2014 Student Video Contest - now accepting entries
Once again, SFGFF is a proud partner of Breathe California's Clear the Air Film Fest. Student entries are being accepted until February 14. Winning films will be eligible to win up to $1,000 and will be shown in our Future Filmmakers program at the Roxie on May 31. The Clear the Air Film Fest showcases short films that address air quality, the environment or tobacco use. High school students, college students, or youth-focused community organizations can enter the competition at www.cleartheairfilmfest.org.
3-D printing the Filmmaker Awards
The 2013 Filmmaker Awards were 3-D printed in the cinema lobby during the Festival by Type A Machines, from green, non-toxic, recyclable and compostable materials. The awards use a zero waste process and are 100% percent locally produced. See the printer in action below and read more about how we designed and made the awards over on the Type A Machines blog.
Call for Entries // 2014 Festival
Entries are now closed for the 4th San Francisco Green Film Festival, May 29-June 4, 2014. The final deadline for submissions was January 17, 2014. Submissions for the 2015 Festival will open in November 2014.
Oct 16 & 17 SFGFF co-presents: STANDING ON SACRED GROUND Episodes 1-4
Indigenous communities around the world and in the U.S. resist threats to their sacred places—the original protected lands—in a growing movement to defend human rights and restore the environment.
Oct 23 & 24 SFGFF co-presents three films at UNAFF 2013 in Stanford
The 16th UNAFF (United Nations Association Film Festival) from October 17-27, 2013 in Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, San Francisco and Stanford University celebrates the power of documentary films dealing with human rights issues, the environment, racism, women’s issues, universal education, war and peace.
The theme for this year is INDIVIDUAL TO UNIVERSAL.
The San Francisco Green Film Festival proudly co-presents three films as part of this year's UNAFF:
Pollution Prevention Video Contest
Every year, we screen films from young people who are actively protecting our planet and getting involved in documentary filmmaking.
Plastic Paradise at SF Public Library
At the 2013 Green Film Festival, our youth program was a co-presentation. with the Wallace Stegner Environmental Center and the Green Stacks program of the SF Public Library.
Films from the 2013 Festival: Watch Again!
Watch feature films and shorts from the 2013 festival: