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 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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2023 FILMHOUSE RESIDENTS – 12-MONTH TERMS
Meet the filmmakers currently calling FilmHouse home and learn more about what they’re working on.

Aurora Brachman — Dear You – Documentary Feature

Yeelen Cohen — Fighting for the Light — Documentary/Hybrid Feature

Caron Creighton — Dispossessed — Documentary Feature

J.P. Dobrin — Untitled Asian Deportation Project — Documentary Feature

Asad Durrani — She Fell From the Sky — Narrative Feature

Albert Fernandez — Numero — Narrative Short

Rajan Gill — Harvest Party at Camp Two — Documentary/Hybrid Short

Osinachi Ibe — Tales From Under the Sun — Narrative Feature

Adnan Khan — Dreama’s Room — Narrative Short

Steven Liang — Godfrey’s Time, Out — Narrative Feature

Dominic Mercurio — He Won’t Belong — Narrative Short

Briana Nieves — Arise! My Beloved — Documentary Short and Feature

Estevan Padilla — Pangea Ultima — Narrative Feature

Ines Pedrosa e Melo — The dark knot at the center — Documentary Short

Elivia Shaw — Untitled Central Valley Project — Documentary Feature

Javid Soriano — The Impossible Dream (working title) — Documentary Feature

Betsy Tsai — A Land of Long Shadows — Hybrid Feature

CheoTyehimba Taylor — Untitled — Narrative Feature

LaTajh Weaver — Queerling — Narrative Feature

Michael Workman — The Richest Hill On Earth — Documentary Feature

Jessica Zitter — The Chaplain of Oakland — Documentary Feature