Today is Sunday, April 21, 2019
WELCOME
We’re so happy you’re here to look at the most up-to-date information of the 2019 SFFILM Festival!
Drop by the GUEST OFFICE check-in desk during our open hours. We’ll be happy to answer your questions and assist you with your accreditation, ticketing, travel, and accommodation needs.
Please be sure to review SFFILM’s updated Code of Conduct.
Location + Hours
SFFILM HQ
795 Folsom Street Suite #1069, San Francisco, CA 94107
Guest Office Hours:
April 10 11am – 4pm
April 11 to April 20 11am – 7pm
April 21 11am – 4pm
Festival Lounge
111 Minna Gallery, 111 Minna Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
April 11 – 21, 11am – 8pm daily, with extended hours on certain nights
Happy Hour: 4pm – 8pm, courtesy of FORT POINT BEER & CHLOE WINES
Filmmaker Events
LAST DAY OF SFFILM!
NACHELLA
Get creative and partake in a dope crafternoon of unlimited nachos, origami, and button making! Featuring artists:
All you can eat cheese with Cracker Heads Reunion
The Fruit Baskets & Candyland Party, DJ Set
The Smashmallow Explosion
Fort Point Beer & Choe Wine Club
Hint Water, Mate Yerba, The Moon Bars, Snack Police, and MORE!
2pm – 8pm | Festival Lounge | (21+)
GOLDEN GATE AWARDS
Celebrate the jury’s choice winners at our annual GGAs!
2pm – 4pm | Brava Theater, 2871 24th st
CLOSING RECEPTION
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, adieu.
Adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu and yieu.
Thanks so much for helping us create amazing festivals year after year! You are amazing artists and we hope you enjoyed the SFFILM and the city as much as we did!
5pm – 7pm | Palete, 816 Folsom st
Tomorrow’s Events
CHECK BACK NEXT FEST!
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Share: Links to SFFILM Festival social media handles
SFFILM Social Media
As you are attending screenings and events, please @ tag and hashtag us and we will amplify your posts! Download the SFFILM toolkit for a quick look at how to amplify on social.
Hashtag: #SFFILMFestival
Instagram: @SFFILM
Twitter: @SFFILM
Facebook: @SFFILM
Venues & Transit
(Venue Map coming soon)
All hotels have easy access to public transportation for travel within the city and bay area. Festival venues are easily accessible via BART and Muni. See the Guest Office desk for assistance, or visit the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency website at www.sfmta.com/cms/home/sfmta.php, or the Bay Area Rapid Transit website at www.bart.gov for more info and fare prices.
Explore the Bay
Attending the Festival
Badges + Tickets
FILMMAKER/GUEST BADGE:
Benefit summary:
Ability to request one complimentary ticket per regularly priced 2019 SFFILM Festival screening (up to three per day) from any SFFILM Festival box office located at each theater. Ticket requests are subject to availability and are tracked by the box office so as not to exceed the three per day limit. Requests can only be made within 24 hours of the screening you’d like to attend. Not valid at BAMPFA.
Access to complimentary beer and wine, beginning at 4:00 pm daily at the SFFILM Festival Lounge, as well as access to private lounge events. 111 Minna Gallery is strictly 21+; valid photo ID required.
Ability to purchase up to two tickets at the SFFILM member price from any the Festival box office. Subject to availability. Not valid at BAMPFA.
If advance tickets are not available, this badge may be used in the rush line for complimentary access; admittance to rush screenings based on availability.
CAST & CREW BADGE:
Benefit summary:
Access to complimentary beer and wine, beginning at 4:00 pm daily at the SFFILM Festival Lounge, as well as access to private lounge events. 111 Minna Gallery is strictly 21+; valid photo ID required
Ability to purchase up to two tickets at the SFFILM member price from any the Festival box office. Subject to availability. Not valid at BAMPFA.
If advance tickets are not available, this badge may be used in the rush line for complimentary access; admittance to rush screenings based on availability.
Your Screenings
Unless other arrangements have been made, you will introduce your film and participate in the Q&A afterward for all screenings that occur when you are in town. Please plan to meet a Guest Office representative and Festival Programmer outside the specified venue at least 30 minutes before your screening, unless otherwise noted in your itinerary.
Tech Checks
We do not perform impromptu tech checks. Please speak with the Guest Office for more information about tech check requests at least 48 hours in advance. (Subject to change)
Explore the 2019 SFFILM Festival
Ambassador Program
Connect: Ambassador Program
We would love to invite you to participate in our SFFILM Ambassador Program. The program partners our local FilmHouse filmmakers with visiting filmmakers and is a great opportunity to really see all that the festival and San Francisco Bay Area has to offer! You would be invited to meet with your ambassador at a festival event or party, as well as an outing to experience a San Franciscan activity. Participation is totally voluntary and is only as much commitment as you would like.
SFFILM Education
Schools at the Festival & Filmmakers Go to School
The Schools at the Festival program introduces students ages 6 to 18 to international film and the art of filmmaking while promoting media literacy, deepening insights into other cultures, enhancing foreign language aptitude, developing critical thinking skills, and inspiring a lifelong appreciation of cinema.
Throughout the 2019 San Francisco International Film Festival, classes from across the Bay Area will attend weekday matinees of curated Festival film programs at no cost to students or educators. Dozens of filmmaker guests from around the world will also visit local classrooms to discuss their films with students.
Contact Associate Director of Education Keith Zwölfer at 415-561-5040 or kzwolfer@sffilm.org with questions about our SATF program and to find out how you can get involved.
Create and Update Your Film’s IMDb Page
It’s time for you and your film to get IMDb ready! IMDb is one of the first places film fans, industry professionals, and festival programmers will go to learn about your film. Submit details to your film’s IMDb Title Page to share your film’s synopsis, images, trailer, and more.
As a Withoutabox filmmaker you may have already opted-in to create an IMDb page for your project. If you have, you can follow these steps to update it:
1. Search for your film on IMDb.com.
2. You can add images such as stills and behind-the-scenes through the add images link.
3. To add cast and other information, click the Edit Page button at the bottom of the page.
If you have not created an IMDb title initially, it’s not too late. You can contact their customer service team at imdb.com/helpdesk/wabsupport and let them know you need a title page created for your project.
You can also add videos such as trailers and interviews to your title page.
1. Go to your project on Withoutabox.com. From the Edit project menu, select Manage Videos. 2. From the video type options, select Press Kit and then the type of press kit video.
3. Upload a video. Make sure the checkbox for private video is unchecked so that IMDb visitors can view it.
4. If you upload a video after you submitted to a festival, contact the customer service team at imdb.com/helpdesk/wabsupport and let them know you have added videos