2024 Doc Stories 

Guest Office Website

Welcome!

Here’s your go-to source for the most up-to-date information on 2024 Doc Stories!

Are you looking for information on daily activities, local transportation, film tickets, and special events? Do you have questions about your screenings? You’re in the right place!

If your question isn’t answered here, please feel free to reach out to guestofficemanager@sffilm.org.

For accessibility information, please visit sffilm.org/accessibility. You may also email ada@sffilm.org, or speak with an on-site venue manager.

Please be sure to review SFFILM’s updated Code of Conduct which details our commitment to providing our community with experiences that are safe and free of harassment.

All SFFILM Festival staff, guests, attendees, and volunteers must comply with COVID-19 policies. For the most up-to-date COVID-19 policies, visit sffilm.org/covid-19.

Venues + Events

VENUES

  • Vogue Theatre - 3290 Sacramento St, San Francisco, CA 94115

  • SFFILM Filmhouse - 455 9th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

  • Laureate Bar & Lounge - 444 Presidio Ave, San Francisco, CA 94115 (inside Laurel Inn)

  • Presidio Bowling Center - 93 Moraga Ave, San Francisco, CA 94129

  • KQED - 2601 Mariposa St, San Francisco, CA 94110

  • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) - 151 3rd Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 (For Educational and School Screenings only)

Accommodation Statement

We welcome the opportunity to make this event more accessible! All 2024 Doc Stories venues are ADA accessible. Vogue Theatre will be equipped with individual closed captioning, audio description, and assisted listening devices (please note not all films will have these files available). If you have any questions about accessibility, please email ADA@SFFilm.org.

EVENTS: Filmmaker Parties, Receptions, & More

Filmmaker badgeholders are invited to the following events, parties, and receptions for 2024 Doc Stories. Please make sure you RSVP using the button in the email invitation that was sent to you previously or in the links below:

  • Sunday, October 20

    • SFFILM Doc Stories Brunch, 11:00am-1pm PT @ KQED (this invitation is non-transferable. Admission is on a first come first served basis)

Transit Information

All hotels have easy access to public transportation for travel within the city and Bay Area. Festival venues are easily accessible via BART and Muni. Visit the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency website or the Bay Area Rapid Transit website for more info and fare prices.

Attending 

BADGES + BENEFITS

Filmmaker/Guest: Your filmmaker badge provides one free ticket per regular Doc Stories screening per day, available at the Box Office, subject to availability. Tickets can be requested at any Festival Box Office, which opens one hour before the first screening of each day at the Festival screening venues. If advance tickets are not available, your filmmaker/guest badge may be used in the Rush line for complimentary access; admission to Rush screenings are based on availability. It does not provide access to Doc Stories parties or receptions, including Doc Stories Brunch. There are links to RSVP in the event section. 

TICKETING

The 2024 Doc Stories Festival program was announced on September 25! Buy tickets HERE.

TECH CHECKS

If you have scheduled a tech check, please show up at the venue promptly at the agreed-upon time and ask for our Operations Manager, Joey Smith, upon arrival. Keep in mind these are spot checks only. It is strongly recommended to arrive with approximate timecodes in mind. Please note: If you did not request and schedule a tech check before October 10, we unfortunately cannot schedule last-minute tech checks. 

SCHOOLS AT DOC STORIES

The Schools at Doc Stories program introduces students ages 6 to 18 to the art and storytelling process of documentary filmmaking while promoting media literacy, deepening insights into other cultures, enhancing foreign language aptitude, developing critical thinking skills, and inspiring a lifelong appreciation of cinema.

Classes from across the Bay Area will attend weekday in-person and online matinees of curated Doc Stories film programs at no cost to students or educators. Filmmaker guests from around the world will also visit local classrooms in person to discuss their films with students.

SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLKIT

Share the news of your film's participation in the fest with our Social Media Toolkit!


Help us promote your film – we will repost anything you share from our official social media accounts. Remember: tagging SFFILM in your posts allows us to easily like, share, and comment—and that extends your posts’ reach to our audience of media, industry folks, ticket buyers, sponsors, and funders! 


FIND + FOLLOW SFFILM

Instagram: @SFFILM

Facebook: @SFFILM (Be sure to follow SFFILM so that we can tag you, too!)

LinkedIn: /company/SFFILM

Letterboxd: @SFFILM

HASHTAGS:

#SFFILM

#SFFILMFestival

#SFFILMMakers

#SFFILMEducation

#ISawItAtSFFILM

#SeeitallatSFFILM

If you have any questions about press at the fest, please contact our Director of External Relations at jhebron@sffilm.org.

SFFILM’S CITY GUIDE FOR FILM LOVERS 

The SFFILM Festival is deeply rooted in San Francisco’s culture and process of film appreciation—film as an art form and as a meaningful agent for social change. We created this SFFILM’s city guide for film lovers—a guide that includes unique places around the city, as well as information about great films that were filmed in San Francisco’s diverse neighborhoods. 

We are more than pleased to welcome you to our beloved San Francisco!