SDFF DOCUMENTARY NEWS

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...

SDFF ALUMNI NEWS Italian documentarian and journalist, Stefano Liberti, whose film Soyalism (2019, Italy) was an SDFF 2020 Official Selection, made the news this week when he...

Last Time Doc Short-listed for the Academy Awards will be Eligible for Emmy Congrats to East Bay filmmaker and SDFF alum Nels Bangerter on the...

SDFF 2020 Selection Gives Insight Into Increasing Restrictions on Women’s Bodily Autonomy, Self-Determination, Citizenship The recent Texas abortion ban granting private citizens the right to...

D-WORD JOINS WITH AFGHAN RESOURCES PROJECT, REQUIRES URGENT FUNDING After several weeks working to help move Afghani colleagues and associates out of harms’ way, longtime...

Life of Lesbian Luminary & Gender Studies Pioneer Celebrated On Sept. 30, the SF Commonwealth Club will hold a special tribute to lesbian feminist activist,...

SDFF 2019 Selection Gives Context, Human Stakes to Heated Public Discourse The recent withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan has triggered intense public discourse about the...

Best Doc,Best Politics + Gov Doc ADVOCATE (Philippe Bellaiche + Rachel Leah Jones, 2019) A portrait of Lea Tsemel, a Jewish-Israeli human rights lawyer who...

“More and more frequently I bless the people that others have called my ‘enemy’ or ‘unacceptable’ or ‘crazy,’ for it is the presence of such...