SDFF DOCUMENTARY NEWS

5 DECEMBER 2022 NEW FILMS + PROJECTS FROM SDFF FILMMAKERS The filmmakers behind SDFF 2021 Best Short winner Kapaemāhū—Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson, Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, and...

29 NOVEMBER 2022 AWARDS. HONORS. FESTIVALS. SPECIAL SCREENINGS Maya Cueva and Leah Galant’s abortion doc On The Divide (SDFF 2022) was awarded the Humanitarian Award...

22 NOVEMBER 2022 AWARDS. HONORS. FESTIVALS. SPECIAL SCREENINGS Congrats to Gabriela Oslo Vanden, Jack Weisman and the crew behind Nuisance Bear (The New Yorker, 2021),...

Nuisance Bear (The New Yorker, 2021), Gabriela Oslo Vanden and Jack Weisman’s unconventional, visually arresting, and surprisingly moving study of polar bears migration in the...

Sebastopol Doc Nite wraps up on Dec. 12 with the heartwarming Operation Santa Doc, Dear Santa, followed by a Q&A with director Dana Nachman and cinematographer Mike Abela.

15 NOVEMBER 2022 AWARDS. HONORS. FESTIVALS. SPECIAL SCREENINGS The Beauty President (Whitney Skauge, 2021) is one of around 50 films selected for the SF Trans Film...

8 NOVEMBER 2022 AWARDS. HONORS. FESTIVALS. SPECIAL SCREENINGS A retrospective of documentarian’s Jacqueline Zünd’s work, titled Distance and Intimacy, will be screened at the Hong Kong...

Sebastopol’s Fall Doc Nite series will continue on November 14 with a screening of Not Without Us (2016) at 7 p.m. at Rialto Cinemas® Sebastopol,...

1 NOVEMBER 2022 AWARDS. HONORS. FESTIVALS. SPECIAL SCREENINGS IDA just released its shortlist for 2023 awards, and two SDFF 2022 films, Nathalie Giraud and Timothée...

IDA just released its shortlist for 2023 awards, and two SDFF 2022 films, Nathalie Giraud and Timothée Corteggiani’s The Silent Shore and Gabriela Osio Vanden...