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September 13 2011

Donizetti's 'Elixir of Love,' the Movie
Sep 17, 2011
The San Francisco Opera & CFI Education co-present a one-hour kid-friendly version of the famous opera at the Smith Rafael Film Center, along with educational take-home materials and an introduction by SF Opera staff. Free this Saturday, more info cafilm.org.
August 25, 2011

San Francisco, Open Your Golden Gates
SF360 Staff
Aug 20, 2011
The Golden Gate Bridge remains in heavy rotation in sci-fi, action genres.
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San Francisco, Open Your Golden Gates
SF360 Staff
Aug 20, 2011
The Golden Gate Bridge remains in heavy rotation in sci-fi, action genres.
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San Francisco, Open Your Golden Gates
SF360 Staff
Aug 20, 2011
The Golden Gate Bridge remains in heavy rotation in sci-fi, action genres.
News & Blogs

Red Vic Movie House to Close July 25
Jul 7, 2011
The Red Vic collective announced today that after 31 years of continuous operation as a cooperatively-run, single screen neighborhood theater, the theater will be closing its doors July 25.
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Graham Leggat Steps Down as Executive Director of San Francisco Film Society
Jul 5, 2011
Film Society’s leader for more than five years resigns due to health issues.
July 7, 2011

Graham Leggat Steps Down as Executive Director of San Francisco Film Society
Jul 5, 2011
Film Society’s leader for more than five years resigns due to health issues.
News & Blogs

Graham Leggat Steps Down as Executive Director of San Francisco Film Society
Jul 5, 2011
Film Society’s leader for more than five years resigns due to health issues.
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SFIAFF Director Primed for Debut
Michael Fox
Mar 7, 2011
Masashi Niwano, the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival's new director, speaks about bringing new worlds to this world cinema event.
March 10, 2011

SFIAFF Director Primed for Debut
Michael Fox
Mar 7, 2011
Masashi Niwano, the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival's new director, speaks about bringing new worlds to this world cinema event.
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SFIAFF Director Primed for Debut
Michael Fox
Mar 7, 2011
Masashi Niwano, the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival's new director, speaks about bringing new worlds to this world cinema event.
January 27, 2011

SF360 Live at Sundance: Strange and Charmed Visions
SFFS Staff
Jan 25, 2011
Sean Uyehara: "If you wanted, you could say that Calvin Lee Reeder channels the love child of Dario Argento and Maya Deren..."
January 31, 2011

SF360 Live at Sundance: Strange and Charmed Visions
SFFS Staff
Jan 25, 2011
Sean Uyehara: "If you wanted, you could say that Calvin Lee Reeder channels the love child of Dario Argento and Maya Deren..."
News & Blogs

SF360 Live at Sundance: Strange and Charmed Visions
SFFS Staff
Jan 25, 2011
Sean Uyehara: "If you wanted, you could say that Calvin Lee Reeder channels the love child of Dario Argento and Maya Deren..."
December 9, 2010

Stiller's 'Sir Arne's Treasure' Brought Back to Life, Musically
Dennis Harvey
Dec 10, 2010
The Mountain Goats offer an original score for Mauritz Stiller's rambunctious adventure-turned tragedy/morality tale of 1919.
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Stiller's 'Sir Arne's Treasure' Brought Back to Life, Musically
Dennis Harvey
Dec 10, 2010
The Mountain Goats offer an original score for Mauritz Stiller's rambunctious adventure-turned tragedy/morality tale of 1919.
Reviews

Stiller's 'Sir Arne's Treasure' Brought Back to Life, Musically
Dennis Harvey
Dec 10, 2010
The Mountain Goats offer an original score for Mauritz Stiller's rambunctious adventure-turned tragedy/morality tale of 1919.
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Guevara-Flanagan Soars with 'Wonder Woman'
Michael Fox
Jun 30, 2010
East Bay filmmaker Kristy Guevara-Flanagan muscles her way through her new documentary feature, The History of the Universe as Told by Wonder Woman.
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Guevara-Flanagan Soars with 'Wonder Woman'
Michael Fox
Jun 30, 2010
East Bay filmmaker Kristy Guevara-Flanagan muscles her way through her new documentary feature, The History of the Universe as Told by Wonder Woman.
Reviews

The Roxie's New Leadership
Michael Fox
Apr 21, 2010
The Statton era has begun. Kate and Chris Statton have officially assumed the positions of co-executive directors of the venerable Mission District cinema.
Q & A

Sid Ganis on Hollywood South and North
Michael Fox
Feb 28, 2010
From his modest start as a staff writer at 20th Century Fox, Sid Ganis has built an uncommonly long and successful career in Hollywood.
Festivals

Words from Sundance Staffers: Elizabeth Duran
Hilary Hart
Jan 28, 2010
Hilary Hart, who annually holds down the late-night shift at the Egyptian at Sundance, offers interviews with fellow workers at the festival.
Festivals

Words from Sundance Staffers: Jesse Dubus
Hilary Hart
Jan 28, 2010
Hilary Hart, who annually holds down the late-night shift at the Egyptian at Sundance, offers interviews with fellow workers at the festival.
Festivals

Words from Sundance Staffers: Duc Bieu Pham
Hilary Hart
Jan 28, 2010
Hilary Hart, who annually holds down the late-night shift at the Egyptian at Sundance, offers interviews with fellow workers at the festival.
Festivals

Words from Sundance Staffers: Michael Lyons
Hilary Hart
Jan 28, 2010
Hilary Hart, who annually holds down the late-night shift at the Egyptian at Sundance, offers interviews with fellow workers at the festival.
Festivals

Words from Sundance Staffers: Jon Ho
Hilary Hart
Jan 28, 2010
Hilary Hart, who annually holds down the late-night shift at the Egyptian at Sundance, offers interviews with fellow workers at the festival.
Festivals

Words from Sundance Staffers: Jennie-Marie Adler
Hilary Hart
Jan 28, 2010
Hilary Hart, who annually holds down the late-night shift at the Egyptian at Sundance, offers interviews with fellow workers at the festival.
Festivals

Words from Sundance Staffers: Ilya Tovbis
Hilary Hart
Jan 28, 2010
Hilary Hart, who annually holds down the late-night shift at the Egyptian at Sundance, offers interviews with fellow workers at the festival.
Festivals

Words from Sundance Staffers: Ashley Soares
Hilary Hart
Jan 28, 2010
Hilary Hart, who annually holds down the late-night shift at the Egyptian at Sundance, offers interviews with fellow workers at the festival.
Festivals

Words from Sundance Staffers: Krissy Bailey
Hilary Hart
Jan 27, 2010
Hilary Hart, who annually holds down the late-night shift at the Egyptian at Sundance, offers interviews with fellow workers at the festival.
Festivals

Words from Sundance Staffers: Natalie Mulford
Hilary Hart
Jan 27, 2010
Hilary Hart, who annually holds down the late-night shift at the Egyptian at Sundance, offers interviews with fellow workers at the festival.
Festivals

Words from Sundance Staffers: Robyn Arville
Hilary Hart
Jan 27, 2010
Hilary Hart, who annually holds down the late-night shift at the Egyptian at Sundance, offers interviews with fellow workers at the festival.
Festivals

Words from Sundance Staffers: Landon Zakheim
Hilary Hart
Jan 21, 2010
Hilary Hart, who annually holds down the late-night shift at the Egyptian at Sundance, offers interviews with fellow workers at the festival.
Q & A

Frazer Bradshaw on "Everything Strange and New"
Susan Gerhard
Nov 23, 2009
Susan Gerhard caught up with the director of an Oakland-shot domestic drama whose first-time feature was chosen for Sundance.
Reviews

Daven Gee Docs on the New American Family
Michael Fox
Nov 17, 2009
Two films from Oakland filmmakers, Dhana & Indra and Family 2469, illuminate the changing face of the country as the 21st Century unfolds.
In Production

Don't Criticize it: 'Holding On to Jah'
Michael Fox
Oct 28, 2009
It’s hard to imagine a venue where the new documentary Holding On to Jah will sound better than it did at Mezzanine last Wednesday night.
Q & A

Ellen Schneider's Active Voice
Michael Fox
Aug 31, 2009
Ellen Schneider speaks on the impact of social-issue documentaries and her San Francisco-based strategic communications company Active Voice.
Festivals

SFIFF52: Jennifer Maytorena Taylor and a 'New Muslim Cool'
Sura Wood
Apr 6, 2009
Jennifer Maytorena Taylor's documentary, New Muslim Cool, focuses on Hamza Perez, a Catholic hip hop artist, who converted to Islam; whose life is now a crucible of disparate urban influences.
Festivals

Inside the Telluride Film Festival
Hilary Hart
Aug 29, 2008
A Telluride veteran gives a festival overview, and explains why film lovers and filmmakers travel to a remote corner of Colorado on blind faith.
News & Blogs

A Week at Flaherty
Chi-hui Yang
Jul 18, 2008
On curating the Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, a social Petri dish that annually brings together a different programmer, a captive and engaged audience, and filmmakers.
Q & A

SFFS Screen's 'Hank and Mike'
Pam Grady
Jul 3, 2008
Thomas Michael remembers well the birth of Hank and Mike, the titular blue-collar Easter bunnies in director Matthiew Klinck's absurdist workplace comedy.
Festivals

"Standard Operating Procedure" and the Stories We Tell
Staff
May 9, 2008
Joan Didion famously said, "We tell ourselves stories in order to live." We've internalized the American narrative of Abu Ghraib and accepted its implications.
Festivals

Capelle on Composers: Day Three
Staff
May 8, 2008
The final installment in the San Francisco composer and musician's blog from the 2008 SFIFF.
Festivals

Capelle on Composers: Day Two
Staff
May 2, 2008
Errol Morris has a giant brain. Anybody who wants to argue against that thesis does not have a giant brain. So let's move on.
Festivals

In Other Words: Standard Operating Procedure
Staff
Apr 30, 2008
Joan Didion famously said, "We tell ourselves stories in order to live." We have internalized the narrative of Abu Ghraib and accepted its implications.
Festivals

Capelle and Composers: Day One
Staff
Apr 30, 2008
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts is a very close-quartered and loving documentary, a year in the life of the composer.
Reviews

10 Reasons to See "Cinema Piemonte"
Staff
Feb 29, 2008
The Associazone Piemontesi of Northern California, with the Italian Cultural Institute and Regione Piemonte, presents "Cinema Piemonte," four movies made in that beautiful region.
Reviews

The Short Films of Big Ugly Review
Susan Gerhard
Nov 16, 2007
The List: We take the opportunity to link you to four short films from the Big Ugly Review, an online publication that includes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and more.
Festivals

SF360 Film Culture Confidential: Shhhhhh....
Staff
Apr 28, 2007
How did Kink.com make it to the Mission? How did Straight Outta Hunters Point get out of Hunters Point? How'd the Roxie get saved?
Q & A

A Rob Nilsson 10
Staff
Apr 27, 2007
The List: An Amerindie helmer well before the term was invented, Nilsson names 10 films which deeply affected him.
Festivals

A Festival, a Half Century
B. Ruby Rich
Apr 24, 2007
Is there anyone who doesn't know that the San Francisco International Film Festival is turning 50 this month?
News & Blogs

Remembering Jim Lyons: 1960 - 2007
Staff
Apr 18, 2007
The editor and actor, known for his frequent work with Todd Haynes, died in New York. His friends share their thoughts.
Festivals

Sonoma Valley Film Festival
Staff
Apr 12, 2007
At many larger fests, daily life is less a stroll in the park than a pentathalon. The SVFF is all about the good life.
Festivals

Telluride Film Festival 2006
Hilary Hart
Sep 5, 2006
A longtime seasonal staffer recounts her experience and highlights at the '06 fest.
Reviews

We Want Our "Dykeback Mountain"
Staff
Jun 27, 2006
Conference discusses the difficulties for lesbian features to get made and do well at the box office.
Q & A

A Writer and Filmmaker Bring "Alice" to the Screen
Staff
May 10, 2006
Insights into the initial process of bringing the screenplay adaptation of a short story to the screen.
Deadlines

Funding: Academy Film Scholars Program

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) Foundation Film Scholars Program is stimulating and supporting new and significant works of film scholarship. ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must be established scholars, writers, historians or researchers possessing either a significant record of achievement, or exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishments in their field. Applicants must have written and published at least one book or a comparable collection of articles or monographs. AWARDS: Two grants of $25,000 will be made to qualified and worthy applicants, as reviewed and selected by the Academy's Grants Committee and staff. The Academy will distribute the grant money in two parts: at the commencement and upon completion of the proposed project. The Academy will also cover travel, lodging and per diem expenses, if necessary, for the recipients to attend the Film Scholars awards luncheon and to make their lecture presentation. DEADLINE: Application materials must be received by October 3, 2011. WEBSITE: oscars.org/education-outreach/grants/filmscholars/apply.html.

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