Directions to the Bay Area International Children's Film Festival

Driving Directions:

From San Francisco North:

1. Take Hwy 80 to 880 South (San Jose/ Alameda).
2. Exit Hwy 880 at Broadway - Alameda exit.
3. Turn right at the first light (5th Street)
4. Proceed down 5th Street to Broadway.
5. Cross Broadway and enter Webster Tube to Alameda.
6. Proceed through Webster Tube and stay in right lane.
7. Upon exiting the Tube, proceed to the first stoplight in the right lane and turn right on Ralph Appezzato Memorial Parkway (Atlantic Ave).
8. Proceed 3/4 mile on Atlantic Ave and turn right on Main Street.
9. Follow Main until it ends at the Main St. entry Gate.
10. Enter through the gate, veering to the left onto Red Line Avenue, then right onto Saratoga Street. The theater is at the end of the first block, on your left, at 2700 Saratoga Street.

From Sacramento:

1. Merge onto I-80 W
2. Take 880 South (San Jose/ Alameda)
3. Exit Hwy 880 at Broadway - Alameda exit.
4. Turn right at the first light (5th Street)
5. Proceed down 5th Street to Broadway.
6. Cross Broadway and enter Webster Tube to Alameda.
7. Proceed through Webster Tube and stay in right lane.
8. Upon exiting the Tube, proceed to the first stoplight in the right lane and turn right on Ralph Appezzato Memorial Parkway (Atlantic Ave).
9. Proceed 3/4 mile on Atlantic Ave and turn right on Main Street.
10. Follow Main until it ends at the Main St. entry Gate
11. Enter through the gate, veering to the left onto Red Line Avenue, then right onto Saratoga Street. The theater is at the end of the first block, on your left, at 2700 Saratoga Street.

From the South Bay:

1. Take Hwy 880N.
2. Take the Broadway Exit (Downtown Oakland).
3. Turn right at Broadway.
4. Turn right at 7th St.
5. Turn right at Webster.
6. Enter Webster Tube to Alameda and stay in right lane.
7. Follow directions steps 7 through 10 above.

From the Caldecott Tunnel:

1. Take Hwy 24 towards Oakland.
2. Continue on to Interstate 980, west.
3. Take the 11th Street Exit (Downtown Oakland).
4. Proceed straight and turn left on 5th Street.
5. Cross Broadway and enter Webster Tube to Alameda and stay in right lane.
6. Follow directions steps 7 through 10 above.

By ferry from San Francisco or Oakland:

1. Take the Alameda/Oakland Ferry from Pier 41, the Ferry Building in San Francisco or Jack London Square in Oakland. Schedule available here.
2. From the Alameda Ferry Dock, walk west 0.2 miles on Main Street.
3. Enter through the gate, staying to the left onto Saratoga Street.
4. The Michaan's Auctions campus will be the group of buildings up ahead on your left.
5. Enter through the gate, veering to the left onto Red Line Avenue, then right onto Saratoga Street. The theater is at the end of the first block, on your left, at 2700 Saratoga Street.

For the Annex (Building 25):

1. Follow one of the above directions to Webster Tube from San Francisco, Marin, Sacramento or South Bay.
2. Proceed through Webster Tube and stay in right lane.
3. Upon exiting the Tube, proceed to the first stoplight in the right lane and turn right on Ralph Appezzato Memorial Parkway (Atlantic Ave).
4. Proceed 3/4 miles to the Alameda Point Naval Air Station (Corner of Main & Atlantic).
5. Cross Main Street and enter Alameda Point and proceed on Atlantic Avenue until it ends on Ferry Point.
6. Turn right on Ferry Point.
7. Drive three blocks and veer to the left onto West Tower Avenue.
8. Proceed on West Tower Avenue until it ends at Monarch Street.
9. Turn left on Monarch Street and proceed South through the chain link fence gate.
10. Proceed through the chain link fence gate, drive approximately 1/4 miles Southwest towards Building 25 and park.

Public Transportation Links

• BART
• AC Transit - Route 63
• Ferry - SF and Oakland to Alameda