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  DocFest 2011

  Oct 14, 2011

  SF Indiefest offshoot DocFest kicks off its 10th edition this Friday with a screening of 'Dirty Pictures,' a film about underground ecstasy legend Dr. Alexander Shulgin. Featuring the wildest and wooliest independent docs emerging this year, the fest also boast a number of well-loved parties and one ’80s New Wave sing-along. More info at sfindie.virb.com.

  
• October 11, 2011
  
  

  DocFest 2011

  Oct 14, 2011

  SF Indiefest offshoot DocFest kicks off its 10th edition this Friday with a screening of 'Dirty Pictures,' a film about underground ecstasy legend Dr. Alexander Shulgin. Featuring the wildest and wooliest independent docs emerging this year, the fest also boast a number of well-loved parties and one ’80s New Wave sing-along. More info at sfindie.virb.com.

  
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  Essential SF: ‘North Beach,’ ‘Medicine For Melancholy’

  Michael Fox
  Jul 20, 2011

  Two Bay Area location-based features that speak to the moment are poised to stand the test of time.

  
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  Essential SF: ‘North Beach,’ ‘Medicine For Melancholy’

  Michael Fox
  Jul 20, 2011

  Two Bay Area location-based features that speak to the moment are poised to stand the test of time.

  
• July 21, 2011
  
  

  Essential SF: ‘North Beach,’ ‘Medicine For Melancholy’

  Michael Fox
  Jul 20, 2011

  Two Bay Area location-based features that speak to the moment are poised to stand the test of time.

  
• June 14, 2011
  
  

  Another Hole in the Head Film Festival

  Jun 16, 2011

  SF IndieFest's annual Another Hole in the Head Film Festival, which features 16 entertaining, inexplicable days of contemporary, comedic, sci-fi and dark fantasy horror films, continues for another week. The event is hosted by Roxie Theater. More at sfindie.com.

  
• June 7, 2011
  
  

  Another Hole in the Head Film Festival

  Jun 16, 2011

  SF IndieFest's annual Another Hole in the Head Film Festival, which features 16 entertaining, inexplicable days of contemporary, comedic, sci-fi and dark fantasy horror films, continues for another week. The event is hosted by Roxie Theater. More at sfindie.com.

  
• May 31, 2011
  
  

  Another Hole in the Head Film Festival

  Jun 16, 2011

  SF IndieFest's annual Another Hole in the Head Film Festival, which features 16 entertaining, inexplicable days of contemporary, comedic, sci-fi and dark fantasy horror films, continues for another week. The event is hosted by Roxie Theater. More at sfindie.com.

  
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  Another Hole in the Head Scares Up New Round

  Dennis Harvey
  Jun 2, 2011

  The adventure of Another Hole in the Head Film Festival requires you risk seeing the occasional dud to seek out the gems.

  
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  Another Hole in the Head Scares Up New Round

  Dennis Harvey
  Jun 2, 2011

  The adventure of Another Hole in the Head Film Festival requires you risk seeing the occasional dud to seek out the gems.

  
• June 2, 2011
  
  

  Another Hole in the Head Scares Up New Round

  Dennis Harvey
  Jun 2, 2011

  The adventure of Another Hole in the Head Film Festival requires you risk seeing the occasional dud to seek out the gems.

  
• June 9, 2011
  
  

  Another Hole in the Head Scares Up New Round

  Dennis Harvey
  Jun 2, 2011

  The adventure of Another Hole in the Head Film Festival requires you risk seeing the occasional dud to seek out the gems.

  
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  New Era Takes Hold at the Roxie

  Michael Guillén
  May 31, 2011

  The Roxie's new leaders offer notes on their unique vision for the rep house.

  
• June 2, 2011
  
  

  New Era Takes Hold at the Roxie

  Michael Guillén
  May 31, 2011

  The 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, 2011

  The Roxie's new leaders offer notes on their unique vision for the rep house.

  
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  SF Indiefest Announces Audience Award Winners

  Feb 23, 2011

  Press Release: The Audience Award winners for the 13th San Francisco Independent Film Festival include ‘Kaboom,’ named as Best Narrative Feature, ‘Bathing and the Single Girl’ for Best Narrative Short, ‘Free Radicals’ for Best Documentary, ‘Burning Wigs of Sedition’ for Best Music Video and ‘Mars’ for Best Animated Film. More at sfindie.com.

  
• Feb 3 2011
  
  

  Eclectic Expectations Met at SF Indiefest

  Matt Sussman
  Feb 3, 2011

  SF Indiefest brings drama, doc, fact, fiction and physique into its annual showcase.

  
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  Eclectic Expectations Met at SF Indiefest

  Matt Sussman
  Feb 3, 2011

  SF Indiefest brings drama, doc, fact, fiction and physique into its annual showcase.

  
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  Eclectic Expectations Met at SF Indiefest

  Matt Sussman
  Feb 3, 2011

  SF Indiefest brings drama, doc, fact, fiction and physique into its annual showcase.

  
• February 1, 2011
  
  

  SF Indiefest

  Feb 3, 2011

  Roxie Theater hosts the 13th SF Indiefest, which presents 15 raucous days of both feature and short independent films. Opening Night features Gregg Araki’s ‘Kaboom,’ with an afterparty at CELLspace and live music. More at sfindie.com.

  
• Feb 3 2011
  
  

  Eclectic Expectations Met at SF Indiefest

  Matt Sussman
  Feb 3, 2011

  SF Indiefest brings drama, doc, fact, fiction and physique into its annual showcase.

  
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  Eclectic Expectations Met at SF Indiefest

  Matt Sussman
  Feb 3, 2011

  SF Indiefest brings drama, doc, fact, fiction and physique into its annual showcase.

  
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  Eclectic Expectations Met at SF Indiefest

  Matt Sussman
  Feb 3, 2011

  SF Indiefest brings drama, doc, fact, fiction and physique into its annual showcase.

  
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  7th Heaven: Another Hole in the Head

  Matt Sussman
  Jul 7, 2010

  SF Indiefest unveils its 7th annual showcase of the wildest and weirdest in independently produced sci-fi, horror and fantasy.

  
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  7th Heaven: Another Hole in the Head

  Matt Sussman
  Jul 7, 2010

  SF Indiefest unveils its 7th annual showcase of the wildest and weirdest in independently produced sci-fi, horror and fantasy.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  7th Heaven: Another Hole in the Head

  Matt Sussman
  Jul 7, 2010

  SF Indiefest unveils its 7th annual showcase of the wildest and weirdest in independently produced sci-fi, horror and fantasy.

  
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  7th Heaven: Another Hole in the Head

  Matt Sussman
  Jul 7, 2010

  SF Indiefest unveils its 7th annual showcase of the wildest and weirdest in independently produced sci-fi, horror and fantasy.

  
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  Bowden Exposes San Francisco in Full Picture

  Michael Fox
  Jun 7, 2010

  San Francisco filmmaker Jon Bowden brings a second comic feature, The Full Picture, to screens.

  
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  Bowden Exposes San Francisco in Full Picture

  Michael Fox
  Jun 7, 2010

  San Francisco filmmaker Jon Bowden brings a second comic feature, The Full Picture, to screens.

  
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  SF Indiefest at Twelve

  Matt Sussman
  Feb 4, 2010

  It s a strange time for independent film, with scaled-back specialty divisions and online self-distribution, but SF Indiefest remains a champion of the unsung and un-buzzable.

  
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  SF Indiefest 2009

  Dennis Harvey
  Feb 5, 2009

  With a roster that sprawls from horror to softcore to verite-style drama and documentary, the only constant is that you won't be bored.

  
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  7th SF DocFest Program

  Susan Gerhard
  Sep 25, 2008

  The seventh San Francisco International Documentary Film Festival has the potential to be every bit as raucous as the other festivals under the organization's umbrella.

  
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  Travel Guide Through Another Hole in the Head Film Festival

  Dennis Harvey
  Jun 5, 2008

  The Hole Head Festival takes audiences back to terrifying locales and dangerous situations that should be pleasantly familiar to horror aficionados.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Travel Guide Through Another Hole in the Head Film Festival

  Dennis Harvey
  Jun 5, 2008

  The Hole Head Festival takes audiences back to terrifying locales and dangerous situations that should be pleasantly familiar to horror aficionados.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Jeff Nichols on "Shotgun Stories"

  Eve O'Neill
  Mar 31, 2008

  First-time writer/director Jeff Nichols discusses the inspiration behind Shotgun Stories, the initial hurdles in making the film, and the noble nature of his characters.

  
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  Jeff Nichols on "Shotgun Stories"

  Eve O'Neill
  Mar 31, 2008

  First-time writer/director Jeff Nichols discusses the inspiration behind Shotgun Stories, the initial hurdles in making the film, and the noble nature of his characters.

  
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  SF Indiefest, From Day One

  Eve O'Neill
  Feb 13, 2008

  Despite 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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  SF Indiefest, From Day One

  Eve O'Neill
  Feb 13, 2008

  Despite 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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  Carl D. Brown and Erin Beach of "2nd Verse"

  Michael Fox
  Feb 11, 2008

  The unassuming young director and producer spent five years on their optimistic yet unsentimental doc spotlighting four teenagers from the S.F.-based Youth Speaks project.

  
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  Carl D. Brown and Erin Beach of "2nd Verse"

  Michael Fox
  Feb 11, 2008

  The unassuming young director and producer spent five years on their optimistic yet unsentimental doc spotlighting four teenagers from the S.F.-based Youth Speaks project.

  
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  SF Indiefest at 10

  Michael Fox
  Feb 7, 2008

  Way back in 1998, Jeff Ross founded the San Francisco Independent Film Festival to showcase iconoclastic, grassroots moviemakers locked out of the standard channels of distribution. As the 10th SF Indiefest kicks off tonight, Ross and his rotating cast of programmers remain as idealistic as ever, but the indie landscape has largely changed for the worse.

  
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  SF Indiefest at 10

  Michael Fox
  Feb 7, 2008

  Way back in 1998, Jeff Ross founded the San Francisco Independent Film Festival to showcase iconoclastic, grassroots moviemakers locked out of the standard channels of distribution. As the 10th SF Indiefest kicks off tonight, Ross and his rotating cast of programmers remain as idealistic as ever, but the indie landscape has largely changed for the worse.

  
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  SF Indiefest Opening Night: Riding "Shotgun" With Jeff Nichols

  Eve O'Neill
  Feb 6, 2008

  The first-time filmmaker managed to build, for under half a million dollars, a relatable story and characters with substance rarely seen in mainstream film.

  
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  SF Indiefest Opening Night: Riding "Shotgun" With Jeff Nichols

  Eve O'Neill
  Feb 6, 2008

  The first-time filmmaker managed to build, for under half a million dollars, a relatable story and characters with substance rarely seen in mainstream film.

  
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  Dennis Nyback and "Bad Bugs Bunny"

  Michael Guillen
  Jun 6, 2007

  "SF Indiefest: Gets Animated," piggybacking on the 4th Annual Another Hole in the Head Film Festival, co-presents an animation program with the popular archivist.

  
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  Dennis Nyback and "Bad Bugs Bunny"

  Michael Guillen
  Jun 6, 2007

  "SF Indiefest: Gets Animated," piggybacking on the 4th Annual Another Hole in the Head Film Festival, co-presents an animation program with the popular archivist.

  
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  "The Prodigy," The Roxie, Delirium, God

  Michael Guillen
  May 30, 2007

  San Franciscans have a poignant symbiotic relationship with William Kaufman's freshman feature, The Prodigy, which returns to the city this week.

  
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  Guillen's Top Five from Another Hole in the Head

  Michael Guillen
  May 25, 2007

  Five recommendations chosen from among the gore, ghouls, ghosts, gags, and animation at Indiefest's Holehead festival.

  
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  The Other Side of Indie at SF Indiefest's 9th

  Max Goldberg
  Feb 8, 2007

  The alarm has been sounding for some time now that "indie" doesn't mean what it used to. Jeff Ross simply ignores the cranky clamor.

  
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  The Other Side of Indie at SF Indiefest's 9th

  Max Goldberg
  Feb 8, 2007

  The alarm has been sounding for some time now that "indie" doesn't mean what it used to. Jeff Ross simply ignores the cranky clamor.

  
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  Cheryl Eddy, Behind the New "SF360 Movie Scene"

  Susan Gerhard
  Feb 5, 2007

  The latest launch under the SF Film Society's SF360 banner premieres this week on ComcastSF, Channel 11.

  
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  Indiefest Lineup Announcement

  Miljenko Skoknic
  Jan 19, 2007

  SF IndieFest's founder/director Jeff Ross announced the ninth edition of the Bay Area's indie showcase festival

  
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  Indiefest Lineup Announcement

  Miljenko Skoknic
  Jan 19, 2007

  SF IndieFest's founder/director Jeff Ross announced the ninth edition of the Bay Area's indie showcase festival

  
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  Rare Horror

  Dennis Harvey
  Jun 8, 2006

  Highlights from the 4th year ofAnother Hole in the Head, the S.F. Indiefest-produced celebration of horror, sci-fi, fantasy and just plain sick cinema.

  
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  Docfest: Not to Be Believed?

  Susan Gerhard
  May 11, 2006

  Docfest founder Jeff Ross explains the S.F. Indie empire's definition of reality filmmaking.