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Deadlines
Funding: Catapult Film Fund
Nov 7, 2011Catapult Film Fund provides early development funding to documentary filmmakers who have a compelling story to tell. It supports powerful stories, and moving storytelling, across a broad spectrum of issues and perspectives. ELIGIBILITY: Applicant must be 18 or older. Catapult Film Fund does not award grants for student films. Documentary projects must be 28 minutes or longer. Development funds must specifically be used to complete early writing, shooting and editing once story and characters are in place. Applicants must be independent producers. They must own the copyright of their production, and have artistic, budgetary and editorial control of their project. Applicants must have previous film or television production experience in a principal role as demonstrated by submitting previously completed work sample. Applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have successfully fund-raised for an independent documentary film, in line with its original budget. AWARDS: Catapult Film Fund development grants range from $5,000 to $20,000. DEADLINE: November 7, 2011. WEBSITE: catapultfilmfund.org/.
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News & Blogs
Shoot Online: "Bodega Goes Bicoastal, Opens San Francisco Office Under Exec Producer/Partner Clint Goldman"
Nov 3, 2011"Bodega, a New York-based content creation/production company, has extended its reach Westward with the opening of a San Francisco shop headed by executive producer/partner Clint Goldman." More at shootonline.com.
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Deadlines
Opportunities: Rough Cuts
Nov 1, 2011Rough Cuts is a series of work-in-progress documentary screenings that are produced at a variety of locations throughout San Francisco. The next event (November 14, 2011; 7:30 p.m.) features one rough cut of a feature-length documentary and then a conversation about the film. The post-screening discussion is designed to give the filmmaker a better, more objective sense of what is working and not working with the film, with particular attention paid to improving the film's structure and narrative clarity. ELIGIBILITY: Rough Cuts is currently accepting submissions for the next event. If you are editing a documentary that is over 40 minutes long and are seeking feedback, they encourage you to submit. Principal photography should have been completed, and filmmakers tare encouraged to submit films that are in the later stages of post-production. AWARDS: Invaluable feedback and constructive criticism. DEADLINE: November 1, 2011. Submissions must arrive by 5:00 p.m. WEBSITE: sfroughcuts.com/index.html.
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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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First Person
Clean White Lines Demos DIY Ethos
Jessica Sapick
Oct 18, 2011Can three film school grads from San Francisco break out without the help of Hollywood or New York connections?
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Clean White Lines Demos DIY Ethos
Jessica Sapick
Oct 18, 2011Can three film school grads from San Francisco break out without the help of Hollywood or New York connections?
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October 20, 2011
Clean White Lines Demos DIY Ethos
Jessica Sapick
Oct 18, 2011Can three film school grads from San Francisco break out without the help of Hollywood or New York connections?
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Deadlines
Opportunities: Cinequest Screenwriting Competition
Oct 17, 2011Cinequest Screenwriting Competition, held in conjunction with the Cinequest Film Festival (February 28-March 11, 2012), is accepting submissions. ELIGIBILITY: The competition is open to screenplays of all genres and lengths up to 140 pages that have not been optioned, purchased, produced, or put into production. Scripts should be in English, properly formatted, and submitted in PDF format. Scripts written as adaptations of other works must have secured rights before being submitted. Entry fee $45-65. AWARDS: Finalists receive non-cash prizes, including exposure to literary agents, film studios, and producers. Top prize is $5,000. DEADLINE: September 26, 2011 (early); October 17, 2011 (late). WEBSITE: cinequest.org/sp_agent.php.
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Funding
GOT Low Budgets, High Production Values?
Adrianne Anderson
Oct 11, 2011San Rafael’s Indigo Films makes fascinating crime fare for cable on a DIY-sized budget.
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GOT Low Budgets, High Production Values?
Adrianne Anderson
Oct 11, 2011San Rafael’s Indigo Films makes fascinating crime fare for cable on a DIY-sized budget.
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October 14, 2011
GOT Low Budgets, High Production Values?
Adrianne Anderson
Oct 11, 2011San Rafael’s Indigo Films makes fascinating crime fare for cable on a DIY-sized budget.
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Funding
GOT Low Budgets, High Production Values?
Adrianne Anderson
Oct 11, 2011San Rafael’s Indigo Films makes fascinating crime fare for cable on a DIY-sized budget.
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Home
GOT Low Budgets, High Production Values?
Adrianne Anderson
Oct 11, 2011San Rafael’s Indigo Films makes fascinating crime fare for cable on a DIY-sized budget.
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October 14, 2011
GOT Low Budgets, High Production Values?
Adrianne Anderson
Oct 11, 2011San Rafael’s Indigo Films makes fascinating crime fare for cable on a DIY-sized budget.
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Deadlines
Funding: TFI Documentary Fund
Oct 10, 2011The TFI Documentary Fund provides grants and guidance to exceptional filmmakers developing engaging feature-length documentaries which emphasize character and that allow audiences to consider history, culture and society through the experiences of extraordinary individuals. ELIGIBILITY: Submissions must be non-fiction motion pictures with an intended length of at least 70 minutes and should creatively document unique character(s); submissions can be in the advanced stages of development, production or post-production and must not have aired on any form. Foreign language documentaries are eligible, but must be subtitled and suitable for an American audience. Applicants must be over 18-years old. $25 entry fee. AWARDS: Grants of at least $10,000 will be awarded in 2012. DEADLINE: October 10, 2011. WEBSITE: tribecafilminstitute.org/tfi_documentary/.
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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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Festivals
Mill Valley Brings Oscar Contenders Close to Home
Dennis Harvey
Oct 6, 2011Mill Valley amps up the star wattage in its annual mix of local, international titles.
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Mill Valley Brings Oscar Contenders Close to Home
Dennis Harvey
Oct 6, 2011Mill Valley amps up the star wattage in its annual mix of local, international titles.
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October 6, 2011
Mill Valley Brings Oscar Contenders Close to Home
Dennis Harvey
Oct 6, 2011Mill Valley amps up the star wattage in its annual mix of local, international titles.
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Events
SFFS Film Arts Forum
Sep 27, 2011SFFS's bi-monthly forum and industry show-and-tell makes its first appearance at Film Society Cinema this Tuesday. Panel discussion will be moderated by music rights exec Brooke Wentz and feature Kim Aubry of Zoetrope Aubry productions alongside Academy Award-winning soundmen Michael Semanick and Richard Beggs. More info at sffs.org.
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September 27 2011
SFFS Film Arts Forum
Sep 27, 2011SFFS's bi-monthly forum and industry show-and-tell makes its first appearance at Film Society Cinema this Tuesday. Panel discussion will be moderated by music rights exec Brooke Wentz and feature Kim Aubry of Zoetrope Aubry productions alongside Academy Award-winning soundmen Michael Semanick and Richard Beggs. More info at sffs.org.
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News & Blogs
Below the Line: "SPY Delivers Visual Effects, DI and Stereo Conversion for Coppola's 'Twixt' "
Sep 22, 2011"San Francisco-based visual effects and post house SPY, a FotoKem company, recently contributed hundreds of visual effects shots, the digital intermediate and 3D conversion services for Francis Ford Coppola’s latest feature film, Twixt," reports Below the Line. More at btlnews.com.
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News & Blogs
SFFS Announces Winners of Documentary Film Fund Awards
Sep 21, 2011Press release: The San Francisco Film Society today announced the three winners of the inaugural SFFS Documentary Film Fund grants. The Fund was created to support the postproduction of singular feature-length nonfiction film work that is distinguished by compelling stories, intriguing characters and an innovative visual approach. Each year from 2011 to 2013, a total of $100,000 will be disbursed to further new work by documentary filmmakers nationwide. Winners are: Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson, An American Promise, $25,000; Priya Desai and Ann Kim, Match +, $25,000; Zachary Heinzerling, Cutie & the Boxe, $50,000. For more information go to: sffs.org/filmmaker-services.
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Deadlines
Funding: The Roy W. Dean LA August Grant
Aug 30, 2011The Roy W. Dean Film and Writing Grants fund shorts, documentaries and low budget independent features. ELIGIBILITY: New film and video projects (including works-in-progress) that are unique and benefit the society. Student filmmakers, independent producers or independent production companies are all welcome. AWARDS: Winner gets a variety of awards including scholarships and cash prizes for different production fields. DEADLINE: August 30, 2011. WEBSITE: fromtheheartproductions.com/grant-lavideo.shtml.
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August 25, 2011
ITVS Celebrates 20th Tuned to Multi-Platform World
Michael Fox
Aug 24, 2011Powerfully positioned San Francisco-based champion of independent docs and dramas for television begins to navigate its third decade.
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ITVS Celebrates 20th Tuned to Multi-Platform World
Michael Fox
Aug 24, 2011Powerfully positioned San Francisco-based champion of independent docs and dramas for television begins to navigate its third decade.
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News & Blogs
ITVS Celebrates 20th Tuned to Multi-Platform World
Michael Fox
Aug 24, 2011Powerfully positioned San Francisco-based champion of independent docs and dramas for television begins to navigate its third decade.
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August 25, 2011
ITVS Celebrates 20th Tuned to Multi-Platform World
Michael Fox
Aug 24, 2011Powerfully positioned San Francisco-based champion of independent docs and dramas for television begins to navigate its third decade.
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Home
ITVS Celebrates 20th Tuned to Multi-Platform World
Michael Fox
Aug 24, 2011Powerfully positioned San Francisco-based champion of independent docs and dramas for television begins to navigate its third decade.
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News & Blogs
ITVS Celebrates 20th Tuned to Multi-Platform World
Michael Fox
Aug 24, 2011Powerfully positioned San Francisco-based champion of independent docs and dramas for television begins to navigate its third decade.
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August 25, 2011
Susannah Greason Robbins on Growing the City’s Film Industry
Jackson Scarlett
Aug 22, 2011The San Francisco’s Film Commission's executive director offers notes on new incentives for production in the city.
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Susannah Greason Robbins on Growing the City’s Film Industry
Jackson Scarlett
Aug 22, 2011The San Francisco’s Film Commission's executive director offers notes on new incentives for production in the city.
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Q & A
Susannah Greason Robbins on Growing the City’s Film Industry
Jackson Scarlett
Aug 22, 2011The San Francisco’s Film Commission's executive director offers notes on new incentives for production in the city.
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August 25, 2011
Susannah Greason Robbins on Growing the City’s Film Industry
Jackson Scarlett
Aug 22, 2011The San Francisco’s Film Commission's executive director offers notes on new incentives for production in the city.
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Home
Susannah Greason Robbins on Growing the City’s Film Industry
Jackson Scarlett
Aug 22, 2011The San Francisco’s Film Commission's executive director offers notes on new incentives for production in the city.
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Q & A
Susannah Greason Robbins on Growing the City’s Film Industry
Jackson Scarlett
Aug 22, 2011The San Francisco’s Film Commission's executive director offers notes on new incentives for production in the city.
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Home
'Vigilante, Vigilante' Opens Can of Worms
Michael Fox
Aug 18, 2011Filmmakers find themselves outside the 'buffer' zone as film about graffiti-abaters hits local screens, and streets. Editor's note: Vigilante, Vigilante: The Battle for Expression, a Bay Area-made film on graffiti "abatement," opened with a clamor last weekend at the Roxie, as San Francisco's Department of Public Works made an issue of cleaning up the film's street-art advertising campaign. The filmmakers responded that they've asked that their materials not be posted illegally, but that hasn't stopped DPW requesting them to cease and desist attracting audiences via wheatpaste. What follows is sf360.org's interview...
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News & Blogs
'Vigilante, Vigilante' Opens Can of Worms
Michael Fox
Aug 18, 2011Filmmakers find themselves outside the 'buffer' zone as film about graffiti-abaters hits local screens, and streets. Editor's note: Vigilante, Vigilante: The Battle for Expression, a Bay Area-made film on graffiti "abatement," opened with a clamor last weekend at the Roxie, as San Francisco's Department of Public Works made an issue of cleaning up the film's street-art advertising campaign. The filmmakers responded that they've asked that their materials not be posted illegally, but that hasn't stopped DPW requesting them to cease and desist attracting audiences via wheatpaste. What follows is sf360.org's interview...
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August 16, 2011
'The African Queen'
Aug 18, 2011Canonized director John Huston's 'The African Queen,' now mostly remembered for its tumultuous production history, was also the director's biggest grossing film, securing Humphrey Bogart his first Oscar for acting. The Alameda Theatre screens this battle-of-the-sexes classic on film Wednesday and Thursday only. More info at alamedatheatres.com.
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News & Blogs
SFFS Announces Winners of Spring 2011 SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grants
Aug 15, 2011The San Francisco Film Society and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation today announced the five winners and two honorable mentions of the fifth round of SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grants. The grants are awarded twice annually to filmmakers for narrative feature films with social justice themes that will have significant economic or professional impact on the Bay Area filmmaking community. Between 2009 and 2013 the SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grants will award nearly $2.5 million, including a total of $788,000 already awarded in the first five grant rounds.
Carlton Evans and Matthew Lessner (Ross), $50,000 for screenwriting; Aurora Guerrero (Mosquita y Mari), $88,000 for postproduction; Adam Keker (National Park), $35,000 for screenwriting; Timothy Kelly (The Cherokee Word for Water), $75,000 for production; Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of a Southern Wild), $55,000 for postproduction. Honorable Mentions went to: John Dilly (Rubbish), development and Ian Olds (The Western Habit), screenwriting. More at sffs.org.
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August 18, 2011
Teens Tackle Production at SFFS Young Filmmakers Camp
Kim Nunley
Aug 12, 2011The second year of the Film Society's movie-making summer camp puts youth on location.
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Teens Tackle Production at SFFS Young Filmmakers Camp
Kim Nunley
Aug 12, 2011The second year of the Film Society's movie-making summer camp puts youth on location.
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News & Blogs
Teens Tackle Production at SFFS Young Filmmakers Camp
Kim Nunley
Aug 12, 2011The second year of the Film Society's movie-making summer camp puts youth on location.
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July 26, 2011
'Red Cliff' and 'Red Cliff II' Uncut
Aug 1, 20114 Star Theatre screens John Woo's sweeping, polarizing 'Red Cliff,' still Asia's largest production at $80 million, along with its sequel 'Red Cliff II', his most recent film. Both films play uncut, on the original celluloid. More info at lntsf.com.
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Home
Notes on Leveraging the Big Bash Climax
Karen Everett
Jul 27, 2011The planned "reversal" gives documentary filmmakers a means to build drama from otherwise anti-climactic moments.
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July 28, 2011
Notes on Leveraging the Big Bash Climax
Karen Everett
Jul 27, 2011The planned "reversal" gives documentary filmmakers a means to build drama from otherwise anti-climactic moments.
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Story Structure
Notes on Leveraging the Big Bash Climax
Karen Everett
Jul 27, 2011The planned "reversal" gives documentary filmmakers a means to build drama from otherwise anti-climactic moments.
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News & Blogs
Ninth Street Announces Incubator Participants
Jul 1, 2011Press release: The Ninth Street Independent Film Center announced today five new participants for the Center's Media Arts Incubator Program for 2011-2012. "This is a great group of participants," says Skye Christensen, Executive Director of the Ninth Street Independent Film Center. "Each brings a very dynamic project to the Program, and we're really looking forward to what they'll accomplish during their time here." Ninth Street’s Media Arts Incubator Program is designed to nurture socially relevant independent media projects at Ninth Street Independent Film Center. The Incubator Program supports independent filmmakers, start-up film festivals and small media nonprofits through access to workspace and shared resources, such as cross-promotional opportunities, co-productions, affordable meeting or exhibition space and community connections with established media arts partners (Center for Asian American Media, Frameline, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, and others). Participants are: Rachel Caplan (CEO) and Daniela Rible (Deputy Director) of the annual SF Green Film Festival; Jennifer Tipton and Cary McQueen Morrow, the directors of Art with Impact, which is a platform for the creation of new media on critical social issues; David Evan Harris, Executive Director of the Global Lives Project, a media arts nonprofit that seeks to collaboratively build a video library of human life experience; Scarlett Shepard is Executive Director of the SF Women’s Film Festival; and J.R. Flemming, director and producer of Guarding Dogs, which is a documentary film with a crowd-sourcing model currently in production that makes the case for adopting a dog instead breeding/buying.
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Home
We Want Answers
Karen Everett
Jun 14, 2011Asking the right questions is an art; a consultant speaks on how to conduct documentary interviews that will help structure your film.
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June 16, 2011
We Want Answers
Karen Everett
Jun 14, 2011Asking the right questions is an art; a consultant speaks on how to conduct documentary interviews that will help structure your film.
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Story Structure
We Want Answers
Karen Everett
Jun 14, 2011Asking the right questions is an art; a consultant speaks on how to conduct documentary interviews that will help structure your film.
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Home
We Want Answers
Karen Everett
Jun 14, 2011Asking the right questions is an art; a consultant speaks on how to conduct documentary interviews that will help structure your film.
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June 16, 2011
We Want Answers
Karen Everett
Jun 14, 2011Asking the right questions is an art; a consultant speaks on how to conduct documentary interviews that will help structure your film.
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Story Structure
We Want Answers
Karen Everett
Jun 14, 2011Asking the right questions is an art; a consultant speaks on how to conduct documentary interviews that will help structure your film.
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Home
Richardson Wraps Circus ‘Net’
Michael Fox
Jun 7, 2011A filmmaker finds the rigors of circus life match the rigors of growing up in poverty in Brazil.
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In Production
Richardson Wraps Circus ‘Net’
Michael Fox
Jun 7, 2011A filmmaker finds the rigors of circus life match the rigors of growing up in poverty in Brazil.
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June 9, 2011
Richardson Wraps Circus ‘Net’
Michael Fox
Jun 7, 2011A filmmaker finds the rigors of circus life match the rigors of growing up in poverty in Brazil.
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First Person
Production Values: Michael Whalen
Adrianne Anderson
Jun 6, 2011Whalen speaks from experience on the importance of story and drama in nonfiction filmmaking.
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Home
Production Values: Michael Whalen
Adrianne Anderson
Jun 6, 2011Whalen speaks from experience on the importance of story and drama in nonfiction filmmaking.
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June 9, 2011
Production Values: Michael Whalen
Adrianne Anderson
Jun 6, 2011Whalen speaks from experience on the importance of story and drama in nonfiction filmmaking.
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May 24, 2011
The Art of ‘Howl’ at the Cartoon Art Museum
May 19, 2011The vivid mindscapes of Allen Ginsberg's poems come to radical life in Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman's James Franco-fied 'Howl' via the art of Ginsberg collaborator Eric Drooker. The Cartoon Art Museum showcases 'The Art of Howl,' with Drooker's work, storyboards, photos and multimedia. More at cartoonart.org.
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News & Blogs
San Francisco Film Society Announces New $300,000 Documentary Film Fund
Apr 22, 2011Press Release: The San Francisco Film Society announced the new SFFS Documentary Film Fund, which over the next three years will disburse a series of annual grants totaling $300,000 to support feature-length documentaries in postproduction. The SFFS Documentary Film Fund is created to support singular nonfiction film work that is distinguished by compelling stories, intriguing characters and an innovative visual approach. The first grant cycle application period opens June 17; the first winners will be announced September 30. More at sffs.org.
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april 22 2011
Production Values: Debbie Brubaker
Adrianne Anderson
Apr 19, 2011A veteran producer talks about the art, craft and industry behind her work.
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First Person
Production Values: Debbie Brubaker
Adrianne Anderson
Apr 19, 2011A veteran producer talks about the art, craft and industry behind her work.
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Home
Production Values: Debbie Brubaker
Adrianne Anderson
Apr 19, 2011A veteran producer talks about the art, craft and industry behind her work.
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april 22 2011
On Producing Killer Films
Dennis Harvey
Apr 18, 2011Christine Vachon examines her varied indie successes while offering notes on the world of change engulfing cinema.
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On Producing Killer Films
Dennis Harvey
Apr 18, 2011Christine Vachon examines her varied indie successes while offering notes on the world of change engulfing cinema.
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Q & A
On Producing Killer Films
Dennis Harvey
Apr 18, 2011Christine Vachon examines her varied indie successes while offering notes on the world of change engulfing cinema.
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April 7, 2011
Juelich Rides ‘Neon’ Roller Coaster
Michael Fox
Apr 6, 2011Jennifer Juelich uses California carnivals as atmosphere for her DIY drama.
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Juelich Rides ‘Neon’ Roller Coaster
Michael Fox
Apr 6, 2011Jennifer Juelich uses California carnivals as atmosphere for her DIY drama.
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In Production
Juelich Rides ‘Neon’ Roller Coaster
Michael Fox
Apr 6, 2011Jennifer Juelich uses California carnivals as atmosphere for her DIY drama.
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April 7, 2011
Uncomplicating the Casting Process
Kim Nunley
Apr 5, 2011Hester Schell’s ‘Casting Revealed’ helps filmmakers hire quality actors.
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First Person
Uncomplicating the Casting Process
Kim Nunley
Apr 5, 2011Hester Schell’s ‘Casting Revealed’ helps filmmakers hire quality actors.
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Home
Uncomplicating the Casting Process
Kim Nunley
Apr 5, 2011Hester Schell’s ‘Casting Revealed’ helps filmmakers hire quality actors.
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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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First Person
Filmmakers Bring Stories to New Platforms
Erica Marcus
Mar 22, 2011The Media that Matters Conference showcased innovative formats and powerful storytelling.
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Filmmakers Bring Stories to New Platforms
Erica Marcus
Mar 22, 2011The Media that Matters Conference showcased innovative formats and powerful storytelling.
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March 24, 2011
Filmmakers Bring Stories to New Platforms
Erica Marcus
Mar 22, 2011The Media that Matters Conference showcased innovative formats and powerful storytelling.
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News & Blogs
SFIFF54 Announces Documentaries in Golden Gate Awards, Films in New Directors Competition
Mar 4, 2011Press release: The 54th San Francisco International Film Festival (April 21 - May 5) today announced its documentaries in competition for the Golden Gate Awards and films in competition for the New Directors Prize. The International will award close to $100,000 in total prizes this year. Sixty thousand dollars will be awarded to winners in three categories: investigative documentary feature ($25,000), documentary feature ($20,000) and Bay Area documentary feature ($15,000). The New Directors Prize of $15,000 is given to a narrative first feature that exhibits a unique artistic sensibility and deserves to be seen by as wide an audience as possible. Seventeen countries contributed to the production of the 11 films in this year's competition. Click through for titles or visit sffs.org.
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News & Blogs
SFGate: Philip Kaufman’s 'Hemingway & Gellhorn' Looks for Extras in San Francisco
Feb 23, 2011Reports SFGate: “The HBO production ‘Hemingway & Gellhorn,’ starring Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen and being filmed almost entirely in San Francisco, needs some local extras. But the open call only welcomes 18- to 40-year-old, Spanish-looking, English-speaking men with fair to medium complexions, dark hair, eyes and lean physiques.” Open calls take place through Sunday, February 27 12:30 to 4:00 pm at Beau Bonneau Casting. More at sfgate.com and beaubonneaucasting.com.
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February 10, 2011
Scary Cow Stampede Continues Apace
Michael Fox
Feb 9, 2011Scary Cow matches makers with crews, and, every quarter, finds audiences for both.
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Home
Scary Cow Stampede Continues Apace
Michael Fox
Feb 9, 2011Scary Cow matches makers with crews, and, every quarter, finds audiences for both.
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In Production
Scary Cow Stampede Continues Apace
Michael Fox
Feb 9, 2011Scary Cow matches makers with crews, and, every quarter, finds audiences for both.
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February 10, 2011
Scary Cow Stampede Continues Apace
Michael Fox
Feb 9, 2011Scary Cow matches makers with crews, and, every quarter, finds audiences for both.
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Home
Scary Cow Stampede Continues Apace
Michael Fox
Feb 9, 2011Scary Cow matches makers with crews, and, every quarter, finds audiences for both.
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In Production
Scary Cow Stampede Continues Apace
Michael Fox
Feb 9, 2011Scary Cow matches makers with crews, and, every quarter, finds audiences for both.
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December 14, 2010
'Stranger than Paradise'
Dec 16, 2010An early example of Jim Jarmusch’s thorough craftsmanship and characteristic sense of humor, ‘Stranger than Paradise’ stars John Lurie as a young New Yorker obligated to look after his visiting Hungarian cousin for ten days. This seminal ‘80s independent production plays at the Roxie Theater. More at roxie.com.
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News & Blogs
SF Chronicle: 'SF panel woos film crews with discounts'
Dec 15, 2010SF Chronicle: "To attract more motion pictures and commercials to shoot in the city, the Film Commission today launched the Scene in San Francisco Vendor Discount Program offering participating productions discounts at businesses from restaurants and hotels to fitness clubs and entertainment venues." More at SFGate.
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December 7, 2010
‘Meat Grinder’
Dec 11, 2010YBCA’s ‘Go To Hell For The Holidays: Horror in December’ series continues with Kiwa Moethaisong’s ‘Meat Grinder,’ the story of a disturbed chef who increases her noodle soup sales by adding a simple and grotesque ingredient. More at ybca.org.
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November 30, 2010
'Red White & Blue'
Dec 2, 2010Simon Rumley’s low budget Texas-set horror film tells the story of a disconnected, promiscuous young woman who finds friendship in a mysterious Iraq veteran. ‘Red White & Blue’ kicks off YBCA’s Go To Hell For The Holidays: Horror in December series. More at ybca.org.
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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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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
Malmberg Builds a Following with 'Marwencol'
Jessica Sapick
Nov 29, 2010A first-team non-fiction feature filmmaker hits it big with miniatures story.
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Home
Malmberg Builds a Following with 'Marwencol'
Jessica Sapick
Nov 29, 2010A first-team non-fiction feature filmmaker hits it big with miniatures story.
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Q & A
Malmberg Builds a Following with 'Marwencol'
Jessica Sapick
Nov 29, 2010A first-team non-fiction feature filmmaker hits it big with miniatures story.
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Home
'Turkey Creek' Bridges the Gulf
Michael Fox
Oct 20, 2010Leah Mahan's 'Turkey Creek' finds a variety of disasters in Mississippi.
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In Production
'Turkey Creek' Bridges the Gulf
Michael Fox
Oct 20, 2010Leah Mahan's 'Turkey Creek' finds a variety of disasters in Mississippi.
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October 21, 2010
'Turkey Creek' Bridges the Gulf
Michael Fox
Oct 20, 2010Leah Mahan's 'Turkey Creek' finds a variety of disasters in Mississippi.
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September 21, 2010
The Lost Films of Charles Ludlam
Sep 24, 2010After seeing one of Charles Ludlam's early plays, theater critic Brendan Gill famously remarked, "This isn't farce. This isn't absurd. This is absolutely ridiculous!" Yerba Buena Center for the Arts presents two of Ludlam's rarely seen films: a digitally remastered version of 'The Sorrows of Dolores' (September 24–25) and 'The Impostors' (September 26), where Ludlam stars as a gay magician.
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September 14, 2010
'A Brighter Summer Day'
Sep 16, 2010Edward Yang died too soon, but his work remains: An uncut and newly restored version of Yang's intense and epic portrait of life in '60s Taiwan plays at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
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Home
'Them Greeks' Tests Independent Digital Production Model
Jessica Sapick
Sep 7, 2010An animator collaborates over the ether to bring 'Them Greeks....!' to life.
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Q & A
'Them Greeks' Tests Independent Digital Production Model
Jessica Sapick
Sep 7, 2010An animator collaborates over the ether to bring 'Them Greeks....!' to life.
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September 9 2010
'Them Greeks' Tests Independent Digital Production Model
Jessica Sapick
Sep 7, 2010An animator collaborates over the ether to bring 'Them Greeks....!' to life.
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August 31, 2010
'Handmade Nation' at YBCA
Sep 5, 2010The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts' design and architecture series, Something From Nothing, draws to a close with Faythe Levine's 'Handmade Nation,' a documentary about the politics, aesthetics, and ethos of D.I.Y craft in North America that played SF360 Film+Club this past year.
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August 24, 2010
Rare Summer Vampires
Aug 26, 2010Rare vampire films, including Kathryn Bigelow's Near Dark and Carl Dreyer's unsettling Vampyr, come out of the dark for a weekend at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
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August 24, 2010
The Factory Year-End Screening
Aug 24, 2010Oakland's youth video-production collective The Factory showcases more than a dozen documentary, narrative, and experimental films made by students at the Pacific Film Archive on August 24. A panel discussion with student filmmakers follows.
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August 26 ,2010
Eat, Pray, Love, Direct
Jessica Sapick
Aug 23, 2010Ruba Nadda speaks of sultry actors and tenacious directors in the making of 'Cairo Time.'
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Home
Eat, Pray, Love, Direct
Jessica Sapick
Aug 23, 2010Ruba Nadda speaks of sultry actors and tenacious directors in the making of 'Cairo Time.'
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Q & A
Eat, Pray, Love, Direct
Jessica Sapick
Aug 23, 2010Ruba Nadda speaks of sultry actors and tenacious directors in the making of 'Cairo Time.'
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August 19 2010
Rubio Rolls Cameras in 'Too Perfect' Orinda
Michael Fox
Aug 18, 2010Drawing from reality, and yoga practice, an independent production team catalogues childhood's end.
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Home
Rubio Rolls Cameras in 'Too Perfect' Orinda
Michael Fox
Aug 18, 2010Drawing from reality, and yoga practice, an independent production team catalogues childhood's end.
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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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07-21-2010
The San Francisco Silent Film Festival Speaks Volumes
Dennis Harvey
Jul 15, 2010The San Francisco Silent Film Festival offers its now expected collection of rare finds, live music and early film amazements
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Festivals
The San Francisco Silent Film Festival Speaks Volumes
Dennis Harvey
Jul 15, 2010The San Francisco Silent Film Festival offers its now expected collection of rare finds, live music and early film amazements
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Home
The San Francisco Silent Film Festival Speaks Volumes
Dennis Harvey
Jul 15, 2010The San Francisco Silent Film Festival offers its now expected collection of rare finds, live music and early film amazements
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Home
Koons Garcia Runs Fingers Through 'Soil'
Michael Fox
Jul 14, 2010Deborah Koons Garcia's latest film explores the mystery and complexities of one of the earth's most valuable resources.
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In Production
Koons Garcia Runs Fingers Through 'Soil'
Michael Fox
Jul 14, 2010Deborah Koons Garcia's latest film explores the mystery and complexities of one of the earth's most valuable resources.
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Festivals
Frameline's History Lessons
Max Goldberg
Jun 24, 2010Frameline34 brought together a wide array of programs following the retrospective impulse.
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Q & A
Polk Street Lures Boswell's 'Stranger'
Michael Fox
Jun 23, 2010Scott Boswell’s marvelous debut feature, The Stranger In Us, plays out on Polk Street and in the Tenderloin, far from the oft-photographed glamour spots of San Francisco.
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Q & A
On the Road with 'Joan,' Stern and Sundberg Talk Big Picture
Michael Fox
Jun 14, 2010The makers of Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work speak about their latest, as well as the state of documentary filmmaking.
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In Production
Koppelman Maps International Cybercrime, Cuban Opera
Michael Fox
Jun 9, 2010Charles Koppelman's documentary in progress, Zero Day, exposes each of three threats to the Internet: cybercrime, cyberespionage and cyberwarfare.
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News & Blogs
Studio B Films Wins Telly Awards
Jun 8, 2010San Francisco-based video production company recognized for work for Adobe Systems and Izze Sparkling Juice.
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In Production
Breaux Leads Search Party Through Southwestern Country
Michael Fox
Jun 1, 2010Maria Breaux, deep in the heart of production on Mother Country talks about politics, process and her existential road movie.
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Reviews
'Typeface' Makes Art of a Lost Craft
Adam Hartzell
May 14, 2010Gary Hustwit s Helvetica turned a font into a fascination, and Justine Nagan's Typeface takes the topic of type one step further by moving into the past.
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Festivals
SFIFF53: Golden Gate Awards and Juried Prizes/Grants Announced
Susan Gerhard
May 5, 2010Cash prizes totaling nearly $300,000 for filmmakers highlighted the San Francisco International Film Festival s Golden Gate Awards Wednesday night.
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Q & A
New York-set Charlie Barker's Big S.F. Break
Michael Fox
May 2, 2010Along with selfless sacrifices and random luck, low-budget independent films often depend on the timely intervention of an angel.
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Reviews
Epic Expectations in 'The Warlords'
Dennis Harvey
Apr 7, 2010When television first became a dire threat, Hollywood fought the small screen by making the big one really big with vast spectacles worth leaving home for.
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Reviews
Green by Design: Purebred Productions
Michael Behrens
Mar 28, 2010San Francisco has a variety of excellent soundstages, but one is trying to save the earth.
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Festivals
Words from Sundance Staffers: Jon Ho
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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Reviews
'Fish Tank's Essex truth
Dennis Harvey
Jan 28, 2010Writer-director Andrea Arnold created a stir with her first feature Red Road, but her new film is arguably an even stronger work.
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In Production
Joe Graham's Soulful 'Strapped'
Michael Fox
Jan 19, 2010"I wish gay cinema would die", Joe Graham declares. It s not queer movies the San Francisco filmmaker hates, but categories and pigeonholing.
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Q & A
Michael House's Translation of Tati at YBCA
Michael Guillen
Jan 17, 2010Riding the crest of the Tati tsunami hitting our shores is The Magnificent Tati by Michael House, who lived in S.F. for 12 years before moving to Paris.
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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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Story Structure
Best Practices For Naming Sequences
Karen Everett
Dec 30, 2009For handy access to your most valuable footage, here s a method of organizing sequences.
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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
David Thomson Revisits 'Psycho's' Critical Moment
Michael Fox
Dec 14, 2009David Thomson's new book commemorates the golden anniversary of Hitchcock's "Psycho."
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Story Structure
Sequence Names
Karen Everett
Dec 1, 2009The Edit Room: Karen Everett shares tips on how to track multiple versions of Final Cut Pro projects and sequences.
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Documentary
The Upside of Downtime
Fernanda Rossi
Nov 24, 2009Ask the Documentary Doctor: The Doc examines patience in filmmaking.
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Screenwriting
Carmen Madden on Watching People, Writing Characters
Lisa Rosenberg
Nov 16, 2009Writer/director Carmen Madden's writing reflects just how intimately she comes to see and know a screenplay's world and the characters that inhabit it.
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In Production
Montalbano's "The Recondite Heart"
Michael Fox
Sep 29, 2009East Bay filmmaker Miles Montalbano is in preproduction on dark coming-of-age story The Recondite Heart, his followup to his lauded debut, Revolution Summer.
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Reviews
Columbia Pictures' noir lights at the Roxie
Dennis Harvey
Sep 17, 2009The Roxie's Best of Columbia Noir seroes features great films capitalizing on a simple formula: a girl, a guy and a gun.
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In Production
Telles charts 'Storm' of Mexican Revolution
Michael Fox
Sep 15, 2009Ray Telles's ambitious two-hour film, The Storm that Swept Mexico, with a budget north of $1.2 million, reaches out to the world.
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Reviews
'Desert of the Tartars' Saved from Obscurity
Dennis Harvey
Aug 2, 2009The Desert of the Tartars is a story in which the grim certainty that "Nothing will ever happen" is a slow poison that drives men to madness, suicide or other inglorious ends.
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Reviews
'Howl' is Poetry in Post
Michael Fox
Jul 28, 2009Academy Award-winning documentary filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman combine live-action period drama and animation in retelling of Ginsburg's Howl
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In Production
J.P. Allen and the Landscape of Love
Michael Fox
Jul 14, 2009J.P. Allen and Janis DeLucia Allen's latest imagining, Sex and Imagining, is a two-character piece thick with dialogue and psychological undercurrents.
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Reviews
Iron Curtain Call in the Poland of 'Katyn'
Dennis Harvey
Jun 19, 2009Katyn is a sizable period saga about a tragic, still-controversial chapter in Poland's 20th-century history, one with particular resonance for Andrzej Wadja.
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In Production
'All About Evil'-doer Joshua Grannell in post
Michael Fox
Jun 17, 2009Blood-soaked, darkly comic All About Evil has writer-director Joshua Grannell and editor Rick LeCompte on an express-train schedule rare for an independent feature.
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Popular
'All About Evil'-doer Joshua Grannell in post
Michael Fox
Jun 17, 2009Blood-soaked, darkly comic All About Evil has writer-director Joshua Grannell and editor Rick LeCompte on an express-train schedule rare for an independent feature.
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Q & A
Tom Shepard's 'Whiz Kids' Blinding with Science
Michael Fox
Jun 14, 2009Tom Shepard revisits the overachieving, hyper-ambitious world of science-obsessed high school seniors in his new film, Whiz Kids.
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Reviews
Marco Ferreri's Anarchic Filmmaking
Dennis Harvey
Jun 12, 2009Wild man of Italian cinema, Marco Ferreri left many films in need of rediscovery (or simply discovery) since his death in 1997.
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Q & A
Weimberg/Ryan on Conflict and Conscience
Sura Wood
Jun 7, 2009Berkeley-based filmmaking team Gary Weimberg and Catherine Ryan speak about social justice as a career and their film Soldiers of Conscience.
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In Production
Cyrus Omoomian's 'Democracy': From Iran to Chile
Michael Fox
May 26, 2009Iranian filmmaker Cyrus Omoomian documents post-Pinochet Chile in work-in-progress Pushing Towards Democracy.
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In Production
'In-World War:' Brant Smith's Directorial Debut
Michael Fox
May 20, 2009Michael Fox reviews Brant Smith's In-World War, a dark sci-fi comedy about a beta tester trapped in a futuristic war on terror.
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Reviews
Walsh sets off on Rainer's parade
Michael Fox
Apr 9, 2009Bringing Rainer's work to a larger audience: Feelings Are Facts: The Life of Yvonne Rainer, a feature-length documentary about the choreographer and experimental filmmaker.
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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
Terence Davies' 'Of Time and the City' is Poetic, Personal
Dennis Harvey
Feb 10, 2009Davies' latest film recalls his earlier autobiographical narratives, but is also unlike anything he has done before, being nonfiction.
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Q & A
Tom E. Brown on 'Pushing Dead' and Stayin' Alive
Michael Fox
Dec 23, 2008Tom E. Brown talks about producing and funding Pushing Dead, a film about an HIV-positive writer forced to give up his daily drug regimen.
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In Production
Kroot's Planet Kuchar
Michael Fox
Nov 25, 2008Bay Area filmmaker Jennifer Kroot talks about her inspiration to make a documentary on legendary, underground filmmaking twins George and Mike Kuchar.
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Festivals
12th Arab Film Festival
Robert Avila
Oct 20, 2008In its 12th season, the country's first and largest independent exhibitor of Arab cinema has gotten to be one of the bigger small fests in the Bay Area.
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Q & A
Jack Stevenson on 'The Superstars Next Door'
Matt Sussman
Oct 6, 2008Freelance curator and film fanatic Jack Stevenson brings grainy reels documenting live, nude girls to the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
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In Production
Straight and Not So Narrow 'Crooked Beauty' In Production
Michael Fox
Oct 1, 2008In 'Crooked Beauty,' mental health is re-imagined and redefined.
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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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In Production
Beard world and Swenson's Salton Sea
Michael Fox
Jul 22, 2008The first of SF360.org's In Production columns looks at two works-in-progress: Laura Lukitsch's film about beards and Lise Swenson's Salton Sea pic.
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Festivals
Argentina's New Wave at Frameline
Matt Sussman
Jun 19, 2008A look at the films in the 32nd San Francisco International LGBT FIlm Festival indicates the rise of Argentina's new wave.
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Festivals
SFIAF: 'Mordake' and Week Two -- Reviewed, Previewed
Robert Avila
May 28, 2008Composer Erling Wold's solo chamber opera enjoys a thrillingly intimate world premiere this week under the banner of the San Francisco International Arts Festival.
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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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Festivals
Capelle and Composers: Day One
Staff
Apr 30, 2008Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts is a very close-quartered and loving documentary, a year in the life of the composer.
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Q & A
SFIFF51: Barry Jenkins' San Francisco Story
Michael Fox
Apr 26, 2008Medicine for Melancholy is a graceful and poignant film about fleeting urban connections, black identity and invisibility, cultural adventures and this gentrified city's lost soul.
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Q & A
SFIFF51: On the Breeding Behind "Evolution: The Musical!"
Robert Avila
Apr 22, 2008Think of it as The Sound of Music meets Quest for Fire, or Jesus Christ Superstar rocks Land of the Lost.
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Q & A
Jeff Nichols on "Shotgun Stories"
Eve O'Neill
Mar 31, 2008First-time writer/director Jeff Nichols discusses the inspiration behind Shotgun Stories, the initial hurdles in making the film, and the noble nature of his characters.
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Reviews
10 Reasons to See "Cinema Piemonte"
Staff
Feb 29, 2008The Associazone Piemontesi of Northern California, with the Italian Cultural Institute and Regione Piemonte, presents "Cinema Piemonte," four movies made in that beautiful region.
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Reviews
"Holly," an Unseasonably Sobering Drama
Dennis Harvey
Nov 28, 2007U.S.-Cambodian co-production Holly might easily have gone straight to DVD, which would be a pity because it's well worth rushing to the theatre for.
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Q & A
Robert Lepage, "Progress" Report
Jonathan Marlow
Nov 26, 2007SF360.org sits down with a criminally little-known director of stage and screen who is arguably the most imaginative, talented multi-hyphenate of his generation.
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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
Saul Bass, "Phase IV"
Dennis Harvey
Jul 25, 2007Few people not employed as directors, producers, cinematographers, costume or production designers have had as much impact on the "look" of movies.
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Q & A
Mateen Kemet, "On the Lot"
Matt Sussman
Jul 24, 2007While reality television may have reduced Warhol's 15 minutes to a 15 second sound byte, Kemet is setting his sights well beyond his time.
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Reviews
"American Cannibal" and Reality TV
Claire Faggioli
Jun 22, 2007List: American Cannibal documents two down on their luck television writers, Gil Ripley and Dave Roberts, as they sell their souls to the reality television circuit.
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Festivals
A Strandful at Frameline31
Michael Guillen
Jun 8, 2007Strand Releasing can always be relied upon for some of the best art films and queer indies, and it has a strong festival presence,
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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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Q & A
Video-Diary Pioneer Spencer Nakasako
Michael Fox
Mar 17, 2007Spencer Nakasako gets the credit for starting the still-cresting wave of first-person camcorder documentaries back in 1995, but he claims it was largely an accident.
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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
"Absolute Wilson"; "Army of Shadows"
Robert Avila
Jan 9, 2007A documentary provides an in-depth description of Robert Wilson's life and art. Melville's spy story on a Resistance cell in Nazi-occupied French challenges our idea of heroism.
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Q & A
Robert Altman 1925-2006
Eugene Hernandez/indieWIRE
Nov 22, 2006One month ago today, the maverick filmmaker was at the Hamptons International Film Festival reflecting upon his career at a tribute in his honor.
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Q & A
Killing My Lobster Gets Krunk With Andrew Bancroft
Sean Uyehara
Nov 21, 2006Half of Illbilly Productions and 1/45th of Killing My Lobster, Bancroft has made claymation shorts and perhaps the quintessential rap video, Maximum Wage.
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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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Q & A
Crossing That Bridge
Michael Fox
Oct 24, 2006Eric Steel's disturbing, controversial documentary, The Bridge, focuses on people who end their lives at the famous landmark at the edge of the continent.
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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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Q & A
Filmmaking in 48 Hours
Susan Gerhard
Jul 19, 2006Leena Prasad talks about making a sci-fi comedy featuring a pillow and a character named Mark Pantagenet, Foreign Ambassador in just 48 hours.
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Q & A
Marc Huestis and a Wrinkle in Time
Susan Gerhard
Jun 13, 2006Marc Huestis talks about his latest film,
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Q & A
Dominic Angerame on Making "Consume"
Dominic Angerame
May 31, 2006Dominic Angerame describes the techniques he used while making Consume, and their surprising results.
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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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Festivals
Transnational Tales at This Year's SFIAAFF
Johnny Ray Huston
Mar 16, 2006Transnational tales stand out at the 2006 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival.
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In Production
Delicious 'All About Evil' In Production
Michael Fox goes behind the scenes on Peaches Christs' slice-'em-up.
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