There's a sweet shine to our Pride Month, four SFFS-supported films will screen at Frameline37, the world’s oldest and largest LGBTQ international film festival, June 20 - 30!
Read MoreSXSW's 2013's lineup was just announced and among them are three films that the Film Society has supported through grants and fiscal sponsorship as they've developed into feature-length films:
directed by Destin Cretton
Narrative Competition
2012 SFFS/KRF Filmmaking grant winner: $79,000 for postproduction
The film follows Grace, a young supervisor at a foster-care facility, as she looks after the teens in her charge and reckons with her own troubled past. An unsparingly authentic film, full of both heart and surprising humor.
directed by Steve Brown and Jessie Deeter
Documentary Spotlight
Currently in SFFS Project Development program
What happens when you allow yourself to act on your dreams? Spark takes us behind the curtain with organizers and participants of Burning Man, revealing a year of unprecedented challenges and growth.
directed by Chris Simon and Maureen Gosling
Special Events
Currently in SFFS Project Development program
Roots music icon Chris Strachwitz (Arhoolie Records) takes us on a
hip-shaking stomp from Texas to New Orleans, Cajun country to
Appalachia, searching for the musical soul of America.
The San Francisco Film Society wrapped its 56th San Francisco International Film Festival with 263 screenings of 158 films from 51 countries, which were attended by over 210 filmmakers and industry guests from over 21 countries around the globe. During its 15-day run, SFIFF56 showed 67 Narrative Features, 28 Documentary Features and a total of 63 short films.
This year the International awarded over $70,000 in prizes—one of the largest cash totals distributed by a U.S. film festival—to emerging and established filmmakers from ten countries around the world. Below are the award winning films.
