URBAN ROOTS
Tue 03.06 // 8:00 PM SF Film Society Cinema, 1748 Post St. URBAN ROOTS Mark MacInnis USA, 2011, 93 min. In Person: Mark MacInnis Buy Tickets

SF Premiere: MINDS IN THE WATER
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Sun 03.04 // 7:00 PM SF Film Society Cinema, 1748 Post St. MINDS IN THE WATER Justin Krumb USA, 2011, 90 min. San Francisco Premiere. In Person: Justin Krumb, Director; Jonny Vasic, Producer; Kyle Thiermann, Surfer and 2011 Brower Youth Award Winner Buy Tickets

San Francisco Premiere: SUSHI: THE GLOBAL CATCH ~ with 'Sushi, Sustainability, and the Fate of Fish' panel
Sat 03.03 // 1:00 PM SF Film Society Cinema, 1748 Post St. SUSHI: THE GLOBAL CATCH Mark Hall USA, 2011, 75 min. In English and Japanese with English subtitles. San Francisco Premiere. In Person: Mark Hall Buy Tickets How did sushi become a global cuisine?

Screening will be followed by Sushi, Sustainability, and the Fate of Fish panel. Join us after the film Sushi: The Global Catch to discuss the health of sushi for humans and the oceans. Among the panelists is Mark Hall, the film's director, who will expand on the sustainability of fishing and fish consumption around the globe. Other panelists will include sushi restauranteurs, fisherman, and advocates who will address the challenges of sustainability, fish and the future of the ocean. Panelists include: - David McGuire, Sea Stewards [moderator] - Mark Hall, director, "Sushi: the Global Catch" - Catherine Kilduff, Staff Attorney, Oceans Program, Center for Biological Diversity - Dr. Wallace "J" Nichols, Research Associate, California Academy of Sciences and LIVEBLUE.org - Casson Trenor, co-owner, Tataki Restaurant
USA Premiere: ALMA ~ Director's Choice

Sun 03.04 // 5:00 PM SF Film Society Cinema, 1748 Post St. ALMA Patrick Rouxel France, 2011, 65 mins. Director's Choice. USA Premiere. Buy Tickets 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 of deforestation, loss of biodiversity, and the ethical treatment of animals. The multi-award winning Green (which premiered at SFGFF 2011) presented a heartrending account of the life of an Orangutan against a backdrop of palm oil production and natural habitat loss. In Alma, Rouxel continues his cinematic journey into the world’s forests and the industries that are destroying them, this time heading to Brazil to explore the devastating impacts of the cattle industry. Here he creates a powerful statement about the global industrial economy and the speed with which virgin forests are being cleared for timber and new grazing land. The film offers a unique and visually stunning exposition of a colorful cowboy culture and the millions of animals used to satisfy our voracious global appetite for meat and dairy products. In almost-wordless contemplation, the film wanders from forest to pasture to rodeo to slaughterhouse to market to tannery. In essence, Alma is a journey into the soul of humanity and a testimony of the damage inflicted by humans on the natural world. ~ Rachel Caplan
Preceded by: Buriganga, Michelle Coomber, Bangladesh/UK, 2010, 12 mins. Co-presented by Amazon Watch.
San Francisco Premiere: GREEN FIRE: ALDO LEOPOLD AND A LAND ETHIC FOR OUR TIME
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Mon 03.05 // 5:00 PM SF Film Society Cinema, 1748 Post St. GREEN FIRE: ALDO LEOPOLD AND A LAND ETHIC FOR OUR TIME Ann and Steven Dunsky USA, 2011, 74 min. San Francisco Premiere. In Person: Ann and Steven Dunsky, filmmakers; Cella Mitchell, Wallace Stegner Environmental Librarian, San Francisco Public Library Buy Tickets

BLOOD IN THE MOBILE ~ with 'Cradle to Cradle' panel
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Sun 03.04 // 5:00 PM SF Film Society Cinema, 1748 Post St. BLOOD IN THE MOBILE Frank Piasecki Poulsen Denmark/Germany, 2010, 82 min. Buy Tickets

Following the screening, join leading experts for a discussion on electronics and green cradle-to-cradle design. The panel will be driven by questions from the audience but will include consumer actions and solutions including: consumer campaigns, emerging green labels, supply chain responsibility, and innovative breakthroughs in the sustainable design community. Panelists include: ~ Heidi Quante [moderator] ~ Sheila Davis, Executive Director, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition ~ Michael Watts, Professor of Geography and Development Studies, UC Berkeley ~ Conflict Mineral Guide Representative TBA
Centerpiece: THE CITY DARK
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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

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

TAKE ACTION Please consider volunteering with Food Runners this Holiday Season. Food Runners picks up excess perishable and prepared food from San Francisco businesses such as restaurants, caterers, bakeries, hospitals, event planners, corporate cafeterias, and hotels and delivers it directly to shelters and neighborhood programs that feed the hungry. To get involved with Food Runners and their great work, please contact Nancy at (415) 929-1866 or [email protected] Further information at foodrunners.org
Nov 16 ~ SF Premiere of PIPE DREAMS by Leslie Iwerks with panel discussion

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
Join us for a special screening this new film by Academy Award® nominated director Leslie Iwerks followed by panel discussion with the director and special guests. Coming on the heels of the massive protest in DC -- where over 12,000 protesters encircled the White House -- the film explores the threat posed by the Keystone XL pipeline as well as the sustainable alternatives to dirty tar sands oil. Following the screening a panel of experts will discuss what has become the most controversial environmental battle in the U.S. today.
TICKETS are available on a sliding scale $15-25. All proceeds will help bring films and filmmakers to the 2012 festival. Space is very limited so please get your tickets early to avoid disappointment. Please note that at the theater we can accept cash only.
PIPE DREAMS (USA, 2011, 40 min.) Narrated by Daryl Hannah. Directed by Leslie Iwerks. Across the heartland of America, farmers and landowners are fighting to protect their land, their water, and their livelihood. Routed over 1,700 miles from the tar sands of Alberta to the refineries of the Texas Gulf Coast, this pipeline is set to cross the country’s largest freshwater resource, the Ogallala Aquifer, and the fragile Sandhills of Nebraska. A spill along the Keystone XL pipeline's proposed route could threaten the water supply of millions, and pose devastating consequences to human health, livestock, agriculture, and endangered wildlife. Further film information and trailer at pipedreamsdoc.comPANELISTS:





TAKE ACTION: Lights! Camera! Action Steps! is a new SFGFF program that provides audience members with materials on how to get involved once a film ends. These materials are developed in collaboration with the filmmaker and festival partners to inspire audience members to action once the credits roll and the lights go up. Here is further action you can take from PIPE DREAMS. PIPE DREAMS - Lights! Camera! Action Steps! [PDF download] Letter to President Obama requesting a veto on the pipeline [PDF download]
Transportation: The SF Film Society | New People Cinema is located in Japantown on Post Street between Webster and Buchanan. Click for map. It is close to MUNI lines 2, 3, 22, 38, & 38L. The Japan Center Garage entrance is located right in front of the cinema on Post Street, and can also be accessed from 1610 Geary Boulevard.
Can't attend the screening but still want to support the San Francisco Green Film Festival? Please make a donation or become a sponsor.
Nov 5 ~ The Global Water Crisis: A Symposium
The Social Change Film Festival & Institute (SCFFI) presents The Global Water Crisis: Symposium & Fundraiser, in partnership with the World Bank, Woodside Capital Partners, the San Francisco Green Film Festival and Blue Planet Network. Date: November 5, 2011 Where: Stonebrook Court, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 Water Symposium: 12:30-6:30 p.m. SCFFI Fundraiser & Party: 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. SCHEDULE: watersymposium.socialchangefilmfestival.org TICKETS: Tickets for the symposium and party are $50. Spaces are limited. Click here to purchase.
SFGFF Pops the Question ~ Halloween Trivia Night

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

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 films - please join us!:
78 DAYS: A TREE PLANTING DOCUMENTARY Jason Nardella, 62 min, Canada, 2011, World Premiere Roxie: Sun 10/16 245p, Sat 10/22 715p; Shattuck: Mon 10/17 245p What happens in the northern wilderness when the loggers leave? “Reforestation.” Which is tree planting, one wee tree at a time, a form of mentally and physically demanding piecework that attracts a certain kind of person: committed, motivated, and a little bit peculiar. In this brand-new documentary, filmmaker (and former planter) Nardella documents one such crew for one especially grueling season, 78 days in all. BACK TO THE GARDEN: FLOWER POWER COMES FULL CIRCLE Kevin Tomlinson, 70 min, US, 2010 Roxie: Tue 10/18 930p, Sun 10/23 715p; Shattuck: Sat 10/15 245p In 1988, filmmaker Kevin Tomlinson interviewed a group of back-to-the-land hippies living off-grid and isolated from mainstream culture. In 2006, he found out what had become of their utopian plans and dreams. The result is a time-lapse narrative, told with stories of lots of freedom but little cash, unflinching political activism, and non-conforming tribal families… including the kids, who have to wonder if the “free love” was really free. GENERAL ORDERS NO. 9 Robert Persons, 72 min, US 2009, California Premiere Roxie: Sat 10/15 1230p, Sun 10/16 5p; Shattuck: Tue 10/18 245p “Somewhere between a straight up documentary and an avant-garde experiment rich in mood and atmosphere. It is one of those films that populate the festival circuit, equally wowing and perplexing audiences, picking up critical acclaim and then all but disappearing from the public eye… It carries with it a melancholy and grace, a slowly closing eye for the good ol' days when men were farmers, and the land was the land...a place.” -Ben Umstead, Twitch THE GREENHORNS Severine von Tscharner Fleming, 50 min, US, 2010 Roxie: Sat 10/15 245p, Tue10/18 715p; Shattuck: Wed 10/19 715p “The Greenhorns” explores the lives of America's young farming community: its spirit, practices, and needs. It is the filmmaker's hope that by broadcasting the stories and voices of these young farmers, we can build the case for those considering a career in agriculture—to embolden them, to entice them, and to recruit them into farming. PATAGONIA RISING Brian Lilla, 89 min, Chile, US, 2011 Roxie: Sat 10/22 930p, Sun 10/23 5p; Shattuck: Thu 10/20 245p Chile is on the verge of a monumental decision. Just as scientists are investigating major climate change in the Northern Patagonia Ice Field, five proposed hydroelectric dams could destroy two of the purest free-flowing watersheds in the world, and push a frontier culture even closer to extinction. Bringing those human voices to the forefront of the controversy, “Patagonia Rising” illuminates an alternative path forward.
SFGFF and Bioneers co-present: YERT (Your Environmental Road Trip)


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

SFGFF and WildAid co-present: THE WHALE

Free Event: short films from the 2011 festival at A COMMON GREEN

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

Call For Entries for the 2012 Film Festival

SFGFF and SF Jewish Film Festival co-present: CONNECTED by Tiffany Shlain

SFGFF co-presents: THE BIG UNEASY by Harry Shearer
