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Feb 27 – SPLIT ESTATE: Free Screening & Discussion on Fracking

By SFGFF ⋅ February 15, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

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 hundred feet [...]

Jan 10 – Socially Green: Art, Culture & Lifestyle w/ GreenStreetSF & SF Green Film Fest

By SFGFF ⋅ December 20, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Meet other green startups and eco entrepreneurs, media, and local green business owners. SOCIALLY GREEN is the Meetup group of GreenStreetSF.org, 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 to promote [...]

Oct 25 SFGFF presents: ALMA

By SFGFF ⋅ October 2, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Join us for this free screening of the ‘Director’s Choice’ from the 2012 SF Green Film Festival. Beautifully shot, alternately joyful and horrifying, ALMA captures the ecological, and even spiritual, cost of meat, dairy, and leather production in the Amazon. Since 2003, Patrick Rouxel has dedicated his time to making films aimed at raising awareness [...]

Sept 6 SF Green Film Festival at Walmart eCommerce

By SFGFF ⋅ August 14, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

This September, SFGFF is partnering with Walmart eCommerce to present the Festival at the Walmart eCommerce corporate campus in San Bruno. The pilot event on September 6 will explore the theme of urban farming and employees will enjoy an afternoon of film screenings, discussions with local experts, opportunities to sample locally grown produce, and a [...]

May 31 SFGFF presents: FOOD STAMPED with filmmaker Q&A

By SFGFF ⋅ April 30, 2012 ⋅ One 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, [...]

Closing Night Premiere & Party: JUST DO IT with filmmakers and special guests

By SFGFF ⋅ January 29, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

CLOSING NIGHT Wed 03.07 // 7:30 PM SF Film Society Cinema, 1748 Post St.(at Webster) JUST DO IT – A TALE OF MODERN-DAY OUTLAWS Emily James UK, 2011, 90 mins USA Sneak Preview. In person: Emily James, Director; Laura Shacham, Assistant Producer; Jamie Henn, Co-Founder and Communications Director, 350.org Buy Tickets Green Film Fest-goers will [...]

Free Screening for Schools: CAFETERIA MAN

By SFGFF ⋅ January 29, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

2nd ANNUAL STUDENT EDUCATION PROGRAM This is a free event for Middle and High School students and teachers. Tuesday, March 6, 2012 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM San Francisco Film Society Cinema 1746 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94115 MUNI: 2, 3, 22, 38, & 38L SFGFF’s mission is to organize and present forward-thinking programs [...]

World Premiere: WHO BOMBED JUDI BARI?

By SFGFF ⋅ January 28, 2012 ⋅ 2 comments

Fri 03.02 // 5:00 PM SF Film Society Cinema, 1748 Post St. WHO BOMBED JUDI BARI? Mary Liz Thomson and Darryl Cherney USA, 2012, 93 mins. World Premiere, commemorating the 15th anniversary of Judi Bari’s death on March 2, 1997. In person: Mary Liz Thomson & Darryl Cherney, filmmakers; Elyse Katz, Exec. Producer; Sheila Laffey, [...]

USA Premiere: WAKING THE GREEN TIGER

By SFGFF ⋅ January 28, 2012 ⋅ One comment

Sat 03.03 // 5:30 PM SF Film Society Cinema, 1748 Post St. WAKING THE GREEN TIGER – THE RISE OF A GREEN MOVEMENT IN CHINA Gary Marcuse Canada, 2011, 78 min. In English and Mandarin with English Subtitles. USA Premiere. In person: Gary Marcuse, Director; Betsy Carson, Producer; Peter Bosshard. Policy Director, International Rivers; Katy [...]

SF Premiere: YOU’VE BEEN TRUMPED ~ double bill with classic film LOCAL HERO

By SFGFF ⋅ January 28, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Fri 03.02 // 7:45 PM SF Film Society Cinema, 1748 Post St. YOU’VE BEEN TRUMPED Anthony Baxter UK, 2011, 95 min. San Francisco Premiere. In person: Anthony Baxter Special Double Bill Presentation with LOCAL HERO! Buy Tickets A rare and interesting combination of investigative journalism and activist filmmaking, You’ve Been Trumped adds a few drops [...]