Film Making San Francisco

Outsider Film Night

Open Screening of short films made by our beloved community members! Emphasis on experimental films or oddities :) **OPEN CALL for short films 15 mins and under⚠️** **[Submit films HERE](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfmXuZtjZXYkM1tIQFKj4pSqmm7jxVr1Yx5dV_Q8Ko_gH5AsQ/viewform?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGn4UOuv-ePPFS1Y6y_IWrnB2d8v1PmPVTncCbcrOnfOW53JsTY3Pi9RQdIKQc_aem_n0XopdugstwU3QrLglILbA)** **DEADLINE to submit is May 20 ⌚️⏱👀** **SCREENING takes place May 28❣️❤️‍🔥💞** **ADDRESS is [@clarion_sf](https://www.instagram.com/clarion_sf/) 2 waverly place 🙈** **FREE ADMISSION 7-9 PM🤷🏽‍♂️** **Come one come allllllllllll🙇🏽‍♂️**

Film maker Chat & Coffee

This is one of our General Meetings, which means we will be sitting around chatting drinking coffee (or whatever)! * Please bring: a great attitude and a desire to get involved in making movies! * the cafe does sell food and beverages If you have something to show or materials to review, feel free to bring that.

dAseIn Film Festival

**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.

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

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)

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

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.

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

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 Please join our group chat... [https://chat.whatsapp.com/J3Q5ik3nlOqIaGImlfd8SI](https://chat.whatsapp.com/J3Q5ik3nlOqIaGImlfd8SI) 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.

🎶  Makaya McCraven -- SFJazz Center

🎶 **Makaya McCraven -- SFJazz Center** ▪︎ **Purchase Ticket Here:** **Use promo SAVE25 for a 25% discount. Some $18.75 tix still available. I have seats B1 and B3 in center balcony.** https://www.sfjazz.org/smartseat/?itemNumber=19535#/ 🔆 Drummer, composer, and producer Makaya McCraven returns as part of the 2025-26 SFJAZZ lineup with four nights of expansive, exhilarating music that will vary in concept and expression from performance to performance. It’s not an exaggeration to say that Paris-born, Chicago-based McCraven has powerful grooves and a passion for deep-water musical exploration in his blood. The son of jazz luminary Stephen McCraven (Yusef Lateef, Sam Rivers, Archie Shepp), Makaya McCraven has assimilated the seemingly disparate, yet inextricably tied, influences of post-Coltrane jazz and hip-hop’s most experimental fringes into a unique multi-dimensional approach. Aptly described as a “beat scientist” more than a drummer, Makaya McCraven is a maverick musician and composer helping define what jazz means now. ▪︎ **Listen Here:** https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=usgHWaW_kFc ▪︎ **Message me when you've bought a ticket** and I'll move you off the waitlist. ▪︎ **Meet at 6:45 sharp** outside the doors of the SFJazz Centet (201 Franklin St.) ▪︎ **Possible dinner beforehand** if there's interest. ▪︎ **PLEASE don't be a no-show.** If your plans change, remember to update your RSVP prior to the event. ▪︎ **A late cancelation** will count as a no-show.

Bollywood Nights - Salesforce Park - Free

**Bollywood Nights at Salesforce Park 🎉** Join Rang De Bollywood for some high-energy, outdoor, bollywood fun! This event is sure to leave you feeling loved, lighter, and delighted in excitement after every session. 🌈 Open to all ages, all levels, all backgrounds. ✨ Come casual or dressed, no pressure! 🎁 Free to attend – just bring your joy, your people, and your dancing feet! 🚶🏼‍♂️‍➡️Register for free so we can prepare at rang.eventbrite.com 🕔 5:30 – 7:00 PM – we’ll start with a beginner friendly dance lesson, followed by an open dance party! 💫 This is a repeating event, happening every 1st and 3rd Friday of the month, May through October and you can register for as many dates as you like. Register now: [rang.eventbrite.com](http://rang.eventbrite.com) **About Rang De Bollywood** Hailing from the dream dance city of Mumbai and Amritsar, which is also home to Bollywood and Holy Vibes, our energetic, charismatic, and fun dance instructors-performers-entertainers, Manpreet (Certified in Indian Folk by India's Best and also an author) and Amit (percussionist, actor, dancer), have spread Indian dance music and moves across the length and breadth of India, USA, and Europe. Their recent performances were at National Center of Performing Arts in Mumbai and Herbst Theater in San Francisco. **Important Notes:** * Enter through transit center building and take the elevator to rooftop. We will be close to the elevator. * No solicitors allowed. * Classes might be video taped for marketing purposes. * All choreographies are Copyrighted and Original Works of Manpreet Komal/Rang De Bollywood. *"I recently had the pleasure of attending Manpreet’s Bollywood dance class, and I must say, it was an absolute blast! Whether you're a complete beginner or an experienced dancer, this class caters to everyone's skill level. The highlight of the class was undoubtedly her teaching style. With a knack for breaking down complex steps into manageable chunks, even the most intricate routines felt attainable. The pacing was just right, ensuring that beginners didn't feel overwhelmed while keeping experts engaged. Highly recommend!" — Kavneet Bindra* **We can't wait to dance together, see you soon!**

Bollywood Festive Nights at Union Square

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 :)

Outdoor Movie Night & Speed-Friending (Jurassic Park)

**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**

Shut Up & Write!® in Potrero Hill

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.

Bollywood Nights at Union Square