Resistance of Vision

RESISTANCE OF VISION is a touring festival presented by the 27-year-old 501c3 non-profit arts organization San Francisco IndieFest, comprising four programs of short films roughly 90 minutes in length that will premiere in May 2025 with both virtual on-demand screenings here and also in-person screenings in Boston, San Francisco, Wichita and Birmingham.

To participate, you can attend a screening or host an event or submit a film for consideration.

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Programs for the 2025-2026 Resistance of Vision Film Festival

OUR BODIES, OUR CHOICE (Gender Justice): a program dealing with bodily autonomy, including transgender and reproductive healthcare, and other issues affecting individuals based on sex or gender.

THIS IS AN EMERGENCY (Environmental Justice): a program dealing with our relationship to the natural world and efforts to fight laws and institutions that fail to protect our environment and actively contribute to the worsening climate crisis.

FIGHT THE POWER (Racial justice): a program dealing with all forms of racial discrimination, including Indigenous communities around the globe and stories of individuals and organizations fighting for a more just and equitable world.

WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON? (Labor and Housing Justice): a program dealing with labor concerns, including union organizing and mobilizing for a living wage and housing justice, and protecting the rights and dignity of the unhoused.

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MAY 2025 PROGRAM LAUNCH

Wichita presentation partner: mamafilm

“We were so honored to be a host for the inaugural Resistance of Vision Film Festival in Wichita. The curation is excellent - everyone was brought to tears- and it fostered an evening of community, humanity and solidarity. The power of communal viewing brings out the best of our human spirit - which is exactly what we need right now.” - Lela Meadow-Connor, mamafilm

San Francisco presentation partner: SF DocFest

"The 2025 San Francisco Documentary Festival has an entire sidebar program on the theme of Resistance, with the Resistance of Vision Selects program as it's centerpiece." - Jeff Ross, SF DocFest

Boston presentation partner: Brattle Theater

The non-profit Brattle Film Foundation has operated 72 year old Brattle Theatre since 2001. Learn more about the Brattle Film Foundation’s non-profit and fundraising activities here.

Birmingham presentation partner: Sidewalk Film Center

Sidewalk is a federally recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to encouraging filmmaking in Alabama and building audiences for independent film.