The Mission of the San Francisco Social and Economic Justice Film Festival is to provide a platform for films made by independent filmmakers who are exploring and advocating for social and economic justice. The SEJ film festival will highlight films and videos to encourage change around the world and to promote a global culture of equality. The 2024 priority; films that focus on labor unions and on building the labor movement.

The Social and Economic Justice Film Festival awards honors by Jury decision in each of our
Categories.
Feature films-Narrative and Documentary
Short films- Narrative and Documentary
Youth films- Narrative and Documentary

Entrants must fully comply with these Entry Rules and Regulations, including all deadline,film length,entry material and other requirements.
Non-English language works must have English subtitles at the time submitted. Dialogue lists will not be accepted.
Please be aware that in all categories, premieres are preferred.

Important!! Please Fill out the application by going to our website, www.csej.org in order to be seriously considered for entry into our film festival! Thank you

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  • Great festival! I'm truly grateful for the opportunity to have been a part of it.

    September 2023
  • Oliver Stiller

    It was nice to take part at the festival. There had been also good and nice contact to the people who made the first edition. Thank you for the interview opportunity! I would have liked to know more about how the event have been!

    April 2021
  • Thanks again for the official selection. Very happy to be part of the film festival with the movie Undocumented Unafraid.

    February 2021
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you and glad to have selected your film! We will be doing a replay of the film festival on May 1st and 2nd.

  • Awesome experience. They maintain a good communication.

    February 2021
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    Response from festival:

    Thanks for your positive feedback. We will be doing a replay of the first film festival on May 1st and 2nd.

  • Azalia Muchransyah

    I really enjoyed watching all the films at this festival. What a great lineup! I am really honored that my film was selected. Thank you for the great event!

    February 2021
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    Response from festival:

    Thanks Azalia, your film was in the top three for short film category, congratulations on that. We plan on doing a replay of same lineup of films in the spring, let you know when we come up with the date. We will be doing a replay of the first film festival on May 1st and 2nd