BANANAS!* SF premiere – The film Dole Food Co. doesn’t want you to see
Keep posted for details of the festival's Bay Area Premiere of Fredrik Gertten's documentary, BANANAS!*, a suspenseful, layer-peeling, court room drama within the global politics of food and First vs. Third world dynamics.
Directed by Fredrik Gertten, Sweden’s pre-eminent documentarian and investigative journalist, BANANAS!* focuses on a slippery fact trail and a landmark and highly controversial legal case pitting a dozen Nicaraguan plantation workers against Dole Food Corporation and its alleged usage of a deadly banned pesticide and its probable link to generations of sterilized workers.
The film has recently screened to sold-out crowds at the Berlinale, Los Angeles Film Festival, EcoFilm Rodos, and IDFA Amsterdam, to name a few.
In a further twist to the BANANAS!* story, Dole Food Co. filed a defamation lawsuit against filmmaker Gertten on July 8, 2009, and additional claims of Fraud against the original ruling. On November 20, 2010, a Los Angeles Superior Court ruled against Dole and in favor of the filmmaker's “right of free speech”. For further information on the film and the incredible legal drama which has happened since visit: www.bananasthemovie.com
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Multi award-winning GREEN highlights threats to orang-utan habitat
We're thrilled to be hosting the Bay Area Premiere of filmmaker Patrick Rouxel's multi award-winning documentary, GREEN, following 'Green', a female orang-utan which is the victim of deforestation and and resource exploitation in Indonesia. The film is an emotional journey with Green's final days. It is a visual ride presenting the treasures of rainforest biodiversity and the devastating impacts of logging and land clearing for palm oil plantations.
GREEN has won the 'Best of Festival' awards at the two most prestigious wildlife film festivals worldwide - the Golden Panda at the 2010 Wildscreen Film Festival and the Grand Teton at the 2009 Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. Other notable award wins include Festival International du Film Animalier à Albert, Missoula International Film Festival, Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival, Durango Film Festival, Amazonas Film Festival, Japan Wildlife Film Festival, and many more.
The film will be co-presented at the festival in partnership with the Rainforest Action Network.
Please sign up for our mailing list to receive details of the screening at the 1st San Francisco Green Film Festival! For more information on the film, please visit: www.greenthefilm.com
Green The Film - Trailer from Patrick Rouxel on Vimeo.
BACK TO THE GARDEN + Flower Power After-Party 3.5.11
Back to the Garden: Flower Power Comes Full Circle
SATURDAY MARCH 5, 2011
8:15 PM @ Landmark Theatres Embarcadero Center Cinema"
In 1988, filmmaker Kevin Tomlinson filmed & interviewed a group of back-to-the-land ”hippies”—living off-grid, insulated from mainstream culture. In 2006 he tracked down his subjects again to find out what had become of their families’ utopian plans and dreams. The film captures a time-lapse view of these back-to-the-landers told with moving personal stories of dedicated tribal families— lots of freedom but little cash, unflinching grass-roots activism and hippie kids who today ask whether free love was really free.
http://backtothegardenfilm.com/
Bay Area Premiere. In attendance: Kevin Tomlinson
Back to the Garden ~ Flower Power After-Party!!!
SATURDAY MARCH 5, 2011
10:00 PM @ Bently Reserve
Dig out your hippest hippie outfit and put flowers in your hair for a night of 60s music and fun. Enjoy microbrews from Haight Ashbury's famous Magnolia Pub & Brewery while DJ Brian Cox (Pirate Cat Radio's Sonic Subversion) mixes the best of the era to take us into the night. Peace out!
You must be 21 or over to attend the party.
Sponsored by MAGNOLIA PUB & BREWERY.
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2011 Festival Venues
We're excited to announce our 2011 Festival venues! Our screening hub will be at the Landmark Theatres Embarcadero Center Cinema with special events at the Bently Reserve.
Located in the heart of San Francisco's Financial District, the festival's hub venues are easily accessible by MUNI, BART, ferry, Caltrain, cable car, major freeways, Market Street's new green bicycle lane, or short walk from the district's many hotels.
Landmark Theatres Embarcadero Center Cinema is located on the corner of Battery and Clay. It is not only one of the busiest and highest grossing Landmark Theatres, it also ranks nationally among the most successful and prestigious theatres featuring high-profile independent film and foreign language cinema.
The historic Bently Reserve, formerly the San Francisco US Federal Reserve Bank, is San Francisco’s first LEED Silver certified special event and conference center, as well as one of the City’s greenest commercial spaces.
We're excited to be in these venues for our inaugural festival and hope you will enjoy being there too!
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Be a Rockstar: volunteer at the Festival!
Be a Rockstar – get involved and help us launch!
Love watching films? Passionate about the environment? Want to ‘make a difference’? Then be a part of our founding team and the launch of a dynamic, new annual event!
In its first year, the San Francisco Green Film Festival is looking for dedicated, energetic, and green-minded volunteers and interns to help launch the festival. Positions range from 4 days during the festival, to part-time or full-time internships lasting several months. Whether you can tear a ticket, wrangle guests, or find raffle donations – we need your help!
HOW TO HELP
Please fill out the form below if you are interested in volunteering during the festival in March.
We still have a few core areas where we need volunteer help if you are available in January or February. Specifically, we need help with soliciting in-kind donations, graphic design, and festival publicity and promotion. Please drop us a line at volunteer@sfgreenfilmfest.org if you can help.
VOLUNTEER BENEFITS
All volunteer positions and internships are unpaid, but have other benefits:
- An exclusive festival T-shirt!
- A learning experience within the film festival world. This is useful experience for independent filmmakers, film students, or those involved in non-profit arts/film organizations.
- Get a pass to a movie with every three shifts worked.
- A working environment with many green-minded colleagues who are also into films and the opportunity to build strong connections in the greater Bay Area green and film communities.
- A great resumé builder!
- An active contribution to our work for a greener future on planet Earth! We could not produce this first festival without your crucial efforts.
- Fill in the online web form below.
- You can also contact us with questions at volunteer@sfgreenfilmfest.org
- We thank everyone who applies for their interest and will get back to you as soon as possible. No telephone inquiries please.
Thank you for supporting the San Francisco Green Film Festival!
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11/30 Pre-Screening and Kick-Off Party for the 1st San Francisco Green Film Festival
*** SOLD OUT ***
Join us to celebrate the launch of the 1st San Francisco Green Film Festival, March 3-6, 2011, with a pre-screening and kick-off party on November 30 at the Ninth Street Independent Film Center. Be the first to see a sneak peek of some of our most inspiring films, hear about the great line-up of films and guests, make new festival friends, and have the opportunity to buy your all-access festival pass!
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Ninth Street Independent Film Center
145 9th Street (between Mission & Howard. 2 blocks from Civic Center BART)
San Francisco, CA 94103
6:00 - 7:00pm Drinks and networking
7:00 - 9:00pm Film screening: a lively selection of short films and trailers for the upcoming SF Green Film Festival, including:
PLASTIC STATE OF MIND
Ben Zolno, USA, 3 mins
greensangha.org/plastics-campaign
with friends from the 'Rethink Plastics' campaign and rapper AshEl in person
THE KRILL IS GONE
Matt Briggs, USA, 4 mins
Winner, Best Children's Film, BLUE Ocean Film Festival 2010
www.thekrillisgone.com
with writer Clark Taylor in person
DARK SIDE OF THE LENS
Mickey Smith, UK, 6 mins
Winner, Best Short Film, New York Surf Film Festival 2010
DIVE!
Jeremey Seifert, USA , 39 mins
Winner of too many festival awards to mention here! Inspired by a curiosity about our country’s careless habit of sending food straight to landfills, the multi award-winning documentary DIVE! follows filmmaker Jeremy Seifert and friends as they dumpster dive in the back alleys and gated garbage receptacles of Los Angeles’ supermarkets. In the process, they salvage thousands of dollars worth of good, edible food – resulting in an inspiring documentary that is equal parts entertainment, guerilla journalism and call to action. Watch the trailer below or find out more at www.divethefilm.com
TICKETS:
Tickets are available on a sliding scale. The suggested donation is $10-$20. All proceeds will help bring films and filmmakers to the first-ever festival in March 2011. Space is very limited so please get your tickets early to avoid disappointment. Thank you for your support!http://www.youtube.com/v/0HlFP-PMW6E?fs=1&hl=en_US
EVENT SPONSORS
Support the festival: send a Specialty's Cookiegram with code "sfgreen".
EVENT PARTNER
THANK YOU!
home page photo credit: THE KRILL IS GONE by Matt Briggs
Jon Bowermaster’s new film from the Gulf of Mexico screening Sept 30 at ‘Nightlife’
Drill, baby, spill: On Sept 30 we're screening Jon Bowermaster's film SOLA: LOUISIANA WATER STORIES at the California Academy of Sciences 'Nightlife' special H2O edition. Jon arrived in Louisiana in July 2008 to make a film about the relationship between man and water, and could never have predicted his reportage would end with the planet's biggest ecological disaster - the ongoing oil spill polluting the Gulf of Mexico.
Film Info: www.jonbowermaster.com/dispatches/sola/
Event Info & Tickets: www.calacademy.org/events/nightlife
WATCH TRAILER:
GREENLIT screening and green film production panel
It ain't easy bein' green!
Keep posted for details of the festival's Bay Area Premiere of filmmaker Miranda Bailey's documentary, GREENLIT, a humorous but practical look at the challenges of environmentally responsible film production.
Movie people are legendary liberal and left leaning, particularly when it comes to the environment. GREENLIT puts their commitment to the test as filmmaker Miranda Bailey (executive producer of THE SQUID AND THE WHALE) follows the producer of THE RIVER WHY, starring Zach Gilford, as it attempts to keep an environmentally friendly set thanks to the supervision of a "green" consultant. What starts off with great enthusiasm quickly devolves in this insightful and hilarious film.
The film has recently screened to sold-out crowds at the SXSW, the Green Film Festival in Seoul, and ECOFILMS Athens, to name a few.
For further information on the film visit: www.greenlit.org
and on greening the entertainment industry: www.reelgreenmedia.com
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Herzog, Senator Yee, and Blue Marbles at World Oceans Day 2010
On June 5th, SFGFF presented our first ever (!) film screening as part of World Oceans Day 2010 in an event with Sea Stewards, SurfRider and Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary.
Thanks to all who came and enjoyed our screening of Ramin Bahrani's wonderful award-winning film PLASTIC BAG, with Werner Herzog as the bag that just won't (or can't) die.
Above is Senator Leland Yee receiving his Blue Marble at the event and more on the festivities can be read at: seaisoursanctuary.blogspot.com
Many thanks to Gigantic Pictures for giving permission to screen the film to this ocean-minded audience. You can also watch the film online below. (highly recommended!)
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http://www.youtube.com/v/YDBtCb61Sd4?fs=1&hl=en_US
