SF International Women's Film Festival Call For Entries (Early Deadline: 8/31)

San Francisco International Women's Film Festival 2011 Call for Entries Early Deadline is now approaching!

“We’re open to professional and emerging filmmakers of narrative, documentary, music video, animation, and experimental works,” says festival founder Scarlett Shepard. “The only constant is that submissions must be directed or co–directed by women.”

SFWFF will be accepting online entries submitted via Withoutabox.com global filmmaker community. Their internet-only submission platform uses one master entry form and is an economical, eco-friendly, and secure alternative to traditional hard-copy DVD submissions: https://www.withoutabox.com/login/4231

The early deadline for submission is August 31, 2010. Entry fee: $20. Any questions regarding submissions can be emailed to: sfwomensfilmfestival@gmail.com or call (415) 754-3456.

Founded in 2004, the SFWFF celebrates the achievements of women working behind the camera and raises awareness about the need for more opportunities for female filmmakers: http://www.sfwff.org

About the Women’s Film Institute (WFI):
'Amplifying the Voices of Women and Girls through Film + New Media'
WFI is the presenter of the annual San Francisco International Women's Film Festival (April 6-l0, 2011), WFI Shorts Tour, and year-round educational programs and events. WFI is fiscally sponsored by Independent Arts & Media. Independent Arts & Media is a 501(c)(3) organization with a mission to expand civic dialogue by increasing access to independent voices: http://artsandmedia.net

Join WFI and Jan Wahl to benefit Generation HERstory Media Arts Project

San Francisco based Women's Film Institute is holding a night of fun and networking to raise funds for our Generation HERstory Media Arts Project initiative (GHMAP).

GHMAP identifies and fosters the next generation of media-makers and broadens public access to arts enrichment by providing free hands-on filmmaking training and mentoring for diverse low-income and at-risk young women (ages 12-19) in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Young women are given the tools to create short films and public-service announcements that authentically reflect their voices. Films created in GHMAP will premiere at the 7th Annual San Francisco International Women's Film Festival (April 2011).

All proceeds from the event will go toward providing scholarships for up to 8 young women to enroll in GHMAP free of charge for the Fall session beginning in September.

Stop by for a drink, to learn more about the Women's Film Institute and Generation Herstory, and participate in our silent auction:

Location: Tonic Bar, 2360 Polk Street (at Union) San Francisco (21 + with Valid ID): http://www.tonic-bar.com

Time: 6-9pm

Date: Thursday, August 12th

• We'll be behind the bar mixin and fixin up drinks for the crowd (No host bar). All tips made during the evening will be donated to Generation HERstory.

• 6-7pm is happy hour-- all drinks are two for one!

• Silent Auction. Bid on some great film-centric and lifestyle items!

To RSVP: http://tiny.cc/wfi0812

We hope you will celebrate with us! Please RSVP, as space is limited.

WFI Benefit is co-presented by SF Weekly:
http://www.sfweekly.com/

About the Women’s Film Institute (WFI):
WFI is the presenter of the annual San Francisco International Women's Film Festival (SFWFF), WFI Shorts Tour, and year-round educational programs and events. WFI is fiscally sponsored by Independent Arts & Media. Independent Arts & Media is a 501(c)(3) organization with a mission to expand civic dialogue by increasing access to independent voices. Independent Arts & Media is dedicated to producing and promoting independent media and supporting and serving independent artists and media producers. Visit us: http://www.sfwff.org, http://artsandmedia.net

San Francisco Film Society Presents Cinema by the Bay (Oct. 22-25)

San Francisco Film Society Presents Cinema by the Bay (Oct. 22-25)

Don't miss Cinema by the Bay, a three-day festival featuring new films produced in or about the San Francisco Bay Area that provide a compelling window into its local film culture and practice. Cinema by the Bay kicks off Thursday, Oct. 22 at 8:00 p.m. at Temple Nightclub and Prana Restaurant with an eclectic and exuberant evening of short film and video screenings, multimedia performances, live music and collegial carousing. The festival will cover a broad range of subject matter and genres -- from a hipster odyssey of self-discovery to a documentary tracking the likely extinct ivory-billed woodpecker, to a shorts program showcasing Bay Area filmmaking at its best.

Don't miss the Anne McGuire Show. McGuire's rare genius (Photograph above by M.C. Schmidt) will be on full display as she draws from her extensive catalogue for an eclectic and pleasurable evening featuring some of her most famous videos, live performances, recent works, a guest MC and several surprises.

Admission: $12.50 (General), $11 (Senior discount).

Landmark Clay Theatre,

San Francisco, CA:

Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009, 9:00 p.m.

http://www.sffs.org/content.aspx?catid=8,38,106&pageid=1311

Coming soon to Mill Valley Film Festival

SFWFF 2007 was honored to screen Terrie Samundra's Tale of Xuan. Don't miss her new film entitled Kunjo on Oct.12 at 5:00 PM at the Sequoia Theatre in Mill Valley, CA. The film is about a young girl coping with her community's displacement and an act of betrayal as she strikes up an unlikely friendship with an upper caste girl.

If you missed the premiere of Arresting Ana dir. by Lucie Schwartz as part of the WFI Shorts Tour in San Francisco in August, here's your chance. See an eye-opening film about the global underground of anorexia on Oct.16 at 5:00 PM at the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael, CA.

http://2009.mvff.com

10th Annual Expo and Symposium for Independent Artist Starts Today

Join Us at the 10th Annual Expo and Symposium for Independent Artists

Don't miss a full-day of panel discussions, networking opportunities, conversations, and DIY workshops organized around the theme "Art Works when Artists Work - Creativity, Culture, Community" on Sept. 25th at the David Brower Center in Berkeley.

Admission:
Sliding Scale - No one turned away for lack of funds.

Stop by and say Hello! WFI will be tabling at the Expo on Sept. 26th from Noon -6:30 PM at the Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.

For more information visit:

http://www.artsandmedia.net