Better Cities Film Festival Petaluma 2023

On September 20 and September 28, 2023 Petaluma Urban Chat presented an evening of short documentary films that told inspiring stories about how people have made their cities, towns, and neighborhoods better.

The festival was attended by over 275 people, a beautiful testament to our collective commitment to making Petaluma better!

See what screened!

Micro Grants: Let's make a better city! Ticket holders will be invited to apply for a Petaluma Urban Chat micro-grant, to help implement a local project related to a film shown. Applications will be available on October 2, 2023. For more details, visit the Micro Grant Program page here.

Thank you to our sponsors!

We’d like to give a special shout out to our sponsors without whom the festival would not have happened. Thank you for your commitment to making Petaluma better for all of us!

Thank you to our PLATINUM Sponsors!

City of Petaluma

City of Petaluma

LivXplore

Eames Institute

Jones Architecture

Scannel Properties

Thank you to our GOLD Sponsors!

Amy’s Kitchen

M-Group

Foundry Wharf

Fehr & Peers

Anonymous

Thank you to our SILVER Sponsors!

Green Building Architects

EKN Development

Generation Housing

Barry Bussewitz and Janie Castles
Dave Alden

Aqus Foundation

Appellation Petaluma

LaFranchi and Associates

Thank you to our BRONZE Sponsors!

Safe Streets Petaluma

Duane Bellinger
Elizabeth Mori
Sharon Kirk

MAD Architecture

The Congress for New Urbanism
California Chapter

ArchiLOGIX

Thank you to our COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS!

Katherine Gregor

Katherine Gregor

Contact Katherine Gregor for festival information, KatherineGregor @ urbanchat.org.

Barry Buzzewitz

Elizabeth Mori