2025 Film Fest
A Celebration of Brave, Independent Cinema in SF’s Bay
The BraveMaker Film Festival is a highly-anticipated event that takes place in Redwood City, California every July.
This festival is a celebration of independent cinema and features a wide range of thought-provoking films, including documentaries, narratives, and shorts films with great panels, workshops and parties.
BraveMaker
Brave stories change the world.|| Education. Entertainment. Community.||Justice. Diversity. Inclusion.
We educate, entertain and create community with film. We exist to elevate brave voices and effect positive, hope-filled change in the world with film. We write/produce original movies and video. Along side our annual summer film fest (July 10-13, 2025), we host film screenings and monthly events with powerful discussions and authentic storytelling . We host unique acting classes in Redwood City, Ca and teach screenwriting classes on Zoom. Film fest volunteers needed! View schedule and get tickets here.
Let’s Get Started
What do you want to do?
Audition for BraveMaker Academy
is a unique, in-person acting experience that trains actors by making original films with working directors.
Audition for BraveMaker Academy
Take a Screenwriting Class
Take a Screenwriting Class
Learn the craft (industry standard screenwriting best practices) and workshop your idea to develop your characters, sharpen your action and write believable dialogue.
Make a Video
Make a Video
Take an Acting Class
Take an Acting Class
Opportunities for You
Our Upcoming Events
BraveMaker Mastermind with Sara Elizabeth Timmins
Be a part of the weekly BraveMaker Mastermind, a creative, professional support group via Zoom. These masterminds are included with your BraveMaker membership.
Team Zoom Meeting
This is for our committed core team of volunteers, filmmakers and interns. This team already has the Zoom link. We discuss and plan our annual film fest, production, academy classes, […]
BraveMaker Podcast
This is a podcast with and for movie lovers, filmmakers, writers, actors and brave makers of all kinds. You’ll hear actors dramatically read scripts and get back stories behind why […]
What We Do
Supporting the artist’s calling
Artists and storytellers are prophets, creative forces in our world that speak to our need for justice, beauty, diversity, equality and spirituality. This is a painstakingly difficult calling. We are here to support and elevate these voices.
We curate and make provocative, life changing media that creates meaningful culture impacting experiences. We not only want to entertain but to incite dialogue, awareness, and bravely shape our culture. We believe in the power of story relayed through films and we want to empower others who have these same aspirations.
Art for All
Celebrating diversity. Celebrating you.
BraveMaker celebrates diversity and aspires to help foster justice and inclusion across communities through guided discussions and powerful authentic storytelling.
The world needs us to share brave stories. Making, discussing and applying art can be one of the bravest acts of our lives.
Are you a filmmaker? Do you have a brave story to tell? Let us help. The world needs a brave maker like you.
Do you love the arts and believe in their power to influence and shape culture? Great! So do we. We invite you to please donate today. Partner with us and invest in making brave films that lead to transforming conversations that effect change in our culture.
How can we help you become a brave maker?
Fill out the form to get in touch, or give us a call:
650-701-7661
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