SINCE: 1957
WHERE: San Francisco, California, U.S.
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Founded in 1957, the San Francisco International Film Festival is the longest-running film festival in the Americas. Held each spring for two weeks and highly anticipated by its loyal, passionate audiences, SFIFF is an extraordinary showcase of cinematic discovery and innovation in one of the country’s most beautiful cities, featuring some 150 films and live events with more than 100 filmmakers in attendance and nearly two dozen awards presented for excellence in film craft.
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The 68th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM Festival) has announced the winners of the Golden Gate Awards with Ink Wash winning New Directors, All That’s Left of You won Global Visions, Beloved Tropic won Cine Latino, and the newly named Kirby Walker Documentary Award went to Seeds.
Cyprien Vial’s volcano thriller Magma has been named the recipient of the Sloan Science on Screen Award, and along with Cristina Costantini’s documentary Sally, will be showcased in Sloan Science on Screen Selection as part of this year’s program for the Sloan Science in Cinema Initiative at the 68th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM Festival).
The 68th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM Festival), taking place April 17-27, unveiled the lineup of over 150 films from more than 50 countries.
Kei Chika-ura’s Great Absence, a contemporary family drama about reconciliation and love, won the Global Visions Award at the the 67th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM Festival).
The 67th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM Festival) presented from May 2–4, 2024, unveiled the full lineup of films. This year’s program will screen exclusively in theaters in San Francisco’s Marina and Presidio neighborhoods, and in Berkeley from April 24–28.
Selcen Ergun won the New Directors Award for her debut film Snow and the Bear at the 66th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM Festival). In the Turkish film, a young nurse begins a new assignment at a wintry, remote village when a man goes missing.
SFFILM selected the film BlackBerry from co-writer and director Matthew Johnson as the 2023 recipient of the SFFILM Sloan Science on Screen Prize, an award that celebrates the compelling depiction of scientific themes or characters in a narrative feature film.
Rally is a portal into the rise of San Francisco Chinatown’s political prominence and power – fueled by the fiery, fearless activist and kingmaker Rose Pak.
Films from Bay Area filmmakers bookend the lineup for the 66th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM Festival), set to take place in theaters across San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley from April 13 to April 23, 2023.
Emmy award-winning filmmaker Peter Nicks’ Stephen Curry: Underrated will open the 66th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM Festival) on Thursday, April 13th. Returning to the Festival for the fourth time, Nicks’ latest film is an intimate documentary of the celebrated and iconic NBA superstar Stephen Curry.
SFFILM will honor Ryan Coogler, Sarah Polley, and Margot Robbie at their annual 2022 SFFILM Awards Night. The event honoring exemplary achievement in film craft and also a fundraiser with proceeds from the event supporting the organization’s mission, will take place on Monday, December 5, 2022.
SFFILM announced the winners of the juried Golden Gate Awards competition at the 65th San Francisco International Film Festival. The top awards went to the Iranian film Hit the Road by Panah Panahi for New Directors Award and Master of Light by Rosa Ruth Boesten won the Documentary Feature Award.