Since founding the Mill Valley Film Festival in 1977, Mark Fishkin has shepherded this once small, three-day showcase into an eleven-day, internationally acclaimed cinema event presenting a wide variety of new films from around the world in an engaged, community setting. An annual, non-competitive film festival presented by the California Film Institute, MVFF is based in Mill Valley, California and San Rafael, California, in the heart of Marin County. The 39th Mill Valley Film Festival will take place October 6–16, 2016.