The internationally renowned Mill Valley Film Festival offers a high profile, non-competitive environment that celebrates the best of independent and world cinema — MVFF accepts short and feature length work in the following categories: narrative, documentary, experimental, animation, family films and youth produced.

Festival selections include fiction and non-fiction films both domestic and international, features and shorts, with an emphasis on premieres that are launching into the US market. Initiatives at MVFF are Mind the Gap, which champions gender equity and intersectionality; Active Cinema, a selection of impact-driven documentaries; and Viva el cine!, a celebration of cinema and cultures from Spain and Latin America.