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The California Film Institute, (CFI), is a film organization based in San Rafael, California. The organization exhibits films year-round at the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center, presents the annual Mill Valley Film Festival and DOCLANDS Documentary Film Festival, and supports the year-round CFI Education Program. The founder and current director of CFI is Mark Fishkin.
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For over 20 years, the California Film Institute has been a beacon for film culture with a global reputation for excellence.
Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center
Owned and operated by the California Film Institute (Mill Valley Film), the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center is one of the leading independent non-profit theaters in the country. This state-of-the-art three-screen facility acts as both a film center and a town hall. With an eclectic calendar of films that includes documentaries, silent film, retrospectives, classics, contemporary international films and first run theatrical releases as well as live on-stage filmmaker conversations, the Smith Rafael Film Center covers a breadth of social, environmental and cultural issues reaching a total audience of more than X people annually. www.rafaelfilm.cafilm.org
CFI Education
Serving over 6,500 students per year and hundreds of teachers and families since 1986, CFI Education works closely with 200 Bay Area schools and community groups to provide Bay Area students and lifelong learners from diverse backgrounds the opportunity to interpret the world and themselves through film. Featuring a rich program of classes and hands-on workshops, and utilizing a broad range of activities, including screenings, Q&A sessions with top international filmmakers and seminars with industry professionals, CFI Education introduces students to the power of film. These programs help build an understanding with communities across the globe, promoting tolerance and a sophisticated world-view by expanding classroom topics across borders and disciplines. CFI is enhancing the next generation of filmmakers and film lovers through its creative programs. www.cfieducation.cafilm.org
Mill Valley Film Festival
For nearly four decades, the world-renowned Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) has maintained its position as a vital showcase of the global film community, attracting iconic red-carpet talent, burgeoning and established filmmakers, passionate audiences and astutely curated premieres. An in-demand destination for film lovers, drawn by unmatched locale and a diverse program of mainstream studio features, as well as independent new visions from around the world, MVFF also hosts an exciting array of filmmaker and industry conversations, panels, parties and live music performances, featuring the most acclaimed emerging and veteran actors, filmmakers and musicians of our time. A destination event for cinephiles everywhere, MVFF has earned its reputation as a “filmmaker’s festival” by celebrating the best in American, independent and world cinema alongside high profile and prestigious award contenders.
Founded in 1978 by Mark Fishkin, the Festival is held every October, and screens over 200 innovative US and international films for over 70,000 participants. The annual event is consistently rated as one of the top film festivals in the nation. www.mvff.com
DOCLANDS Documentary Film Festival
DOCLANDS Documentary Film Festival kicks off its inaugural year May 10–14, 2017. Expanding upon the exchange of ideas and inspiration through public screenings, engaged conversations and grassroots networking events, DOCLANDS aims to build an active, involved, fully supportive community around documentary film, dedicated to initiating connections and partnerships that will illuminate and invigorate the business and art of non-fiction filmmaking. The Festival will showcase documentary films in a variety of genres and a diversity of content. www.doclands.com