Film Festival

Doc Film Festivals
The Doc Film Institute presents an annual festival with screenings at the de Young Museum and Castro Theatre in San Francisco. Green Screen United Nations World Environment Day Film Festival, held at San Francisco’s historic Castro Theatre, inaugurated the DFI and featured a tribute to Swedish filmmaker Stefan Jarl and the West Coast premieres of Hubert Sauper’s Darwin’s Nightmare, subsequently nominated for an Academy Award, and Werner Hertzog’s Grizzly Man.

The Marcus Lifetime Achievement Award in Film is presented annually to a non-fiction filmmaker who has contributed significantly to the genre. In 2006, a joint award was presented to Richard Leacock and D.A. Pennebaker, pioneers of cinema verite.

Read About Past Festivals
2006: Tribute to Two Masters: Leacock/Pennebaker
2005: Green Screen U.N. World Environment Day Film Festival

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International Center for the Arts
San Francisco State University
Cinema Department/College of Creative Arts
1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco, CA 94132
(415) 405-3753

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