Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema

10/09/2025

🏆 Our Season 22 award winners! 🏆

The Goodlife Audience Award winner for Princeton's In The Mix, which we enjoyed watching again on the evening

The Bernal Bright Star Award Winners for Painting Resistance

The Spirit of Bernal Award for After What Happened at The Library

AND

The Best of Bernal winner for Black Cat Summer!

Congratulations to all the winners, honourable mentions and every film that was a valued part of Season 22.

Architect Mason Kirby Inc.
Avenue Greenlight
BAYCAT (Bayview Hunters Point Center for Arts & Technology)

10/08/2025

A full house for our finale, featuring the audience-voted favourites from our 22nd season of outdoor cinema 🥳

San Francisco Public Library Bernal Heights Branch
Avenue Greenlight
Architect Mason Kirby Inc.

09/27/2025

Don't forget to rsvp on Eventbrite for our Season Finale coming up on Tuesday October 7th!

It's your last chance to rub shoulders with all of the award-winning filmmakers of the 2025 season, watch their films and ask your burning questions. We'll be joined by our sponsors, co-presenters, community partners, the film-lovers of our neighborhood, and hopefully you too!

Don’t miss this tradition of closing out the season with joy and congratulations to all!

Make sure to register to reserve a place - it's always a packed out event.

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Beer By BART - craft brewtasting without driving Architect Mason Kirby Inc. Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center (BHNC) Civic Joy Fund Legacy Real Estate & Associates Inclusions Gallery The Magic Patio

09/18/2025

"There's nothing like a home-town crowd to show your films in front of."

Long-time and award-winning filmmaker with Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema, Dan Goldes is our latest guest on the podcast Behind the Screen: Stories from the Hill.

Dan's films focus on local stories and his philosophy is all about showing ordinary people doing extraordinary things. In the podcast he talks through his body of work and gives an exclusive insight into his upcoming projects.

The episode is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Podbean
https://info84nm.podbean.com/e/meet-filmmaker-dan-goldes/

And while you're listening make sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode!

SF Commons

09/17/2025

Missed out on an Eventbrite ticket or just want to give back to your community? Consider volunteering at our Season Finale event on October 7th!

You'll be helping make the evening run smoothly by setting up, guiding audience members and breaking down at the end. Many hands make light work!

Email: [email protected]

09/12/2025

If you want to secure a place at our Season Finale on Tuesday October 7th at the Bernal Branch Library make sure to register on Eventbrite- seating is limited and we always have a full house.

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We'll have award-winning films, Q&A with filmmakers and a celebration party to close out our 22nd Season of cinema.

You voted! Meet the Audience Award winner and other award recipients at the closing screening and celebration for filmmakers and audience.

09/11/2025

It's official! After a record number of votes, Princeton's In The Mix has won the Good Life Audience Award and will be shown at the Season Finale on October 7th along with our other award winners and honourable mentions.
Check out the website for more details on the film lineup for the Season 22 Finale and register on Eventbrite for tickets!

https://bhoutdoorcine.org/outdoor-cinema-season/22nd-season-finale/

09/09/2025

Our volunteers make the whole 3 days of our film festival possible! Thank you so much to every volunteer who gave their time to their community- helping behind the scenes and out in the audience at our film crawls and under the stars on Saturday in Precita Park. We couldn't have done it without your support. 💛

09/08/2025

Thank you to all our community partners who tabled in Precita Park on Saturday to share information about their programs and services:

Precita Eyes Muralists
Greening Projects
Rise Up To Action (RUTA)
Precita Valley Neighbors
Peralta Hill Neighboring Group
Bernal Business & Arts Alliance
San Francisco Public Library Bernal Heights Branch
San Francisco Department of Elections
St. Anthony Immaculate Conception School
La Raza Community Resource Center
Or Shalom Jewish Community

09/07/2025

What a fabulous evening of community, dance and of course films! Thank you to everyone for joining us under the stars in Precita Park for our 22nd Season of short film.

Next up! Join us on October 7th for the Season Finale, including the presentation and screening of the Good Life Audience award voted on by YOU! Stay tuned on our social media or sign up to our newsletter for updates straight to your inbox at bhoutdoorcine.org

09/06/2025

Thanks for the mention SFist
Our third night of film kicks off at 6pm tonight under the stars in Precita Park.

Check out the website for details on the films, including our award winners showing tonight bhoutdoorcine.org

09/05/2025

You can grab a copy of our program on arrival but for a PDF preview visit https://rb.gy/a8arws