San Francisco locals and tourists alike were pleasantly surprised Friday to stumble upon a film shoot in North Beach. The shoot was for a commercial, but Film SF, the department in charge of ...

Lucho Ramirez stands inside Apple Cinemas on San Francisco's Van Ness Avenue, flyers in hand, scouting out venues for this year's CineMas17 - San Francisco Latino Film Festival. As the lead organizer, ...

Award-winning British singer-songwriter Sam Smith just wrapped up filming a music video in San Francisco's Castro District over the weekend. Some fans got the chance to meet and interact with Smith, ...

A still from Robert Zagone's film "Drugs in the Tenderloin." Courtesy of the Tenderoin Museum. Sign up below to get Mission Local’s free newsletter, a daily digest of news you won’t find elsewhere.

Andrew Garfield, Jason Schwartzman, and other celebrities were spotted in different parts of San Francisco on Wednesday. Residents watched from a distance as film crews staged the sets. SF Film ...

In the current landscape of streaming cinema, where a film’s legacy lives and dies by where you can find it, cult movies all but disappear from popular consciousness. Sometimes, as in the case of “The ...

San Francisco-based filmmaker Chris Columbus (“Mrs. Doubtfire,” “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”) and acclaimed actor André Holland (“Exhibiting Forgiveness,” “Moonlight”) will receive ...

The volcano thriller "Magma" and the Sally Ride documentary "Sally" will also be honored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation at the 2025 San Francisco International Film Festival. Presented in ...

The San Francisco International Film Festival is back in full force for its 68th edition, screening more than 150 films from more than 50 countries over 11 days next month. Billed as the ...

Posted: March 18, 2025 | Last updated: March 18, 2025 Loureen Ayyoub reports on a new documentary on San Francisco’s housing crisis and a family featured in the film.