SDFF DOCUMENTARY NEWS

Best Documentary winner ADVOCATE (Philippe Bellaiche + Rachel Leah Jones, 2019) A portrait of Lea Tsemel, a Jewish-Israeli human rights lawyer who has represented political...

Filmmaker Emily Cohen Ibañez was recently interviewed for a NPR’s All Things Considered podcast, following the airing of her lyrical coming-of-age doc about a young...

OCTOBER 6, 2021 While he isn’t an SDFF Alumni, a big congrats this week to Sebastopol’s own Cary Joji Fukunaga who directed No Time To Die, the...

The Sundance Institute has hired Toronto International Film Festival co-head and executive director Joana Vicente as its new CEO, replacing Keri Putnam, who is exiting...

15th Annual Documentary Film Festival Returns to Live/In-Person Events March 22-27 SDFF 2022 DEADLINE SCHEDULE 10/8 LATE/FINAL DEADLINE 12/17 SELECTED FILMS NOTIFIED  1/5 FILMMAKER RESPONSE...

SDFF Alum’s New Project Selected for Sundance/Sandbox Fund & SFFilm Rainin Filmmakers With Disabilities grants Julie Wyman’s Untitled Dwarfism Project was recently selected for two prestigious non-fiction...

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021 SDFF ALUMNI FESTIVAL NEWS SDFF 2021 selection The Dilemma Of Desire, directed by Peabody Award winner Maria Finitzo, is opening the Midwest Film...

Filmmaker Claims Show Producers + CBS Deceived Him About ADA Compliant Ramp to Stage Following the Emmy Awards show on Sunday night, Crip Camp director Jim Le...

Risks To Female Athletes Heightened Under New Regime Italian documentarian and journalist Stefano Liberti made the news last after helping 3 members of a women’s...

SDFF proudly announces the Inaugural presentation of the Jean McGlothlin Documentary Spirit Award to filmmakers and longtime festival supporters, Vivien Hillgrove and James LeBrecht. While...