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May 22 Festival Preview/Outdoor Screening: Tiny – A Story About Living Small

By SFGFF ⋅ May 8, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

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 feel perfectly sized for a screening in the street-turned-pedestrian plaza atmosphere of Annie Alley. As a sneak [...]

Feb 14 – Special Screening & Mixer: CHASING ICE

By SFGFF ⋅ January 23, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

*** 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 [...]

Aug 8 SFGFF co-presents: MINDS IN THE WATER

By SFGFF ⋅ June 29, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

5 years in the making, this beautiful documentary chronicles professional surfer Dave “Rasta” Rastovich’s path to protect dolphins, whales and their ocean environment. Rasta’s latest campaign – a 660km sailing expedition along Australia’s Gold Coast – provides the backdrop for this evolution. His quest to gather support from professional surfers, seek guidance from Sea Shepherd’s [...]

Apr 22 SFGFF co-presents: ONE DAY ON EARTH – Global Screening Event on Earth Day with filmmaker Q&A

By SFGFF ⋅ April 13, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

SFGFF co-presents: ONE DAY ON EARTH Global Screening Event with filmmaker Q&A Sunday, April 22 at 4:00 PM Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street, SF Buy Tickets >> Be a part of cinema history this Earth Day and join countries around the world in the global screening of One Day on Earth, the first film made [...]

Opening Night Premiere & Party: THE ISLAND PRESIDENT with filmmakers and special guests

By SFGFF ⋅ January 30, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

OPENING NIGHT PREMIERE Thu 3.01 // 7:00 PM SF Film Society Cinema, 1748 Post St. *** FILM IS SOLD OUT *** PARTY TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE *** THE ISLAND PRESIDENT Jon Shenk, USA, 2011, 101 mins. San Francisco Premiere. In person: Jon Shenk, Director; Richard Berge, Producer; Bonni Cohen, Producer; Steve Hipskind, Chief, Earth Science [...]

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 [...]

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: MINDS IN THE WATER

By SFGFF ⋅ December 17, 2011 ⋅ One comment

Sun 03.04 // 7:00 PM SF Film Society Cinema, 1748 Post St. MINDS IN THE WATER Justin Krumb USA, 2011, 90 min. San Francisco Premiere. In Person: Justin Krumb, Director; Jonny Vasic, Producer; Kyle Thiermann, Surfer and 2011 Brower Youth Award Winner Buy Tickets 5 years in the making, this beautiful documentary chronicles professional surfer [...]

San Francisco Premiere: SUSHI: THE GLOBAL CATCH ~ with ‘Sushi, Sustainability, and the Fate of Fish’ panel

By SFGFF ⋅ December 17, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

Sat 03.03 // 1:00 PM SF Film Society Cinema, 1748 Post St. SUSHI: THE GLOBAL CATCH Mark Hall USA, 2011, 75 min. In English and Japanese with English subtitles. San Francisco Premiere. In Person: Mark Hall Buy Tickets How did sushi become a global cuisine? What started as a time honored reverence of fish is [...]

USA Premiere: ALMA ~ Director’s Choice

By SFGFF ⋅ December 17, 2011 ⋅ One comment

Sun 03.04 // 5:00 PM SF Film Society Cinema, 1748 Post St. ALMA Patrick Rouxel France, 2011, 65 mins. Director’s Choice. USA Premiere. Buy Tickets 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 [...]