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News & Blogs
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival Announces New Executive Director
Oct 24, 2011Press release: The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival announced its new Executive Director: Lexi Leban, who begins working with the festival November 7, 2011. A longtime member of the Bay Area film community, Lexi has worked in all aspects of film, from production to distribution. She’s also worked with numerous film festivals, including the Mill Valley Film Festival, the San Francisco International Film Festival, and the Global Social Change Film Festival in Bali. Lexi is currently Academic Director of the Digital Filmmaking & Video Production Program at the Art Institute of California, where she built the department from its inception. Her most recent feature documentary, Girl Trouble, which follows young girls in San Francisco’s juvenile justice system, aired on PBS’s acclaimed series Independent Lens in January of 2006, and won Best Bay Area Documentary at the San Francisco International Film Festival. More at sfjff.org.
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News & Blogs
SF Film Society Names Bingham Ray Executive Director
Oct 19, 2011Press release: San Francisco Film Society announced the appointment of Bingham Ray as its executive director, effective November 7, 2011. Ray comes to the San Francisco Film Society from New York City, where he recently served as the first run programming consultant to the Film Society of Lincoln Center, executive consultant to the digital distribution company SnagFilms and adjunct professor at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. More at sffs.org.
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News & Blogs
New People Entertainment Launches Online Channel
Apr 25, 2011Press release: New People Entertainment, a film division of New People, Inc. that focuses on the licensing and distribution of Japanese films and media, has announced the beta launch of its own exclusive web channel where audiences will be able to stream a variety of the company’s films and content. More at newpeoplechannel.com.
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Home
Merk Mixes ‘Cocktails’ for Television
Michael Fox
Mar 23, 2011Ron Merk sends a San Francisco-set series into the ring.
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In Production
Merk Mixes ‘Cocktails’ for Television
Michael Fox
Mar 23, 2011Ron Merk sends a San Francisco-set series into the ring.
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March 24, 2011
Merk Mixes ‘Cocktails’ for Television
Michael Fox
Mar 23, 2011Ron Merk sends a San Francisco-set series into the ring.
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News & Blogs
Variety: "Roadside, Participant on 'Circumstance'"
Feb 15, 2011Variety: "Marking another acquisition partnership coming out of the Sundance Film Festival, Roadside Attractions will team with Participant Media," handling U.S. theatrical distribution rights of writer and director Maryam Keshavarz's Iranian drama 'Circumstance.' More at variety.com.
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News & Blogs
Ro*co Films Lands Educational Distribution of Jennifer Siebel Newsom's 'Miss Representation'
Feb 11, 2011Press Release: Bay Area-based ro*co films announced that they will be distributing Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s documentary film, 'Miss Representation' in the North American educational market. ro*co will distribute the film to academic institutions, universities, and libraries for both classroom use and educational screenings. More at rocofilms.com.
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December 23, 2010
Film 2010: YouTube, WeTube
Susan Gerhard
Dec 22, 2010Is this what we talk about when we talk about YouTube?
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December 28, 2010
Film 2010: YouTube, WeTube
Susan Gerhard
Dec 22, 2010Is this what we talk about when we talk about YouTube?
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Home
Film 2010: YouTube, WeTube
Susan Gerhard
Dec 22, 2010Is this what we talk about when we talk about YouTube?
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Reviews
Film 2010: YouTube, WeTube
Susan Gerhard
Dec 22, 2010Is this what we talk about when we talk about YouTube?
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December 23, 2010
Film 2010: We’re Not Here to Make Friends
Hannah Eaves
Dec 21, 2010'The Social Network' debate offered a moral for all of us: If you don't like this digital revolution, build one of your own.
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December 28, 2010
Film 2010: We’re Not Here to Make Friends
Hannah Eaves
Dec 21, 2010'The Social Network' debate offered a moral for all of us: If you don't like this digital revolution, build one of your own.
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Digital
Film 2010: We’re Not Here to Make Friends
Hannah Eaves
Dec 21, 2010'The Social Network' debate offered a moral for all of us: If you don't like this digital revolution, build one of your own.
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Home
Film 2010: We’re Not Here to Make Friends
Hannah Eaves
Dec 21, 2010'The Social Network' debate offered a moral for all of us: If you don't like this digital revolution, build one of your own.
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December 16, 2010
'Ghost Bird' Returns to Roost
Susan Gerhard
Dec 13, 2010The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker may have disappeared for good, but a film about its possible rebirth persists against all odds.
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Home
'Ghost Bird' Returns to Roost
Susan Gerhard
Dec 13, 2010The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker may have disappeared for good, but a film about its possible rebirth persists against all odds.
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Q & A
'Ghost Bird' Returns to Roost
Susan Gerhard
Dec 13, 2010The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker may have disappeared for good, but a film about its possible rebirth persists against all odds.
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December 9, 2010
Film Festival Season: Five Last-Minute Music Clearance Tips
Annie Lin/The Rights Workshop
Dec 7, 2010The Rights Workshop offers timely advice on clearing music rights pre-Sundance.
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Home
Film Festival Season: Five Last-Minute Music Clearance Tips
Annie Lin/The Rights Workshop
Dec 7, 2010The Rights Workshop offers timely advice on clearing music rights pre-Sundance.
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January 31, 2011
Film Festival Season: Five Last-Minute Music Clearance Tips
Annie Lin/The Rights Workshop
Dec 7, 2010The Rights Workshop offers timely advice on clearing music rights pre-Sundance.
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Legal
Film Festival Season: Five Last-Minute Music Clearance Tips
Annie Lin/The Rights Workshop
Dec 7, 2010The Rights Workshop offers timely advice on clearing music rights pre-Sundance.
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December 2, 2010
De Michiel and Constantinou Offer Food for Thought
Michael Fox
Dec 1, 2010Filmmakers with deep roots in Bay Area cinema enter the brave new world of Web broadcasting with a series on food education for children.
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Home
De Michiel and Constantinou Offer Food for Thought
Michael Fox
Dec 1, 2010Filmmakers with deep roots in Bay Area cinema enter the brave new world of Web broadcasting with a series on food education for children.
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In Production
De Michiel and Constantinou Offer Food for Thought
Michael Fox
Dec 1, 2010Filmmakers with deep roots in Bay Area cinema enter the brave new world of Web broadcasting with a series on food education for children.
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December 2, 2010
De Michiel and Constantinou Offer Food for Thought
Michael Fox
Dec 1, 2010Filmmakers with deep roots in Bay Area cinema enter the brave new world of Web broadcasting with a series on food education for children.
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Home
De Michiel and Constantinou Offer Food for Thought
Michael Fox
Dec 1, 2010Filmmakers with deep roots in Bay Area cinema enter the brave new world of Web broadcasting with a series on food education for children.
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In Production
De Michiel and Constantinou Offer Food for Thought
Michael Fox
Dec 1, 2010Filmmakers with deep roots in Bay Area cinema enter the brave new world of Web broadcasting with a series on food education for children.
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News & Blogs
IndieWIRE: "'Zeitgeist Latches Onto a 'Revolution'"
Nov 17, 2010"Following its world premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in September, Lynn Hershman Leeson’s '!Women Art Revolution' has been acquired by Zeitgeist Films for North American distribution," reports Nigel M. Smith. More at indiewire.com.
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Home
Ed Burns Looks to Future by Getting Back to Basics
Andrew Provost
Oct 31, 2010Ed Burns offers ideas about art and marketing as he releases his new film, 'Nice Guy Johnny,' into the world.
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November 4, 2010
Ed Burns Looks to Future by Getting Back to Basics
Andrew Provost
Oct 31, 2010Ed Burns offers ideas about art and marketing as he releases his new film, 'Nice Guy Johnny,' into the world.
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Q & A
Ed Burns Looks to Future by Getting Back to Basics
Andrew Provost
Oct 31, 2010Ed Burns offers ideas about art and marketing as he releases his new film, 'Nice Guy Johnny,' into the world.
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September 21, 2010
Distro 2010: Distribution for Independent Filmmakers Today
Sep 29, 2010This Bay Area Video Coalition panel includes representatives from Microcinema International and Filmmakers Collaborative discussing the many emerging choices independent filmmakers have for releasing their films.
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september 29, 2010
Distro 2010: Distribution for Independent Filmmakers Today
Sep 29, 2010This Bay Area Video Coalition panel includes representatives from Microcinema International and Filmmakers Collaborative discussing the many emerging choices independent filmmakers have for releasing their films.
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Digital
Online Film Contests: Friend or Foe?
Hannah Eaves
Sep 14, 2010Contemplating the pros and cons of entering online film contests.
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Home
Online Film Contests: Friend or Foe?
Hannah Eaves
Sep 14, 2010Contemplating the pros and cons of entering online film contests.
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September 16, 2010
Online Film Contests: Friend or Foe?
Hannah Eaves
Sep 14, 2010Contemplating the pros and cons of entering online film contests.
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08-05-2010
Media Pulse: The Closed Net Threat
Sara Dosa
Aug 4, 2010The looming prospect of a two-tiered internet may compromise the ability of independent filmmakers to fund, exhibit and distribute their films.
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Home
Media Pulse: The Closed Net Threat
Sara Dosa
Aug 4, 2010The looming prospect of a two-tiered internet may compromise the ability of independent filmmakers to fund, exhibit and distribute their films.
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In Depth
Media Pulse: The Closed Net Threat
Sara Dosa
Aug 4, 2010The looming prospect of a two-tiered internet may compromise the ability of independent filmmakers to fund, exhibit and distribute their films.
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First Person
Why Hire a Producer of Marketing, Distribution
Jon Reiss
Jul 27, 2010Every film needs one person devoted to the distribution and marketing of the film from the start, just as they have a line producer, assistant director, or editor.
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Home
Why Hire a Producer of Marketing, Distribution
Jon Reiss
Jul 27, 2010Every film needs one person devoted to the distribution and marketing of the film from the start, just as they have a line producer, assistant director, or editor.
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07-21-2010
A Need to Think Outside the Box (Office)
Jon Reiss
Jul 20, 2010The maker of Bomb It offers hard-won advice on the marketing of film in the 2010s.
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First Person
A Need to Think Outside the Box (Office)
Jon Reiss
Jul 20, 2010The maker of Bomb It offers hard-won advice on the marketing of film in the 2010s.
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Home
A Need to Think Outside the Box (Office)
Jon Reiss
Jul 20, 2010The maker of Bomb It offers hard-won advice on the marketing of film in the 2010s.
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Home
Crowd Control
George Rush
Jul 13, 2010No matter what kind of film you’re making, eventually all filmmakers encounter the common legal problem of filming in a crowd.
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Legal
Crowd Control
George Rush
Jul 13, 2010No matter what kind of film you’re making, eventually all filmmakers encounter the common legal problem of filming in a crowd.
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Documentary
The Story Beyond the Story
Fernanda Rossi
Jun 11, 2010Screens are getting smaller. From the cineplex to TV to the computer or iPhone screen, surfaces have shrunk but creativity and resourcefulness have expanded.
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Digital
A Digital Glossary
Hannah Eaves
Jun 8, 2010What s the difference between streaming and download rights? Here s a glossary of terms filmmakers should know before signing a contract or hiring a web developer.
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Festivals
Local Filmmakers In SFIFF Spotlight
Michael Fox
Apr 27, 2010Leland Orser saw his first movie at the Alexandria, and Joshua Grannell initially established himself as a S.F. character via his alter ego Peaches Christ.
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Reviews
The Roxie's New Leadership
Michael Fox
Apr 21, 2010The Statton era has begun. Kate and Chris Statton have officially assumed the positions of co-executive directors of the venerable Mission District cinema.
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Reviews
Independent Inuit Films at YBCA
Dennis Harvey
Apr 8, 2010Inuit peoples—the indigenous cultures rooted in Arctic regions from Alaska to Greenland—have an honored place in film history, dating to Flaherty's Nanook of the North.
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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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Q & A
Karim Ahmad on ITVS's Forward-Thinking FUTURESTATES
Adam Hartzell
Mar 21, 2010Think of U.S. public television and science fiction or any type of fiction doesn't spring to mind. ITVS aims to change that perception with a series of mini-features.
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Q & A
Karim Ahmad on ITVS's Forward-Thinking FUTURESTATES
Adam Hartzell
Mar 21, 2010Think of U.S. public television and science fiction or any type of fiction doesn't spring to mind. ITVS aims to change that perception with a series of mini-features.
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Reviews
West with 'Sweetgrass'
Dennis Harvey
Mar 9, 2010There will probably never be a theatrical release for James Benning's landscape movies. Amazingly, Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Castaing-Taylor have scored distribution and made a splash.
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In Production
Final Chapter in Kelly and Yamamoto's Art Trilogy
Michael Fox
Feb 16, 2010Transformation, of any kind, an ephemeral, elusive thing to capture on film. One advisor told Nancy Kelly she'd never do it. Difficult, sure, but impossible?
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Festivals
SF Indiefest at Twelve
Matt Sussman
Feb 4, 2010It s a strange time for independent film, with scaled-back specialty divisions and online self-distribution, but SF Indiefest remains a champion of the unsung and un-buzzable.
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Festivals
Words from Sundance Staffers: Jennie-Marie Adler
Hilary Hart
Jan 28, 2010Hilary Hart, who annually holds down the late-night shift at the Egyptian at Sundance, offers interviews with fellow workers at the festival.
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In Production
Connie Field's Magnum Opus on Anti-Apartheid Movement
Michael Fox
Jan 12, 2010By any measure, the long-awaited release of Have You Heard from Johannesburg? shapes up to be one of the major documentary events of 2010.
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Q & A
Animal-Rescue Mine In Katrina's Emotional Aftermath
Michael Fox
Jan 7, 2010Geralyn Pezanoski s doc about the separation and occasional reunion of pets and owners in post-Katrina New Orleans beat the shelf-life odds.
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In Production
Nani Walker's 'Other Nature' At 15,000 Feet
Michael Fox
Jan 5, 2010Nani Sahra Walker went to Nepal for seven months, and returned with a one-hour documentary. OK, a rough cut. No big deal? Enlightenment guaranteed, indeed.
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Q & A
George Csicsery's Hard Problems
Michael Fox
Jan 4, 2010With more than 25 documentaries to his credit, many on mathematicians and scientists, George Csicsery is arguably the most prolific filmmaker in the Bay Area.
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Reviews
Thoughts On the Aughts: Best/Worst Trends
Susan Gerard
Dec 31, 2009While the U.S. moved from rebuilding decimated skyscrapers to the rebuilding of an entire economy, film moved from the multiplex to the mailbox to the mobile.
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Reviews
After Sept. 11, 2001, A Decade Found Its Way
B. Ruby Rich
Dec 23, 2009On Sept. 13, 2001, I stood in a Toronto park and spoke to Canadian television: Movies wouldn't be the same. I was wrong.
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In Production
Bay Area Narrative Filmmakers Thriving in Doc Capital
Michael Fox
Dec 23, 2009Michael Fox shows independent filmmakers who are thriving in the Bay Area.
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Q & A
Filmmakers Stuff 'Bag!' With Self-Distribution Dreams
Michael Fox
Dec 15, 2009Filmmakers Justine Jacob And Alex da Silva release the documentary Ready, Set, Bag!, which follows competitive grocery baggers from across the country.
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Digital
Coming Around to 'Convergence'
Hannah Eaves
Dec 7, 2009The 6th Screen: Hannah Eaves compiles some questions about "convergence", the increasingly popular practice of combining television and computer usage.
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Legal
A Challenge to Filmmakers
George Rush
Nov 3, 2009George Rush skips legal concerns and instead speaks to a larger issue: the lack of quality independent filmmaking today.
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Festivals
Live from Mill Valley: Woody Harrelson and Uma Thurman
Dennis Harvey
Oct 19, 2009At their respective festival tributes, the actors gave entertaining and revealing onstage interviews.
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Festivals
Mill Valley Film Festival's 32nd
Dennis Harvey
Oct 9, 2009The program offers a surprisingly potent mainstream industry presence, with tributes to A-list types more frequently seen at the multiplex than at the art house.
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Digital
TechCrunch 50: Clicker and AnyClip
Hannah Eaves
Sep 28, 2009AnyClip and Clicker are standouts at TechCrunch's annual conference, where startups a chance to pitch to expert judges and investors.
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Q & A
The Impact of Joe Berlinger's 'Crude'
Susan Gerhard
Sep 25, 2009Joe Berlinger speaks about the making of an environmental disaster in the Amazon, as seen in his new film, Crude.
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Festivals
Toronto International Film Festival 2009
B. Ruby Rich
Sep 19, 2009The Toronto International Film Festival has always allowed a generosity of pursuits to co-exist, rewarding the adventurous and satiating the lazy, all without judgment.
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First Person
E-news You Can Use
Michael Fox
Sep 1, 2009The rapid adoption of e-newsletters by documentary filmmakers is the latest example of resourcefulness and efficiency among contemporary independents.
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Reviews
Kim Longinotto and Women Make Movies Film Festival
Adam Hartzell
Aug 27, 2009A mini-retrospective of the work of Kim Longinotto plays during the Women Make Movies Film Festival at the Roxie.
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Legal
Fine points on Festivals
George Rush
Aug 17, 2009Avoiding Disaster: Festivals are a good way to have your film discovered by distributors, to build buzz and to build an audience—if you're well prepared.
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Digital
Free and Open: Video's Cambrian Explosion
Hannah Eaves
Jul 27, 2009The Sixth Screen: Veteran journalists and filmmakers alike are polishing up their resumes, contemplating the hospitality industry, and wondering: Who stole my career?
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Q & A
Miller Brothers Touch Home at AT&T Park
Michael Fox
Jun 2, 2009The Miller brothers take their memoir-release to the local ballpark.
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In Production
Recession-Proof Theaters, to a Point
Michael Fox
May 14, 2009Arthouse theaters like The Roxie, Red Vic and The Balboa resist the economic downturn and adjust calendars to meet audience demands.
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Festivals
Local Makers Line Up Next Shot after SFIFF
Michael Fox
May 4, 2009The 2009 SFIFF has been a launching pad for the numerous Bay Area filmmaker
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Festivals
Local Makers Line Up Next Shot after SFIFF
Michael Fox
May 4, 2009The 2009 SFIFF has been a launching pad for the numerous Bay Area filmmaker
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In Production
SFIFF52: New Narrative Trend for Bay Area Cinema
Michael Fox
Apr 21, 2009Four independent narratives - La Mission, My Suicide, Everything Strange and New and (Untitled) - are adding to the Bay Area's repertoire, historically regarded as a breeding ground for documentary filmmakers.
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Reviews
SFIFF52: Jim Granato's "D tour"
Dan Cowles
Apr 19, 2009Local filmmaker Jim Granato, whose movie D tour follows the band Rogue Wave and its ailing drummer Pat Spurgeon, on tour and on dialysis, is competing for the San Francisco International Film Festival's Golden Gate Award in Documentary.
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Digital
Augmented Reality at SXSWi
Hannah Eaves
Apr 14, 2009The 6th Screen: Hannah Eaves recommends Twitter, Meebo, Facebook, Ning and eNewsletters as film promotion tools.
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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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Legal
'Medicine for Melancholy' and the Art of DIY Legal Agreements
George Rush
Mar 3, 2009For many narrative filmmakers, hiring a lawyer is either an afterthought or not a financial reality, but moving forward with a film without considering legal is a huge mistake.
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Reviews
Strand Releasing Turns 20
Dennis Harvey
Feb 26, 2009Twenty years after its founding, Strand Releasing remains an active, irreplaceable and distinctive presence on the U.S. distribution scene.
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Reviews
Strand Releasing Turns 20
Dennis Harvey
Feb 26, 2009Twenty years after its founding, Strand Releasing remains an active, irreplaceable and distinctive presence on the U.S. distribution scene.
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First Person
Ten Commandments Before Diving into Digital Delivery
Larry Daressa
Feb 24, 2009First-Person: Larry Daressa provides helpful hints on distribution strategy.
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First Person
Ten Commandments Before Diving into Digital Delivery
Larry Daressa
Feb 24, 2009First-Person: Larry Daressa provides helpful hints on distribution strategy.
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Q & A
Intersections of 'Harrison Montgomery' with Daniel Davila
Michael Fox
Feb 16, 2009SF360.org interviews Davila on his film about a bottom-rung Tenderloin drug dealer with aspirations of becoming an artist.
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In Production
Ellen Lake's Miniatures Fit Right In
Michael Fox
Feb 11, 2009When we're finally all watching movies on the most expedient of platforms–our mobile phone–Ellen Lake will be at the head of the parade.
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Q & A
SF Cinematheque: New Year, New Direction
Susan Gerhard
Feb 2, 2009SF360.org joined in on a conversation about Cinematheque's past and present when Steven Jenkins lunched with Jonathan Marlow at Caffe Centro.
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Legal
Casting: Names and Numbers
George Rush
Jan 16, 2009Avoiding Disaster: George Rush writes on the conundrum of not getting money for a project without a known cast, and not getting a cast without a bunch of money.
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Q & A
Wendy Levy on the Politics of Participation
Susan Gerhard
Jan 12, 2009Levy offers thoughts on the program she's presenting at Sundance and what's being called the "New Documentary Movement."
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In Production
Elizabeth Pepin's 'Wasted!'
Michael Fox
Jan 6, 2009If you've been waiting for a punk-rock doc about sewage and wastewater treatment–admit it–it's in the pipeline and heading your way by year's end.
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News & Blogs
The Year in Film, 2008: Top Unreleased Films
Susan Gerhard
Dec 30, 2008Bay Area filmmakers, critics and industry pros list their favorite unreleased films of 2008.
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News & Blogs
The Year in Film, 2008: Top Unreleased Films
Susan Gerhard
Dec 30, 2008Bay Area filmmakers, critics and industry pros list their favorite unreleased films of 2008.
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Documentary
Audience of One?
Fernanda Rossi
Dec 12, 2008Ask the Documentary Doctor: Fernanda Rossi discusses pros and cons of having to sit through a screening of one's own film.
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Q & A
Lance Hammer on Beauty and 'Ballast'
Michael Guillen
Oct 17, 2008Hammer discusses his debut feature premiered at Sundance to resounding critical fanfare, winning prizes for best director and cinematography.
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Legal
Notes on Digital Distribution
George Rush
Oct 8, 2008Avoiding Disaster: George Rush offers tips on bridging the worlds of creativity and business.
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Festivals
SFFS's Inaugural French Cinema Now
Max Goldberg
Oct 7, 2008The SFFS has added a Gallic counterpart to its long-running New Italian Cinema series.
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Digital
SWAG: Free Feature Films On the Web
Hannah Eaves
Sep 26, 2008The Sixth Screen: Here are some browser-based legal zones for free online feature film viewing pleasure. No installation required.
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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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Festivals
SF Int'l announces its 51st program and year-round screen
Susan Gerhard
Apr 1, 2008The SFIFF announced its 2008 program and the June 13 launch of its year-round programming on one screen at the Sundance Kabuki
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Reviews
"Paranoid Park"
Dennis Harvey
Mar 11, 2008Just when Gus Van Sant seemed on the verge of turning into just another Hollywood selloutÑhe did a total about-face. His four features since have been true art films
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Festivals
SF Indiefest at 10
Michael Fox
Feb 7, 2008Way back in 1998, Jeff Ross founded the San Francisco Independent Film Festival to showcase iconoclastic, grassroots moviemakers locked out of the standard channels of distribution. As the 10th SF Indiefest kicks off tonight, Ross and his rotating cast of programmers remain as idealistic as ever, but the indie landscape has largely changed for the worse.
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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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News & Blogs
SF-Based Distributor Viz Pictures
Erika Young
Jan 9, 2008The live-action film division of Viz Media has just marked its second year of bringing a broader range of Japanese film to the growing audience for Japanese pop culture.
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Reviews
The Best Undistributed Films of 2007
Chris Wisniewski
Jan 2, 2008If they don't get the chance to beguile the world in theaters, maybe, at the very least, they'll find their way to audiences via digital download.
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Q & A
Christopher Coppola Wants You
Robert Avila
Dec 6, 2007Somewhere between iPhone and YouTube there’s a wee festival known as miniPAH. A more slender version of PAH-FEST, the touring weeklong digital film festival founded a year and a half ago by filmmaker Christopher Coppola, “miniPAH: San Francisco” happens this weekend at Coppola’s alma mater, San Francisco Art Institute, ahead of a full-fledged Bay Area PAH sometime next year.
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Reviews
"RKO Lost & Found" at the Roxie
Dennis Harvey
Nov 23, 2007Six features in the week-long series had not been seen in 50 (and in one case 70) years due to legal complications.
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Q & A
Anywhere Road's Robert Ogden Barnum
Susan Gerhard
Oct 1, 2007SF360.org spoke with Robert Ogden Barnum on guiding four future pop stars onto the big screen in Antonia and his new distribution company.
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Reviews
Laurent Tirard on "Moliere"
Erica Abeel/indieWIRE
Aug 3, 2007Tirard takes an ingenious tack in conjuring the creative evolution of France's master of satiric comedy.
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Reviews
"The Prodigy," The Roxie, Delirium, God
Michael Guillen
May 30, 2007San Franciscans have a poignant symbiotic relationship with William Kaufman's freshman feature, The Prodigy, which returns to the city this week.
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Festivals
Digital Festival
Michael Fox
May 2, 2007Movies are shifting at mach speed from the theater to the home. The future is at hand.
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Festivals
SF360 Film Culture Confidential: Shhhhhh....
Staff
Apr 28, 2007How 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?
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Festivals
A Festival, a Half Century
B. Ruby Rich
Apr 24, 2007Is there anyone who doesn't know that the San Francisco International Film Festival is turning 50 this month?
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Reviews
"Iraq in Fragments, "The Lives of Others"
Max Goldberg
Feb 13, 2007James Longley's Fragments stands out amongst the crowded field of Iraqumentaries, while Others pulls back the Iron Curtain to powerful effect.
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Reviews
15 Minutes of YouTube
Justin Juul
Feb 2, 2007The List: A collection of individuals who caught my eye in an intense week of YouTube scouring. Most have gotten upwards of one million views.
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Festivals
A Superdance and a Superbowl
Susan Gerhard
Jan 31, 2007Wrapping up Sundance Ô07, with the NFL's big game as the best metaphor to describe the annual festival.
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Q & A
Mark Becker's Mission-Inspired "Romantico"
indieWIRE
Jan 15, 2007Hailed as one of the best films of 2005 without distribution, Becker's doc hits theaters nearly two years after it debuted at Sundance.
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Q & A
A Word From Our Sponsored Films
Max Goldberg
Nov 28, 2006Collector and archivist Rick Prelinger puts on a show at the Other Cinema to celebrate his new book, A Field Guide to Sponsored Films.
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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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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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Festivals
A Cinequest 35
Susan Gerhard
Nov 17, 2006Cinequest announces a plan to distribute indie films via DVD, the Internet, TV, and some traditional theatrical sales.
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Festivals
A Cinequest 35
Susan Gerhard
Nov 17, 2006Cinequest announces a plan to distribute indie films via DVD, the Internet, TV, and some traditional theatrical sales.
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Reviews
50 Years of Janus Films
Max Goldberg
Nov 15, 2006It doesn't seem like a stretch to group Janus with those American institutions which have represented a vision of what art is and can be.
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News & Blogs
Case Studies in Indie Distribution at Digimart
Sean Uyehara
Nov 8, 2006The resounding refrain at Digimart 2006 was that the traditional model of independent film and video distribution was dying.
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News & Blogs
Case Studies in Indie Distribution at Digimart
Sean Uyehara
Nov 8, 2006The resounding refrain at Digimart 2006 was that the traditional model of independent film and video distribution was dying.
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Q & A
51 Birch Street, Revisited
indieWIRE
Nov 6, 2006Through a close examination of his own family, filmmaker Doug Block explores universal questions about our own mothers and fathers in 51 Birch Street.
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Q & A
Poetic Terrorism and Wholphin #2
Sean Uyehara
Oct 17, 2006When Brent Hoff was checking into a hotel for a film festival, the concierge thrust a business card into his hand, “Remember me next time you’re casting a film." So he asked the biggest directors he knows to cast the concierge in a series of short films.
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Q & A
Joseph McBride: All is Welles
Michael Fox
Oct 16, 2006Joseph McBride's What Ever Happened to Orson Welles?: A Portrait of An Independent Career catalogs the director's amazingly prolific final 15 years.
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News & Blogs
Netflix 101, a Dispatch from IFP's Filmmaker Conference
Eugene Hernandez/indieWIRE
Sep 22, 2006A panel discussion yields insights into the presentÑand futureÑof indie distribution.
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Festivals
Global Lens 2006
Michael Fox
Sep 21, 2006The annual series of films from countries with less developed or out-of-favor national cinemas has several winners.
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Festivals
Global Lens 2006
Michael Fox
Sep 21, 2006The annual series of films from countries with less developed or out-of-favor national cinemas has several winners.
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Reviews
Another Other Cinema, Now on DVD
Johnny Ray Huston
Sep 20, 2006Craig Baldwin and Noel Lawrence bring their brand of smart, quirky, avant-garde and political programming into the home.
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News & Blogs
Indie Distributors Strategize for Fall 2006 Releases
Steven Rosen
Sep 8, 2006Distributors of independent films reveal their strategies and assessment of the market heading into the all-important fall season.
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Reviews
Pacific Film Archive's "A Theater Near You"
Max Goldberg
Aug 31, 2006This 2006 series of recent releases and restorations that played theaters for only a day or, at most, a week is exceptionally varied.
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Festivals
Netflix Rolling Roadshow: Return to Alcatraz
Jennifer Young
Aug 30, 2006Austin's Alamo Drafthouse Cinema touring program brings classics to the locations they made famous, with a mobile outdoor projection unit and inflatable screen.
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News & Blogs
Current TV and the Audience as Auteur
Justin Juul
Aug 29, 2006Al Gore's fledgling S.F.--based cable and satellite channel, Current TV, generates cutting-edge content democratically, with a third of the programming created by viewers.
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Q & A
TurnHere's Travel Videos
Susan Gerhard
Aug 18, 2006There's one resource on the Net where some of the best travel videos have congregated, the Emervyille company aptly named TurnHere.
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Reviews
All About Eva
Susan Gerhard
Aug 11, 2006The List: Ten faves from Eva Sollberger's YouTube series, The Deadbeat Club, which revisits the decade she spent working in the Bay Area film community.
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Q & A
25 Years of Sundance at the CFI's Rafael
Susan Gerhard
Jul 18, 2006California Film Institute's Executive Director, Mark Fishkin, comments on the Sundance Institute's "Art House Project."
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Festivals
International REMIX
Susan Gerhard
Apr 19, 2006If you haven't yet found your repurpose in life, SFIFF's International Remix site might be of use.
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Q & A
Happiness Is...Finding a Film Club? Adam Werbach Riffs
Susan Gerhard
Apr 10, 2006George Bush Senior's thousand points of light may never have materialized, but Adam Werbach believes that millions of pixels can truly accomplish something.
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News & Blogs
Sundance Cinemas Buys Kabuki 8
Susan Gerhard
Mar 24, 2006Sundance Cinemas buys the Kabuki 8 and announces plans to reopen as the Sundance Kabuki in early fall 2006.
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