SF Bay Area film festivals

November 8, 2022

A calendar of film festivals in and around the San Francisco Bay Area.

This page will be updated regularly. To add a Bay Area film festival to this list or request an update, email film@sfgov.org.

“Castro Theatre marquee” by Steve McClanahan, CC BY-NC

January

Legacy Film Festival on Aging

Noir City Film Festival  

San Francisco IndieFest

February

March

Berlin & Beyond Film Festival

SF Urban Film Fest

April

International Ocean Film Festival

SFFILM Festival

Poppy Jasper International Film Festival 

May

Film Finals School of Cinema

CAAMFest - Center for Asian American Media Festival

Doclands - Documentary Film Festival

Another Hole In The Head Film Festival

June

Frameline Film Festival

QWOCMAP - Queer Women of Color Film Festival

San Francisco DocFest

San Francisco Black Film Festival

Voices With Impact Short Film Festival

July

San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

San Francisco Silent Film Festival

BraveMaker Film Festival

August

Brainwash Movie Festival 

Cinequest Film Festival 

San Francisco Cinematheque

September

Cine+Mas SF – San Francisco Latino Film Festival

Cinema Italia

Grassroots Film Fest  

October

Filipino International Cine Festival

United Nations Association Film Festival

San Francisco Dance Film Festival

Mill Valley Film Festival

Superfest Disability Film Festival

San Francisco IndieShorts Film Festival

3rd i – San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival

Green and Environmental Film Fest of San Francisco

November

San Francisco International New Concept Film Festival

Arab Film and Media Institute - Arab Film Festival

American Indian Film Institute

Napa Valley Film Festival

Tiburon International Film Festival

San Francisco Transgender Film Festival

California Independent Film Festival

December

 

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