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Welcome to SF360
Nov 15, 2011SF360.org represents a nearly six-year experiment in philanthropically funded film journalism, covering films and filmmaking in the Bay Area and beyond. Published by the San Francisco Film Society, the website debuted February 27, 2006 and was created in a unique collaboration between SFFS and Indiewire, with Susan Gerhard as editor. While SF360.org is no longer publishing feature stories, the SF360 Archive remains the most comprehensive collection of articles about the Bay Area film community, with more than 1,000 feature stories and reviews as well as Indie Toolkit's informative columns about the basics of creating a film and delivering it to audiences. Articles by some of the Bay Area’s most notable voices will remain at your fingertips for the foreseeable future.
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November 15, 2011
Welcome to SF360
Nov 15, 2011SF360.org represents a nearly six-year experiment in philanthropically funded film journalism, covering films and filmmaking in the Bay Area and beyond. Published by the San Francisco Film Society, the website debuted February 27, 2006 and was created in a unique collaboration between SFFS and Indiewire, with Susan Gerhard as editor. While SF360.org is no longer publishing feature stories, the SF360 Archive remains the most comprehensive collection of articles about the Bay Area film community, with more than 1,000 feature stories and reviews as well as Indie Toolkit's informative columns about the basics of creating a film and delivering it to audiences. Articles by some of the Bay Area’s most notable voices will remain at your fingertips for the foreseeable future.
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Essential SF: Susan Gerhard
Johnny Ray Huston
Nov 2, 2011Susan Gerhard talks copy, critics and the 'there' we have here.
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Essential SF: Susan Gerhard
Johnny Ray Huston
Nov 2, 2011Susan Gerhard talks copy, critics and the 'there' we have here.
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November 3, 2011
Essential SF: Susan Gerhard
Johnny Ray Huston
Nov 2, 2011Susan Gerhard talks copy, critics and the 'there' we have here.
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Under the Spell of French Cinema Now
Dennis Harvey
Oct 25, 2011Love permeates SFFS's francophone film series.
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October 28, 2011
Under the Spell of French Cinema Now
Dennis Harvey
Oct 25, 2011Love permeates SFFS's francophone film series.
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Reviews
Under the Spell of French Cinema Now
Dennis Harvey
Oct 25, 2011Love permeates SFFS's francophone film series.
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Events
NY/SF International Children's Film Festival
Oct 21, 2011The San Francisco Film Society joins the New York International Children’s Film Festival to present a three-day kid-ready fest of animated and non-animated shorts and features from around the world. The brief fest kicks off with a child-friendly opening night party on Friday, and for offers another chance to enjoy Alex Law's sweet Hong Kong Film Days entry, 'Echoes of the Rainbow.' More info sffs.org.
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News & Blogs
San Francisco Chronicle: 'Online publication sf360.org closing down"
Oct 19, 2011"The launch of SF360.org, an online publication devoted to covering the entire Bay Area film community, was one of San Francisco Film Society Executive Director Graham Leggat's first initiatives when he took over the organization," writes Pam Grady. "...in November, a victim of financial realities and organizational changes in the wake of Leggat's recent death, SF360.org will cease publication." More at SFGate.
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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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Unbound by Genre, Taiwan's Films Travel Unique Paths
Adam Hartzell
Oct 13, 2011Expectations defied in Taiwan Film Days. It could be argued that Taiwanese cinema, best known through the work of three auteurs, Edward Yang, Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Ming-liang, is not tied to audience-generating genres. It’s certainly been able to travel more diverse cinematic avenues than some of its neighbors. San Francisco Film Society's Taiwan Film Days running from October 14–16, however, offers evidence for any number of arguments you’d like to make about Asian cinema and Taiwan in particular. On the docket this year are ...
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Graham Leggat and the Art of Engagement
Peter Coyote
Oct 5, 2011In the illusory world of what we call ‘real life’, our beloved friend Graham pursued his practice of keeping his attention fixed firmly on 'the screen.'
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In Depth
Graham Leggat and the Art of Engagement
Peter Coyote
Oct 5, 2011In the illusory world of what we call ‘real life’, our beloved friend Graham pursued his practice of keeping his attention fixed firmly on 'the screen.'
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October 6, 2011
Graham Leggat and the Art of Engagement
Peter Coyote
Oct 5, 2011In the illusory world of what we call ‘real life’, our beloved friend Graham pursued his practice of keeping his attention fixed firmly on 'the screen.'
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Events
Film in the Fog: 'Dark Passage'
Oct 1, 2011San Francisco Film Society and the Presidio Trust present the 10th anniversary edition of Film in the Fog, with pre-show entertainments (’50s-era newsreel, classic cartoon, music) to precede an outdoor screening of San Francisco-shot Humphrey Bogart noir treasure 'Dark Passage.' Film program begins at 7:15 p.m. at the Presidio Main Post Theater; more info at sffs.org.
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September 27 2011
Film in the Fog: 'Dark Passage'
Oct 1, 2011San Francisco Film Society and the Presidio Trust present the 10th anniversary edition of Film in the Fog, with pre-show entertainments (’50s-era newsreel, classic cartoon, music) to precede an outdoor screening of San Francisco-shot Humphrey Bogart noir treasure 'Dark Passage.' Film program begins at 7:15 p.m. at the Presidio Main Post Theater; more info at sffs.org.
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Festivals
SFFS's Hong Kong Cinema Series Brings Fan Fare to New Screen
Adam Hartzell
Sep 22, 2011Audience-engaging stories in a variety of genres highlight SFFS's inaugural Hong Kong Cinema weekend.
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SFFS's Hong Kong Cinema Series Brings Fan Fare to New Screen
Adam Hartzell
Sep 22, 2011Audience-engaging stories in a variety of genres highlight SFFS's inaugural Hong Kong Cinema weekend.
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september 22 2011
SFFS's Hong Kong Cinema Series Brings Fan Fare to New Screen
Adam Hartzell
Sep 22, 2011Audience-engaging stories in a variety of genres highlight SFFS's inaugural Hong Kong Cinema weekend.
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Festivals
SFFS's Hong Kong Cinema Series Brings Fan Fare to New Screen
Adam Hartzell
Sep 22, 2011Audience-engaging stories in a variety of genres highlight SFFS's inaugural Hong Kong Cinema weekend.
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SFFS's Hong Kong Cinema Series Brings Fan Fare to New Screen
Adam Hartzell
Sep 22, 2011Audience-engaging stories in a variety of genres highlight SFFS's inaugural Hong Kong Cinema weekend.
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september 22 2011
SFFS's Hong Kong Cinema Series Brings Fan Fare to New Screen
Adam Hartzell
Sep 22, 2011Audience-engaging stories in a variety of genres highlight SFFS's inaugural Hong Kong Cinema weekend.
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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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Sep 6 2011
'Puzzle'
Sep 9, 2011Week two of San Francisco Film Society | New People Cinema features Argentinian Natalia Smirnoff’s first feature, a delicate character portrait in which a middle-aged housewife, cherished by her husband and two sons but nevertheless taken for granted, discovers an aptitude for jigsaw puzzles. More at sffs.org.
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August 30, 2011
'Film Socialisme'
Sep 2, 2011San Francisco Film Society | New People Cinema sets sail with Jean-Luc Godard's 2010 provocation, 'Film Socialisme.' As Robert Avila writes in SF360.org later this week, the "playful, somber meditation on where history has brought us is brimming with ideas and aesthetic pleasures." Screenings begin September 2. More info on the new SFFS venue at Post Street (between Webster and Buchanan) in sffs.org.
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Jean-Luc Godard Sets Course for Adventure
Robert Avila
Sep 1, 2011The first feature to play SFFS | New People Cinema, Godard's ‘Film Socialisme’ is both poetic rumination and urgent intervention.
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Reviews
Jean-Luc Godard Sets Course for Adventure
Robert Avila
Sep 1, 2011The first feature to play SFFS | New People Cinema, Godard's ‘Film Socialisme’ is both poetic rumination and urgent intervention.
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September 1, 2011
Jean-Luc Godard Sets Course for Adventure
Robert Avila
Sep 1, 2011The first feature to play SFFS | New People Cinema, Godard's ‘Film Socialisme’ is both poetic rumination and urgent intervention.
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Graham Leggat and a Film Society Transformed
Susan Gerhard
Aug 26, 2011Leggat’s eventful six-year tenure with the San Francisco Film Society changed an institution as well as the filmmaking landscape in the Bay Area and beyond.
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In Depth
Graham Leggat and a Film Society Transformed
Susan Gerhard
Aug 26, 2011Leggat’s eventful six-year tenure with the San Francisco Film Society changed an institution as well as the filmmaking landscape in the Bay Area and beyond.
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September 1, 2011
Graham Leggat and a Film Society Transformed
Susan Gerhard
Aug 26, 2011Leggat’s eventful six-year tenure with the San Francisco Film Society changed an institution as well as the filmmaking landscape in the Bay Area and beyond.
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Graham Leggat and a Film Society Transformed
Susan Gerhard
Aug 26, 2011Leggat’s eventful six-year tenure with the San Francisco Film Society changed an institution as well as the filmmaking landscape in the Bay Area and beyond.
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In Depth
Graham Leggat and a Film Society Transformed
Susan Gerhard
Aug 26, 2011Leggat’s eventful six-year tenure with the San Francisco Film Society changed an institution as well as the filmmaking landscape in the Bay Area and beyond.
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September 1, 2011
Graham Leggat and a Film Society Transformed
Susan Gerhard
Aug 26, 2011Leggat’s eventful six-year tenure with the San Francisco Film Society changed an institution as well as the filmmaking landscape in the Bay Area and beyond.
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Graham Leggat, 1960-2011
Susan Gerhard
Aug 25, 2011Graham Leggat (b. March 12, 1960), executive director of the San Francisco Film Society, died at his San Francisco home on August 25, 2011, after an 18-month battle with cancer. He was 51.
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Graham Leggat, 1960-2011
Susan Gerhard
Aug 25, 2011Graham Leggat (b. March 12, 1960), executive director of the San Francisco Film Society, died at his San Francisco home on August 25, 2011, after an 18-month battle with cancer. He was 51.
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September 1, 2011
Graham Leggat, 1960-2011
Susan Gerhard
Aug 25, 2011Graham Leggat (b. March 12, 1960), executive director of the San Francisco Film Society, died at his San Francisco home on August 25, 2011, after an 18-month battle with cancer. He was 51.
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Graham Leggat, 1960-2011
Susan Gerhard
Aug 25, 2011Graham Leggat (b. March 12, 1960), executive director of the San Francisco Film Society, died at his San Francisco home on August 25, 2011, after an 18-month battle with cancer. He was 51.
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News & Blogs
Graham Leggat, 1960-2011
Susan Gerhard
Aug 25, 2011Graham Leggat (b. March 12, 1960), executive director of the San Francisco Film Society, died at his San Francisco home on August 25, 2011, after an 18-month battle with cancer. He was 51.
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September 1, 2011
Graham Leggat, 1960-2011
Susan Gerhard
Aug 25, 2011Graham Leggat (b. March 12, 1960), executive director of the San Francisco Film Society, died at his San Francisco home on August 25, 2011, after an 18-month battle with cancer. He was 51.
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August 25, 2011
Essential SF: Lynn Hershman Leeson
Stephanie Rosenbaum
Aug 23, 2011Lynn Hershman Leeson catalogues revolutions past and pushes the art and technology envelope well into the future.
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Essential SF: Lynn Hershman Leeson
Stephanie Rosenbaum
Aug 23, 2011Lynn Hershman Leeson catalogues revolutions past and pushes the art and technology envelope well into the future.
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Essential SF: Lynn Hershman Leeson
Stephanie Rosenbaum
Aug 23, 2011Lynn Hershman Leeson catalogues revolutions past and pushes the art and technology envelope well into the future.
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November 24, 2010
Essential SF: Lynn Hershman Leeson
Stephanie Rosenbaum
Aug 23, 2011Lynn Hershman Leeson catalogues revolutions past and pushes the art and technology envelope well into the future.
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November 3 2010
Essential SF: Lynn Hershman Leeson
Stephanie Rosenbaum
Aug 23, 2011Lynn Hershman Leeson catalogues revolutions past and pushes the art and technology envelope well into the future.
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Essential SF: Lynn Hershman Leeson
Stephanie Rosenbaum
Aug 23, 2011Lynn Hershman Leeson catalogues revolutions past and pushes the art and technology envelope well into the future.
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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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News & Blogs
SF Chronicle: 'Graham Leggat Takes a Bow at Tosca'
Aug 4, 2011Writes Leah Garchik, "Graham Leggat had said that it probably would be a small group, a gathering of a few friends he'd asked to come to Tosca on Tuesday night to see him. But Leggat, who a month ago stepped down as executive director of the San Francisco Film Society because of illness, has more than a few friends. And it seemed almost all of them wanted to see him, to thank him for what he'd accomplished in six years and, more than that, to embrace him with family-like affection." More at sfgate.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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Graham Leggat Steps Down as Executive Director of San Francisco Film Society
Jul 5, 2011Film Society’s leader for more than five years resigns due to health issues.
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July 7, 2011
Graham Leggat Steps Down as Executive Director of San Francisco Film Society
Jul 5, 2011Film Society’s leader for more than five years resigns due to health issues.
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Graham Leggat Steps Down as Executive Director of San Francisco Film Society
Jul 5, 2011Film Society’s leader for more than five years resigns due to health issues.
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Graham Leggat Steps Down as Executive Director of San Francisco Film Society
Jul 5, 2011Film Society’s leader for more than five years resigns due to health issues.
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July 7, 2011
Graham Leggat Steps Down as Executive Director of San Francisco Film Society
Jul 5, 2011Film Society’s leader for more than five years resigns due to health issues.
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Graham Leggat Steps Down as Executive Director of San Francisco Film Society
Jul 5, 2011Film Society’s leader for more than five years resigns due to health issues.
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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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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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Celebrating a Reel Education
Jennifer Preissel
Jun 9, 2011San Francisco Film Society commemorates 20 years of education programs in 2011. Since 1991, the San Francisco Film Society has been educating youth in film, but it’s not all elementary, or middle, or high school-oriented: What began as a K–12 Schools at the Festival program that brought students and international cinema together has, 20 years later, grown into year-round educational programming that serves not just under-18s, but lifelong learners, professional and novice filmmakers and university students.
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June 9, 2011
Celebrating a Reel Education
Jennifer Preissel
Jun 9, 2011San Francisco Film Society commemorates 20 years of education programs in 2011. Since 1991, the San Francisco Film Society has been educating youth in film, but it’s not all elementary, or middle, or high school-oriented: What began as a K–12 Schools at the Festival program that brought students and international cinema together has, 20 years later, grown into year-round educational programming that serves not just under-18s, but lifelong learners, professional and novice filmmakers and university students.
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News & Blogs
Celebrating a Reel Education
Jennifer Preissel
Jun 9, 2011San Francisco Film Society commemorates 20 years of education programs in 2011. Since 1991, the San Francisco Film Society has been educating youth in film, but it’s not all elementary, or middle, or high school-oriented: What began as a K–12 Schools at the Festival program that brought students and international cinema together has, 20 years later, grown into year-round educational programming that serves not just under-18s, but lifelong learners, professional and novice filmmakers and university students.
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Celebrating a Reel Education
Jennifer Preissel
Jun 9, 2011San Francisco Film Society commemorates 20 years of education programs in 2011. Since 1991, the San Francisco Film Society has been educating youth in film, but it’s not all elementary, or middle, or high school-oriented: What began as a K–12 Schools at the Festival program that brought students and international cinema together has, 20 years later, grown into year-round educational programming that serves not just under-18s, but lifelong learners, professional and novice filmmakers and university students.
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June 9, 2011
Celebrating a Reel Education
Jennifer Preissel
Jun 9, 2011San Francisco Film Society commemorates 20 years of education programs in 2011. Since 1991, the San Francisco Film Society has been educating youth in film, but it’s not all elementary, or middle, or high school-oriented: What began as a K–12 Schools at the Festival program that brought students and international cinema together has, 20 years later, grown into year-round educational programming that serves not just under-18s, but lifelong learners, professional and novice filmmakers and university students.
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News & Blogs
Celebrating a Reel Education
Jennifer Preissel
Jun 9, 2011San Francisco Film Society commemorates 20 years of education programs in 2011. Since 1991, the San Francisco Film Society has been educating youth in film, but it’s not all elementary, or middle, or high school-oriented: What began as a K–12 Schools at the Festival program that brought students and international cinema together has, 20 years later, grown into year-round educational programming that serves not just under-18s, but lifelong learners, professional and novice filmmakers and university students.
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New Era Takes Hold at the Roxie
Michael Guillén
May 31, 2011The Roxie's new leaders offer notes on their unique vision for the rep house.
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June 2, 2011
New Era Takes Hold at the Roxie
Michael Guillén
May 31, 2011The Roxie's new leaders offer notes on their unique vision for the rep house.
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New Era Takes Hold at the Roxie
Michael Guillén
May 31, 2011The Roxie's new leaders offer notes on their unique vision for the rep house.
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Park Jung-bum Offers Notes on his Unique POV
Adam Hartzell
May 16, 2011The director of South Korean film 'The Journals of Musan,' a prize winner at SFIFF54, speaks about bringing cinematic light to social darkness.
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May 19, 2011
Park Jung-bum Offers Notes on his Unique POV
Adam Hartzell
May 16, 2011The director of South Korean film 'The Journals of Musan,' a prize winner at SFIFF54, speaks about bringing cinematic light to social darkness.
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Q & A
Park Jung-bum Offers Notes on his Unique POV
Adam Hartzell
May 16, 2011The director of South Korean film 'The Journals of Musan,' a prize winner at SFIFF54, speaks about bringing cinematic light to social darkness.
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May 3, 2011
SFIFF: ‘American Teacher’/20 Years of Schools at the Festival
May 3, 2011SFFS's Schools at the Festival toasts its 20 years with clips, stories, tributes, food and drink (5:00 pm), followed by a special Teacher Appreciation Night screening of ‘American Teacher’ (6:30 pm), a documentary exploring the frustrating realities facing public school teachers, with special guests in attendance. More at fest11.sffs.org.
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Festivals
Film Society Awards Night Shines Light on ’70s, City
Susan Gerhard
Apr 29, 2011Beginnings, endings and the dazzling cinema in between honored in SFFS's annual awards show.
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Film Society Awards Night Shines Light on ’70s, City
Susan Gerhard
Apr 29, 2011Beginnings, endings and the dazzling cinema in between honored in SFFS's annual awards show.
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May 5, 2011
Film Society Awards Night Shines Light on ’70s, City
Susan Gerhard
Apr 29, 2011Beginnings, endings and the dazzling cinema in between honored in SFFS's annual awards show.
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Festivals
Stone not Cold in Castro Conversation
Dennis Harvey
Apr 28, 2011Oliver Stone reflects on his own heated past, and the world’s, as he accepts the Founder’s Directing Award onstage at the Castro Theatre during SFIFF54.
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Stone not Cold in Castro Conversation
Dennis Harvey
Apr 28, 2011Oliver Stone reflects on his own heated past, and the world’s, as he accepts the Founder’s Directing Award onstage at the Castro Theatre during SFIFF54.
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May 5, 2011
Stone not Cold in Castro Conversation
Dennis Harvey
Apr 28, 2011Oliver Stone reflects on his own heated past, and the world’s, as he accepts the Founder’s Directing Award onstage at the Castro Theatre during SFIFF54.
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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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News & Blogs
Terence Stamp to Receive Peter J. Owens Award at 54th San Francisco International Film Festival
Apr 22, 2011Press release: The San Francisco Film Society announced today that Terence Stamp will be the recipient of the Peter J. Owens Award at the 54th San Francisco International Film Festival (April 21–May 5). The Owens Award, named for the longtime San Francisco benefactor of arts and charitable organizations and Film Society board member, honors an actor whose work exemplifies brilliance, independence and integrity. The award will be presented to Stamp at Film Society Awards Night, Thursday, April 28 at Bimbo’s 365 Club. More at fest11.sffs.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
Looking for the Moral with Bill Nichols
Michael Fox
Apr 20, 2011Social-justice filmmaking gets discussed in a Bill Nichols'-moderated salon during SFIFF.
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Looking for the Moral with Bill Nichols
Michael Fox
Apr 20, 2011Social-justice filmmaking gets discussed in a Bill Nichols'-moderated salon during SFIFF.
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Looking for the Moral with Bill Nichols
Michael Fox
Apr 20, 2011Social-justice filmmaking gets discussed in a Bill Nichols'-moderated salon during SFIFF.
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News & Blogs
54th San Francisco International Film Festival Will Present Founder’s Directing Award to Oliver Stone
Apr 7, 2011Press release: The San Francisco Film Society announced today that Oliver Stone will be the recipient of the Founder’s Directing Award at the 54th San Francisco International Film Festival (April 21–May 5). The FDA will be presented to Stone at Film Society Awards Night, Thursday, April 28 at Bimbo’s 365 Club. The Film Society’s Youth Education program will be the beneficiary of the fundraiser honoring Stone. The soon-to-be-announced recipient of the Peter J. Owens Award for excellence in acting and Frank Pierson, recipient of the Kanbar Award for excellence in screenwriting will also be honored. More at sffs.org.
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03.31.11
SFFS Announces 2011 SF International Film Festival Titles, Events
Susan Gerhard
Mar 29, 2011SF International's 54th wide-ranging program is announced.
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Festivals
SFFS Announces 2011 SF International Film Festival Titles, Events
Susan Gerhard
Mar 29, 2011SF International's 54th wide-ranging program is announced.
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SFFS Announces 2011 SF International Film Festival Titles, Events
Susan Gerhard
Mar 29, 2011SF International's 54th wide-ranging program is announced.
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March 1, 2011
Ido Haar in Person for Q&A following 'Melting Siberia'
Mar 2, 2011Ido Haar continues his two-week residency with the San Francisco Film Society; he appears in person for a Q&A following the screening of ‘Melting Siberia,’ which will play at New People. A reception with Haar will follow at Viz Cinema Café. More at sffs.org.
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Ido Haar Seeks Justice, Searches Soul
Judy Stone
Feb 26, 2011SFFS Artist in Residence speaks on cities, Siberia, family and life in the Middle East.
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March 3, 2011
Ido Haar Seeks Justice, Searches Soul
Judy Stone
Feb 26, 2011SFFS Artist in Residence speaks on cities, Siberia, family and life in the Middle East.
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Q & A
Ido Haar Seeks Justice, Searches Soul
Judy Stone
Feb 26, 2011SFFS Artist in Residence speaks on cities, Siberia, family and life in the Middle East.
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January 25, 2011
Herzog in Focus
Jan 31, 2011The Roxie Theater and San Francisco Film Society present ‘Herzog In Focus,’ a class taught by Bill Nichols, which analyzes the work of German filmmaker Werner Herzog. More at roxie.com and sffs.org.
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News & Blogs
SFFS Presents Fever Dreams: Laurel Nakadate
Jan 19, 2011Press release: The San Francisco Film Society will present Fever Dreams: Laurel Nakadate, a multiplatform presentation of the work of American multimedia artist Laurel Nakadate, February 23–March 2. Fever Dreams kicks off KinoTek 2011–12, an eclectic series of programs dedicated to cross-platform and emergent media, supported by a two-year, $80,000 grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. More at sffs.org.
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News & Blogs
SFFS Announces Winner of Screenwriting Grant
Dec 20, 2010Press release: The San Francisco Film Society announced today that Eric Escobar has been selected to receive this year's SFFS/Hearst Screenwriting Grant for the continuing development of his script, East County. The $15,000 grant is given to support the work of a mid-career American screenwriter. More at SFFS.
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December 14, 2010
SFFS Special Presentation: Sir Arne’s Treasure with the Mountain Goats in Solo Performance
Dec 14, 2010San Francisco Film Society presents the world premiere of John Darnielle’s score to Mauritz Stiller’s silent masterpiece ‘Sir Arne’s Treasure.’ The celebrated singer-songwriter plays live at the Castro Theatre to accompany the film. More at sffs.org.
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December 7, 2010
SFFS Special Presentation: Sir Arne’s Treasure with the Mountain Goats in Solo Performance
Dec 14, 2010San Francisco Film Society presents the world premiere of John Darnielle’s score to Mauritz Stiller’s silent masterpiece ‘Sir Arne’s Treasure.’ The celebrated singer-songwriter plays live at the Castro Theatre to accompany the film. More at sffs.org.
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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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'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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News & Blogs
SFFS/KRF Announce Fall 2010 Grant Recipients
Dec 6, 2010Press release: The San Francisco Film Society and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation today announced the five winners of the fourth round of SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grants: Debbie Brubaker, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Christopher Mason Johnson, Mike Ott and Morgan Wise. The grants are given 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. More at sffs.org.
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November 10, 2010
New Italian Cinema
Nov 17, 2010San Francisco Film Society celebrates Italy’s freshest film offerings in the New Italian Cinema series at Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema. Films new and old from director Ferzan Ozpetek begin the weeklong festival, which focuses on a diverse group of work from some of Italy’s most gifted filmmakers, many appearing in person. Opening Night is Ozpetek’s most recent, ‘Loose Cannons,’ which precedes a party at Cigar Bar & Grill, 850 Montgomery Street. More at sffs.org.
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November 16, 2010
New Italian Cinema
Nov 16, 2010San Francisco Film Society’s New Italian Cinema series wraps up this week at Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema. Upcoming films include Giuseppe Capatondi’s thriller ‘The Double Hour’ and Luis Prieto’s heartfelt drama, ‘I Am Glad You Are Here’ (pictured). The Closing Night film is Paolo Virzì’s ‘The First Beautiful Thing’ with a reception at Fior d’Italia, 2237 Mason Street. More at sffs.org.
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Festivals
New Italian Cinema Puts Focus on Ferzan Ozpetek
Dennis Harvey
Nov 14, 2010'When in Rome,' or outside it: NIC offers fresh voices, new locations.
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New Italian Cinema Puts Focus on Ferzan Ozpetek
Dennis Harvey
Nov 14, 2010'When in Rome,' or outside it: NIC offers fresh voices, new locations.
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November 11, 2010
New Italian Cinema Puts Focus on Ferzan Ozpetek
Dennis Harvey
Nov 14, 2010'When in Rome,' or outside it: NIC offers fresh voices, new locations.
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November 18, 2010
New Italian Cinema Puts Focus on Ferzan Ozpetek
Dennis Harvey
Nov 14, 2010'When in Rome,' or outside it: NIC offers fresh voices, new locations.
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Festivals
New Italian Cinema Puts Focus on Ferzan Ozpetek
Dennis Harvey
Nov 14, 2010'When in Rome,' or outside it: NIC offers fresh voices, new locations.
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Home
New Italian Cinema Puts Focus on Ferzan Ozpetek
Dennis Harvey
Nov 14, 2010'When in Rome,' or outside it: NIC offers fresh voices, new locations.
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November 11, 2010
New Italian Cinema Puts Focus on Ferzan Ozpetek
Dennis Harvey
Nov 14, 2010'When in Rome,' or outside it: NIC offers fresh voices, new locations.
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November 18, 2010
New Italian Cinema Puts Focus on Ferzan Ozpetek
Dennis Harvey
Nov 14, 2010'When in Rome,' or outside it: NIC offers fresh voices, new locations.
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News & Blogs
San Francisco Film Society Announces Finalists for SFFS/Hearst Screenwriting Grant
Nov 11, 2010Press release: The San Francisco Film Society announced today the finalists and honorable mention for the second SFFS/Hearst Screenwriting Grant. The grant of $15,000 will be awarded to a mid-career screenwriter who has been a practicing writer for at least five years and who has previously written a minimum of one feature screenplay. Finalists are Topaz Adizes, Eric Escobar, Brent Hoff, Roja Gashtili, Maryam Keshavarz, Beverly Kopf and Bobbi Birleffi, Paul Lobo Portuges, David Munro, Jennifer Phang and Dominac Mah. Honorable mention went to Richard Strasser. More at sffs.org.
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November 4, 2010
Essential SF
Susan Gerhard, Editor
Nov 5, 2010SF360.org profiles the 2011 roster of Essential SF, an ongoing compendium of the film community’s vital figures and institutions.
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November 2, 2010
Ed Burns Master Class and ‘Nice Guy Johnny’
Nov 4, 2010The Roxie Theater hosts a San Francisco Film Society special presentation: Hollywood 2.0 is a discussion with Ed Burns on the making, marketing and distributing of his new film, ‘Nice Guy Johnny,’ which screens after the event. More at sffs.org.
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Essential SF: Rick Prelinger
Dennis Harvey
Nov 2, 2010Rick Prelinger’s efforts at preserving ephemeral films have made him indispensable to the cinema of San Francisco—and the world.
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November 3 2010
Essential SF: Rick Prelinger
Dennis Harvey
Nov 2, 2010Rick Prelinger’s efforts at preserving ephemeral films have made him indispensable to the cinema of San Francisco—and the world.
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Festivals
Marquee Names Light Up French Cinema Now
Dennis Harvey
Oct 28, 2010The latest finds from France's national cinema play in an SFFS showcase.
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Marquee Names Light Up French Cinema Now
Dennis Harvey
Oct 28, 2010The latest finds from France's national cinema play in an SFFS showcase.
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October 28, 2010
Marquee Names Light Up French Cinema Now
Dennis Harvey
Oct 28, 2010The latest finds from France's national cinema play in an SFFS showcase.
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News & Blogs
SF Chronicle: 'Rainin Foundation selects 10 finalists'
Oct 27, 2010"Ten Bay Area filmmakers got good news this month when the San Francisco Film Society and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation announced that they had narrowed their choices to a short list of contenders competing for $225,000 in cash," writes Hugh Hart. "The awards will go toward funding projects that explore civil rights, discrimination, gender and sexual identity. Winners will be named in November." More at SFGate.
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Festivals
Taiwan Film Days Returns
Adam Hartzell
Oct 21, 2010New stories emerge from a storied cinema nation in the second year of the Taiwan Film Days showcase.
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Taiwan Film Days Returns
Adam Hartzell
Oct 21, 2010New stories emerge from a storied cinema nation in the second year of the Taiwan Film Days showcase.
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October 21, 2010
Taiwan Film Days Returns
Adam Hartzell
Oct 21, 2010New stories emerge from a storied cinema nation in the second year of the Taiwan Film Days showcase.
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First Person
Pitchers Craft Hits at SFFS Film Arts Forum
Gianmaria Franchini
Oct 19, 2010At SFFS Film Arts Forum, experts offered live advice on how to pitch a film.
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Pitchers Craft Hits at SFFS Film Arts Forum
Gianmaria Franchini
Oct 19, 2010At SFFS Film Arts Forum, experts offered live advice on how to pitch a film.
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October 21, 2010
Pitchers Craft Hits at SFFS Film Arts Forum
Gianmaria Franchini
Oct 19, 2010At SFFS Film Arts Forum, experts offered live advice on how to pitch a film.
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Festivals
A Children's Film Festival Finds Inspiration for All Ages
Gianmaria Franchini
Sep 24, 2010The NY/SF International Children's Film Festival offers a mix of animation, live action, fantasy, entertainment and insight.
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A Children's Film Festival Finds Inspiration for All Ages
Gianmaria Franchini
Sep 24, 2010The NY/SF International Children's Film Festival offers a mix of animation, live action, fantasy, entertainment and insight.
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September 30, 2010
A Children's Film Festival Finds Inspiration for All Ages
Gianmaria Franchini
Sep 24, 2010The NY/SF International Children's Film Festival offers a mix of animation, live action, fantasy, entertainment and insight.
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September 21, 2010
NY/SF International Children's Film Festival
Sep 24, 2010San Francisco Film Society and the New York International Children's Film Festival offer three days of films for kids, teens and their families, from 'Turtle—the Incredible Journey' (pictured) to Santosh Sivan's Kashmir story, 'Tahaan,' to shorts and animated films, kicking off Friday, September 24, with a kid-friendly opening night party at the Punch Line Comedy Club.
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Festivals
A Children's Film Festival Finds Inspiration for All Ages
Gianmaria Franchini
Sep 24, 2010The NY/SF International Children's Film Festival offers a mix of animation, live action, fantasy, entertainment and insight.
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Home
A Children's Film Festival Finds Inspiration for All Ages
Gianmaria Franchini
Sep 24, 2010The NY/SF International Children's Film Festival offers a mix of animation, live action, fantasy, entertainment and insight.
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September 30, 2010
A Children's Film Festival Finds Inspiration for All Ages
Gianmaria Franchini
Sep 24, 2010The NY/SF International Children's Film Festival offers a mix of animation, live action, fantasy, entertainment and insight.
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August 26 ,2010
'Army of Crime' Revisits the Not-Always French Resistance
Max Goldberg
Aug 20, 2010'Army of Crime’s' portraits in heroism remain admirably restrained, unlike so many Resistance fantasies.
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Home
'Army of Crime' Revisits the Not-Always French Resistance
Max Goldberg
Aug 20, 2010'Army of Crime’s' portraits in heroism remain admirably restrained, unlike so many Resistance fantasies.
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Reviews
'Army of Crime' Revisits the Not-Always French Resistance
Max Goldberg
Aug 20, 2010'Army of Crime’s' portraits in heroism remain admirably restrained, unlike so many Resistance fantasies.
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08-05-2010
Looking to the Skies for Cinema
Gianmaria Franchini
Aug 5, 2010Think summer's almost over? In the Bay Area, think again: Outdoor screenings are just getting started.
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Festivals
Looking to the Skies for Cinema
Gianmaria Franchini
Aug 5, 2010Think summer's almost over? In the Bay Area, think again: Outdoor screenings are just getting started.
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Home
Looking to the Skies for Cinema
Gianmaria Franchini
Aug 5, 2010Think summer's almost over? In the Bay Area, think again: Outdoor screenings are just getting started.
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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
SFIFF53: Deft Dussollier In 'Micmacs,' 'Wild Grass'
Dennis Harvey
Apr 21, 2010How many foreign stars do U.S. moviegoers know? Not many, alas. My favorite living French actor, André Dussollier, appears prominently in two high-profile festival films.
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Festivals
SFIFF53: Ephemeral Film and Music, Live & Onstage
Marc Capelle
Apr 14, 2010If you imagine the S.F. International Film Festival as an circus tent, with Opening and Closing nights the main supports, the other tent poles are interactive live experiences.
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Q & A
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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Q & A
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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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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Q & A
Sid Ganis on Hollywood South and North
Michael Fox
Feb 28, 2010From his modest start as a staff writer at 20th Century Fox, Sid Ganis has built an uncommonly long and successful career in Hollywood.
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Q & A
Steven Severin On His Silent Spring
Michael Read
Jan 8, 2010Once known primarily as the co-founder and bassist of the influential punk band Siouxsie and the Banshees, Steven Severin now follows his muse in many directions.
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In Production
Legal Eagle Eye Kristine Enea Zooms 'Off the Grid'
Michael Fox
Dec 8, 2009Kristine Enea's documentary shows The EcoCenter, a San Francisco environmental educational facility that treats and recycles wastewater and generates its own solar power.
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Q & A
Catherine Galasso's 'Lightning Never Strikes the Same Place Twice'
Michael Fox
Dec 7, 2009Catherine Galasso talks about her performance piece Lightning Never Strikes the Same Place Twice, which features dance, theater and projected video.
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Reviews
New Social Issue Dramas from Rainin Grant-Winners
Michael Fox
Nov 24, 2009The scoop on the projects of the inaugural class for the SFFS/Kenneth Rainin Foundation Filmmaking Grants, which support lively, intelligent social-issue narrative films.
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Festivals
New Italian Cinema's Fact, Fiction, Fascination
Dennis Harvey
Nov 12, 2009The 13th New Italian Cinema festival finds the political and personal mixing more frequently than you'd find in any assortment of U.S. narrative films.
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Festivals
New Italian Cinema's Fact, Fiction, Fascination
Dennis Harvey
Nov 12, 2009The 13th New Italian Cinema festival finds the political and personal mixing more frequently than you'd find in any assortment of U.S. narrative films.
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Q & A
Russell Merritt at the SF International Animation Festival
Sura Wood
Nov 9, 2009A conversation on Walt Disney's Alice Comedies with a lively raconteur and Professor of Film Studies at UC Berkeley.
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Festivals
A Tour Through the 2009 Taiwan Film Days
Adam Hartzell
Nov 5, 2009For three days, the SFFS offers a chance to see contemporary Taiwanese cinema beyond the work of the usual Taiwanese film masters.
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Festivals
A Tour Through the 2009 Taiwan Film Days
Adam Hartzell
Nov 5, 2009For three days, the SFFS offers a chance to see contemporary Taiwanese cinema beyond the work of the usual Taiwanese film masters.
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Festivals
French Cinema Now—and then
Dennis Harvey
Oct 29, 2009Francois Truffaut’s The 400 Blows is being revived as part of San Francisco Film Society’s second annual French Cinema Now festival, which runs the week of October 29 through November 4 at the city’s Clay Theatre.
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Festivals
SFFS's Debut Cinema by the Bay
Robert Avila
Oct 22, 2009A new, four-day showcase of local filmmaking doubles as a forum for the region's influence as subject and setting for filmmakers beyond the bay.
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Festivals
SFFS's Debut Cinema by the Bay
Robert Avila
Oct 22, 2009A new, four-day showcase of local filmmaking doubles as a forum for the region's influence as subject and setting for filmmakers beyond the bay.
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In Production
Anne, Anne, Anne: McGuire Comes Alive
Michael Fox
Oct 20, 2009Anne McGuire finds the beauty in the strange, and the strangeness in the beautiful. That's not perversity, people; that's poetry.
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Q & A
Ellen Schneider's Active Voice
Michael Fox
Aug 31, 2009Ellen Schneider speaks on the impact of social-issue documentaries and her San Francisco-based strategic communications company Active Voice.
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Story Structure
Story Structures that Funders Love
Karen Everett
Jun 29, 2009The Edit Room: I decided to set my New Doc Editing research team on a mission to find out what structural models are getting funded these days.
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Festivals
SFIFF52: Golden Gate Awards Uncorked, SFFS/KRF Grant Winner Announced
Susan Gerhard
May 7, 2009SFIFF handed out approximately $100,000 and announced the winner San Francisco Film Society/Kenneth Rainin Foundation Filmmaking Grant during its Golden Gate Awards.
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Festivals
SFIFF52: Golden Gate Awards Uncorked, SFFS/KRF Grant Winner Announced
Susan Gerhard
May 7, 2009SFIFF handed out approximately $100,000 and announced the winner San Francisco Film Society/Kenneth Rainin Foundation Filmmaking Grant during its Golden Gate Awards.
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Reviews
SFIFF52 Blogs: Five Reasons why SF Loves Coppola
Justin Juul
May 1, 2009The San Francisco Film Society awarded Francis Ford Coppola the Founder & Directing Award this week. Justin Juul offers us five reasons why San Francisco loves Coppola.
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Reviews
Film Society Awards: Ballard, Coppola, Redford and Toback
Susan Gerhard
May 1, 2009The San Francisco Film Society honored Francis Ford Coppola, Carroll Ballard, Robert Redford and James Toback. Coppola surprised the audience by turning over the Founder's Directing Award he received to longtime colleague Carroll Ballard.
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Reviews
Film Society Awards: Ballard, Coppola, Redford and Toback
Susan Gerhard
May 1, 2009The San Francisco Film Society honored Francis Ford Coppola, Carroll Ballard, Robert Redford and James Toback. Coppola surprised the audience by turning over the Founder's Directing Award he received to longtime colleague Carroll Ballard.
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In Production
SFIFF52: 'The Professionals' Unites Filmmakers
Michael Fox
Apr 28, 2009The Professionals an ambitious array of panels, case studies and discussions, makes its debut as a forum for encouraging Bay Area moviemakers to engage with guests and colleagues.
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Festivals
SF International Film Festival Lineup
Susan Gerhard
Mar 31, 2009The two weeks of programs offers 151 films from 55 countries, awards and prices, and a wide array of San Francisco talent, from legendary names to the fledgling artists.
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In Production
Kitchell on Another Hot Topic with Environmental Movement Doc
Michael Fox
Mar 24, 2009Mark Kitchell current project is an ambitious summation of the environmental movement, from the protests of the 1960s, the '70s focus on pollution, the Greenpeace campaigns and the global climate change.
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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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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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Reviews
Warhol's Screen Tests Get Dean & Britta Treatment
Dennis Harvey
Feb 2, 200913 Most BeautifulÉSongs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests offers a cherry-picking of the famous Warhol reels accompanied by live original-soundtracking.
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News & Blogs
Social Justice Filmmaking Grants Announced
Susan Gerhard
Jan 28, 2009Grants totaling $3 million for narrative feature films made in the Bay Area will be distributed by the SFFS and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation.
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News & Blogs
Social Justice Filmmaking Grants Announced
Susan Gerhard
Jan 28, 2009Grants totaling $3 million for narrative feature films made in the Bay Area will be distributed by the SFFS and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation.
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In Production
Veteran Berkeley Filmmaker's Baseball Doc
Michael Fox
Jan 28, 2009While ballplayers were relaxing in the off-season, Eugene Corr plowed ahead with his baseball documentary From Ghost Town to Havana.
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Reviews
Autobio-Animation and the Horrors of War
Dennis Harvey
Jan 6, 2009Waltz with Bashir is another animated feature that embraces a more grown-up story and audience than anything in the long history of "cartoons."
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Reviews
Autobio-Animation and the Horrors of War
Dennis Harvey
Jan 6, 2009Waltz with Bashir is another animated feature that embraces a more grown-up story and audience than anything in the long history of "cartoons."
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Funding
From Gauche to Great
Holly Million
Dec 16, 2008Fear-Free Fundraising: Holly Million on how donor cultivation can make you a successful film fundraiser.
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News & Blogs
Québec Film Week's Unprovincial Pleasures
Dennis Harvey
Dec 10, 2008Québec's thriving regional cinema is showcased in San Francisco Film Society's latest mini-festival addition to the annual Bay Area movie calendar.
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News & Blogs
Québec Film Week's Unprovincial Pleasures
Dennis Harvey
Dec 10, 2008Québec's thriving regional cinema is showcased in San Francisco Film Society's latest mini-festival addition to the annual Bay Area movie calendar.
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Festivals
Sean Uyehara On the S.F. International Animation Festival
Michael Guillen
Nov 10, 2008If, in the ol' days, they were called "'toons," these days, some heavy-duty words are required to express the strength and breadth of contemporary animation.
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Festivals
Sean Uyehara On the S.F. International Animation Festival
Michael Guillen
Nov 10, 2008If, in the ol' days, they were called "'toons," these days, some heavy-duty words are required to express the strength and breadth of contemporary animation.
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Reviews
SF360 Film+Club: 'Silver Jew'
Dennis Harvey
Nov 5, 2008Michael Tully's 51-minute documentary Silver Jew proves semi-revealing as it records the Jews' tour dates in the Holy Land itself.
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Reviews
'Secrecy' Up For Debate
Robert Avila
Oct 22, 2008Robb Moss and Peter Galison's deliberative, atmospheric and engrossing documentary, Secrecy, puts democratic transparency to the test.
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Reviews
'Secrecy' Up For Debate
Robert Avila
Oct 22, 2008Robb Moss and Peter Galison's deliberative, atmospheric and engrossing documentary, Secrecy, puts democratic transparency to the test.
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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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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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News & Blogs
Second Stage of Film Arts Foundation's Legacy of Advocacy
Michael Fox
Aug 20, 2008Film Arts Foundation, a nonprofit organization formed by 15 independent filmmakers in 1976, joins forces with SFFS.
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Reviews
Jacques Nolot and 'Before I Forget'
Dennis Harvey
Jul 31, 2008Dyspeptic rather than tragic, Jacques Nolot's Before I Forget may be the best gay feel-bad movie ever.
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Q & A
SFFS Screen's 'Hank and Mike'
Pam Grady
Jul 3, 2008Thomas Michael remembers well the birth of Hank and Mike, the titular blue-collar Easter bunnies in director Matthiew Klinck's absurdist workplace comedy.
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Reviews
New Rohmer on SFFS Screen
Max Goldberg
Jun 24, 2008Eric Rohmer's latest "moral tale," The Romance of Astrea and Cèladon, filled with evanescent beauty, plays as part of SFFS Screen.
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Reviews
Hong Sang Soo on the SFFS Screen
Adam Hartzell
Jun 18, 2008Woman on the Beach is a wonderful introduction to South Korean director Hong Sang Soo's films, in large part due to its subtle comedy.
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News & Blogs
SFFS Screen at Sundance Kabuki
Robert Avila
Jun 12, 2008The SF Film Society is optimistic that its year-round screen at the Sundance Kabuki will contribute to the spectrum of films in Bay Area theaters.
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News & Blogs
SFFS Screen at Sundance Kabuki
Robert Avila
Jun 12, 2008The SF Film Society is optimistic that its year-round screen at the Sundance Kabuki will contribute to the spectrum of films in Bay Area theaters.
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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 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
Five Great Skate Features
Justin Juul
Dec 7, 2007In honor of Gus Van Sant's new film, 'Paranoid Park,' five skate films that matter to the skate junkie, and three honorable mentions.
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News & Blogs
'Her Name is Sabine' With SF360 Movie Night
Susan Gerhard
Nov 29, 2007The entire Bay Area is invited to watch a film simultaneously in the comfort of home, and the selection is a delicate and heartfelt depiction of the director's autistic sister.
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Festivals
Second S.F. International Animation Festival
Susan Gerhard
Nov 12, 2007The S.F. International Animation Festival experienced a major bounce, with a number of sold-out shows in its venue at the Embarcadero Center Cinema.
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Festivals
Golden Gate Award to "The Key of G"
Brian Brooks/indieWIRE
May 10, 2007Mexican director Francisco Vargas Quevedo’s "The Violin" (El violin) won the San Francisco International Film Festival’s Skyy Prize, while Israeli duo Shahar Cohen and Halil Efrat’s "Souvenirs" took best documentary feature (West Coast premiere), capping the Golden Gate Awards ceremony Wednesday evening for the festival’s landmark 50th edition.
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Festivals
Film Society Awards Night
Brian Brooks/indieWIRE
May 4, 2007If the Bay Area oozed self-regard last night, it couldn't exactly be blamed.
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Festivals
The SF International's GreenWorld contest turns a big issue over to the makers of shorts
Miljenko Skoknic
Mar 21, 2007The SFIFF GreenWorld Contest brings the vision of filmmakers to the forefront of environmental discourse through fiction, documentary, experimental, and essayistic films.
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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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Festivals
Key Events of 50th SFIFF Announced at Sundance
Susan Gerhard
Jan 23, 2007Highlights of the upcoming festival were presented by the San Francisco Film Society Executive Director.
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Festivals
Key Events of 50th SFIFF Announced at Sundance
Susan Gerhard
Jan 23, 2007Highlights of the upcoming festival were presented by the San Francisco Film Society Executive Director.
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Festivals
Cinema, New Italian Style
Michael Fox
Nov 9, 2006The relationship between intellectualism and passion, a distinctly Italian concern, propels the 2006 edition of New Italian Cinema.
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Festivals
Cinema, New Italian Style
Michael Fox
Nov 9, 2006The relationship between intellectualism and passion, a distinctly Italian concern, propels the 2006 edition of New Italian Cinema.
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Festivals
Truman Capote , 1974
Susan Gerhard
Nov 1, 2006A visit to the 50th anniversary portion of San Francisco Film Society’s web site nets not just the real Truman Capote candidly essaying on life and the movies in a 1974 visit to the SF International Film Festival.
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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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Festivals
Academy Grant Jump Starts SF International's 50th
Susan Gerhard
Aug 23, 2006The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Academy Foundation bestowed a surprise grant of $150,000 over three years.
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Festivals
San Francisco International Film Festival's Award Winners
Susan Gerhard
May 5, 2006A complete list of the winners of the Golden Gate Awards show, which was all about celebrating the city, with filmmakers of all genres saying a kind word or two about it.
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Festivals
Tilda Swinton: The 2006 SFIFF "State of Cinema" Address
Marshall Plan
May 4, 2006An address delivered by Tilda Swinton to an audience at the Kabuki Theatre on April 29, 2006, during the San Francisco International Film Festival.
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Festivals
Addictive TV's VJ-style "Eye of the Pilot" at the Kabuki
Michael Fox
May 3, 2006An intimate group caught Addictive TV's VJ-style show of ÔEye of the Pilot' at the Kabuki, and stayed late for an enthusiastic Q&A.
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Festivals
San Francisco International Film Festival, Week Two
Cheryl Eddy
May 1, 2006The second week of the 49th SFIFF was packed with tributes and special events, luring diverse crowds with honorees like Werner Herzog and Ed Harris.
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Festivals
Words on work with Michael Glawogger
Michael Fox
May 1, 2006A conversation with director Michael Glawogger on his film, Workingman's Death, which screens at the 2006 SFIFF.
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Festivals
From Here to Iberia at SFIFF
Cheryl Eddy
Apr 25, 2006Heroic firefighters, eerie simian costumes, a Baywatch star-as-activist, fierce flamenco dancers, and a rushing tide of watermelon juice.
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Festivals
Graham Leggat, SFIFF Executive Director, Indexed
Susan Gerhard
Apr 21, 2006"I got a call out of the blue," Graham Leggat says, explaining how he left the Film Society of Lincoln Center for the left coast.
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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
Picks for the San Francisco International Film Festival
Susan Gerhard
Mar 31, 2006The List: B. Ruby Rich picks her favorites for the 2006 San Francisco International Film Festival.
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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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News & Blogs
SFFS and Kenneth Rainin Foundation Announce Fall 2010 Grant Finalists
SFFS Press Release: "The San Francisco Film Society and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation announced the ten finalists for the fourth round of SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grants of up to a total of $225,000, to be given to one or more feature films that through plot, character, theme or setting significantly explore human and civil rights, discrimination, gender and sexual identity and other urgent social justice issues of our time." More at sffs.org
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