SFFILM funding opportunities are open! 🎞️ Rainin Grant 🎞️ Sloan Science in Cinema Filmmaker Fellowship 🎞️ Sloan Stories of Science Development Fund 🎞️ Cedar Road Iyagi Grant 🎞️ Documentary Film Fund sffilm.org/makers

Join us tomorrow to learn the basics of film budgeting! Wed, April 23, 1:00pm PT Presented by Filmmakers Collaborative SF and Re-Present Media Free / Sliding scale donation filmmakerscollaborative.org/events

Congrats to our FCSF members, Luca Capponi and Thanh Tran, for being selected as 2025 BAVC MediaMaker Fellows! Learn more about this year’s fellows and their projects: bavc.org/announcing-the…

☕ May Member Drop-in Thursday, May 1 1:00-2:30pm PT Virtual Topic: Filmmaking Landscape Check-in The funding landscape for independent media continues to rapidly change. Join us for a supportive group discussion! Become a member: filmmakerscollaborative.org/membership

📢 We are excited to announce our 2025 For Us, By Us Filmmaker Incubator fellows! Learn more about the filmmakers and their projects: filmmakerscollaborative.org/for-us-by-us-2… This project is supported in part by Nat'l Endow f/t Arts.

Daly City will have its Bay Area Premiere at CAAMFest! 🌉 SHORTS PROGRAM: THROUGH CHILDREN’S EYES Saturday, May 10, 3 p.m | AMC Kabuki 4 We are the proud fiscal sponsor for this film! Tickets: caamfest.com/2025/programs/…

🎬 Berkeley screening of Prodigal Daughter Immigrant Voices presents: Prodigal Daughter La Peña Cultural Center Tue, May 20, 7pm Followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Mabel Valdiviezo and Street Level Health Project 🎟️ Tickets: shorturl.at/Bc09w

Free screenings! 🌏🏳️‍🌈 Queer Asian World Cinema Online: May 23–June 1 In-Person: May 31, 1–3pm at 41 Ross Alley, SF Chinatown // waitlist available 🎟️ qwocmap.org/watchfilms 🎬 Queer Women of Color Film Festival June 13-15 in San Francisco 🎟️ qwocff.org

SF DocFest is here! @sfindiefest We are the fiscal sponsor for PARAMITA (dir. Kirthi Nath), which is playing in Short Stories Part One! 📅 Sat, May 31 at 8:30 PM 📍 Roxie Theater, San Francisco sfindie.com

☕ June Member Drop-in Thursday, June 5 1:00-2:30pm PT Virtual Topic: How do we respond to this new media landscape? Become a member: filmmakerscollaborative.org/membership

Queer Women of Color Film Festival is June 13-15 in SF! FREE tickets 🎟️ qwocff.org/tickets Check out these screenings ft. our members! 🎥 PARAMITA Think Global, Act Local 6/14, 12pm 🎥 Standing Above the Clouds 6/14, 5pm 🎥 Dirty Dance Heartbreak Queer Mischief 6/14, 7pm

🎬 Apply now for the Watsonville Film Festival Latina Filmmaker Grant! Deadline: July 11 Apply: watsonvillefilmfest.org

☀️ Take a class with BAVC Media this summer! Learn mediamaking skills including video & audio production, post-production, editing, cinematography, and more. 🔔 BAVC Media Members get 20% off all classes. Sign up now to receive your unique discount code.

☕ July Member Drop-in Thursday, July 10 1:00-2:30pm PT Virtual Topic: Getting Unstuck Become a member: filmmakerscollaborative.org/membership

Film Accounting webinar Wed, July 30, 1:00pm PT Presented by Filmmakers Collaborative SF and Re-Present Media Learn how to manage accounting for your films! Free / Sliding scale donation filmmakerscollaborative.org/events

☕ August Member Drop-in Thursday, Aug 7 1:00-2:30pm PT Virtual Topic: Effects of Defunding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for Indie Filmmakers Become a member: filmmakerscollaborative.org/membership

Applications for the 2026 BAVC MediaMaker Fellowship are now open! ⏳Deadline: Mon, Sep 29 bavc.org/programs/media…

🗓️ RESCHEDULED! Our Fiscal Sponsorship webinar will be on Wed, Nov 5 at 1pm. Join us to learn all about fiscal sponsorship for films including: how it works, why you might consider it, and best practices for working with a fiscal sponsor. Register: filmmakerscollaborative.org/events

☕ September Member Drop-in Thursday, Sep 4 1:00-2:30pm PT Virtual Topic: Pitching your film Become a member: filmmakerscollaborative.org/membership

QWOCFF Encore Screening Sep 10-16 Register for FREE: qwocff.org The Encore Screening brings all QWOCFF’s programming online—every film, every discussion, plus NEW films making their QWOCMAP debut. Free worldwide access with full captions and audio description.