.11 San Francisco’s First Ever Green Film Festival

The Independent [UK]
2.11.11 Werner Herzog and other filmmakers go green for the big screen

Examiner.com
1.24.11 San Francisco’s First Green Film Festival comes to the City on March 3-6

Earth Island Journal
Winter 2011 Green Film is Good Film

San Francisco Weekly
11.24.10 Night & Day: It’s Not Easy Sayin’ Green

San Francisco Bay Guardian
11.23.10 Weekly Picks: SF Green Film Festival Screening & Launch Party

San Francisco Chronicle
11.28.10 Bay Area Arts & Entertainment picks

TESTIMONIALS

For an inaugural launch, what an awe-inspiring line-up of 90 premieres from around the world! We were pleased to join the filmmakers of BUTTERFLIES AND BULLDOZERS to discuss saving the Bay and San Bruno Mountain.
~ East Bay Regional Park District, Founding Sponsor

We loved the camaraderie of the festival staff, we loved the city and we loved the warmth, charm and personal attention showered on the filmmaker. A festival with smart crowds, class and heart. Don’t miss a frame.
~ Kevin Tomlinson, filmmaker, BACK TO THE GARDEN: FLOWER POWER COMES FULL CIRCLE

Loved the green themed programs, the festival venue, the interactive art at parties, abundance of helpful volunteers.
~ Soumyaa Kapil Behrens, filmmaker, MY GARBAGE, MY NEIGHBORHOOD

It’s so exciting to see such a great line-up of films coming together – and on such important and timely issues.
~ Michelle M. via festival blog comments

The energetic Q&A following BANANAS!* was a unique experience to supplement the film screening; it provided learning and critical thought that I couldn’t get anywhere else. The festival did a great job of covering the green topics I was aware of as well as introducing me to new ideas and issues.
~ Ambika J. via festival survey

SFGreenFilmFest was a huge success!! Fueled with knowledge and desire to pay attention, take action, read labels, and live greener.
~ @vivaverdehoje via Twitter

The experts on the E-waste/green design panel showed how various environmental realities connect, and positive new directions that can be taken.
~ Doug P. via festival survey

The variety of environmental films and their almost uniformly positive tone was unique I think.
~ Ruth S. via festival survey

The opening night party following BAG IT was really exceptional. It was a great idea to invite local organic food retailers to give away their wares.
~ Edward S. via festival survey

The party rocked. Power to the green!
~ David M. via festival blog comments

Can’t wait to attend again in 2012 and see the new crop of awesome flicks!
~ @greenista via Twitter

I can’t wait to see the 2012 San Francisco Green Film Festival selections. If they are anything like last year’s winners, we are all in for a treat!
~ Anna K. via Facebook

Very excited to attend the greenfilmfest in 2011! The movie selection is wonderful and some, like BAG IT should be interesting to watch and see the trend in current consumer awareness and selection of green product over plastic.
~ Tetyana via festival blog comments

If you are in the San Francisco Area this is an event you will not want to miss.
~ Bag Monsters via Facebook

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