Watch a short video overview of the SFFS Youth Education program.

A fun and meaningful forum for education, understanding and awareness, the San Francisco Film Society’s Youth Education program introduces students to the art of filmmaking and celebrates both the differences and the shared values of the many cultural groups that make up the global community. The year-round program aims to develop media literacy, broaden insights into other cultures, enhance foreign language aptitude, develop critical thinking skills and inspire a lifelong appreciation of cinema. Through film screenings, media presentations, interactive discussions, filmmaker visits to schools, study guides and professional development, we strive to cultivate students’ imaginations, facilitate their awareness as filmgoers and empower them as true global citizens.

Since 1991, the SFFS Youth Education program has reached more than 40,000 Bay Area schoolchildren and 2,500 teachers from more than 250 educational institutions.

All programs are designed to meet the Visual and Performing Arts Content Standards for California public schools, providing vital media resources for teaching artistic perception, creative expression, aesthetic valuing, historical and cultural dimensions of the arts, and the means for connecting and applying what is learned through film to other curricula and careers.


For more information or to be added to our mailing list:
Keith Zwölfer
Youth Education Program Manager
415-561-5040
kzwolfer@sffs.org


The San Francisco Film Society Education Program is made possible by the generous support of:

Dexter F. & Dorothy H. Baker Foundation
Walter and Elise Haas Fund
Louise M. Lurie Foundation
The San Francisco Foundation
Tin Man Fund
Nellie Wong Magic of Movies Fund





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