SDFF DOCUMENTARY NEWS

As we sat down for a Q&A with director Mark Titus in late July 2020 to discuss The Wild, the threats to Bristol Bay’s environment, bio-diversity...

A mode of representation defined by its relationship to reality, documentary has a troubled history in connection with race and racism. It is a genre...

See filmmakers’ acceptance speeches: The Whale by Iza Pajak Night Cleaners by Hanna Nordenswan Midnight Family by Luke Lorentzen Full List of SDFF 2020 Selections

SDFF 2019 Official Selection, America ReFramed: DEEJ, is streaming for free this month and will be rebroadcast on World TV (KQED) on July 14 at 8 p.m....

Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival 2020 scheduled for 26- 29 March is postponed.  We are tremendously sad and disappointed to make this announcement. We recognize that...

Stream At Home & Help Fund Filmmaker’s New Project! SDFF 2019 Official Selection A Great Ride has been selected for Amazon Prime’s All Voices Festival....

Festival Favorite Madame Mars and its fabulous filmmaker Jan Millsapps will be on their way to the UK in July after receiving an invite from...

Ben Proudfoot, whose SDFF 2020 entry That’s My Jazz, was a fan favorite, is seeing his ongoing collaborations with the New York Times OpDocs celebrated across the film world,...

Marshall Curry, whose film Racing Dreams was an SDFF 2010 Official Selection, won the 2020 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short with his remarkable and unexpectedly...

Filmmaker/author Rustin Thompson recently received a nod for Best Documentary by a Seattle filmmaker at the upstart Seattle Film Festival for his challenging, but deeply moving film My...