San Francisco Film Society
The San Francisco Film Society is a nonprofit arts organization located in San Francisco, California that presents year-round programs and events in film exhibition, media education and filmmaker services.
The Executive Director of the San Francisco Film Society is Noah Cowan, who joined the organization in March 2014. Prior to Cowan, Ted Hope served as executive director between August 2012 and December 2013. Prior to Hope, SFFS was headed by Bingham Ray, who served for only ten weeks before his death in January 2012. Between 2005–2011, SFFS was led by Graham Leggat until his death in August 2011.
Leadership for each of the San Francisco Film Society's areas of activity is currently provided by Director of Programming Rachel Rosen and Director of Filmmaker360 Michele Turnure-Salleo.
George Gund III, longtime Chairman of the SFFS Board of Directors, died on January 15, 2013.
The San Francisco Film Society presents more than 300 films annually through various festivals, series and individual screenings.
Running for 15 days each spring, the San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF) was founded in 1957 by San Francisco theater operator Irving "Bud" Levin, who had attended film festivals in Cannes and Venice and decided it was time for the United States to have its own. The San Francisco International Film Festival is among the longest running film festivals in the Americas. SFIFF celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2007.
Between August 2011 and August 2012, SFFS operated SF Film Society cinema as a year-round theatrical venue with daily screenings and events in each of its program areas. The cinema was located in the New People building at 1746 Post Street in San Francisco. Film programming consisted largely of one-week runs of new independent, international and documentary features, as well as festivals, series and individual screenings.
Since 1997, this eight-day festival has celebrated the rich cinematic tradition of Italy and its newest generation of filmmakers.
Each year since 2008, SFFS has presented the week-long French Cinema Now, which presents significant new works of international francophone cinema.
Launched in 2009, Cinema by the Bay annually highlights films made in or about the San Francisco Bay Area.
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