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Deadlines
Funding: Durfee Foundation Artists' Resource for Completion Grants
Nov 1, 2011Durfee Foundation Artists' Resource for Completion Grants give individual artists money to complete work for a specific, imminent opportunity that may significantly benefit their career. AWARDS: up to $3,500. ELIGIBILITY Artists must be Los Angeles County residents, 21 years or older and have secured an invitation from an established organization to present the work. Full-time students are ineligible. Current DEADLINE: Quarterly, current November 1, 2011. WEBSITE: durfee.org/programs/arc/index.html.
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Deadlines
Funding: TFI Latin America Media Arts Fund
Oct 10, 2011The TFI Latin America Media Arts Fund supports innovative film and video artists who are living or working in Mexico, Central and South America and working independently in their efforts to reach a larger audience. ELIGIBILITY: Submissions must be animation, documentary and/or hybrid feature-length films with an intended length of at least 70 minutes. Submissions must be in production or post-production and must not have aired on any form of television, been screened publicly or have been distributed in theaters or via the internet. Projects may be in any language or dialect. Applicants must be over 18 years old. Student films and stand-alone short films are not eligible for submission. $25 entry fee. AWARDS: Last year, the Fund administered $10,000 grants to four selected films. In addition to funding, each grantee will receive a U.S. based advisor and guidance from the Tribeca Film Institute. DEADLINE: October 10, 2011. WEBSITE: tribecafilminstitute.org/filmmakers/latin_fund/.
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Home
On Chronicling Criminals
George Rush
Sep 27, 2011Though it's legal to film illegal acts, crime can certainly complicate your filmmaking process.
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Legal
On Chronicling Criminals
George Rush
Sep 27, 2011Though it's legal to film illegal acts, crime can certainly complicate your filmmaking process.
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September 29 2011
On Chronicling Criminals
George Rush
Sep 27, 2011Though it's legal to film illegal acts, crime can certainly complicate your filmmaking process.
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July 26, 2011
'Finding Joe' Pre-Release Screening
Jul 31, 2011Smith Rafael presents a pre-release screening of 'Finding Joe,' a new doc centered around the teachings and discoveries of universal mythologist and screenwriter's savior Joseph Campbell, featuring appearances by artists and celebs, including Mick Fleetwood, Catherine Hardwicke, Deepak Chopra and others. Filmmaker Patrick Takaya Solomon and Joseph Campbell Foundation's Robert Walter will be in attendance for a discussion following the screening. More info at cafilm.org.
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Essential SF: ‘Off the Charts,’ ‘Double Dare’
Michael Fox
Jul 7, 2011Surprising characters, narratives emerge in Jamie Meltzer and Amanda Micheli’s portraits of unlikely artists.
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In Depth
Essential SF: ‘Off the Charts,’ ‘Double Dare’
Michael Fox
Jul 7, 2011Surprising characters, narratives emerge in Jamie Meltzer and Amanda Micheli’s portraits of unlikely artists.
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July 7, 2011
Essential SF: ‘Off the Charts,’ ‘Double Dare’
Michael Fox
Jul 7, 2011Surprising characters, narratives emerge in Jamie Meltzer and Amanda Micheli’s portraits of unlikely artists.
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June 28, 2011
'Cultures of Resistance'
Jun 30, 2011Award-winning 2010 doc 'Cultures of Resistance' captures the ways artists, musicians and other cultural producers create political change through art, from Iran to China to other points worldwide. The event features a live interview with director Iara Lee via Skype after screening; ticket sales benefit clean water efforts for children in Gaza. Plays at Berkeley City College. More at mecaforpeace.org.
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Home
'Into Eternity' Ponders a Present-Day Paradox
Susan Gerhard
May 27, 2011Danish filmmaker/artist Michael Madsen turns questions around a European nuclear-waste project into an operatic doc.
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June 2, 2011
'Into Eternity' Ponders a Present-Day Paradox
Susan Gerhard
May 27, 2011Danish filmmaker/artist Michael Madsen turns questions around a European nuclear-waste project into an operatic doc.
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Reviews
'Into Eternity' Ponders a Present-Day Paradox
Susan Gerhard
May 27, 2011Danish filmmaker/artist Michael Madsen turns questions around a European nuclear-waste project into an operatic doc.
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Festivals
Unrestrained at SFIFF54, Barney Offers Live Insight
Robert Avila
May 2, 2011Matthew Barney talks art, sports and spectacle at the Sundance Kabuki.
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Unrestrained at SFIFF54, Barney Offers Live Insight
Robert Avila
May 2, 2011Matthew Barney talks art, sports and spectacle at the Sundance Kabuki.
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May 5, 2011
Unrestrained at SFIFF54, Barney Offers Live Insight
Robert Avila
May 2, 2011Matthew Barney talks art, sports and spectacle at the Sundance Kabuki.
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April 28, 2011
SFIFF54 Embraces Barney's Unique POV
Carmen Winant
Apr 30, 2011In a quarter century of filmmaking feats, persistence and vision are defining qualities for Matthew Barney.
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Festivals
SFIFF54 Embraces Barney's Unique POV
Carmen Winant
Apr 30, 2011In a quarter century of filmmaking feats, persistence and vision are defining qualities for Matthew Barney.
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SFIFF54 Embraces Barney's Unique POV
Carmen Winant
Apr 30, 2011In a quarter century of filmmaking feats, persistence and vision are defining qualities for Matthew Barney.
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April 19, 2011
SFIFF: '!Women art Revolution'
Apr 23, 2011Lynn Hershman Leeson's decades-in-the-making documentary about women artists taking on the establishment debuts at the festival Saturday, April 23, with a San Francisco Museum of Modern Art screening, and plays again Monday, April 25, at the Pacific Film Archive. More at fest11.sffs.org.
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April 19, 2011
ATA Film & Video Festival
Apr 20, 2011Roxie Theater hosts Playback: ATA Film & Video Festival 2006-2010, a one-day event that showcases a selection of short films from the experimental media arts gallery. More at roxie.com.
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april 22 2011
Swimming in the Deep End of San Francisco International Film Festival
Max Goldberg
Apr 15, 2011Films in the 54th SFIFF immerse viewers in distant times, unique places.
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Festivals
Swimming in the Deep End of San Francisco International Film Festival
Max Goldberg
Apr 15, 2011Films in the 54th SFIFF immerse viewers in distant times, unique places.
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Home
Swimming in the Deep End of San Francisco International Film Festival
Max Goldberg
Apr 15, 2011Films in the 54th SFIFF immerse viewers in distant times, unique places.
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Reviews
Swimming in the Deep End of San Francisco International Film Festival
Max Goldberg
Apr 15, 2011Films in the 54th SFIFF immerse viewers in distant times, unique places.
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YBCA Brings Attention to Embattled Iranian Artists
Max Goldberg
Mar 17, 2011YBCA rallies behind Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof with its ‘Iran Beyond Censorship’ series.
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March 17, 2011
YBCA Brings Attention to Embattled Iranian Artists
Max Goldberg
Mar 17, 2011YBCA rallies behind Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof with its ‘Iran Beyond Censorship’ series.
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Reviews
YBCA Brings Attention to Embattled Iranian Artists
Max Goldberg
Mar 17, 2011YBCA rallies behind Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof with its ‘Iran Beyond Censorship’ series.
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March 8, 2011
Images of Nature, or The Nature of the Image: Canadian Artists at Work
Mar 9, 2011Pacific Film Archive offers the latest in their Alternative Visions series with Images of Nature, or The Nature of the Image: Canadian Artists at Work, which explores the techniques and strategies utilized by four decades of Canadian short films as they showcase images of nature and Canadian landscapes. More at bampfa.berkeley.edu.
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Essential SF: Gail Silva
Michael Fox
Nov 3, 2010Former Film Arts Foundation head Gail Silva continues to catalyze the film community. It would be a simple matter to collect testimonies to Gail Silva’s extraordinary impact and influence on the Bay Area film community—and beyond—from the countless artists and novices she has counseled, coached, prodded and pushed in the last 30-plus years and counting. But an extensive public appreciation already exists, you see, in the hundreds and hundreds of films, long and short, that prominently acknowledged her contribution in the end credits. The longtime executive director of Film Arts Foundation (of blessed memory) and creative and strategic consultant for a host of individual clients, Silva is deservedly included in the inaugural class of Essential SF honorees.
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November 3 2010
Essential SF: Gail Silva
Michael Fox
Nov 3, 2010Former Film Arts Foundation head Gail Silva continues to catalyze the film community. It would be a simple matter to collect testimonies to Gail Silva’s extraordinary impact and influence on the Bay Area film community—and beyond—from the countless artists and novices she has counseled, coached, prodded and pushed in the last 30-plus years and counting. But an extensive public appreciation already exists, you see, in the hundreds and hundreds of films, long and short, that prominently acknowledged her contribution in the end credits. The longtime executive director of Film Arts Foundation (of blessed memory) and creative and strategic consultant for a host of individual clients, Silva is deservedly included in the inaugural class of Essential SF honorees.
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Documentary
Are You Expecting Your Producer to Save You?
Fernanda Rossi
Oct 12, 2010What to consider when you're considering hiring a producer.
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Are You Expecting Your Producer to Save You?
Fernanda Rossi
Oct 12, 2010What to consider when you're considering hiring a producer.
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October 14, 2010
Are You Expecting Your Producer to Save You?
Fernanda Rossi
Oct 12, 2010What to consider when you're considering hiring a producer.
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Festivals
Telluride Unveils 37th Film Festival
Gianmaria Franchini
Sep 3, 2010Surprising themes and high profile documentaries are among the highlights of the Telluride 2010 lineup.
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Telluride Unveils 37th Film Festival
Gianmaria Franchini
Sep 3, 2010Surprising themes and high profile documentaries are among the highlights of the Telluride 2010 lineup.
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September 9 2010
Telluride Unveils 37th Film Festival
Gianmaria Franchini
Sep 3, 2010Surprising themes and high profile documentaries are among the highlights of the Telluride 2010 lineup.
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August 10 2010
'Fruit Fly' Director and Cast in Person
Aug 11, 2010H.P. Mendoza (Colma: The Musical) has redirected his interests from the Peninsula to San Francisco with his latest, and we couldn't be happier: The cast from Fruit Fly, about a Filipina woman who arrives in the city and moves into a Mission District Artists’ commune, will be on stage for a Q & A at the Castro Theatre on Wednesday, August 11, at 8:30 p.m.
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In Production
Omori, Hardy Conspire to Tattoo the World
Michael Fox
May 25, 2010Emiko Omori s upcoming documentary, Ed Hardy: Tattoo the World, a collaboration of sorts between the two artists, grew out of a friendship that dates to 1974.
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Digital
Sights and Sounds of South by Southwest
Hannah Eaves
Mar 24, 2010Tens of thousands of artists, aficionados and businesspeople flock to Austin for a festival that is part online conference, part film festival, and more than part music.
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Festivals
Nao Bustamante's 'Silver and Gold' in Park City
Glen Helfand
Jan 19, 2010The late, great Jack Smith was all about the strange sway classic Hollywood movies, particularly obscure stars and low-budget yet opulent art direction, have had on us.
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Festivals
SFFS's Debut Cinema by the Bay
Robert Avila
Oct 22, 2009A new, four-day showcase of local filmmaking doubles as a forum for the region's influence as subject and setting for filmmakers beyond the bay.
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Reviews
Tangerine Dreams: Cinematheque de Tanger's Morocco Showcase
Simona Schneider
Oct 1, 2009Tangier has created an identity as a great fount of stories and light, complete with an independent cinema that opened in 2007.
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Documentary
When the Personal is Political
Fernanda Rossi
Jun 2, 2009Ask the Documentary Doctor: Where does the filmmaker stop existing to give way to the reporter/activist/responsible citizen with camera in hand?
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Reviews
'A Wake for Analog'
Jonathan Kiefer
May 21, 2009A Wake for Analog honors analog experimental films like Patrolling the Ether, Bassline Baseline and Zuse Strip.
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Reviews
Box set "Treasures" unearths buried avant-garde
Michael Fox
Apr 2, 2009National Film Preservation Foundation, Treasures IV: American Avant-Garde Film, 1947-1986, is a splendid package of 26 films, drawn from New York and San Francisco.
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Festivals
SF International Film Festival Lineup
Susan Gerhard
Mar 31, 2009The two weeks of programs offers 151 films from 55 countries, awards and prices, and a wide array of San Francisco talent, from legendary names to the fledgling artists.
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Reviews
Back to Nature with Ben Rivers
Dennis Harvey
Mar 27, 2009Ben Rivers makes his Bay Area debut this week presenting in person two programs, both providing a slightly dislocative experience at once tranquil and sinister.
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Reviews
Back to Nature with Ben Rivers
Dennis Harvey
Mar 27, 2009Ben Rivers makes his Bay Area debut this week presenting in person two programs, both providing a slightly dislocative experience at once tranquil and sinister.
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Q & A
'Medicine for Melancholy' in the City it Re-discovered
Michael Fox
Mar 5, 2009Barry Jenkins talks abut his background, making movies in San Francisco and the issues of black identity, assimilation and gentrification, which are at the heart of his film.
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First Person
Funder as Supplicant
John R. Killacky
Jan 20, 2009First-Person: A program officer at the San Francisco Foundation has a sobering experience making a documentary.
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Reviews
Reading Between the Frames: Fleming and Sturges
Michael Fox
Dec 18, 2008Victor Fleming: An American Movie Master and Glenn Lovell's Escape Artist: The Life and Films of John Sturges are splendid biographies by critics with local ties.
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Reviews
Something Wild: Martha Colburn's Collage Animations
Max Goldberg
Dec 1, 2008Martha Colburn's recent shorts plunge the interstices of Americana for a hidden history of fanaticism and double-faced hypocrisies.
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Q & A
Scott MacDonald's 'Canyon Cinema' Book--Both History and How-to
Michael Fox
Nov 17, 2008Scott McDonald's Canyon Cinema: The Life and Times of an Independent Film Distributor, details the formation of the revered Bay Area artists' collective in the early 1960s.
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Festivals
Carnival of Nonfiction Filmmaking
Dennis Harvey
Oct 16, 2008The extreme, the strange, the silly and surreal all have big seats at the SF DocFest table.
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Reviews
Curators at Bay Area Now 5
Sean Uyehara
Sep 11, 2008YBCA's triennial exhibition has developed a deserved reputation for presenting an energetic survey of current Bay Area artistic practice.
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Reviews
Room for Thought at SFMOMA
Michael Fox
Sep 4, 2008A film in a darkened theater commands our undivided attention, but a video installation in a museum doesn't have the same effect.
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In Production
Scott Crocker's 'Ghost Bird' Phenomenon
Michael Fox
Sep 2, 2008Scott Crocker's documentary brings the truth behind the "Lord God" bird phenomenon out of the bushes.
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Q & A
Canyon Cinema's Dominic Angerame
Erika Young
Aug 4, 2008A conversation with the executive director of an experimental/avant-garde film distribution company, who both runs a profitable business and creates dynamic art.
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News & Blogs
In Memoriam: Bruce Conner (1933-2008)
Steve Seid
Jul 8, 2008Bruce Conner, the great, irascible, and ever-evolving San Francisco-based artist known for his assemblages, films, drawings, and interdisciplinary works, passed away on July 7, 2008.
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Festivals
S.F. International Arts Festival
Robert Avila
May 23, 2008In addition to bringing a host of worldwide performers to the Bay Area for the first time, the San Francisco International Arts Festival (May 2-June 8), now in its fifth year, has become an indispensable showcase for collaborative work by leading Bay Area artists and their peers across all manner of geographical, cultural and disciplinary borders. The more than 40 performances in this year’s lineup, taking place at 14 separate venues across the city and in Berkeley, span the worlds of dance, music, opera, theater, visual arts and multidisciplinary work. The following four highlights are all hybrid productions with strong film and/or video components.
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Q & A
SFIFF51: Craig Baldwin Shoots the Moon, and the Desert
Michael Fox
Apr 18, 2008The Mission filmmaker has slaved in the underground for some three decades, a guide and shaman for other artists working on the fringes.
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Q & A
'Thrillville' turns 11
Michael Fox
Apr 9, 2008Will "the Thrill" Viahro, impresario of East Bay cult movie extravaganza "Thrillville," discusses the difference between "trash" and "garbage" in film.
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Q & A
Thomas Beard exposes "Live Cinema"
Michael Fox
Apr 7, 2008Bodies of work have emerged from the intersections of performance, film and electronic art. Cinematograph 7ÑLive Cinema: A Contemporary Reader, edited by Thomas Beard's provides thoughtful writing on the subject.
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Reviews
Cinema, Israeli Style
Michael Fox
Feb 21, 2008Even as the country has become a typically affluent Western society, its cinema has retained its status as a crucial component of the national dialogue.
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Reviews
Paradjanov and Godard on DVD
Michael Fox
Jan 29, 2008Michael Fox reviews the release of a Sergei Paradjanov DVD boxed set and the arrival of a Jean-Luc Godard box spotlighting his underrated mid-'80s work.
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Reviews
Art Stars of Sundance
Glen Helfand
Jan 25, 2008At Sundance 2008, a swath of features, docs, installations, and projected art shared similar socio-political concerns, which they grappled with via well-honed aesthetic filters.
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Q & A
Gail Silva's Sundance Primer
Susan Gerhard
Jan 14, 2008As filmmakers, fans, and skiers get zipped up to head off to Parka City for the annual Sundance Festival this week, SF360.org checked in with Gail Silva.
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Reviews
"Redacted"
Dennis Harvey
Nov 13, 2007Sometimes even presumably good intentions can warp into artistic misdeeds most foul.
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Reviews
Joseph Cornell at SFMOMA
Max Goldberg
Oct 11, 2007Joseph Cornell: Navigating the Imagination comes to San Francisco for the first major west-coast exhibition of the artist's work in 40 years.
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Q & A
Jamie Meltzer on "Welcome to Nollywood"
Michael Fox
Oct 8, 2007Jamie Meltzer talks about his new film on Nigeria, where the digital revolution enables entrepreneurs to churn out movies quickly and inexpensively.
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Festivals
Five from Madcat
Susan Gerhard
Sep 14, 2007Here are a few quick takes on programs that look particularly worthwhile at Madcat.
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Q & A
Irina Leimbacher and Konrad Steiner on "kino21"
Max Goldberg
Aug 13, 2007The co-programmers discuss their newest endeavor, though those already from the Bay Area will be familiar with their work at S.F. Cinematheque.
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Reviews
Reviews: "Brand Upon the Brain!", "Golden Door"
Matt Sussman
Jun 12, 2007Brand is no short supply of Guy Maddin's usual firecrackers: apostrophe, hyperbole, and of course, catastrophe.
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Festivals
Live from Fog City
Dennis Harvey
May 9, 2007While the SF International Film Festival has always had celebrity guests, the 50th edition featured a particular concentration of unique one-offs.
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Festivals
Film Society Awards Night
Brian Brooks/indieWIRE
May 4, 2007If the Bay Area oozed self-regard last night, it couldn't exactly be blamed.
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Reviews
Now and Zen and an Imperial Adventure
Robert Avila
Mar 27, 2007Robert Avila reviews A Zen Life: D.T. Suzuki and The Situation.
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Q & A
Phillip Haas on "The Situation"
Michael Fox
Mar 26, 2007An interview with documentary and narrative filmmaker Philip Haas upon the release of his latest film, The Situation.
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Festivals
Favorite Artists at the SFIAAFF
Jennifer Young
Mar 21, 2007SF360.org checked in with actors and filmmakers roaming this year's festival to give props to their favorite Asian American artist, past or present.
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Reviews
"Alternative Visions" at the PFA
Johnny Ray Huston
Feb 15, 2007The Pacific Film Archive's standing as a cinema-centric educational institution brings the avant-garde into conversation with a broad program of film history.
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Reviews
Nathaniel Dorsky's Secret World
Michael Fox
Dec 5, 2006Song and Solitude, is a twilight sojourn to a secret world much like our own, rendered with profound patience and a hint of wistfulness.
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Q & A
InDplay and The New Art of Film Distribution
Justin Juul
Nov 20, 2006The Redwood City-based startup InDplay is like an online dating service for the film industry.
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Reviews
Gallery on Demand
Johnny Ray Huston
Sep 6, 2006The Catharine Clark Gallery's new Video on Demand feature allows you to choose videos from the gallery's extensive library of video work.
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Q & A
Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema 2006
Susan Gerhard
Sep 1, 2006The List:10 local filmmakers describe what they love about shooting on the streets of San Francisco.
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Q & A
Matthew Barney, "Drawing Restraint"
Glen Helfand
Jun 19, 2006Matthew Barney: Drawing Restraint opens at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Barney talks to SF360 about his film and gallery project.
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Reviews
Showstopping Filmmakers Rodney Ascher and Syd Garon
Danny Plotnick
May 17, 2006Rodney Ascher and Syd Garon are only two people whose works curator Danny Plotnick would show sight unseen.
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Festivals
Unleash the Blogs
Susan Gerhard
Apr 23, 2006The S.F. International Film Festival opened the gates this year to an accredited citizen press corps of bloggers and vloggers.
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Festivals
Noise Pop: The Movie
Dennis Harvey
Mar 30, 2006Audio and visual collide when Noise Pop hits the silver screen at the Noise Pop Film Festival.
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Reviews
Tehran Contemporary Art Exhibit On Tour
Robert Avila
Mar 23, 2006The documentary Persian Garden chronicles the grandest art exhibition in Iran since the 1979 Revolution.
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