Get Involved Locally

The SFFILM Makers team hosts dozens of events throughout the year designed specifically for the Bay Area’s independent filmmaking community. These include filmmaker panels, work-in-progress screenings, live script readings, pitch workshops, networking mixers, and more. Guest speakers from across the globe are invited to share their expertise—recent events have covered topics such as fundraising, navigating the distribution landscape, making the switch from documentaries to fiction films, engaging film journalists, and the pros and cons of crowdsourcing, among many others. Filmmaker programming takes place at FilmHouse, SFFILM’s vibrant creative hub and residency space for local filmmakers.

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2025 FILMHOUSE RESIDENTS – 12-MONTH TERMS

Adamu T Chan — Untitled San Francisco Streetwear Documentary — Documentary Feature

Andres Gallargos — The Darkest Night — Narrative Short

Che ‘Chichi’ Castillo — Be Here Now (Working Title) — Narrative Feature

Deann Borshay Liem — Relative Strangers — Documentary Feature

Felix Uribe Jr — Felix Uribe Jr — Documentary Short

Henry Kinder — The Gathering — Narrative Feature

Jessica Jones — Women Who Ride — Documentary Short

Kat Gorospe Cole — Don’t Tell Mom — Narrative Feature

Kyle Casey Chu — After What Happened at the Library — Narrative Feature

Linda Mai Green — Jane (Working Title) — Narrative Feature

Maria Karpoukhina — In Between Worlds — Documentary Feature

Meera Angelica Joshi — The Sale — Narrative Short

Meg Shutzer & Brandon Yadegari Moreno — The Prison Outside — Documentary Feature

Octavian Kelly — In Safe Hands — Narrative Short

Sahand Nikoukar — Abracadabra TV Repair — Narrative Feature

Samantha Berlanga — Pleasure Seekers — Documentary Feature

Sepi Mashiahof — Tell Me About The Fairies — Narrative Feature

Susannah Smith — WE BELONG — Documentary Feature

Tara Baghdassarian — The Dragon Under Our Feet — Documentary Feature

Tenzin Phuntsog — Sentient Beings — Narrative Feature

Tony Nguyen — Year of the Cat (New Working Title) — Documentary Feature

Yvette Solis — Untitled 3PD Project — Documentary Short