Ninth Street Independent Film Center

07/23/2025

Experience the 45th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival July 25–27 at the Roxie Theater! Use the code ROXIE45 at checkout for 20% off the SFJFF Next Wave Package or to save on individual tickets to all screenings. Visit sfjff.org/48hills [SPONSORED] Jewish Film Institute

03/27/2025

The Documentary Film Institute and Bertelsmann Foundation invite you to the Bay Area premiere of "Lithium Rising: The Race for Critical Minerals". From the moment our smartphone alarms wake us, lithium batteries power our day—from the mundane to the lifesaving. But where do the essential minerals like lithium, nickel, and cobalt come from, and who controls their supply?

Directed by Bertelsmann Foundation’s Samuel George, PhD, "Lithium Rising" takes viewers From the salt flats of South America, to the red earth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; from the nickel smelters in Indonesia, to factories in Northern France; from tribal lands of Northern Nevada to battery recycling plants in rural Georgia, exploring the global race for energy in the 21st century. This special event is a collaboration between the Bertelsmann Foundation, the Documentary Film Institute at SF State, BAVC Media, and Ninth Street Independent Film Center.

This film will screen at the Ninth Street Independent Film Center on Thursday, April 3rd at 6pm, followed by a Q&A with the film's director, Samuel George. Admission is FREE, but tickets are required - get yours at Eventbrite today:

BAY AREA PREMIERE

07/25/2016

Filmmakers: Last week to apply to Ninth Street's 2016/17 Incubator Program. Applications due July 31!

http://ninthstreet.org/programs/incubator-program

A home for media arts for over a decade, Ninth Street Independent Film Center makes workspaces and shared resources available to individual filmmakers through the Media Arts Incubator Program.

07/21/2016

We're excited for tonight's opening of the 36th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival!

Enjoy the excellent line-up July 21 to August 7 across the Bay Area with a full array of films, events, panel discussions and acclaimed guests.

http://sfjff36.jfi.org/

SFJFF stands for excellence, originality and innovation and celebrates the full spectrum of Jewish identity, life and thought. July 21 – August 7, 2016.

06/16/2016

Ninth Street's Frameline40 San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival opens tonight!

Join Frameline for their landmark showcase of le***an, gay, bisexual, transgender, and q***r cinema, June 16-26 at the Castro Theatre, Roxie Theater, and Victoria Theatre in San Francisco; the Landmark Theatres Piedmont in Oakland; and the Rialto Cinemas Elmwood in Berkeley.

Info & Tix:
https://ticketing.frameline.org/festival/index.aspx

06/09/2016

Congratulations to our 2015/16 filmmaker residents Sasha Friedlander and Cynthia Wade and their film 'Mudflow' on being accepted to the Sundance Documentary Edit & Story Lab!

Concurrent Labs Provide Artists with Unique Cross-Disciplinary Opportunities Encouraging Creativity with Different Storytelling Forms

05/16/2016

The glorious San Francisco Silent Film Festival is right around the corner, showing June 2–5, 2016 at the Castro Theatre. This year's edition is jampacked with new film discoveries and restorations, and many of our favorite musicians will be back—as well as some new faces!

Find the full schedule at:
http://www.silentfilm.org/

The 21st San Francisco Silent Film Festival takes place June 2–5, 2016 at the glorious Castro Theatre. This year's edition is jampacked with new film discoveries and restorations, and many of our favorite musicians will be back—as well as some new faces! For the complete schedule ► Join SFSFF and re...

04/09/2016

Ninth Street's San Francisco Green Film Festival runs April 14-20 with 70 new films about people & the planet.

Castro Theatre, Roxie Theater and venues across SF & Berkeley.

Check out the full line-up at http://greenfilmfest.org