Category: SFFILM Exclusive

An interview with the SFFILM-supported filmmakers behind this documentary on Single Room Occupancy Hotels in San Francisco Home Is a Hotel, a documentary focusing on…

Read more about the story behind Mark Cousins’s film works up to date What is the Persistence of Vision Award? SFFILM Festival’s Persistence of Vision…

Matt Johnson finds the parallels between a tech startup and filmmaking in Sloan Science Award winner BlackBerry In a way, BlackBerry, SFFILM’s Sloan Science on…

SFFILM tributee Mary Harron celebrates New York in the ‘70s and an aging surrealist in ‘Dalíland’ Mary Harron, whose latest film Dalíland screens twice at…

2023 Novikoff Award winners Stanley Nelson and Marcia Smith and their nonprofit Firelight Media see the future of documentary filmmaking. The Festival’s 2023 Mel Novikoff…

A daughter’s urge to understand her father leads to the creation of an indelible character in Lorena Padilla’s feature debut ‘Martinez’ A native of Guadalajara,…

Get a behind the scenes look at Karen O’Connor, Miri Navasky, and Maeve O’Boyle’s documentary on superstar Joan Baez. When Joan Baez was 13 years…

Woo Ming Jin’s Stone Turtle plays with genre and form—see it for the first time in California at the 2023 SFFILM Festival Woo Ming Jin…

Remembering former SFFILM Executive Director Noah Cowan On Wednesday, January 25, former SFFILM Executive Director Noah Cowan passed away at his home in Los Angeles.…

As 2022 comes to a close, SFFILM’s Anne Lai reflects on a wonderful year for film in the Bay Area. A Letter from Our Executive…

Relive SFFILM Awards Night, from the red carpet glamour and awardees’ acceptance speeches to the success of our annual fundraising efforts. On Monday, December 5…

SFFILM Executive Director Anne Lai’s thoughts on preserving cinema at the Castro Theatre This past year has been an affirming success for SFFILM, and we…