Film Making San Francisco

From Dasein Creative Circle

Overview Join us for an opportunity to be on the Film Festival Production Team as well as share your work in creative works in progress with peers. **Join the BCM Film Festival Team!** Be part of a passionate group dedicated to creating meaningful, community-driven filmmaking events. We meet once a month to plan, collaborate, and make the magic happen. **Contact Melanie@betv.org and come to the 3rd Wednesday of every month at BCM headquarters to get involved.** This is a chance for you to become involved in a deeper way with the wonderful film festivals produced by BCM. Traditionally, we have had 2 film festivals each year: the 48 Hour Filmmaker Challenge in July and the Horror Film Fest-Evil in October. However, there have been others such as "The BCM Screening Room," "St. Valentine’s Day Film Festival," "March Mania" and a "Sci Fi Film Festival." What are festival themes YOU would like to see BCM produce? In other words, we COULD be having more events if only we had more support…and…YOU could be getting the inside scoop on how it all works from start to finish. This means a more in-depth understanding of film fest production. BCM celebrates Berkeley’s creative spirit and longstanding tradition of independent arts and storytelling. Our festivals highlight independent filmmakers while providing a public platform for diverse voices and experimental work. By bringing together filmmakers, residents, students, and visitors for screenings, discussions, our festivals reflect Berkeley’s identity as a city that values creativity, free expression, and community engagement. The events we produce strengthen local cultural life while making independent film accessible to the broader community. Whether you’re in the industry as a filmmaker already, just starting out or purely want to support the festival production at BCM, please contact Melanie@betv.org and show up to the Community Club 2.0 every month 3rd Wednesday 6-8pm

3 attendees

dAseIn Film Festival

Wed, Jun 10, 1:00 AM

**Dasein AI Film Festival — The Continuum** Cinema at the Edge of Presence Tuesday\, June 9 \| 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM 📍 Upcider\, 1160 Polk St\, Floor 2\, San Francisco 🎟 $13 \| 50 spots — bring your friends *** The first Dasein AI Film Festival happened. 22 films screened. 7 awards presented. A full room, two parts, and conversations that kept going long after the lights came up. Now we continue. The Continuum is the next gathering in the Dasein series — built from submissions that didn't align with the first edition's specific theme. Not because they lacked strength, but because they existed beyond its frame. This is where they are seen. The theme this time opens wider. Not human. Not machine. But being itself — the condition of existing in relation to a world that is shifting faster than language can follow. Inspired by Heidegger's concept of Dasein — the awareness of presence, of being here, now, in this — the evening moves beyond categories and into the question underneath all of them. **Program Format** — 10 to 15 curated short films — Total runtime under 100 minutes — One award: Audience Award, voted live on the night — Post-screening conversation and connection **A Living Structure** Dasein now runs year-round. Every two months, a new theme. Every screening, a different entry point into the same question. This builds toward the second Dasein Film Festival in 2027 — a full-day event, expanded in every dimension. If you make films, submit. If you think about AI, consciousness, or cinema, come. If you just want to be in a room where the conversation is worth having — this is that room. Followed by connection and the continuation of the Dasein Creative Circle — a year-round space for filmmakers, artists, technologists, writers, and thinkers to meet and co-evolve. Sponsored by the Empathetic AI Institute. 🔗 [www.daseinfilmfestival.com](http://www.daseinfilmfestival.com) 🎬 Submit: filmfreeway.com/DaseinFilmFestival 📸 @daseinfilmfestival Limited capacity. Early arrival recommended.

From Bay Area & Sacramento Movie Makers / Filmmakers, Actors etc

BASH- Bay Area & Sacramento Short Film Festival 2025- Part 1- PLUS

Sat, May 23, 4:30 PM

4.4

Bay Area and Sac Short Films Festival, PLUS- Challenge Filmmakers, Actors, and Writers Compete!!!.. with NETWORKING! THIS EVENT WILL SELL OUT- Get Tickets WELL IN ADVANCE! For More Info or GET TICKETS TODAY[ ](https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/bash-bay-area-and-sacramento-short-film-festival--2026)[CLICK HERE](https://www.mmtb.org/festival) SEE OUR ANNUAL CALENDAR FOR ALL OUR EVENTS THIS YEAR [event.mmtb.org](http://event.mmtb.org)

From San Francisco Movie Club

Kurosawa’s RASHOMON (1950) film @5, discussion after in JAPANTOWN

Sat, May 30, 11:30 PM

4.8

It’s hard to rank the films of Akira Kurosawa, who gave us Ikiru, Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, Hidden Fortress, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, High & Low, and Ran among his stunning 30-film career. But “Rashomon” (1950) makes most film lovers’ Kurosawa Top Ten and often Top Five - it’s the pivotal moment when multi-perspective storytelling entered mainstream cinema. Of course you might see this entirely differently…. To attend this event, you have to BUY a TICKET (HERE: https://roxie.com/series/nippon-vibes-japanese-cinema-weekend-at-new-people/), come to the event, and come to the discussion afterward (at a local Japantown restaurant or pub TBD). Please only RSVP if you’re planning to buy a ticket, see the film, and come discuss it afterwards! Save spots for those who are coming.

10 attendees

Diane Arbus - Critique Workshop / B&W Photo Walk, Beauty Pageant

Sat, May 16, 6:30 PM

From Bay Area Film Photography Meetup

From Bay Area Film Society

Join us as we visit the Diane Arbus photo exhibit and then take a B&W Photowalk. We will walk to this event at Civic Center. [https://bamboovoice.org/songkran-2026/](https://bamboovoice.org/songkran-2026/) CCC-BAFPM EVENT TIMELINE (Subject to Change) 11:30am All attendees meet at the meeting location. Wait for late comers. 11:45am Meetup event officially begins. Take attendance. Introductions / Group Discussion: Your name? What kind of photography do you like? What level photographer are you: beginner, intermediate, advanced, expert, master? Why did you choose to attend this event? What do you hope to get out of this event? Gear show and tell. [Workshop assignment (optional): upload/submit 1-5 photos to the event page within 2 weeks, comment on each others' photos. Share photos on SOCIAL MEDIA TAGS @thebambooorg @sfphotocollective Take a group photo with the CCC banner.] 12:00pm-12:30pm Distribution of Critique Manual Workbook (limited copies, $5). View and critique photos in the gallery. 12:30pm Briefly visit CameraWest. 12:45pm B&W Photo walk to civic center. 1:30pm-3:30pm Photograph Beauty Pageant at Civic Center. End of meetup event. (Nate Love will be available for photography questions and seminar workshop mentoring.) Diane Arbus: Sanctum Sanctorum, an exhibition of forty-five photographs made in private places across New York, New Jersey, California, and London between 1961 and 1971, will be on view at Fraenkel Gallery from March 12 to May 22, 2026, following an exhibition at David Zwirner, London. The exhibition will be accompanied by a comprehensive monograph reproducing works in the exhibition, jointly published by both galleries. [https://fraenkelgallery.com/exhibitions/diane-arbus-sanctum-sanctorum](https://fraenkelgallery.com/exhibitions/diane-arbus-sanctum-sanctorum) About the Artist Diane Arbus (1923–1971) is one of the most original and influential photographers of the twentieth century. In 1963 and 1966 she was awarded John Simon Guggenheim Fellowships and was one of three photographers whose work was the focus of New Documents, John Szarkowski’s landmark exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in 1967. A year after her death, her work was selected for inclusion in the Venice Biennale, and from 1972 to 1975, the Museum of Modern Art hosted a major traveling retrospective. Her photographs are in the collections of numerous institutions around the world, including the Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; and Tate Gallery, London, among many others. Fraenkel Gallery 49 Geary Street, 4th Floor San Francisco, CA 94108 (map) I will have few copies of the California Camera Club book "Photo Critique Manual" ($5 Venmo/Cash) for those who don't have one yet. -Nate Love This event is hosted in conjunction with The California Camera Club. [https://www.meetup.com/sf-photo-collective](https://www.meetup.com/sf-photo-collective) Checkout this Meetup with The California Camera Club - SF Photo Collective: [https://meetu.ps/e/PXGVg/byrPR/i](https://meetu.ps/e/PXGVg/byrPR/i) The California Camera Club The San Francisco Photo Collective Photo Academy Workshop Subgroups- Contemporary Photographic Artist Association Fine Art Institute of Aesthetic Philosophy Society of Film Photographers Analogue Emulsion Imagemakers Bay Area Photo Alliance Camera Culture Guild A DEDICATED CAMERA IS REQUIRED FOR PHOTOWALKS: Thanks. COURTESY & RESPECT POLICIES RSVP POLICY: If you RSVP to attend this event, and then find that you are no longer able to attend the event, please edit your RSVP status accordingly. Change your RSVP status to "Not Going" if you are not going (it takes about 5 seconds to do this). Thanks. LATE POLICY: As a courtesy, we generally wait 15 minutes for latecomers. If you arrive later than 15 minutes, please have no expectation of finding the group. During the event, the hosts are busy hosting the event, not constantly checking for phone messages from latecomers. Please note: traffic and parking often causes delays in San Francisco; please plan accordingly so as to arrive on time. Thank you. LEGAL LIABILITY WAIVER/DISCLAIMER: The California Camera Club is run by volunteer organizers and hosts who generously donate their time and energy to organize and host these free events for your pleasure and enjoyment. But your safety and security is ultimately your responsibility. By joining us for any event you hereby release and discharge its organizers and hosts from any and all liability, claims, demands or causes of action that you now have, or may have in the future.

8 attendees

Is God Is - A Quest For Revenge

Thu, May 21, 2:00 AM

Playwright Aleesha Harris adapts her own stageplay for her feature film debut - a New York Times Critics Pick. Join us for this violent road trip of murder and revenge. *Trailer*: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgtdkuNFoKk *Tickets*: https://drafthouse.com/sf/show/is-god-is?showSeats=true&cinemaId=0801&sessionId=80099&date=2026-05-20 *Showtime* is 7.15 pm - we'll meet around 7 in the lobby of the theater. Stick around after the show to chat about the film and maybe go for a drink. I have seat 7 in row 2 if you want to sit close. **Is God Is** Is God Is follows twin sisters Racine and Anaia, who track down their abusive, estranged father on a cross-country mission from their dying mother to exact revenge. The movie blends Greek tragedy with Spaghetti Western, Afropunk, and hip-hop.

From Bay Area Film, TV and Commercial

The VINE March Networking Event!

Fri, Jun 5, 1:00 AM

We invite you to this networking meeting of the VINE. We will have surprises in store and as always there will be plenty of community and conversation. Whether you're a filmmaker, DP, motion designer, producer, editor, or play ANY role in the video industry, [The VINE](https://thevineoakland.com/) is the place to be for networking, promotion and inspiration. And as usual, your $5 admission gets you pizza, wine and other refreshments. Also, you'll have the opportunity to promote yourself and what you are working on, during the last portion of the evening in a segment we call "Voices of the Vine." Register now! https://luma.com/xgbyw3ue **Mark Your Calendars for the Next VINE Mixer:** * **Date:** Thursday, March 5, 2026 * **Time:** 6p - 8p * **Location:** Port Labs * Map: [https://maps.app.goo.gl/iFF5G7b57bqhpgy76](https://maps.app.goo.gl/iFF5G7b57bqhpgy76) Tickets are non-refundable unless event canceled Location 2044 Franklin St Oakland, CA 94612, USA Hosted By [Eric Wise & Roy Wanguhu](https://luma.com/user/usr-FL9V2XOiJ24xoVw) The Video Industry Networking Event. Connect. Promote. Achive.

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Outdoor Movie Night & Speed-Friending (Jurassic Park)

Sun, May 31, 2:00 AM

From Gist IRL

4.7

**RSVP via:** https://app.gistirl.com/event-details/mSuyIJicZhNFITA3ADX6 **Early Bird Discounts | More $ Later** Warm evening air, the smell of buttery popcorn, and a glowing outdoor screen calling your name — this is the kind of night summers are made for. Spend an hour in quick one-on-one rounds, then gather your favorite matches to claim the perfect grassy spot for a nostalgic screening of Jurassic Park under the stars. Get ready for an hour of effortless, one-on-one conversations with fellow film lovers, all seamlessly paired up by the app so you always know exactly who you are talking to next. Swap favorite movie moments, childhood classics, and go-to theater spots — then watch it all turn into something real. After the rounds, the night opens up. Reconnect with your favorite people, form your crew, and wander over together to find your spot in the grass. Blankets down, snacks out, drinks in hand — this is where the magic kicks in. It's one shared plan, one summer night to remember, and everyone heading into it together. Just real conversation that turns into a real plan — with people you already vibe with. By the time the iconic Jurassic Park theme song begins, you've got friends to share the popcorn and the experience with. Maybe this becomes your go-to movie squad. Maybe it's just a great evening you'll remember. Either way, you're rolling with a crew. Agenda 7:00PM - Check-In Follow the link to complete a quick profile setup on your phone. 7:15PM - 8:15PM - One-on-One Rounds Our app pairs you for focused conversations. Meet fellow movie buffs, trade recommendations, and discover who shares your love for iconic films and cozy theater nights. 8:15PM+ - Reconnect with your favorite matches, form groups of 4-6, and head over together to claim your spot on the grass. Movie starts at 8:30PM! Don't forget to bring a blanket, your favorite snacks to share, and anything else you might need for a relaxing night under the stars. Don't just collect contacts. Actually watch a movie with new people and see if this becomes your regular crew for attending other outdoor screenings or new theater releases together. Want to stay in touch with someone? Use the app - it lets you connect without ever sharing your phone number. Here's a few recommendations: Duboce Park Upper Lawn - This is the central gathering spot where the massive screen is typically set up for movie nights under the stars. Duboce Park Cafe - A cozy neighborhood staple just across the street, perfect for warm drinks and fresh-made sandwiches. Palmyra - Known for its exceptional Mediterranean takeout, this local favorite provides delicious falafel and wraps that are easy to enjoy while sitting on a blanket. Beit Rima - This highly-rated spot offers incredible Arabic comfort food and sharing plates that are ideal for a group picnic during the film. Bi-Rite Market - A short walk away on Divisadero, this legendary market is the ultimate destination for premium snacks and famous small-batch ice cream. The Little Chihuahua - This popular Mexican eatery serves high-quality burritos and tacos that are conveniently packaged for a mess-free meal on the grass. **RSVP via:** https://app.gistirl.com/event-details/mSuyIJicZhNFITA3ADX6 **Early Bird Discounts | More $ Later**

62 attendees

Bollywood Festive Nights at Union Square

Sat, May 23, 12:00 AM

4.4

Join us for an unforgettable **Bollywood Night** in the heart of San Francisco at Union Square – rhythm, fun, community. **5:00 – 6:00 PM** – *30 minute Bollywood* *Dance Lesson* + *Party* — we’ll teach you the steps, the flair, and the fun; then we dance it out together! **6:00 – 7:00 PM** – *30 minute Bollywood* *Dance Lesson* + *Party* — we’ll teach you the steps, the flair, and the fun; then we dance it out together! **7:00 – 8:00 PM** – *Dance Party* — We turn up the music and light up the floor with a 1-hour open dance party. 🌈 Open to all ages, all levels, all backgrounds. ✨ Come casual or dressed, no pressure! Bring your friends, learn some moves, find your groove, find your friends, be a part of a magical community once a month at Union Square. Previous class in 2025 summary joy v[ideo: ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHSENixJaVA&list=RDnHSENixJaVA&start_radio=1) Free class every month on 4th Friday of the Month except in August it will be on August 14th Classes go till end of September Park in garage, Uber over, or take Powell exit on Bart Do come say hello to us so we can welcome you in our La Dolce Vita :)

7 attendees

Shut Up & Write!® in Potrero Hill

Mon, May 18, 8:15 PM

From Shut Up & Write!® SF Bay Area

4.8

Join us for some focused writing time. You can write poetry, your resume, do research, write a novel, screenplay, short stories, song lyrics or work projects, create apps and games, etc. All types of writing and writers at all levels of experience and expertise are welcome. But don’t worry, no one will see what you've written. This session is about getting your writing done and meeting other writers in your area. When you show up, say hello to everyone and get your writing tools ready. Once you’re all settled, take some time to chat with your fellow writers. Once everyone’s arrived, I will lead quick introductions. Writers can say what they are working on if they choose. I then set the timer for our quiet and focused writing session. Afterward, we’ll have time to chat and get to know each other. We often talk about our successes and challenges as writers. If you don’t have time to stick around, no worries! We don’t host critiques or readings. These events are a safe space for writers of all skill levels and genres to work on their craft, so no one will read or critique your writing. For our full event schedule, visit [https://shutupwrite.com](https://shutupwrite.com) WiFi Access: Patrons will find WiFi at all San Francisco Public Library buildings. Travel / Parking info: Muni #55 bus. Abundant Street parking.

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