The founder and current director of CFI is Mark Fishkin.

Founded in 1978 by Mark Fishkin, the festival is held every October and screens over 200 US and international films for over 70,000 participants.

[1][2][3][4] The Rafael Film Center is a non-profit independent three-screen arthouse theater located in downtown San Rafael, California.

The venue exhibits first-run independent and studio films, documentaries, classics, retrospectives, and world cinema, and hosts special events with filmmakers from the Bay Area and from around the world.

The Film Center annually serves approximately 200,000 attendees.