SFFILM https://sffilm.org The Bay Area's home for the world's finest films and filmmakers. Tue, 02 Dec 2025 23:52:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.4 https://sffilm.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/logo-dark-50x50.png SFFILM https://sffilm.org 32 32 Meet the 2025 SFFILM Artist Development Grant Recipients https://sffilm.org/meet-the-2025-sffilm-artist-development-grant-recipients/ Tue, 02 Dec 2025 02:04:07 +0000 https://sffilm.org/?p=20774 We’re excited to announce $543K in Grants for Filmmakers going to 31 Projects with Grantees and Fellows Across Narrative and Documentary Films We’re excited to announce the recipients for several programs that are part of our extensive Artist Development granting initiatives, providing support for film artists working in narrative and documentary, including the storied SFFILM...

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]]> Meet the 2024–2025 SFFILM Youth FilmHouse Residents https://sffilm.org/meet-the-2024-youth-filmhouse-residents/ Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:54:53 +0000 https://sf-film.local/?p=18948 Celebrate this wonderful group of future filmmakers with us. SFFILM Education’s Youth FilmHouse Residency, in partnership with SFFILM Makers, is an annual program that begins in the Fall semester for Bay Area students grades 9–12 who identify themselves as Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color (BIPOC) and are excited to explore careers in film...

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]]> Meet the 2025 SFFILM FilmHouse Residents https://sffilm.org/meet-the-2025-sffilm-filmhouse-residents/ Wed, 29 Jan 2025 23:58:46 +0000 https://sf-film.local/?p=18880 Help us give a warm welcome to 2025’s group of Bay Area–based storytellers who will take up residence at FilmHouse, SFFILM’s dynamic shared workspace for independent filmmakers. The FilmHouse Residency is managed by SFFILM Makers, the artist development program at SFFILM and is made possible in partnership with the Kenneth Rainin Foundation and additional funding...

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]]> Meet the 2024 SFFILM Sloan Science In Cinema Fellowship Recipients https://sffilm.org/meet-the-2024-sffilm-sloan-science-in-cinema-fellowship-recipients/ Thu, 19 Dec 2024 08:59:46 +0000 https://sf-film.local/?p=18791 SFFILM and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announce Sara Crow and David Rafailedes’s Satoshi and Lara Palmqvist’s The Garden as the 2024 Sloan Science in Cinema Fellows Designed to ensure that narrative feature films tell compelling stories about the worlds of science and technology continue to be made and seen, the fellowship will support the...

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]]> Meet the 2024 Documentary Film Fund Recipients https://sffilm.org/meet-the-2024-documentary-film-fund-recipients/ Thu, 19 Dec 2024 08:23:53 +0000 https://sf-film.local/?p=18782 Supporting feature filmmakers since 2009 Since its launch in 2011, the SFFILM Documentary Film Fund (DFF) has supported feature-length documentaries in post-production that are distinguished by compelling stories, intriguing characters, and an innovative visual approach. DFF has distributed nearly $1 million to advance new work by filmmakers worldwide, many of whom go on to premiere...

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]]> Meet the 2024 SFFILM Rainin Grant Recipients https://sffilm.org/meet-the-2024-sffilm-rainin-grant-recipients/ Thu, 19 Dec 2024 08:22:46 +0000 https://sf-film.local/?p=18765 Celebrate these 2024 SFFILM Rainin Recipients with us Supporting feature filmmakers since 2009 SFFILM is thrilled to announce the Recipients for the 2024 SFFILM Rainin Grant, the flagship artist development program offered by SFFILM Makers in partnership with the Kenneth Rainin Foundation. Twenty-three filmmaking teams have been shortlisted as contenders to receive funding and professional...

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]]> Meet the 2024 SFFILM Documentary Film Fund Finalists https://sffilm.org/meet-the-2024-sffilm-documentary-film-fund-finalists/ Sat, 23 Nov 2024 01:00:55 +0000 https://sf-film.local/?p=18714 Supporting feature filmmakers since 2009 Since its launch in 2011, the SFFILM Documentary Film Fund (DFF) has supported feature-length documentaries in post-production that are distinguished by compelling stories, intriguing characters, and an innovative visual approach. DFF has distributed nearly $1 million to advance new work by filmmakers worldwide, many of whom go on to premiere...

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]]> Meet the 2024 SFFILM Rainin Grant Finalists https://sffilm.org/meet-the-2024-sffilm-rainin-grant-finalists/ Mon, 04 Nov 2024 09:07:38 +0000 https://sf-film.local/?p=18622 Celebrate these 2024 SFFILM Rainin Finalists with us Supporting feature filmmakers since 2009 SFFILM is thrilled to announce the finalists for the 2024 SFFILM Rainin Grant, the flagship artist development program offered by SFFILM Makers in partnership with the Kenneth Rainin Foundation. Twenty-three filmmaking teams have been shortlisted as contenders to receive funding and professional...

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]]> SFCM Joins SFFILM in Innovative Student Film Score Program https://sffilm.org/sfcm-joins-sffilm-in-innovative-student-film-score-program/ Fri, 01 Nov 2024 15:24:51 +0000 https://sf-film.local/?p=18613 Students from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) to work with SFFILM-supported filmmakers to compose original film scores set to screen at the 68th San Francisco International Film Festival in April 2025.   Shared with permission. Story by Mark Taylor, SFCM. Originally posted on October 16, 2024. Picture a world where a students’ musical...

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]]> Get ready for Sean Wang’s Dìdi (弟弟) https://sffilm.org/get-ready-for-sean-wangs-didi-%e5%bc%9f%e5%bc%9f/ Wed, 24 Jul 2024 22:41:55 +0000 https://sf-film.local/?p=18206 The 67th San Francisco International Film Festival opened with Sean Wang’s feature directorial debut Dìdi (弟弟). We talked to him about the importance of this homecoming and the making of the film. We kicked off the the 2024 SFFILM Festival with a dual screening of what is sure to be a Bay Area classic in...

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