Past Film Arts Forum Events
SFFS Film Arts Forum: Beyond Film School
Beyond Film School is a panel discussion focusing on making the tricky transition from film student to working filmmaker. Panelists Kelly Duane de la Vega, Katie Galloway, Adam Keker, Richard Levien and Frazer Bradshaw will share their experiences and stories of how they’ve sustained their careers and made the Bay Area their filmmaking home. Read more...
Tuesday, April 10, 2012, 7:30 pm
Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street
SFFS Film Arts Forum: Digital Distribution Now
The latest SFFS Film Arts Forum will assemble a panel to debate, demystify, and debunk online distribution in all its varying forms. Read more...
Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 7:30 pm
Note new location! Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street
SFFS Film Arts Forum: Pitch Perfect
This Film Arts Forum lays bare the mechanics of effective pitching for docs and narrative features. Four industry experts will draw on real life experiences, ranging from insider tips to hilarious anecdotes. A live session with local filmmakers pitching their projects will be followed by critiques offered by the panel with audience input and response. Read more...
Monday, December 5, 2011, 7:30 pm
SF Film Society Cinema, 1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
SFFS Film Arts Forum: The Sound of Cinema
In film, sound carries meaning. It adds drama, creates illusion and, when artfully employed, can evoke the full gamut of human emotion. Sound design and editing is an indispensable contributor to the magic of movies. This special panel and networking event features Academy Award–winning sound designers working at the highest echelons of their craft, offering insight and expertise on crafting powerful aural landscapes for cinema. Read more...
Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 7:30 pm
SF Film Society | New People Cinema, 1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
SFFS Film Arts Forum: How Soon Is Now?
COPRESENTED WITH ITVS Today, filmmakers are empowered by digital tools that enable them to raise funds, control production and engage with audiences in myriad new ways that could not have been imagined in the past. What do current practices such as crowd sourcing, social media marketing, free online distribution and cloud-based collaboration portend for the future? Read more...
Monday, July 25, 2011, 7:30 pm
The Lab, 2948 16th Street (at Capp). Tickets $7 members; $10 general.
SFFS Film Arts Forum: Beyond Film School
SFFS Film Arts Forum: Beyond Film School is a panel discussion focusing on making the tricky transition from film student to working filmmaker. Keynote speaker Tiffany Shlain will set the stage for a discussion of education and opportunity, and panelists Mark Decena, Rob Epstein, Barry Jenkins, Lexi Leban and Jenni Olson will share their experiences and stories of how they’ve sustained their careers and made the Bay Area their filmmaking home. Read more...
Monday, April 4, 2011, 7:30 pm
The Lab, 2948 16th Street (at Capp). Tickets $7 members; $10 general.
SFFS Film Arts Forum - Igniting the Classroom
SFFS Film Arts Forum: Igniting the Classroom, a panel discussion focusing on educational media, the filmmakers that produce it and the teachers who use it, features experts in media education from ITVS, local production companies and schools. Read more...
Tuesday, March 1, 2011, 7:30 pm (doors 7:00 pm)
The Lab, 2948 16th Street (at Capp)
SF360.org Presents Essential SF
Veteran visionaries Les Blank, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Anne McGuire, Rick Prelinger, Gail Silva and (posthumously) Marlon Riggs will be feted at this short ceremony followed by a party with music by Myles Cooper. The evening also celebrates the launch of the newly designed and retooled SF360.org. Read more...
Monday, November 8, 2010, 7:30 pm
The Lab, 2948 16th Street (at Capp)
SFFS Film Arts Forum - Pitch Perfect
This Film Arts Forum lays bare the mechanics of effective pitching for docs and narrative features. Four industry experts will draw on real life experiences, ranging from insider tips to hilarious anecdotes. Read more...
Monday, October 4, 2010, 7:30 pm
Mezzanine, 444 Jessie Street
SFFS Film Arts Forum - Far-Flung Films - On Location Around the World
For the latest edition of the popular SFFS Film Arts Forum, five well-traveled,seasoned filmmakers reveal their hard-earned wisdom about negotiating the byways of international filmmaking. The evening will be a compelling mixture of clips, short presentations and a panel discussion. Read more...
Monday, June 14, 2010
Mezzanine (444 Jessie Street at Mint)
SFFS Film Arts Forum - Sundance Confidential
Sundance Confidential will explore, explain and demystify independent filmmaking’s big event. Learn from the real-world experiences of festival screeners, alumni filmmakers, publicists and other insiders who will be on hand to offer advice for getting the most out of the Sundance experience. Read more...
Monday, December 7, 2009
SFFS Film Arts Forum - Meet the Programmers
SFFS Film Arts Forum is the Film Society’s bimonthly information-sharing, discussion, networking, professional development jamboree. The sixth SFFS Film Arts Forum will take you into the decision room of Bay Area–based film festivals. Read more...
Monday, October 12, 2009
Mezzanine (444 Jessie Street)
SFFS Film Arts Forum - Tales from Terror Town
The San Francisco Film Society presents SFFS Film Arts Forum: Tales from Terror Town, an appreciation, dissection and dismantling of the popular but misunderstood horror genre and its ties to the Bay Area. Read more...
Monday, April 5, 2010
Mezzanine (444 Jessie Street at Mint)
SFFS Film Arts Forum - Think Like a Funder
SFFS Film Arts Forum is the Film Society’s bimonthly information-sharing, discussion, networking, professional development jamboree. The fifth SFFS Film Arts Forum will take you into the decision room of Bay Area–based independent film funders Independent Lens, ITVS International, Global Film Initiative and KQED. Read more...
Monday, June 15, 2009
Mezzanine, 444 Jessie Street
SFFS Film Arts Forum - Films, Films, Films
SFFS Film Arts Forum: Films, Films, Films—a conference’s worth of information-sharing in a single evening—will showcase and celebrate the vibrant filmmaking community in the Bay Area. Read more...
Monday, April 6, 2009, 7:30 pm (doors 7:00 pm)
Mezzanine, 444 Jessie Street
SFFS Film Arts Forum - Online Distribution
SFFS Film Arts Forum: Online Distribution—a conference’s worth of information-sharing in a single evening—will debate, debunk and demystify the latest in online distribution. Read more...
February 9, 2009, 7:30 pm (doors 7:00 pm)
Mezzanine, 444 Jessie Street
