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June 4: Free Youth Program

By SFGFF ⋅ May 8, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

Tuesday, June 4 at 12:00 noon Koret Auditorium SF Public Library Main Branch 100 Larkin St., San Francisco (at Civic Center BART) Join us at the 3rd San Francisco Green Film Festival for this special free event! Learn about the threats of plastic pollution to animals and humans and the importance of protecting our oceans, [...]

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 [...]

Sept 22 SFGFF presents: CAFETERIA MAN with Chef Tony Geraci & the Edible Schoolyard

By SFGFF ⋅ August 17, 2012 ⋅ 2 comments

Bad school food meets its match! Join the SF Green Film Festival, MLK Jr. Middle School, and the Edible Schoolyard Berkeley for a special screening of the award-winning documentary “Cafeteria Man” with chef Tony Geraci. Learn first-hand from star Tony Geraci about the success of “Cafeteria Man” and what’s possible. Tony was recently named as [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Jan 31 Program Launch Party for the 2012 Festival! EVENT FULL

By SFGFF ⋅ January 28, 2012 ⋅ One comment

*** Thank you all for the amazing response to our party invitation – THIS EVENT IS NOW FULL! Festival tickets and passes will be on sale Feb 1st at sfgreenfilmfest.org Get your tickets early to avoid disappointment – screenings will sell out fast! *** Join us on Tuesday, January 31st at CompoClay’s stylish downtown showroom [...]