BAVC Media

BAVC has been an advocate for media makers for over 40 years, supplying the tools, resources, and su

BAVC is a community hub and resource for media makers in the Bay Area and across the country, serving over 7,500 freelancers, filmmakers, job-seekers, activists, and artists every year. BAVC provides access to media making technology, storytelling workshops, a diverse and engaged community of makers and producers, services and resources. BAVC advocates for those whose stories aren't being told, an

d provides the resources for anyone to create and share, and amplify their stories and those of their communities. BAVC's diverse, innovative programs lead the field in media training for youth and educators, technology and multimedia focused workforce development, visually-driven new media storytelling and audio-visual preservation. BAVC has been a trusted community educator, collaborator, incubator, community builder and resource for the media arts world since 1976. BAVC began when a group of media makers and activists met in January of 1976 to devise practical ways to encourage independent video-making in the Bay Area. With a small grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to conduct a needs assessment and feasibility study of the region’s media-making community, that small group spent the summer collecting information about what the region’s environment looked like for independent videomakers. Among that study’s conclusions was a recommendation for “a regional video resource center with multi-faceted programs that concentrate on improving all aspects of video production and exhibition…” That video resource center came into existence when BAVC was incorporated on December 10, 1976. As new technologies have been introduced over the past four decades, BAVC has responded with dynamic programs and new training strategies, while remaining committed to our mission of serving independent media makers.

11/26/2025

🌀 This has been a very busy season for BAVC Youth!

A few highlights include visits to Pixar and Lucasfilm studios, the Animation department at California College of the Arts, two artist lectures at Gray Area, and our annual YEMM Career Panel at KQED. These experiences help students and program participants understand the skills they need to work in a creative career.
But they aren’t just going on field trips!
• Next Gen and Student Board: Students have wrapped their lessons and are deep into their capstone projects, due mid-December.
• Bridges Editing: Pre-Apprenticeship: Students completed their first unit in Premiere Pro, screened their projects, and are now moving into DaVinci Resolve.
• Better Together Fellowship: Wrapping up in early December. Fellows filmed and edited videos highlighting PG&E’s grantees and social impact partners – including stories for the Marine Mammal Center, Habitat for Humanity, and more.

If this sounds like something you (or a young person you know!) would love to be part of, applications reopen throughout the year. Next Gen is accepting applications now – link in bio.

11/21/2025

🦃 Season’s greetings! We have a bunch of opportunities coming up- youth programs, classes, a new member benefit, the MediaMaker Pitch + Party, and an open call for BAVC memories to celebrate our 50th!

🎬 Watch the video to learn more.

11/20/2025

🥂 Tickets are now open for all for the 2025 BAVC MediaMaker Pitch + Party, an exclusive showcase of the 6 outstanding documentaries in progress from this year’s MediaMaker cohort!

📅 Wednesday, Dec. 10 | 6:00 pm
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🎟️ Link in bio for tickets

For those who can join us in person, a party will follow at Dalva next door to the Roxie!

📸 Photos from the 2024 BAVC MediaMaker Fellow celebration

11/18/2025

📢 We’re here with another Resource Roundup! We have fellowships, grants, labs, and competitions! Please share to spread the word and support our independent mediamaking community. 🫶

11/14/2025

Next Tuesday! Join us for Crowdfunding to Build Independence, a free online workshop led by filmmaker and Marketing Director Sav Rodgers

📅 November 18
💻 Online
🕡 6:30 PM
🔗 Link in bio to RSVP

Learn how crowdfunding can do more than raise money, it can help you build your audience and sustain your film career.

Sav Rodgers is a filmmaker, screenwriter, and pop culture documentarian whose feature debut CHASING CHASING AMY (Tribeca ‘23) explores the complicated legacy of Chasing Amy (1997) and its profound impression on his life. The TED Talk he gave in 2018 kickstarted this filmmaking journey and spurred the writing of scripts that center on highly specific, surprising stories about q***r people. His screenplays have been recognized by GLAAD, Outfest, ScreenCraft, among others. Named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Media List in 2024, Sav is also the Founder and Executive Director of the Transgender Film Center, a nonprofit aiming to help trans creators bring finished films to audiences around the world.

11/14/2025

🎥 Don’t just consume media, create it. Next Gen, our afterschool media making program for San Francisco youth ages 14-17 is open for applications!

Learn to tell your own story through video production or animation in a supportive, collaborative environment. Students will receive a $300 stipend for attendance and completion of your final project.

📅 Class runs from January 20 – April 30, 2026
📍KQED in San Francisco

Applications accepted on a rolling basis until January 13! Apply at the link in bio- spots are limited, so apply soon!

11/13/2025

❗️UPDATE: New class date

Our Documentary: Interviewing Techniques class will now take place on Saturday, December 6. Taught by award-winning documentary filmmaker Emily Cohen Ibañez ().

Check out our remaining classes of 2025 and get set up for the new year!

🔔 Remember: BAVC Media members get 20% off all our classes, along with other benefits including facilities access, discounts, and exclusive events.

11/11/2025

💭 What’s your favorite BAVC Media memory?

As we get ready to celebrate our 50th anniversary in 2026, we’re asking our community to share their memories of BAVC Media (Bay Area Video Coalition).

This can include any photos, videos, posters, film credits or audio that you can share with us to recount past projects, moments, experiences, preserved media, or stories that have involved BAVC!

☎️ Enjoy this BAVC commercial from the 90s, our phone number is still the same. Link in bio to submit your media!

11/10/2025

📝 On the BAVC Blog: We interview 2020 BAVC MediaMaker Fellow Colette Ghunim (.sanctuary). Her feature documentary premieres at this Friday, November 14!

The film follows Ghunim and her parents as they search for the ancestral homes they were forced to flee as children in Mexico and Palestine, an intimate journey that becomes a powerful exploration of home, displacement, and belonging.

In our interview, Ghunim shares what it took to bring the film to life over nine years, the importance of intentional audience outreach, and how she built an advisory board of 200+ nonprofit partners to support its impact.

🎟️ Read the full conversation & get tickets at the link in bio

11/07/2025

✨As a brand new benefit, BAVC Media Members can now book two days in our Edit Lab per month, for FREE!

🎞️ Our Edit Lab has three Mac Mini M2 computers, one with a color grading suite. These systems are equipped with Davinci Resolve, Adobe suites (After Effects, Photoshop, Premiere, etc.), & other helpful filmmaking software.

Current lab hours are Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10am- 4:30pm. You can book your session in the Edit Lab by going to our website and becoming a member today.

🔗 Get more info at our link in bio

11/05/2025

🗓️ Save the date! Our annual BAVC MediaMaker Fellowship Pitch + Party is coming up on December 10th

This year, we’re excited to be at San Francisco’s historic Roxie Theater, celebrating our 6 outstanding 2025 MediaMaker Fellows

📺 We are also excited to share that once again, the program will be streamed live for those who are unable to attend in person

🎟️ Tickets will be available soon so stay tuned. If you’re a BAVC Media member you will receive early access & can attend for free!

11/05/2025

✨ Big thanks to everyone who came out to our second Member Montage a few weeks ago!

💙 It was such a great night celebrating Member films, filmmakers, and the BAVC community. If you missed this one, the next Member Montage is coming January 2026.

🎥 Featured films and filmmakers:
•SHONE SINER directed by Andrés Gallegos
•TROUBLED CONNE###IONS directed by E’Niyah Wilson
•SUTURE directed by Eva Mulvihill
•CLAIRE’S CRUNCH CAKES directed by Deepa Nair
•DINO HART directed by Lizzie Mayes
•DYING ALONE directed by Raheem Ballard
•SAN BRUNO NOIR directed by Michael Banerjee
•SILENCE AS RESISTANCE directed by Xahej Bajipura

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