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Partnering with Pixar to Assist Pandemic Parenting
The SFFILM Education team has wrapped a strange-but-still-quite-busy spring and summer of programming for Bay Area students and families, and we asked them to give…
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Guest Post: Camp, Exploitation, Shit, Champagne, and Vaudeville 2.0
SFFILM Rainin Grantee D’Arcy Drollinger on Vaudeville 2.0 When the 2020 SFFILM Festival was canceled in March, D’Arcy Drollinger was denied the Castro Theatre world…
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Nellie Wong Magic of Movies Education Fund Essay Contest
The winners of the Nellie Wong Magic of Movies Education Fund Essay Contest are in! Read the Winning Submissions below Originally scheduled to screen in…
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Guest Post: The Power of Storytelling in a Time of Isolation
FilmHouse Resident Tasha Van Zandt talks the importance of stories and storytelling COMMUNITY AND CONNECTION THROUGH ART: THE MAKING OF “ONE THOUSAND STORIES” by Tasha…
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SFFILM’s Youth Filmmakers Camp 2020
Students and Instructors Reflect on Remote Learning and the Importance of Film Education Reflections on Teaching the Art & Craft of Film During a Pandemic…
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The Will of Giants
In conversation preeminent film historian David Thomson, the grandson of the primary inspiration for Citizen Kane’s titular Charles Foster Kane, William R. Hearst III. On…
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On Poetry and Films
SFFILM recently visited high school classes with the poet Donté Clark, the subject of the award-winning film “Romeo is Bleeding” On March 14, the Education…
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‘A Bad Idea Gone Wrong’ Premiere at SXSW
Jason Headley talks the about the laughs and nerves behind a a successful first outing It’s possible I was just too dumb to be nervous.…
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Proposed Elimination of Federal Arts Funding
A statement on the proposed budget by the President of the United States that has called for the elimination of the National Endowment For The…
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From the Ocean to the Classroom
Exploring Disney Pixar’s Short Film Piper with Filmmakers Marc and Allan and SFFILM Education Gosh, do we love what we do! Just recalling a day…
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The Force Was With Peter Nicks at Sundance
A Note From The Doc Director I remember the first time I went to Sundance. It was 1999. I was a young film student…
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