SFFILM

03/09/2026

🚨Hey Filmmakers! We've extended the deadline to apply for the opportunities below to Monday, September 14.

🎬 SFFILM FilmHouse Residency
For Bay Area filmmakers looking for year-round access to a network of local filmmakers, professional advisors, and industry professionals.

🎧 Sound and Cinema Fellowship
Bringing together local filmmakers and SFCM’s TAC students to create original scores and sound design for short films.

You can apply all under one application. We look forward to reading yours!

Learn more + apply: https://sffilm.org/artist-development/

Fund your film Innovative support programs for independent storytellers. SFFILM FilmHouse Residency Providing Bay Area-based filmmakers with artistic guidance, office space, a vibrant creative community, and mentorship from established film […]

12/08/2026

You could say we had fun “outside” on the “land.” 😉

Thank you to everyone who came to movie it up with us at Outside Lands! We miss the music, the fog, all the other orgs at the Mission, and of course ALL THE MOVIE TRIVIA. We’re already drafting more questions for next year. Start doing your homework now. You will be quizzed.

11/08/2026

🎬 Do you know any young aspiring filmmakers?

Applications are now open for the 2026 Youth FilmHouse Residency, a program for Bay Area students in grades 9–12 who are excited to explore careers in film and filmmaking.

Participants will gain hands-on experience, connect with film industry professionals, and be paired with an established Bay Area filmmaker for mentorship.

📅 Apply are open until September 14

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05/08/2026

ITS OFFICIALLY HAPPENING! 🚨😳🚨

Submissions are open for the 70th edition of the San Francisco International Film Festival—the longest-running film festival in the Americas.

Works in all genres, forms, and lengths are considered. Submit today at the link in our bio.

05/08/2026

It’s officially Outside Lands week so we’re talking about movies with the best soundtracks! First up is Giuseppe Tornatore’s CINEMA PARADISO🎥. We suggest you get a rewatch on your calendar ASAP ✅!!

If you’re stopping by Outside Lands this weekend, visit our booth in Hellman Hollow to tell us your favorite movie soundtrack and settle the score 🎵

23/07/2026

🚨 COME HELP US FIND SNOOPY’S HOUSE…

OR ELSE ⁉️

Our newest SFFILM Family Program is a celebration of Snoopy and his pals at SFMOMA. Join us for the first episode of the second season of Camp Snoopy and stay for the exciting new special: Snoopy Presents: There’s No Place Like Home, Snoopy.

Find your tickets at the link in our bio!

16/07/2026

We’re going to go to Outside Lands! Are you? The Mission is Outside Lands’ yearly commitment to providing festival-goers with the opportunity to learn and get involved with organizations from around the Bay Area, and we’re excited to movie it up in Hellman Hollow with everyone there.

We’re bringing our blankets, earplugs, water bottles, and secret movie trivia. Come find us in the park!

08/07/2026

Be the first to see what’s submitted to the 70th San Francisco International Film Festival! 👀🎞️

Apply at the link below to be a part of the San Francisco International Film Festival Screening Committee that helps us select titles for SFFILM's annual film festival.

📢 Learn more: https://sffilm.org/careers/2027-sffilm-festival-screening-committee/

SFFILM Screening Committee Overview Be the first to see what’s submitted to the 70th San Francisco International Film Festival and help us select titles for the festival in 2027. Our […]

26/06/2026

THE INVITE opens in theaters today in New York and LA. But it’s coming to SF soon! This one had the entire Castro theater roaring, and it was great to welcome Olivia Wilde for an equally funny post-screening Q&A. If you missed it, make sure to get your tickets today for the SF screenings in the next few weeks.

Photos by Pamela Gentile and Tommy Lau.

05/06/2026

Marjane Satrapi, the singular Iranian-French author and filmmaker died yesterday at the age of 56. We were lucky to host her and her films twice in the past 20 years. In 2007, she came to SFFILM for a special early screening of PERSEPOLIS based on her beloved graphic novel, and once again at the 55th San Francisco International Film Festival in 2012 for her film CHICKEN WITH PLUMS.

Among countless honors, she was the first woman director to be nominated for Best Animated Feature for PERSEPOLIS. Her films, drawing, and writing will carry her artistic legacy of exceeding honesty and fearlessness onward, and her voice will be greatly missed.

Photos by Pamela Gentile.