As a creative laboratory, Palo Alto Int'l Film Festival's mission is to foster innovation and educate the community about those ideas that most inspire its members. John Lasseter of Pixar expressed that "Art challenges technology. Technology inspires art." PAIFF strives to be a conduit for increased innovation in art, technology and film. As movies migrate to digital, the future of cinema will depend on the cutting edge tools that continue to be conceived and developed in the Bay Area. These too …

Maverick Meetups... are nightly gatherings of artists, innovators and audiences actively connecting people so that they can empower each other while providing 5 Diamond customer service with a hip, chic world class lounge experience. Where hearts of all sizes, origins, and visions find their inspiration in the art of filmmaking... Our objective this year is to celebrate the experience with programs built to connect with creativity, inspire innovation, and celebrate empowerment. Connectors furthe …

The North Bay Film Group is a terrific group of men and women who enjoy seeing a wide variety of movies including indies, documentaries, blockbusters, and foreign films. This group is focused on fostering the genuine enjoyment of seeing an interesting film with others, and having an stimulating discussion about it afterwards! We primarily watch movies in Marin County. We regularly patronize the Rafael Film Center, but also visit mainstream cinemas, private homes, and other local venues. Very ra …

We invite you to International CrowdFunding Film Meetup Group. ICFFF.org bring together artists, filmers, and video game creators to meet and discuss CrowdFunding Films Who will benefit from participating in ICFF.org · Independent Artists that want to learn about the opportunities crowdfunding   creates for them · Art and Film Students interested in getting involved in or thinking about      financing their new project · Journalists and business bloggers searching for worthy topics · Anyone w …

The Marin Film & Foodies is a group of like-minded men and women who enjoy a wide variety of movies. Whenever possible, we try to match the ethnic cuisine of the film, but otherwise the goal is just to share a good meal and conversation before or after a movie. We primarily watch movies in Marin County. We regularly patronize the Rafael Film Center, but also visit mainstream cinemas and other local venues. Very rarely we will venture outside Marin and go to a specialty cinema in the East Bay, Sa …

Welcome Filmmakers! The goal of the San Francisco Film Club is to set up an environment to help filmmakers finish their projects by going through all the necessary stages from Development, to Pre-Production, Production, Post-Production and finally Marketing & Distribution. We also have R&R Nights to go out to the movies and have a good time as well as field trips to practice shooting in unique locations. If you are interested in this or would like to learn more  just stop by any meeting to check …

MAFIAD brings random people together to produce a short film IN ONE DAY. The goals of this meetup are to: Have fun! Act as an outlet for people's awesome creativity Bring movie makers of all levels of experience together into a wonderful learning soup Regularly produce short films that attract a following (your mother, possibly others) As you may have surmised by now this meetup is not about making perfect movies. Anyone is welcome to attend, amateurs and seasoned professionals alike. Roles …

Meet with local foreign film aficionados to watch films at bay area theaters followed by conversation at a local cafe. Most members are young professionals (20s-30s), as we originated with the Young Professionals International Forum of the World Affairs Council.

This is a group for Filmmakers, TV Producers and Actors interested in working on some Feature Film Trailers, Short Films & Web Series on a professional level. Come join our Group to Network an get connected.

http://www.moviemakersunite.com/.org MMU Presents : SILICON VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL AND AWARDS  OCT-NOV. , 2012 www.svfilmfestival.org MMU FILM FESTIVAL '09 :  http://www.meetup.com/moviemakersunit...... MMU - PRODUCTION , PITCH AND NETWORKING MEETINGS: Bi Weekly. Bring your script / idea in one page. If you have a script, you will get your film production scheduled immediately. And network with fellow film makers, actors, camera, editors,etc. Current Projects: (Details in the about pages) Am …

FilmmakerSF is an actively engaged community of independent creative filmmaking professionals who are dedicated to nurturing relationships and meeting together. We help each other advance our projects, increase knowledge and support our careers as independent film, video and entertainment professionals, because we care and know that together we are stronger then being alone. We share, learn and inspire each other to produce and create the best independent cinema we possible can.

San Francisco Health & Wellness Film Group is dedicated to bringing you cutting edge films that address topics on health, wellness and the environment. As our world changes, we need to constantly educate ourselves on issues related to our health and wellness. Most of the films shown are documentaries that cannot be found in theaters. Fortunately, many of the films have been screened at film festivals around the country. Each film is accompanied by a question and answer discussion following the …

This is a place to promote your projects and collaborate with others that have a passion for Filmmaking & Digital Storytelling. RAW Wood to Music from Robert K. Amador on Vimeo. Network With: Digital Filmmakers Producers Directors Screenwriters Director of Photography Post your demo links here!

Do you always have to catch the latest scare flick alone because your friends think you are insane to watch this stuff? Do you get strange looks when you start to rave about '2001' or 'House of 1000 corpses'? Are you counting the days until 'The Hobbit' will be finally released? This is your group :) (... and if your friends don't think you're insane please bring them along ... ) We are a bunch of friendly people with an offbeat taste in films, with emphasis on Horror, SciFi and Fantasy. I h …

Do you enjoy museums and gallery walks? Are you looking for someone to attend a film festival with? This is the group for you! This group is for film, literature, music, arts and culture enthusiasts in the SF Bay Area.

No Lomographer is an island and where there's an analog will, there's a way. Here we can plot workshops, events, field trips, and other fantastic film festivities. You can suggest locations, projects, and workshops. Its an interactive community, just like it should be. Join us as we spread our Lomographic love across the city.

For young adults 18 to 25 who would like to meet at local libraries to share work and ideas for animation projects, short film ideas, colabrative work, voice acting ,and just hang out.

Offbeat San Francisco brings people together who enjoy being unconventional and exploring events like surrealist film festivals, batcave dance nights, punk rock karaoke, quirky museum exhibits, burlesque, drag shows...just to name a few. We'll also be seeking out the "hidden gems" of the city (think Seward Street Slides), and even charity events with a twist. THE MORE EVENT ORGANIZERS, THE BETTER! If you're interested in hosting events through Offbeat SF, just drop me a note and I'll give you t …

The Queer Paulettes* is a Meetup group for queer women who love cinema. We see films that leave a strong impression and make us want to talk about them afterwards. Come meet other cool women still keen on the big screen! The Queer Paulettes programming focuses on independent features, documentaries, and foreign and festival films. We give special attention to women directors and feminist and LGBTQ selections. We don't shun Hollywood, though. Hollywood dishes up irresistible and important films t …

Like you, I'm a parent who is always on the look out for fun, healthy and empowering social activities that allow the whole family to participate. Kinderfolkz works with theaters, museums, galleries, festivals, concert venues and more to identify free and low-cost high quality events for us to create playdates within. For example, we've partnered with The New Parkway Theater in Oakland, CA to present a quarterly family film festival and dance celebration honoring children's educational media: Se …

Our events are for all us singles who want to GET OUT and have some FUN! Not that we don't love our couple friends too, but they always have to leave early (or can't come at all) because of the kids, the house, etc.  This group is for those of us who have more free time and want to make some new friends while having some FUN! There are more of us single people in the bay area than you think, so leave all your friends who are couples at home and come out to have some FUN with us!  We're your peop …

The Humanist Community at Stanford seeks to build, educate, and nurture a diverse community of Atheists, Humanists, Agnostics at Stanford and in Silicon Valley. We accomplish this by hosting a variety of events, including public lectures from luminaries such as Richard Dawkins (Oct. 2012), day trips such as our excursion to the San Francisco Film Festival, pub nights, barbecues, dinners, comedy nights such as our upcoming event with Jamie Kilstein, art gallery visits, discussion meetings, and ta …

For whom is this group intended? This group is for people with an international or multicultural background who are active and enjoy going to some (or all!) of the following: concerts, local festivals, interesting urban walks, hikes, cooking classes, foreign and independent films, picnics, farmers’ markets and other food-related events, museums, theatre, dance events, and day trips to the coast and the redwoods. There’s more, but that’s it in a nutshell and a place to start. The Bay Area has so …

Who We Are: From food novices to epicurean gourmands, San Francisco Foodies always have a great time enjoying delicious food. Join us to share a meal with Real Foodies! What We Do: We bring together Real Foodies around delicious food. Our events include restaurant excursions, food pop-ups, cooking classes, potlucks, picnics, food truck runs, food crawls, food festivals as well as food-related book launch parties, film screenings, benefit galas and more! Our group checks out restaurants through …

Allons-y! Cheers - Thank you for coming to the Doctor Whovians group. - Why meet up? To hang out with like-minded Doctor Who fans and see what else we have in common. - Who should join? Anyone who enjoys Doctor Who, BBC, sci-fi/fantasy, turn of the century, history, cleverness, wit, humor, classic rock, indie rock.. - What shall we do? Meet up at least once a month, but probably more often. :-D We can watch Doctor Who episodes, try out new restaurants, host parties, play video games, play …

The Drawing for Fun Workshops are for inspiring artists who like to draw for fun. All levels are welcome from beginners to advances, and even non-artists! I want to make this group as fun and unique as possible. The events are always fun. We can have field trips to art and cultural festivals, open studios,  anime, and comic conventions.  We can hang out in zoo, science and art museums to draw from animal, science, beautiful paintings, and sculptures. Meetup several places to chat and draw sci-fi …

Zoom In Videomakers is a collaborative group of volunteer videographers who are jazzed about local community access to the media.  Our venue sponsor is the Midpeninsula Community Media Center in Palo Alto, California. They cablecast five (5) local channels on Comcast and U-verse and stream live from their website. The Media Center is actively looking for local video content to program on their channels and streams.  One of this group's goals is to create just such local content about local pe …