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Opportunities: International Film Festival Summit
Dec 4, 2011International Film Festival Summit (December 4–6, 2011), held in Austin, Texas, is the largest international organization representing the film festival industry. The IFFS mission is to promote and strengthen the global film festival industry through education, networking, dissemination of information, and the cultivation of high standards. This year's featured topics include Anatomy of a Festival: South by Southwest, Programming: The Fine Art of Film Selection, Marketing Strategies: Integrating Social Media and Technology, The Festival Mission, Sponsorship Strategy, Box Office Technology Solutions, among others. Notable speakers include Richard Linklater (Before Sunrise, Before Sunset), as well as SFFS' very own Steve Jenkins, Sarah Cathers, and Linda Butler. DEADLINE: Register by September 25, 2011 to receive discounted rate. WEBSITE: filmfestivalsummit.com/iffshome.html.
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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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Changes You Can Believe In at SF DocFest
Robert Avila
Oct 13, 2011Nonfiction films offer view to revolutions. DocFest has a well-earned reputation for knocking the stuffiness out of a pretty sober word. The 10-year-old festival founded by IndieFest’s Jeff Ross has taken pride in equating “documentary” with the unconventional and idiosyncratic—fare that celebrates the offbeat, the weird, the wondrous. I’m thinking of wiener-dog races, yes, but that’s just the tip of the beast. This year’s festival (October 14–27), which opens at the Roxie with a profile of the creator of MDMA (Etienne Sauret’s Dirty Pictures) and ends with a look at a comic-book super-author (With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story), provides another...
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October 14, 2011
Changes You Can Believe In at SF DocFest
Robert Avila
Oct 13, 2011Nonfiction films offer view to revolutions. DocFest has a well-earned reputation for knocking the stuffiness out of a pretty sober word. The 10-year-old festival founded by IndieFest’s Jeff Ross has taken pride in equating “documentary” with the unconventional and idiosyncratic—fare that celebrates the offbeat, the weird, the wondrous. I’m thinking of wiener-dog races, yes, but that’s just the tip of the beast. This year’s festival (October 14–27), which opens at the Roxie with a profile of the creator of MDMA (Etienne Sauret’s Dirty Pictures) and ends with a look at a comic-book super-author (With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story), provides another...
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Festivals
Mill Valley Announces Titles in 34th
Jackson Scarlett
Sep 14, 2011North Bay world, independent showcase ready to screen wide range of films in early October.
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Mill Valley Announces Titles in 34th
Jackson Scarlett
Sep 14, 2011North Bay world, independent showcase ready to screen wide range of films in early October.
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September 15, 2011
Mill Valley Announces Titles in 34th
Jackson Scarlett
Sep 14, 2011North Bay world, independent showcase ready to screen wide range of films in early October.
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August 9,2011
Akira Kurosawa's 'Ikiru' & 'I Live In Fear'
Aug 15, 2011Viz Cinema, slated to begin programming as Film Society Cinema next month, continues its Classic Summer Weekends series with 35mm screenings of Akira Kurosawa's postwar lamentations 'Ikiru' and 'I Live In Fear,' playing on Friday and Saturday respectively. More info newpeopleworld.com.
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Generator Everything
Bruce Sterling
Jul 21, 2011'If Marius Watz programmed it, then it's going to be vivid. It's going to be crisp, spiky and angular. It will be fast, bright and noisy. And there's going to be a whole, whole lot of it.'
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Generator Everything
Bruce Sterling
Jul 21, 2011'If Marius Watz programmed it, then it's going to be vivid. It's going to be crisp, spiky and angular. It will be fast, bright and noisy. And there's going to be a whole, whole lot of it.'
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July 21, 2011
Generator Everything
Bruce Sterling
Jul 21, 2011'If Marius Watz programmed it, then it's going to be vivid. It's going to be crisp, spiky and angular. It will be fast, bright and noisy. And there's going to be a whole, whole lot of it.'
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SF Film Society Signs Lease on New Theatrical Home
Jun 23, 2011SFFS to offer daily, year-round programming, classes and events in dedicated state-of-the-art theater for the first time in its 54-year history. The San Francisco Film Society and New People today announced significant news for Bay Area filmgoers: the signing of a lease that brings the Film Society’s exhibition, education and filmmaker services programs and events to one primary theater on a daily, year-round basis, beginning in September. The San Francisco Film Society | New People Cinema opens its doors in September in the state-of-the art...
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June 23 2011
SF Film Society Signs Lease on New Theatrical Home
Jun 23, 2011SFFS to offer daily, year-round programming, classes and events in dedicated state-of-the-art theater for the first time in its 54-year history. The San Francisco Film Society and New People today announced significant news for Bay Area filmgoers: the signing of a lease that brings the Film Society’s exhibition, education and filmmaker services programs and events to one primary theater on a daily, year-round basis, beginning in September. The San Francisco Film Society | New People Cinema opens its doors in September in the state-of-the art...
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June 23, 2011
SF Film Society Signs Lease on New Theatrical Home
Jun 23, 2011SFFS to offer daily, year-round programming, classes and events in dedicated state-of-the-art theater for the first time in its 54-year history. The San Francisco Film Society and New People today announced significant news for Bay Area filmgoers: the signing of a lease that brings the Film Society’s exhibition, education and filmmaker services programs and events to one primary theater on a daily, year-round basis, beginning in September. The San Francisco Film Society | New People Cinema opens its doors in September in the state-of-the art...
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On Kickstarting a Campaign to Bring Back the Parkway
Kim Nunley
May 20, 2011A local fan of a local cinema has big dreams for his favorite, now-defunct East Bay movie-theater.
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May 26, 2011
On Kickstarting a Campaign to Bring Back the Parkway
Kim Nunley
May 20, 2011A local fan of a local cinema has big dreams for his favorite, now-defunct East Bay movie-theater.
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On Kickstarting a Campaign to Bring Back the Parkway
Kim Nunley
May 20, 2011A local fan of a local cinema has big dreams for his favorite, now-defunct East Bay movie-theater.
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News & Blogs
SFIFF Joins Festival Scope
Apr 25, 2011Press release: The San Francisco International Film Festival (April 21 - May 5) announced that the Festival has been invited to join Festival Scope, a new Internet platform that allows programming of selected film festivals to be viewed online by film professionals around the world. More at sffs.org.
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April 28, 2011
SFIFF54's 'Beginners' Brings Surprises
Susan Gerhard
Apr 23, 2011Mike Mills and Ewan McGregor lit up the Castro on San Francisco International's opening night.
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Festivals
SFIFF54's 'Beginners' Brings Surprises
Susan Gerhard
Apr 23, 2011Mike Mills and Ewan McGregor lit up the Castro on San Francisco International's opening night.
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SFIFF54's 'Beginners' Brings Surprises
Susan Gerhard
Apr 23, 2011Mike Mills and Ewan McGregor lit up the Castro on San Francisco International's opening night.
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December 16, 2010
Film 2010: 'Social Network' Tops S.F. Film Critics Circle Awards
Susan Gerhard
Dec 14, 2010San Francisco Film Critics Circle winners for 2010 included 'Social Network,' 'Black Swan,' 'The Tillman Story' and Elliot Lavine.
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December 28, 2010
Film 2010: 'Social Network' Tops S.F. Film Critics Circle Awards
Susan Gerhard
Dec 14, 2010San Francisco Film Critics Circle winners for 2010 included 'Social Network,' 'Black Swan,' 'The Tillman Story' and Elliot Lavine.
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Film 2010: 'Social Network' Tops S.F. Film Critics Circle Awards
Susan Gerhard
Dec 14, 2010San Francisco Film Critics Circle winners for 2010 included 'Social Network,' 'Black Swan,' 'The Tillman Story' and Elliot Lavine.
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News & Blogs
Film 2010: 'Social Network' Tops S.F. Film Critics Circle Awards
Susan Gerhard
Dec 14, 2010San Francisco Film Critics Circle winners for 2010 included 'Social Network,' 'Black Swan,' 'The Tillman Story' and Elliot Lavine.
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Festivals
SF Jewish Film Festival Lights 30 Candles
Michael Fox
Jul 22, 2010The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival finds fans beyond its identity-based target audience with a wide array of international films and topics.
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SF Jewish Film Festival Lights 30 Candles
Michael Fox
Jul 22, 2010The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival finds fans beyond its identity-based target audience with a wide array of international films and topics.
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Festivals
Frameline34, a Festival Refreshed
Matt Sussman
Jun 25, 2010Critical consensus on Frameline34 marks it a good year. The audience wanted something different, and the festival has largely obliged.
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Festivals
SFIFF53 Reports: Divine Madness at 'All About Evil' Premiere
Dennis Harvey
May 4, 2010Judging from Saturday night s festivities, half the capacity Castro Theatre audience had worked on or otherwise invested in Joshua Grannell a.k.a. Peaches Christ s debut feature.
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Rosen's Insights into 53rd San Francisco International
Michael Fox
Apr 5, 2010With opening night approaching, Rachel Rosen talked about her L.A. Rolodex, the function of festivals in a broadband world and her favorites in the festival.
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Festivals
San Francisco International Film Festival's 53rd Edition
Susan Gerhard
Mar 30, 2010Director of Programming Rachel Rosen and programmers Rod Armstrong, Audrey Chang and Sean Uyehara shared thoughts on 177 films from 46 countries.
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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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Reviews
San Francisco Cinematheque's Spring Action
Max Goldberg
Feb 10, 2010The spring edition of the Cinematheque calendar is making the rounds, and my copy is dog-eared with wishful thinking. Grab your datebook for a rundown.
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Festivals
Words from Sundance Staffers: Elizabeth Duran
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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Festivals
Words from Sundance Staffers: Jesse Dubus
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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Festivals
Words from Sundance Staffers: Landon Zakheim
Hilary Hart
Jan 21, 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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Q & A
Frazer Bradshaw on "Everything Strange and New"
Susan Gerhard
Nov 23, 2009Susan Gerhard caught up with the director of an Oakland-shot domestic drama whose first-time feature was chosen for Sundance.
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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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Reviews
César Charlone Directs 'The Pope's Toilet'
Miguel Pendás
Jan 27, 2009Oscar-nominated cinematographer César Charlone recently codirected his first theatrical feature film, a darkly comic farce about Pope John Paul II.
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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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Q & A
Susan Oxtoby and the Pacific Film Archive
Michael Fox
Oct 24, 2008The PFA senior curator talks about her cinematic influences, curating in Canada and the U.S., and recent additions to the world of film.
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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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Festivals
Mill Valley's 31st Program
Susan Gerhard
Sep 10, 2008This year's Mill Valley Film Festival shows healthy signs of life for the independent film business.
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Q & A
Stephen Olsson and Link TV
Michael Fox
Aug 17, 2008SF360.org talks to the senior director of original programming at Link TV, which provides an antidote to the standard television news mix.
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Reviews
The Mystical and Everyday in 'A Listener's Tale'
Max Goldberg
Jul 15, 2008A Listener's Tale is a lovely if unclassifiable mixture of ethnography and poetic reverie which screened at last winter's Rotterdam Film Festival.
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Reviews
Critic's Notebook: Hole Head, Week One
Dennis Harvey
Jun 17, 2008Dennis Harvey covers the first week of low-budget geeks, weirdos and gore on display at the Another Hole in the Head Festival.
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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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Festivals
SF Indiefest, From Day One
Eve O'Neill
Feb 13, 2008Despite the blanket of financial and technical doom constantly smothering Independent Filmdom, Indiefest serves as a satisfying reminder that great indie film isn't going anywhere.
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Q & A
Bruce Fletcher, Dead Channels and the Living
Dennis Harvey
Aug 6, 2007Fletcher explains what will hopefully be an annual event that encompasses all kinds of worldwide cult-skewing fun.
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Festivals
Lumpkin and Morris on Frameline's Big Picture
Susan Gerhard
Jun 11, 2007Frameline directors Michael Lumpkin and Jennifer Morris speak about the programming, controversy and the landscape of LGBT films.
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Festivals
S.F. International Announces Lineup for 50th
Susan Gerhard
Apr 4, 2007The festival kicks off with Emanuele Crialese's Golden Door and closes with Olivier Dahan's Edith Piaf biopic, La vie en rose.
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Festivals
Film Arts Foundation's 'Bay Area Film Festivals'
Michael Read
Feb 16, 2007Boasting dozens upon dozens of homegrown events anchored by the country's most visible festivals, San Francisco has evolved into the quintessential festival town.
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Reviews
"Alternative Visions" at the PFA
Johnny Ray Huston
Feb 15, 2007The Pacific Film Archive's standing as a cinema-centric educational institution brings the avant-garde into conversation with a broad program of film history.
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Q & A
Cheryl Eddy, Behind the New "SF360 Movie Scene"
Susan Gerhard
Feb 5, 2007The latest launch under the SF Film Society's SF360 banner premieres this week on ComcastSF, Channel 11.
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Reviews
"Radical Closure" at the PFA
Robert Avila
Dec 7, 2006This series of cinematic responses to war, curated by Lebanese video artist Akram Zaatari, opens up possibilities for re-imagining the dehumanized landscape of violence.
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Festivals
San Francisco International Animation Showcase
Johnny Ray Huston
Oct 12, 2006San Francisco Film Society programming associate Sean Uyehara has pulled off a feat with the opening program for the first San Francisco International Animation Showcase.
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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
Jesse Ficks and "Midnites for Maniacs"
Max Goldberg
Jun 5, 2006Film programmer Jesse Hawthrone Ficks talks about the enduring appeal of midnight movies.
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Festivals
Frameline's 30th San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival
Susan Gerhard
May 23, 2006The 2006 program for the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival features an eclectic mix of genres and narrative types.
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Festivals
49th Annual SFIFF Lineup
Susan Gerhard
Mar 28, 2006San Francisco International Film Festival announces lineup for the 49th annual festival.
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