Citizen Film
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Citizen Film is a not-for-profit, San Francisco-based documentary company founded in 2002 by Sam Ball, Sophie Constantinou and Kate Stilley Steiner. Citizen Film specializes in producing media that “fosters active engagement in cultural and civic life."[1]
Company type | Nonprofit |
|---|---|
| Industry | Documentary, Film, New Media, Storytelling |
| Founded | San Francisco, California (2002) |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, CA, |
Key people | |
| Revenue | 1,089,632 United States dollar (2022)  |
| Total assets | 276,067 United States dollar (2022) |
| Website | https://citizenfilm.org |
Documentaries
They produce long-form documentary programs such as Joann Sfar Draws from Memory and Green Streets (in progress)[permanent dead link], and they have produced more than 100 short films.[2] In addition, they provide key production and/or post-production services for independent producers such as Nancy Kates (Regarding Susan Sontag); Vicki Abeles (Race to Nowhere); Tiffany Shlain (The Tribe); and Jenni Olson (575 Castro St.).[3][4][5][6]
Citizen Film collaborated with Academy Award-winner Debra Chasnoff and her nonprofit production company Groundspark on several films. Citizen Film’s Kate Stilley Steiner produced and edited Groundspark’s That’s a Family (2000),[7][8] One Wedding and a Revolution (2004),[9] Let’s Get Real (2004),[10] It’s Still Elementary (2007),[11] and A Foot in the Door;[12] Sophie Constantinou provided cinematography for One Wedding and a Revolution (2004)[9] and A Foot in the Door.[12] Chasnoff’s final film, Prognosis – notes on living, was co-produced by Citizen Film and Groundspark.[13][14][15][16] After Chasnoff's passing in 2017, GroundSpark's films were transferred to Citizen Film, where they are owned and distributed through the Debra Chasnoff / Groundspark Legacy Initiative.[17][18]
New Media
Citizen Film also produces new media projects such as Lunch Love Community, co-directed by Constantinou and Helen De Michiel; and Half-Remembered Stories, a collaboration with the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.[19][20]