As 707 week in Vallejo heads into the weekend, Bay Area Cinema returns with a night highlighting local filmmakers.

The “pop-up microcinema” event, with work from nine local filmmakers, will be emceed by Sarah Anders.

This is the seventh installment of Bay Area Cinema, which started in partnership with Vallejo Art Walk.

A microcinema, as Janet Martinez-Eliot explains, is a theater meant for a small audience and a more intimate viewing experience. With 707 week, the week-long event series dedicated to Solano County, she thought it would be a good time to bring the microcinema back after a year-long hiatus.

It was local filmmaker Martinez-Eliot who first came up with the idea to introduce a cinema experience into Art Walk.

Eventually, the idea morphed into a pop-up microcinema at local small venues.

For 707 week, the cinema will be held at the RiverBank.

“It’s so much fun,” says Martinez-Eliot of the RiverBank venue. “It has a vault inside and it’s a much larger space so we can have more people sit comfortably. The last show had about 75 people.”

When Martinez-Eliot started organizing the microcinema events, she reached out to friends in the community who also dabbled in filmmaking. Eventually she was able to pull films from across the country for the event, but for this special 707 edition of Bay Area Cinema, Martinez-Eliot went back to her local connections to find filmmakers.

The nine filmmakers include Martinez-Eliot, Sarah Anders, Michael Bowman, Jayson Johnson, Chris Motola and Tymn Urban. Martinez-Eliot says she didn’t have trouble finding films to show due to her local connections. In addition, it makes it easier for the filmmakers to attend the event and the Q&A afterwards.

The films cover a variety of genres from experimental, narrative and music videos. Martinez-Eliot will also be showcasing a film of her own, an experimental documentary called “Merav,” about a life model for drawing classes. She examined the experience of a life model through a feminist lens, explains Martinez-Eliot.

In a traditional Bay Area Cinema show, Martinez-Eliot has received hundreds of film submissions from across the country and says her favorite part is selecting the final films to be included.

“I love curating the show from my final picks to create a fun and unique experience for the audience,” she says.

“I’m thrilled when I see the show come together for one night,” says Martinez-Eliot, adding that seeing the audience engage with the films and the movie-going experience Martinez-Eliot leaves her feeling “atisfied.”

The films are almost all family friendly.

The only film with adult content, Anders’ submission, will be shown last after a warning to the audience.

The event is free for all but donations are accepted.

If you go …

WHAT: Bay Area Cinema

WHEN: 7-9 p.m.

WHERE: RiverBank, 332 Georgia St., Vallejo