Browse Schools at the Festival screenings at SFIFF 2012

Since 1991, this educational outreach program has created a vital connection between the annual San Francisco International Film Festival and the local educational community, providing students of all ages the opportunity to participate in the Festival experience. One of the first and largest of its kind, the Schools at the Festival program was founded by the late Robert S. Donn (1931-2003), a retired SFUSD teacher with a tremendous passion for film. Since its inception, the program has attained a level of national prestige and is often used as a model on which other film organizations and festivals have based their own education programs.

Each year more than 3,000 elementary, middle and high school students and their teachers attend weekday matinee Festival screenings, while dozens of local and visiting filmmakers from around the world visit Bay Area classrooms to share their work and interact with students.

Tickets are offered at a subsidized rate ($1.00 per person for public school students and teachers and $2.50 per person for all other schools) to selected screenings and may be purchased only through the Schools at the Festival office prior to the Festival. For ticket reservations and information, contact Keith Zwölfer at kzwolfer@sffs.org or 415-561-5040.

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