San Francisco Green Film Festival
Filmmaker Andrew Garrison presents Trash Dance at the Closing Night of the 2013 Festival.
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San Francisco, California;  United States
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| Founded | 2011 |
| No. of films | 70 |
| Festival date | April 20-26, 2017 |
| Language | International |
| Website | http://greenfilmfest.org/ |
San Francisco Green Film Festival is an environmental film festival which was first held in March 2011.
According to the festival's official website, the San Francisco Green Film Festival's mission is "to educate and connect communities through forward-thinking programs of environmental films and discussions."
The first festival in 2011 featured the Brazilian documentary film Hauling directed by Sean Walsh, and the film Happy People: A Year in the Taiga by Werner Herzog. Author Margaret Atwood appeared for a satellite Q&A after the screening of In the Wake of the Flood, a new documentary by Ron Mann on Atwood's book tour for her novel The Year of the Flood. French photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand presented a screening of Home. The German documentary The Fourth Revolution: Energy Autonomy had its U.S. premiere at the festival. The festival's 2011 Green Tenacity Award was awarded to Swedish director Fredrik Gertten for the film Bananas!*.
The 2012 festival included the The Island President by Bay Area Filmmaker Jon Shenk, and British director Anthony Baxter’s You've Been Trumped in a double bill with the 1983 Bill Forsyth classic Local Hero. Prizewinners included Baxter and Blood in the Mobile by Danish director Frank Piasecki Poulsen.
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