PAST EVENTS.

Every year PROXY features three major community events — the PROXY Spring Series Film Festival, the PROXY Fall Film Festival, and the Hayes Valley Carnival. Here is a look at the history of these events.

2024 FALL FILM FEST

Knowing that so many of us need a respite from the everyday, this year’s PROXY FALL FILM FESTIVAL is a collection of five inspiring, visually stunning, and aurally appealing films — films both big and small, known and unknown. As always, we look to the best, and most recent independent film releases and this Fall’s selections are filled with joy, wonder, and awe. We hope you come out and lose yourself watching films outside under the stars with us in the weeks ahead!

2024 Spring Series

For this year’s SPRING SERIES, we’re mixing things up a bit! Kicking things off with Greta Gerwig’s BARBIE and ending with Domi Shi’s TURNING RED – an animated film for young audiences about a giant red panda – we’re bracketing the Series with two crowd-pleasing, fun and vibrant films! The heart of the festival is a set of three tender, lovely films: Wim Wender’s new film PERFECT DAYS, which centers presence and immersion in the rituals of daily existence; Celine Song’s PAST LIVES, which explores In-Yun: the Korean cultural belief that the connections we have with each other in this life are influenced by relationships we’ve had together in our past lives; and Babak Jalali’s FREMONT: the story of an Afghan refugee’s strange new life in the San Francisco Bay Area.

2023 FALL FILM FEST

This Fall season’s films examine different and diverse topics and are sure to make you laugh, cry, and ponder some of today’s most challenging issues. The five films share a mix of passionate journeys, as each depicts moving through difficulty with grace, dignity, and inner light.

112th Hayes Valley Carnival

Get ready for a carnival extravaganza that will have you on the edge of your seat! Kids of all ages will be entertained with a wide variety of activities, including live music, food, and carnival games. The real highlight of the event will be two performances by Circus Bella and the Circus Bella All-Star Band.

SPRING SERIES 2023

PROXY’s 2023 Spring Series featured Nope, All The Beauty And The Bloodshed, Till, maɬni — towards the ocean, towards the shore, and Marcell The Shell With Shoes On.

FALL FILM FEST 2022

This Fall season’s films examine the concept of people coming into their own power – through the lens of womanhood, sexuality, identity, and adversity. In each film, characters overcome personal hardships to etch out new meaning for themselves within the lot life has dealt them.

111th Hayes Valley Carnival

This FREE family-friendly celebration features FLIP*FLOP*FLY* a one ring outdoor circus show by Circus Bella. Enjoy pre-show performance by Prescott Circus Theatre, live music by Rob Reich & the Circus Bella All-Star Band, and food and beverages from local vendors.

Spring Series 2022

After two years of sheltering in place and remote work, this year’s series explores the concept of ‘home’. What does home mean for those who are seeking, for those who are misunderstood, or, simply, for our future together on this planet. How do we look to a greater definition of home within communities or within oneself?

FALL FILM FEST 2021

We are incredibly excited to announce the 2021 PROXY Fall Film Festival, our first full festival of outdoor cinema since Fall 2019. Come out and enjoy a movie (or five!) under the stars in the Hayes Valley every Friday night in October.

SPRING SERIES 2020

With Bay Area residents doing their critical part—staying home to stem the coronavirus outbreak—we’re pivoting to an online take on our PROXY Spring Series.

FALL FILM FEST 2019

PROXY’s 2019 Fall Film Fest featured Toni Morrison: The Pieces I am, The Last Black Man In San Francisco, Booksmart, Woman At War, and Us.

SPRING SERIES 2019

PROXY’s 2019 Spring Series featuring Bisbee 17, Kusama Infinity, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, The Last Race, and Matangi/Maya/M.I.A..

FALL FILM FEST 2018

PROXY’s 2018 Fall Film Fest featured Won’t You Be My Neighbor, Blindspotting, The King, Skate Kitchen, Dark Light: Sundance Shorts, and Sorry To Bother You.

SPRING SERIES 2018

PROXY’s 2018 Spring Series featured I, Tonya, Guest, Florida Project, Road Movie, Lady Bird, and Brimstone & Glory.

FALL FILM FEST 2017

PROXY’s 2017 Fall Film Fest featured I Am Not Your Negro, The Big Sick, Landline, Ghost Story, and Patti Cake$.

SPRING SERIES 2017

PROXY’s 2017 Spring Series featured the Disposable Film Festival, 20th Century Women, Whose Streets? — as part of the SF International Film Festival, Operation Avalanche, National Bird — an Indie Lens popup, and (Re)Actions — in collaboration with the Exploratorium.

FALL FILM FEST 2016

PROXY’s 2016 Fall Film Fest featured Morris From America, The Fits, Tickled, Short Lived, and Captain Fantastic.

SPRING SERIES 2016

PROXY’s 2016 Spring Series featured Laurie Anderson’s Heart of a Dog, Sense + Place — a collaboration with the Exploratorium, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — a collaboration with KQED, An Evening With The Organist — a collaboration with McSweeny’s, A Selection of Sundance Shorts, _____ — as part of the SF International Film Festival, and the 2nd Annual PROXY<>SFJAZZ Neighborhood Blockparty.

FALL FILM FEST 2015

PROXY’s 2015 Fall Film Fest featured Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Kumiko The Treasure Hunter, Turbo Kid, Secret Shorts, and The Wolfpack.