City College of San Francisco Cinema Department

05/30/2026

RiP Marcia Lucas

Marcia Lucas, George Lucas' former wife and Oscar-winning editor of 'Star Wars,' died Wednesday. She was 80.

05/28/2026

Eyewitness News is highlighting a special community of experts at UCLA who are not only saving priceless films but are inviting you to witness some of their rarest treasures.

05/24/2026

The call for entries is now open. Season 18. Message us if you have any questions. (Please share this post)
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05/23/2026

New on Canyon Cinema Connects:

"Q***r Film in the Seventies: A Personal Odyssey"
by Michael Wallin

Excerpt: "I was an undergrad at UC Berkeley in 1969 when, shortly after the Stonewall riots, I came out, along with thousands in the Bay Area. The closets suddenly seemed empty. When I arrived at San Francisco State, I had little on my mind except film and s*x, and it seemed natural to bring the two together. My exposure to personal experimental film at Yale suggested the importance of individual expression on film in an honest and open fashion. One’s intimate life could be the subject of one’s art, and what is more intimate than s*x?"

Read more at: connects.canyoncinema.com/queer-film-in-the-seventies-a-personal-odyssey/

DECODINGS (1988) and BLACK SHEEP BOY (1995) – the second and third installments of Wallin's "Psycho-Sexual Trilogy" – screen June 7th at SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Image: Production still for THE PLACE BETWEEN OUR BODIES (Michael Wallin, 1975)

05/22/2026

Film SF | San Francisco Film Commission is thrilled to work with W San Francisco for our next film industry mixer on Thursday, June 4, 5pm-7:30pm. Please join us for an evening of networking with our incredible local community of talented creatives and take a tour of this film-friendly hotel.

RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSesFvxrFkwaUoZd-7XTtEsq16YTGfP-XmDqf1dJ7HezoAkOfQ/viewform?usp=dialog

We look forward to gathering in community and hope to see you there! 📽

05/21/2026

We are so grateful to be able to have done this student film festival 25 times! Major thank you to for hosting us and to our sponsors for providing prizes for our winners! Truly every film was a winner and we can’t wait to see what these filmmakers create in the future.

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05/21/2026

The 60 Minutes interview with Christopher Nolan, include a visit to FotoKem to "watch their artists assemble and color correct final release prints of “The Odyssey.” Nolan told Scott Pelley, “It’s a really marvelous thing to see… in this age of digitization, AI, all the rest, this is a human process. An analog process.” Watch it here: https://loom.ly/faKd3VE

05/21/2026

05/20/2026

What's better than free bagels and coffee? Hanging out with fellow documentary lovers, filmmakers and funders. Yeap, mark this on your calendar as we're doing a FREE panel, "The Pitch is a Bitch: Getting to 'Yes' in a World of 'No'" at SF DocFest at 11am on Saturday, May 30th at the 518 Valencia Art Gallery.

Two years ago we hosted a panel where we talked about a "diverse" marketplace; whereas today we’re navigating a leaner, more intentional landscape. While the recent "implosion" of streaming commissions and traditional public media shifts has disrupted the old pipeline, it has also cleared the brush for a documentary renaissance centered on artisanal storytelling and deep community impact. But as ever, the most difficult question still remains: "How do you get a funder to say, 'Yes!!!'?"

In this year's panel we will explore the evolving nature of the documentary marketplace, the challenges the industry faces, how best to engage with funders to foster collaborative relationships and enjoy an overall meet and greet with Bay Area funders and colleagues.

Co-presented by Renegade Humanities, come join us for a free panel discussion with some of the illustrious documentary funders and grantmakers based in the Bay Area including: Marcia Jarmel (Director of Filmmaker Services, Jewish Film Institute), Isabella Miller (Program Director, Berkeley Film Foundation), Jannette Angelle Napoli (Senior Manager of Content & Initiatives, ITVS) and Dawn Valadez (Co-Director of the BAVC Media Maker Fellowship), moderated by Joshua Moore, Artist Development Manager of Documentary Film at SFFILM.

11am - Doors open - Hosted Coffee and Bagels
12pm - Panel Discussion
1pm - Wrap Up The Panel and Socialize

RSVP here: https://sfdocfest2026.eventive.org/schedule/69e21d4df2bb43a232ef5f32