co-presented events

Apr 24 – Free Earth Day screening: A FIERCE GREEN FIRE

By SFGFF ⋅ April 9, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

SFGFF participates in 3rd Moscow H2O Environmental Film Festival

By SFGFF ⋅ May 30, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

In May 2012, SFGFF took part in the 3rd H2O Environmental Film Festival, presented in Moscow, Russia, by the United Nations Development Programme. Moscow audiences enjoyed a selection of shorts from the 2012 SF Green Film Festival, including Coalition of the Willing (Simon Robson; Short Film Award Winner at SFGFF 2012), Bottle (Kirsten Lepore), Second [...]

Nov 30 ~ SFGFF & San Francisco Public Library co-present: DIVE! Living Off America’s Waste

By SFGFF ⋅ November 29, 2011 ⋅ One comment

Did you know that SFGFF screens films from the festival year-round at the SF Public Library? Our free programs this year include Bag It, Green, Butterflies & Bulldozers, and, this Wednesday, Dive! Living off America’s Waste. Join us to close our 2011 season at this free screening of an audience favorite from the 2011 festival. [...]

SFGFF co-presents at 10th SF Documentary Film Festival Oct 14-27

By SFGFF ⋅ September 30, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

78 DAYS: A TREE PLANTING DOCUMENTARY // BACK TO THE GARDEN: FLOWER POWER COMES FULL CIRCLE // GENERAL ORDERS NO. 9 // THE GREENHORNS // PATAGONIA RISING // The 10th San Francisco Documentary Festival returns October 14-27 at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco and Shattuck Cinema in Berkeley. SFGFF will be co-presenting the following [...]

SFGFF and Bioneers co-present: YERT (Your Environmental Road Trip)

By SFGFF ⋅ September 29, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

October 11 // 8:45 pm // Roxie Theater // In person: Filmmakers Mark Dixon and Ben Evans. 50 States. 1 Year. Zero Garbage? Called to action by a planet in peril, three friends hit the road – packing hope, and humor, searching for innovators and citizens solving humanity’s greatest environmental crises. Piling on personal challenges [...]

SFGFF & San Francisco Public Library co-present: BUTTERFLIES & BULLDOZERS

By SFGFF ⋅ September 20, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

September 28 // 12:00-2:00pm // Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Public Library Main Branch // Can People and Endangered Species Live Together? SFGFF and the San Francisco Public Library present a film that deals with the dilemma of economic growth versus species preservation. Join us for a FREE lunchtime screening of BUTTERFLIES & BULLDOZERS and a [...]