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Filmmaker Programming

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 country are frequently 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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Current Residents

2021 FILMHOUSE RESIDENTS – 12-MONTH TERMS
Meet the filmmakers currently calling FilmHouse home and learn more about what they’re working on.

Natalie Baszile* – Good People – narrative feature, screenwriting
Christopher Cole – Rolling Stone – narrative feature, development
Ruth Gebreyesus – Hard to Swallow – episodic documentary, production
Marjolaine Grappe* – Untitled Marjolaine Grappe Film – documentary feature, development
Lucas Guilkey – Untitled Prison Hunger Strike Film – documentary feature, pre-production
Charlotte Gutierrez – John Juan – narrative feature, screenwriting
Yvan Iturriaga* – Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? – documentary feature, development
Jonathan Kiefer* – So Fast They Follow – narrative feature, screenwriting
Patricia Lee – Hannah’s Biography – narrative short, development
Luke Lorentzen* – Untitled Iceberg Documentary – documentary feature, development
Morgan Mathews – Black Butterflies – hybrud feature, development
JoeBill Muñoz – Untitled Prison Hunger Strike Film – documentary feature, pre-production
Reaa Puri* – K For Kashmir – documentary feature, development
Theo Schear – Hard to Swallow – episodic documentary, production
Tsanavi Spoonhunter – Holder of the Sky – documentary feature, pre-production
Ellie Wen* – On the Line – documentary short, pre-production
Sephora Woldu* – Aliens in Eritrea – narrative feature, screenwriting/development

*Returning Resident