🎥 Calling all filmmakers! Submissions for DOCLANDS 2025 are now open! Don’t miss your chance to be part of this year's annual documentary film festival, presented by CAFILM. 📅 Early Deadline: Jan 17 | Final Deadline: Feb 10 DocLands 2025: Apr 30 - May 4 Apply → bit.ly/3D87Bnn
California Film Institute
Entertainment Providers
San Rafael, CA 4,998 followers
Smith Rafael Film Center | DocLands | CAFILM Education | Mill Valley Film Festival
About us
The California Film Institute (CAFILM) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating and promoting film, as art and education, with a diverse series of annual programs, including the presentation of the internationally acclaimed Mill Valley Film Festival, celebrating its 43rd year in 2020 and the documentary film festival DocLands; building the next generation of young filmmakers and audiences through CAFILM Education, featuring a broad range of activities, screenings, Q&A sessions, and seminars with top international and local filmmakers and industry professionals, as well as a rich program of classes and hands-on-workshops for all Bay Area students and lifetime learners. Year-round, CAFILM acts as a film-centric town hall with a varied calendar of programming at the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center, one of the leading non-profit independent theaters in the U.S. Celebrating and promoting the art of storytelling through film enables CAFILM to engage an average of 275,000 guests throughout the year with films and events that entertain as well as address a breadth of social, environmental, and cultural issues. CAFILM is also the majority owner of the Sequoia Theater in Mill Valley, California. Additionally, through CAFILM Releasing, a national non-profit film distribution initiative, CAFILM enables filmmakers and sales agents to collaborate with U.S. independent exhibitors, giving nationwide audiences access to quality independent film and promoting this work as a valuable artistic and educational medium conveying different visions, viewpoints, and cultural perspectives. CAFILM relies on the generosity of its community to sustain these core programs. The invaluable support of our members, sponsors, foundations, corporate partners, and individual donors ensures our continued success.
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http://cafilm.org
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- Entertainment Providers
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- San Rafael, CA
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1978
- Specialties
- Film Festival, Education, and Cinema
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1001 Lootens Place
Suite 220
San Rafael, CA 94901, US
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1118 4th Street
San Rafael, CA 94901, US
Employees at California Film Institute
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Dan Zastrow
General Manager Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center
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Mara Tuleutayeva
DGA Key 2nd AD
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Niki Scioli, M.B.A.
Producer at Zan Media
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Juliet Pokorny, Producer, Events, Coach, COO, CFO
Strategic Thinker | Innovator | Collaborator | Dedicated to Social Capital in the Community
Updates
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The CAFILM Education has a new opportunity for local, Bay Area filmmakers! We are excited to announce that we're now accepting submissions for film screenings and showcases held in classrooms and at the Rafael Theater. All selected presentations will be compensated. Get more info + apply → bit.ly/3BycYAO
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We’re excited to share that our Founder & CEO, Marissa Mayer, sat down with Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo at the California Film Institute's Wicked movie screening. During their conversation, Ariana and Cynthia opened up about the creative process behind becoming Glinda and Elphaba—how they interpreted these iconic roles and brought their unique perspectives to life on screen. 🎥✨ Hearing about the moments that inspired them and the unexpected challenges they faced offered a fascinating glimpse into the artistry behind Wicked. 🔗 See more highlights in our #Wicked stream on Shine: https://lnkd.in/eWHDrrvS
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📢 Documentary filmmakers, $100k in funding for in-progress docs is on the table... The DOCPITCH 2025 deadline is next Friday. Get more info + apply! →→→→ bit.ly/3omN8WT 📷 Past DocPitch Audience Award Winner, Dianne Whelan (500 DAYS IN THE WILD) | Photo © Tommy Lau
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Educators! Help us shape the future of our CAFILM Education programs by taking this quick survey - bit.ly/3VkuqQ0 As a thank you, all participants will be entered to receive a $50 CAFILM gift card. Survey closes 12/19. cafilmedu.org Photos © Tommy Lau #Education #filmeducation #filmmakers #filmcommunity #bayarea #millvalley #sanrafael #marincounty
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A gift to CAFILM is more than just a donation—it’s an investment in the future of film, education, and community. Support your local cinema today! → bit.ly/47Mg9Qx
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📢 Documentary filmmakers... DOCPITCH 2025 is now accepting submissions! As part of the DocLands Documentary Film Festival, CAFILM is back with $100,000 in awards for five in-progress documentary projects... Get more info + apply by Dec 13. →→→→ bit.ly/3omN8WT Photo: Past DocPitch Audience Award Winner, Dianne Whelan (500 DAYS IN THE WILD) | Photo © Tommy Lau
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Shout out to CAFILM Education's Summerfilm / YouthWorks programmers who put together the peer-reviewed, youth-produced short films showcase SHORTS: LOVEHAPPY. There is a second opportunity to see this collection of 13 short films and hear from these young filmmakers on SAT 10/12, NOON at the Sequoia! Ages 14+ 🎟 bit.ly/3BCxr76
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