AwardsWatch - SFFILM

Chinonye Chukwu, Marielle Heller, Lulu Wang announced as honorees at SFFILM Awards Night 2019

Erik Anderson November 19, 2019

The Star-Studded Gala Is a Fundraiser for SFFILM’s Year-Round Work Cultivating the Next Generation of Film Artists, a Film Industry Awards Show, and a San Francisco... Read More

SFFILM announces 2019 Documentary Film Fund recipients

Erik Anderson September 11, 2019

Non-Fiction Post-Production Fund Awards a Total of $125,000 to Five Projects SFFILM today announced the five winners of the 2019 SFFILM Documentary Film Fund awards totaling $125,000, which support... Read More

SFFILM Festival Awards: Olivia Wilde’s ‘Booksmart’ is Audience favorite

Erik Anderson April 22, 2019

On Sunday, SFFILM announced the winners of its Audience Awards and juried awards for the fests’ Golden Gate Award competition. Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut, the... Read More

Laura Linney and Olympia Dukakis return to 28 Barbary Lane in trailer for the new ‘Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City’

Erik Anderson April 9, 2019

Inspired by the books of Armistead Maupin, the new Netflix limited series Tales of the City begins a new chapter in the beloved story. Mary... Read More

At the San Francisco International Film Festival, the Present is Female

Erik Anderson April 9, 2019

The San Francisco International Film Festival, the longest running film festival in the Americas, is about to embark on its 62nd year and with it... Read More

Jack O’Connell and Laura Dern sizzle in trailer for ‘Trial by Fire’

Erik Anderson April 5, 2019

Academy Award-winning director Edward Zwick (Shakespeare in Love, Traffic, Glory) brings the true-life Texas story of the unlikely bond between an imprisoned death row inmate... Read More

World premiere of Netflix’s ‘Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City’ to open 2019 San Francisco International Film Festival

Erik Anderson February 12, 2019

A episodic opener will be the first for SFIFF and features an all-star cast including Laura Linney, Olympia Dukakis, and Ellen Page SFFILM today announced that the 2019... Read More

Winners announced for Fall 2018 SFFILM Westridge Grants

Erik Anderson November 20, 2018

SFFILM, in partnership with the Westridge Foundation, announced today the projects that will receive a total of $100,000 in funding in the latest round of SFFILM Westridge Grants. Five... Read More

Amy Adams, Steve McQueen, Boots Riley to receive SFFILM Awards

Erik Anderson November 13, 2018

Annual Fundraiser Benefits SFFILM’s Youth Education Programs and Marks the High Point of Awards Season in the San Francisco Bay Area SFFILM has announced several individuals scheduled... Read More