filmhouse residency

SFFILM’s FilmHouse Residency program provides Bay Area-based filmmakers with artistic guidance, office space, a vibrant creative community, and mentorship from established film industry professionals.

Receive access to dedicated professional advisors, office space & editing suites, and specialized industry talks & mixers.

Where Bay Area Filmmakers Connect

FilmHouse provides an environment where local filmmakers can gather with their colleagues, collaborate on projects together, share resources, get peer-to-peer feedback, find new networks, and more.

A Dedicated Support Structure

FilmHouse residents get year-round access to a strong network of support from professional advisors, SFFILM Makers staff, visiting industry professionals, and established artists from the Bay Area and beyond.

Year-Round Filmmaker Programming

The SFFILM Makers team programs a robust array of timely and engaging filmmaker events at FilmHouse, including industry talks, table reads, work-in-progress screenings, pitch sessions, and more.

Join Our Community

FilmHouse—the only year-round filmmaker residency program of its kind in the United States—supports narrative and documentary films by making office space available to independent filmmakers actively engaged in various stages of production. Located in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood, FilmHouse is made possible by the generous support of the Kenneth Rainin Foundation and San Francisco Film Commission (FilmSF), SF Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. FilmHouse provides essential support to local and visiting filmmakers by fostering a thriving creative community that encourages collaboration, resource sharing, peer-to-peer feedback and networking opportunities. A major component of SFFILM’s Artist Development program, FilmHouse functions as a vibrant workshop and creative hub for filmmakers of all kinds.

FilmHouse currently holds around 20 filmmakers engaged in 12-month residencies, all working in all stages of production from research to post-production. Typically throughout the year there are roughly 10–20 visiting filmmakers from our other Artist Development programs that utilize the FilmHouse workspace