pollution

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 [...]

ON COAL RIVER

By SFGFF ⋅ January 14, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Sat 03.03 // 3:30 PM SF Film Society Cinema, 1748 Post St. ON COAL RIVER Francine Cavanaugh and Adams Wood USA, 2011, 81 min. Buy Tickets Ed Wiley is a former coal miner and is emblematic of the culture of the Appalachian Region – rugged, opinionated, community-minded, and unwilling to back down in the face [...]

Centerpiece: THE CITY DARK

By SFGFF ⋅ November 29, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

CENTERPIECE SCREENING Sat 03.03 // 8:00 PM SF Film Society Cinema, 1748 Post St. THE CITY DARK Ian Cheney USA, 2011, 84 min. In Person: Ian Cheney Buy Tickets Filmmaker Ian Cheney ponders what the impact of a world without night would be. Having moved from Maine to New York City, Cheney discovers himself in [...]

Nov 16 ~ SF Premiere of PIPE DREAMS by Leslie Iwerks with panel discussion

By SFGFF ⋅ October 24, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

San Francisco Green Film Festival presents the San Francisco Premiere screening of PIPE DREAMS by Academy Award® nominated director Leslie Iwerks followed by panel discussion Wednesday, November 16 at 7:00 pm San Francisco Film Society | New People Cinema 1746 Post Street, Japantown, SF **Online ticket sales have now ended – please buy tickets at [...]

2011 Video Contest: show us what you are doing to reduce pollution!

By SFGFF ⋅ August 3, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Star in your own 60 seconds-or-less video that shows what you are doing to promote pollution prevention and see your film on the big screen at the 2012 San Francisco Green Film Festival! Video submission deadline is September 14. Entry form, rules, plus news on the latest prizes (including Grand Prize of a screening at [...]

Free Screenings: BAG IT by Suzan Beraza

By SFGFF ⋅ June 21, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

July 5-18 // San Francisco Public Libraries (various locations) // Another chance to see our popular 2011 Opening Night film BAG IT. We are partnering with SFPL GreenStacks and SF Department of the Environment to present five neighborhood library branch screenings and a grand finale screening at the Main Branch at Civic Center. Follow “everyman” [...]

Free Screening: GREEN by Patrick Rouxel

By SFGFF ⋅ June 21, 2011 ⋅ One comment

June 29 // 6:15pm // San Francisco Public Library Main Branch // Here’s your opportunity to see 2011 festival film GREEN by Patrick Rouxel one more time. This multi-award winning film explores the devastating impacts of logging and the palm oil industry on Orang-utan habitat in Indonesia.

On Television: BAG IT by Suzan Beraza

By SFGFF ⋅ April 1, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

April 26-30 // KQED // Festival Opening Night film BAG IT hits the airwaves April 26-30! Mark your calendars – and don’t forget to tell your friends too. This film will change your life! Americans use 60,000 plastic bags every five minutes, disposable bags that they throw away without much thought. But where is “away”? [...]

In Cinemas: INTO ETERNITY by Michael Madsen

By SFGFF ⋅ April 1, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

May 27 // Roxie Theater // Did you miss our SF Premiere of “Into Eternity”, a terrifying look at our efforts to find solutions to the radioactive waste issue? Don’t miss the opportunity to catch the film again at San Francisco’s Roxie Theater in May. Go to the “Nuclear Facts” tab at http://www.intoeternitythemovie.com to get [...]

Fredrik Gertten’s BANANAS!* wins festival’s inaugural Green Tenacity Award

By SFGFF ⋅ March 8, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

(March 6, 2011, San Francisco, CA) – The 1st San Francisco Green Film Festival (SFGFF), which made its debut March 3-6, 2011, announced today the recipient of the festival’s inaugural Green Tenacity Award. The award, to be given annually to a filmmaker who shows great tenacity in exploring crucial environmental issues in their work, was [...]