Mexican director Francisco Vargas Quevedo’s "The Violin" (El violin) won the San Francisco International Film Festival’s Skyy Prize, while Israeli duo Shahar Cohen and Halil Efrat’s "Souvenirs" took best documentary feature (West Coast premiere), capping the Golden Gate Awards ceremony Wednesday evening for the festival’s landmark 50th edition.
If the Bay Area oozed self-regard last night, it couldn't exactly be blamed.
Ramin Bahrani's debut feature follows a solitary, quiet immigrant struggling to make a go of it in New York City.