Coming to the Delancey Street Theater in San Francisco on
June 1, 2025!
About the Bay Area Indies Film Festival
The Bay Area Indies (BAI) Film Festival focuses on new and exciting work by independent filmmakers who have shot at least 30% of their film in the San Francisco Bay Area, which is made up of these nine counties: San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma.
Qualifying films with a 20 minutes or less running time completed on or after January 1, 2021 are eligible for consideration. Participation in other film festivals does not disqualify a work’s eligibility for the BAI Film Festival and there are no premiere requirements. Note that BAI Film Festival Submissions must be entered via the FilmFreeway platform.
SUBMIT YOUR FILM NOW VIA FILMFREEWAY!
Earlybird deadline: January 15, 2025
Regular deadline: March 1, 2025
Late deadline: April 15, 2025
Coming June 1, 2025 to the Delancey Street Theater
in San Francisco!
Meet the BAI Film Fest team
From left: Producer Bruce Rosepapa, Director/Writer/ Producer Ilena Ferrer and Director/Writer Dana Moe
The April 2024 Bay Area Indies Film Festival at the Delancey Street Theater was a sellout success, showcasing diverse and unique voices in cinema. The selected films were largely shot and edited in the Bay Area by local production crews and included a range of genres and filmmaking styles. The 2025 Bay Area indies Film Festival will include BAI members' films as well as outside submissions via FilmFreeway.
ABOUT BAY AREA INDIES
Bay Area Indies is a San Francisco Bay Area-based filmmaking collective, originally founded under the name "Scary Cow" in 2008. We are a group of 250+ screenwriters, directors, cinematographers, editors, actors, and more, embracing the indie filmmaking spirit.
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In addition to being able to volunteer as production crew, our members enjoy pitch sessions, writers' group meetings, networking events.
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The Bay Area Indies film festival in April 2024 was a huge success. Our 2025 film festival on June 1st will feature members' films and outside submissions of films made in the inner and outer Bay Area.
