2018 SCHEDULE HERE! Welcome! The 17th San Francisco Documentary Festival is the biggest and oldest festival devoted to non-fiction film in the Bay Area. DocFest started in 2001 with 12 films screening in a converted church at Post and Mason St. This year, for two weeks you will get a chance to check out 90 of…

Over 100 filmmakers and film subjects will be in attendance at the SF DocFest the next two weeks. Come out to the fest to meet the folks behind these amazing films: 7/8ths Of the Way A Shot In the Dark A View from the Window Adios Amor: The Search for Maria Moreno Afghan Cycles Agave:…

Non-Fiction Vanguard Award This year SF DocFest is jazzed to honor Penny Lane with our Non-Fiction Vanguard Award.  Exuding a winning blend of intellectual curiosity and idiosyncratic humor that shapes her films, filmmaker Penny Lane has quickly become one of the trendsetters in the ongoing documentary renaissance that has taken place over the past decade.…

SF DocFest, May 31- June 14, 2018 Roxie Theatre, Brava Theater and New People Cinema in San Francisco The San Francisco Documentary Film Festival (SF DocFest) returns to San Francisco May 31-June 14, 2018 for the 17th edition of the festival. SF DocFest will screen acclaimed documentary feature and short films from around the world…