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    In Orbit with ‘An Injury to One’

    Johnny Ray Huston
    Oct 21, 2011

    Accompanied by a program of solar system shorts, Travis Wilkerson’s 2003 look at ruthless union-busting and the rise and fall of Butte, Montana, offers eerie resonance.

  • October 20, 2011

    In Orbit with ‘An Injury to One’

    Johnny Ray Huston
    Oct 21, 2011

    Accompanied by a program of solar system shorts, Travis Wilkerson’s 2003 look at ruthless union-busting and the rise and fall of Butte, Montana, offers eerie resonance.

  • Reviews

    In Orbit with ‘An Injury to One’

    Johnny Ray Huston
    Oct 21, 2011

    Accompanied by a program of solar system shorts, Travis Wilkerson’s 2003 look at ruthless union-busting and the rise and fall of Butte, Montana, offers eerie resonance.

  • Events

    NY/SF International Children's Film Festival

    Oct 21, 2011

    The 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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    In Orbit with ‘An Injury to One’

    Johnny Ray Huston
    Oct 21, 2011

    Accompanied by a program of solar system shorts, Travis Wilkerson’s 2003 look at ruthless union-busting and the rise and fall of Butte, Montana, offers eerie resonance.

  • October 20, 2011

    In Orbit with ‘An Injury to One’

    Johnny Ray Huston
    Oct 21, 2011

    Accompanied by a program of solar system shorts, Travis Wilkerson’s 2003 look at ruthless union-busting and the rise and fall of Butte, Montana, offers eerie resonance.

  • Reviews

    In Orbit with ‘An Injury to One’

    Johnny Ray Huston
    Oct 21, 2011

    Accompanied by a program of solar system shorts, Travis Wilkerson’s 2003 look at ruthless union-busting and the rise and fall of Butte, Montana, offers eerie resonance.

  • Events

    Living in the World: Films by Helga Fanderl

    Sep 22, 2011

    SFMOMA presents an hour-long program of contemporary artist Helga Fanderl's formalist silent Super 8mm shorts this Thursday. More info at sfmoma.org.

  • September 20, 2011

    Living in the World: Films by Helga Fanderl

    Sep 22, 2011

    SFMOMA presents an hour-long program of contemporary artist Helga Fanderl's formalist silent Super 8mm shorts this Thursday. More info at sfmoma.org.

  • Festivals

    Mill Valley Announces Titles in 34th

    Jackson Scarlett
    Sep 14, 2011

    North 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, 2011

    North Bay world, independent showcase ready to screen wide range of films in early October.

  • September 15, 2011

    Mill Valley Announces Titles in 34th

    Jackson Scarlett
    Sep 14, 2011

    North Bay world, independent showcase ready to screen wide range of films in early October.

  • Festivals

    Telluride’s 38th Festival Underway in Colorado

    Jackson Scarlett
    Sep 2, 2011

    Berkeley-programmed Festival is a favorite for cinephiles; features Caetano Veloso as 2011 Guest Director.

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    Telluride’s 38th Festival Underway in Colorado

    Jackson Scarlett
    Sep 2, 2011

    Berkeley-programmed Festival is a favorite for cinephiles; features Caetano Veloso as 2011 Guest Director.

  • September 8 2011

    Telluride’s 38th Festival Underway in Colorado

    Jackson Scarlett
    Sep 2, 2011

    Berkeley-programmed Festival is a favorite for cinephiles; features Caetano Veloso as 2011 Guest Director.

  • Deadlines

    Funding: The Roy W. Dean LA August Grant

    Aug 30, 2011

    The Roy W. Dean Film and Writing Grants fund shorts, documentaries and low budget independent features. ELIGIBILITY: New film and video projects (including works-in-progress) that are unique and benefit the society. Student filmmakers, independent producers or independent production companies are all welcome. AWARDS: Winner gets a variety of awards including scholarships and cash prizes for different production fields. DEADLINE: August 30, 2011. WEBSITE: fromtheheartproductions.com/grant-lavideo.shtml.

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    Dues and Taxes Paid, Kornbluth Brothers Shoot for Glory

    Michael Fox
    Jun 29, 2011

    Jakob Kornbluth hopes to turn another of brother Josh’s monologues, ‘Love & Taxes,’ into celluloid gold.

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    Dues and Taxes Paid, Kornbluth Brothers Shoot for Glory

    Michael Fox
    Jun 29, 2011

    Jakob Kornbluth hopes to turn another of brother Josh’s monologues, ‘Love & Taxes,’ into celluloid gold.

  • June 30, 2011

    Dues and Taxes Paid, Kornbluth Brothers Shoot for Glory

    Michael Fox
    Jun 29, 2011

    Jakob Kornbluth hopes to turn another of brother Josh’s monologues, ‘Love & Taxes,’ into celluloid gold.

  • June 21, 2011

    Cult of the Kuchars: '8mm Films'

    Jun 23, 2011

    PFA's retrospective of experimental touchstones George and Mike Kuchar continues with a screening of rare 8mm shorts and both brothers in conversation with pioneering media theorist Gene Youngblood at 7:00 pm. Program runs through June 26. More at bampfa.berkeley.edu.

  • Festivals

    Frameline35 Opens, Features Wildly Diverse Program

    Dennis Harvey
    Jun 16, 2011

    The San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival delivers internationally as well as locally made films of every identity and genre stripe.

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    Frameline35 Opens, Features Wildly Diverse Program

    Dennis Harvey
    Jun 16, 2011

    The San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival delivers internationally as well as locally made films of every identity and genre stripe.

  • June 16, 2011

    Frameline35 Opens, Features Wildly Diverse Program

    Dennis Harvey
    Jun 16, 2011

    The San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival delivers internationally as well as locally made films of every identity and genre stripe.

  • Festivals

    Frameline Announces Titles in 2011 Festival

    Susan Gerhard/Michael Fox
    May 25, 2011

    Margaret Cho, transgender cinema are highlights of 2011 LGBT festival.

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    Frameline Announces Titles in 2011 Festival

    Susan Gerhard/Michael Fox
    May 25, 2011

    Margaret Cho, transgender cinema are highlights of 2011 LGBT festival.

  • May 26, 2011

    Frameline Announces Titles in 2011 Festival

    Susan Gerhard/Michael Fox
    May 25, 2011

    Margaret Cho, transgender cinema are highlights of 2011 LGBT festival.

  • May 17, 2011

    Shorts in Brief: A Family Film Festival

    May 22, 2011

    Smith Rafael Film Center hosts Shorts in Brief: A Family Festival, featuring short films from Asia, Africa, Europe, South and North America. More at cafilm.org.

  • May 17, 2011

    City College of San Francisco City Shorts Film Festival

    May 19, 2011

    City College of San Francisco offers a best-of program in the one day, student-run City Shorts Film Festival. The festival is free to the public. More at cityshorts.tumblr.com.

  • May 10, 2011

    Legacy Film Festival on Aging

    May 13, 2011

    Viz Cinema at New People hosts the Legacy Film Festival on Aging, offering three days of shorts and features from around the world that deal with the difficulties and appreciation of growing older. The program begins with ‘Ruth Awasa: Roots of an Artist,’ a documentary about the famous artist, with director Bob Toy and Ruth’s children in attendance for a Q&A following the screening. More at newpeopleworld.com.

  • 03.31.11

    SFFS Announces 2011 SF International Film Festival Titles, Events

    Susan Gerhard
    Mar 29, 2011

    SF International's 54th wide-ranging program is announced.

  • Festivals

    SFFS Announces 2011 SF International Film Festival Titles, Events

    Susan Gerhard
    Mar 29, 2011

    SF 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, 2011

    SF International's 54th wide-ranging program is announced.

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    Seely Treks Long Distances for Shorts

    Michael Fox
    Mar 16, 2011

    Long story short: A filmmaker finds the right length for his South American health doc.

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    Seely Treks Long Distances for Shorts

    Michael Fox
    Mar 16, 2011

    Long story short: A filmmaker finds the right length for his South American health doc.

  • March 17, 2011

    Seely Treks Long Distances for Shorts

    Michael Fox
    Mar 16, 2011

    Long story short: A filmmaker finds the right length for his South American health doc.

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    Wolos’s ‘Trattoria’ Serves Up Spicy Comedy

    Michael Fox
    Mar 9, 2011

    Jason Wolos builds a drama about family and food with a few key ingredients.

  • In Production

    Wolos’s ‘Trattoria’ Serves Up Spicy Comedy

    Michael Fox
    Mar 9, 2011

    Jason Wolos builds a drama about family and food with a few key ingredients.

  • March 10, 2011

    Wolos’s ‘Trattoria’ Serves Up Spicy Comedy

    Michael Fox
    Mar 9, 2011

    Jason Wolos builds a drama about family and food with a few key ingredients.

  • February 24, 2011

    Beg For Your Life: In the Well with Laurel Nakadate

    Mary Gaitskill
    Feb 24, 2011

    On the amoral goodness of nature, shapelessly shaped things and the hereness of bodies.

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    Beg For Your Life: In the Well with Laurel Nakadate

    Mary Gaitskill
    Feb 24, 2011

    On the amoral goodness of nature, shapelessly shaped things and the hereness of bodies.

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    Beg For Your Life: In the Well with Laurel Nakadate

    Mary Gaitskill
    Feb 24, 2011

    On the amoral goodness of nature, shapelessly shaped things and the hereness of bodies.

  • February 8, 2011

    San Francisco Silent Film Festival Winter Event

    Feb 12, 2011

    The San Francisco Silent Film Festival's Winter Event, a one-day affair to showcase silent films, returns to the Castro. Features include Charlie Chaplin shorts, Marcel L’Herbier’s 1928 ‘L’Argent’ and King Vidor’s 1926 ‘La Boheme,' each accompanied with live music. More at silentfilm.org and castrotheatre.com.

  • February 8, 2011

    2011 Oscar Nominated Live, Animated, Doc Shorts

    Feb 11, 2011

    The 2011 Oscar-nominated live, animated and selected documentary shorts play at Landmark’s Lumiere Theatre, Landmark's Opera Plaza Cinema, Landmark’s Shattuck Cinema, Smith Rafael Film Center and Camera Cinema. More at shortshd.com/theoscarshorts.

  • January 25, 2011

    By, For and About George Kuchar

    Jan 28, 2011

    The Roxie showcases filmmaker and educator George Kuchar with ‘By, For and About George Kuchar,’ including a Frankenstein series recently completed with his San Francisco Art Institute students, a selection of his shorts and Jennifer Kroot’s 2009 documentary, ‘It Came From Kuchar.’ More at roxie.com.

  • January 11, 2010

    German Gems Film Festival

    Jan 14, 2011

    Castro Theatre hosts the German Gems Film Festival, a three day event showcasing recent German features, shorts and documentaries. It begins on Friday with ‘Mahler On The Couch,' a feature directed by father and son team Percy and Felix Adlon, with an Opening Night after party following. More at castrotheatre.com.

  • January 4, 2010

    ‘In It For the Money’

    Jan 8, 2011

    The Film on Film Foundation and Oddball Film and Video offer a little financial advice to start the new year with their program of 16mm ’70s-era shorts, ‘In It For the Money: Short Films You Can Take to the Bank.’ The program plays at 8:00 p.m., Oddball Films, 275 Capp St. More at filmonfilm.org and oddballfilm.com.

  • December 9, 2010

    Stanford's MFA Doc Program Teaches Cardinal Rules, and How to Break Them

    Sara Dosa
    Dec 9, 2010

    A night with Stanford’s Doc Film MFAs offers insight into a storied program.

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    Stanford's MFA Doc Program Teaches Cardinal Rules, and How to Break Them

    Sara Dosa
    Dec 9, 2010

    A night with Stanford’s Doc Film MFAs offers insight into a storied program.

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    Stanford's MFA Doc Program Teaches Cardinal Rules, and How to Break Them

    Sara Dosa
    Dec 9, 2010

    A night with Stanford’s Doc Film MFAs offers insight into a storied program.

  • December 2, 2010

    De Michiel and Constantinou Offer Food for Thought

    Michael Fox
    Dec 1, 2010

    Filmmakers with deep roots in Bay Area cinema enter the brave new world of Web broadcasting with a series on food education for children.

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    De Michiel and Constantinou Offer Food for Thought

    Michael Fox
    Dec 1, 2010

    Filmmakers with deep roots in Bay Area cinema enter the brave new world of Web broadcasting with a series on food education for children.

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    De Michiel and Constantinou Offer Food for Thought

    Michael Fox
    Dec 1, 2010

    Filmmakers with deep roots in Bay Area cinema enter the brave new world of Web broadcasting with a series on food education for children.

  • November 10, 2010

    Afterimage: Filmmakers and Critics in Conversation: Kelly Reichardt with B. Ruby Rich

    Nov 11, 2010

    This event marks the debut of an exciting new filmmaker-in-person series presented by BAM/PFA. Regarded as one of the most significant voices in contemporary American indie cinema, director Kelly Reichardt presents and discusses her work with professor, author (and SF360.org contributor) B. Ruby Rich at the Pacific Film Archive. Feature films include ‘Ode,’ ‘Old Joy,’ ‘River of Grass’ and ‘Wendy and Lucy,’ as well as two shorts, ‘Then a Year,’ and ‘Travis.’ More at bampfa.berkeley.edu.

  • November 10, 2010

    San Francisco International Animation Festival

    Nov 11, 2010

    Animated stories from around the world gather at Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema for the fifth SFIAF. Six wide-ranging shorts programs as well as features like Brent Green’s ‘Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then’ and Sunao Katabuchi’s ‘Mai Mai Miracle’ take the screen. Four diverse animators interpret folk rock band The Decemberists’ 2009 concept album in ‘Here Come the Waves: The Hazards of Love Visualized,’ which opens the festival. Opening Night party follows the screening at La Mar Cebichería Peruana at Pier One and One-Half on the Embarcadero. More at sffs.org.

  • November 10, 2010

    Roman Polanski Shorts with Live Music by Sza/Za

    Nov 10, 2010

    Taking the legendary director of 'Rosemary's Baby,' 'Chinatown' and 'The Pianist' out of headlines and back to his filmmaking and geographic roots, this program pairs a live performance by Warsaw electro-acoustic duo Sza/Za with early Polanski shorts at Letterman Digital Arts Center’s Premier Theater. More at sffs.org.

  • November 2, 2010

    American Indian Film Festival

    Nov 5, 2010

    The 35th Annual AIFF kicks off at Landmark’s Embarcadero Cinema. Armand Garnet Ruffo interweaves two stories inspired by Ojibway spiritualism in the opening night film, ‘A Windigo Tale.’ The festival also includes animation and shorts programs, as well a toy drive. More at aifisf.com.

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    A Children's Film Festival Finds Inspiration for All Ages

    Gianmaria Franchini
    Sep 24, 2010

    The 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, 2010

    The NY/SF International Children's Film Festival offers a mix of animation, live action, fantasy, entertainment and insight.

  • September 30, 2010

    A Children's Film Festival Finds Inspiration for All Ages

    Gianmaria Franchini
    Sep 24, 2010

    The NY/SF International Children's Film Festival offers a mix of animation, live action, fantasy, entertainment and insight.

  • Festivals

    Telluride Unveils 37th Film Festival

    Gianmaria Franchini
    Sep 3, 2010

    Surprising themes and high profile documentaries are among the highlights of the Telluride 2010 lineup.

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    Telluride Unveils 37th Film Festival

    Gianmaria Franchini
    Sep 3, 2010

    Surprising themes and high profile documentaries are among the highlights of the Telluride 2010 lineup.

  • September 9 2010

    Telluride Unveils 37th Film Festival

    Gianmaria Franchini
    Sep 3, 2010

    Surprising themes and high profile documentaries are among the highlights of the Telluride 2010 lineup.

  • August 24, 2010

    Inside the PFA Film Vault

    Aug 27, 2010

    The Pacific Film Archive has dusted off a collection of rarely seen shorts from its new film vault; the kaleidoscopic collection full of "grain, color and noise" displays on a summer evening, outdoors, at a free screening on Friday, August 27.

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    Getting Down, Dirty with Bob Ray and Chad Holt

    Sean Uyehara
    Jul 26, 2010

    Bob Ray brings his Down & Dirty Austin Film Tour to the Bay Area. And you can't stop him.

  • Q & A

    Getting Down, Dirty with Bob Ray and Chad Holt

    Sean Uyehara
    Jul 26, 2010

    Bob Ray brings his Down & Dirty Austin Film Tour to the Bay Area. And you can't stop him.

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    Koons Garcia Runs Fingers Through 'Soil'

    Michael Fox
    Jul 14, 2010

    Deborah Koons Garcia's latest film explores the mystery and complexities of one of the earth's most valuable resources.

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    Koons Garcia Runs Fingers Through 'Soil'

    Michael Fox
    Jul 14, 2010

    Deborah Koons Garcia's latest film explores the mystery and complexities of one of the earth's most valuable resources.

  • Festivals

    Frameline34, a Festival Refreshed

    Matt Sussman
    Jun 25, 2010

    Critical consensus on Frameline34 marks it a good year. The audience wanted something different, and the festival has largely obliged.

  • News & Blogs

    Festivals from Cannes to Marfa, San Francisco Filmmakers Reporting

    Emile Bokaer, Cynthia Mitchell
    May 21, 2010

    Bay Area filmmakers report back from film festivals far (Cannes) and wide (Marfa).

  • Festivals

    Ideas that Last at the Disposable Film Festival

    Adam Hartzell
    May 11, 2010

    I sat down for a chat with Festival Director and cofounder Carlton Evans, Art Director Rebecca Bortman, and Jessica Meek, project coordinator for a fest sponsor.

  • Festivals

    SFIFF53: The Art of Revival

    Dennis Harvey
    Apr 29, 2010

    Through most of its history, the Festival has featured revivals of restored classics and little-known gems. This year s selections run an unusually wide gamut.

  • Q & A

    'Utopia' in San Francisco

    Susan Gerhard
    Apr 18, 2010

    I found Sam Green deep in preparation, but he found time to walk me through the greatest dreams and worst nightmares of the 20th century.

  • Q & A

    Sam Green's 'Utopia' at Sundance

    Susan Gerhard
    Jan 31, 2010

    I found Sam Green deep in preparation, but he found time to walk me through the greatest dreams and worst nightmares of the 20th century.

  • Festivals

    Words from Sundance Staffers: Jon Ho

    Hilary Hart
    Jan 28, 2010

    Hilary Hart, who annually holds down the late-night shift at the Egyptian at Sundance, offers interviews with fellow workers at the festival.

  • Festivals

    Words from Sundance Staffers: Ilya Tovbis

    Hilary Hart
    Jan 28, 2010

    Hilary Hart, who annually holds down the late-night shift at the Egyptian at Sundance, offers interviews with fellow workers at the festival.

  • Q & A

    Steven Severin On His Silent Spring

    Michael Read
    Jan 8, 2010

    Once 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.

  • Q & A

    Russell Merritt at the SF International Animation Festival

    Sura Wood
    Nov 9, 2009

    A conversation on Walt Disney's Alice Comedies with a lively raconteur and Professor of Film Studies at UC Berkeley.

  • Reviews

    Remembering Chick Strand

    Max Goldberg
    Oct 23, 2009

    Chick Strand, a crucial pioneer of West Coast experimental cinema, died July 11 at 78.

  • Festivals

    SFFS's Debut Cinema by the Bay

    Robert Avila
    Oct 22, 2009

    A 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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    Anne, Anne, Anne: McGuire Comes Alive

    Michael Fox
    Oct 20, 2009

    Anne McGuire finds the beauty in the strange, and the strangeness in the beautiful. That's not perversity, people; that's poetry.

  • Q & A

    How Scary Cow co-op is making indie filmmaking in SF a little less frightening

    Elizabeth Rader
    Aug 2, 2009

    Jager McConnell speaks about Scary Cow, a filmmakers' co-op that offers experience, people, money and equipment to aspiring filmmakers with ideas to burn.

  • Reviews

    'Until the Light Takes Us'

    Dennis Harvey
    Jul 29, 2009

    Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell's documnetary, Until the Light Takes Us examines the dark intersection of local Norwegian history and Death Metal.

  • Q & A

    Lee Isaac Chung on 'Munyurangabo'

    Elizabeth Rader
    Jun 12, 2009

    One can't help but think about the concept of cinematic language, as well as spoken language, when talking with Munyurangabo filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung.

  • Reviews

    'A Wake for Analog'

    Jonathan Kiefer
    May 21, 2009

    A Wake for Analog honors analog experimental films like Patrolling the Ether, Bassline Baseline and Zuse Strip.

  • In Production

    SFIFF52: 'The Professionals' Unites Filmmakers

    Michael Fox
    Apr 28, 2009

    The 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.

  • Festivals

    SFIFF52: Wisdom of the Underages

    Jonathan Kiefer
    Apr 16, 2009

    Where would cinema be without good, old-fashioned youthfulness? Hence: Youth Bring the Truth, a showcase for promising pre-adult media-makers including several local teenagers from this year's San Francisco International Film Festival.

  • Q & A

    Tom E. Brown on 'Pushing Dead' and Stayin' Alive

    Michael Fox
    Dec 23, 2008

    Tom E. Brown talks about producing and funding Pushing Dead, a film about an HIV-positive writer forced to give up his daily drug regimen.

  • Reviews

    Something Wild: Martha Colburn's Collage Animations

    Max Goldberg
    Dec 1, 2008

    Martha Colburn's recent shorts plunge the interstices of Americana for a hidden history of fanaticism and double-faced hypocrisies.

  • Festivals

    SF International's Golden Gate Awards: Alive and Cooking

    Susan Gerhard
    May 8, 2008

    Food scents and film sensibilities mingled in a pungent party atmosphere at the California Culinary Academy.

  • Q & A

    SFIFF51: Katherin McInnis Cues the Carnival Music

    Jennifer Preissel
    Apr 28, 2008

    The longtime Bay Area resident, who recently relocated to Brooklyn, screens Woodward's Gardens in the shorts program "In A Lonely Place: New Experimental Cinema."

  • Q & A

    SFIFF51: On the Breeding Behind "Evolution: The Musical!"

    Robert Avila
    Apr 22, 2008

    Think of it as The Sound of Music meets Quest for Fire, or Jesus Christ Superstar rocks Land of the Lost.

  • Festivals

    The San Francisco Irish Film Festival

    Eve O'Neill
    Mar 4, 2008

    San Francisco Irish Film Festival begins this Wednesday at the Roxie with a slate of narratives and documentaries imbued with Ireland's particularly unique sense of time and place

  • Q & A

    Alan K. Rode on Noir and Charles McGraw

    Michael Fox
    Jan 28, 2008

    Alan K. Rode, a cofounder of the Film Noir Foundation, sang the praises of San Francisco movie audiences on the horn from L.A., then got down to brass tacks.

  • Q & A

    Christopher Coppola Wants You

    Robert Avila
    Dec 6, 2007

    Somewhere between iPhone and YouTube there’s a wee festival known as miniPAH. A more slender version of PAH-FEST, the touring weeklong digital film festival founded a year and a half ago by filmmaker Christopher Coppola, “miniPAH: San Francisco” happens this weekend at Coppola’s alma mater, San Francisco Art Institute, ahead of a full-fledged Bay Area PAH sometime next year.

  • Festivals

    International Latino Film Festival and S.F. International Animation Festival

    Robert Avila
    Nov 8, 2007

    In the wake of Mexican cinema's triumphant showing at the 2007 Oscars, these films serve to confirm how some of the biggest surprises can come from the shortest of distances.

  • News & Blogs

    MobMov and the New-School Drive-In Movie

    Erika Young
    Oct 24, 2007

    MobMov combines the four-wheeled charm of an old-time drive-in with the technologist's urge to pimp his or her ride into a rolling film-projection booth.

  • Festivals

    The 11th Arab Film Festival

    Robert Avila
    Oct 18, 2007

    The Arab Film Festival, now in its 11th year, is featuring not just 80 movies from 13 countries, but is also including screenings in LA, a first for a Bay Area-based fest.

  • Reviews

    The art of Muppetry

    Claire Faggioli
    Jun 21, 2007

    Muppets, Music, and Magic, a Jim Henson career retrospective pleases not only Muppet-lovers but also people whose tastes stretch beyond.

  • Festivals

    Frameline, Scalped

    Laura Irvine
    May 16, 2007

    Jeff Iorillo on the fourth festival trailer that he's written and directed for the S.F. International LGBT Film Festival.

  • Festivals

    Uyehara Hits High Notes on Music of SFIFF50

    Sean Uyehara
    Apr 20, 2007

    Thinking about the upcoming SFIFF, music may not be the first thing that pops into your head. It may not even be the second.

  • Festivals

    The SF International's GreenWorld contest turns a big issue over to the makers of shorts

    Miljenko Skoknic
    Mar 21, 2007

    The SFIFF GreenWorld Contest brings the vision of filmmakers to the forefront of environmental discourse through fiction, documentary, experimental, and essayistic films.

  • Festivals

    The SF International's GreenWorld contest turns a big issue over to the makers of shorts

    Miljenko Skoknic
    Mar 21, 2007

    The SFIFF GreenWorld Contest brings the vision of filmmakers to the forefront of environmental discourse through fiction, documentary, experimental, and essayistic films.

  • News & Blogs

    'The Departed' Wins Best Picture, Scorsese Best Director at 79th Oscars

    Eugene Hernandez/indieWIRE
    Feb 26, 2007

    When all was said and done in Los Angeles tonight, The Departed was the big winner at the 79th Academy Awards.

  • Reviews

    15 Minutes of YouTube

    Justin Juul
    Feb 2, 2007

    The List: A collection of individuals who caught my eye in an intense week of YouTube scouring. Most have gotten upwards of one million views.

  • Q & A

    James T. Hong on Heidegger, Hitler, and His New Film

    Cheryl Eddy
    Dec 18, 2006

    San Francisco artist James T. Hong is currently working on a documentary, tentatively titled New History Zero, which explores his interest in revisionist World War II history.

  • Reviews

    Nathaniel Dorsky's Secret World

    Michael Fox
    Dec 5, 2006

    Song and Solitude, is a twilight sojourn to a secret world much like our own, rendered with profound patience and a hint of wistfulness.

  • Reviews

    Music Videos At the Museum

    Max Goldberg
    Nov 29, 2006

    MTV's boat has long since sailed, but music videos are as ubiquitous on YouTube and Myspace as YBCA brings music videos to its downstairs gallery.

  • Q & A

    Killing My Lobster Gets Krunk With Andrew Bancroft

    Sean Uyehara
    Nov 21, 2006

    Half of Illbilly Productions and 1/45th of Killing My Lobster, Bancroft has made claymation shorts and perhaps the quintessential rap video, Maximum Wage.

  • Q & A

    Killing My Lobster Gets Krunk With Andrew Bancroft

    Sean Uyehara
    Nov 21, 2006

    Half of Illbilly Productions and 1/45th of Killing My Lobster, Bancroft has made claymation shorts and perhaps the quintessential rap video, Maximum Wage.

  • Reviews

    KQED's Wild West in "Truly CA"

    Justin Juul
    Nov 16, 2006

    The weekly series is a platform for independent filmmakers in California, showcasing short and full-length documentaries about the state.

  • Festivals

    Second Look at 3rd I

    Jennifer Young
    Nov 14, 2006

    Three days, nine films, eight shorts, and endless bliss courtesy of last weekend's fourth annual 3rd I South Asian Film Festival.

  • Q & A

    Poetic Terrorism and Wholphin #2

    Sean Uyehara
    Oct 17, 2006

    When Brent Hoff was checking into a hotel for a film festival, the concierge thrust a business card into his hand, “Remember me next time you’re casting a film." So he asked the biggest directors he knows to cast the concierge in a series of short films.

  • Q & A

    "One Man Band," two Pixar geniuses, and "The Iron Giant" revisited

    Sean Uyehara
    Oct 13, 2006

    Mark Andrews and Andrew Jimenez co-wrote and co-directed the unexpected, surprisingly funny short about two musicians vying for a young girl's lone coin.

  • Festivals

    San Francisco International Animation Showcase

    Johnny Ray Huston
    Oct 12, 2006

    San Francisco Film Society programming associate Sean Uyehara has pulled off a feat with the opening program for the first San Francisco International Animation Showcase.

  • Festivals

    Dog Day Afternoon in the Castro

    Laura Irvine and Jennifer Young
    Oct 11, 2006

    Crossdressers, canines, and Cruellas de Vil occupied the Castro theater last weekend as part of the first Canine Film Festival.

  • Reviews

    City Poet Bruce Baillie Returns

    Johnny Ray Huston
    Oct 10, 2006

    When onlookers or bystanders disparagingly refer to experimental film as torturous or a bore, it’s a safe bet that they’ve never seen anything by Bruce Baillie.

  • Reviews

    Two Wheels, Five Films

    Justin Juul
    Sep 29, 2006

    People-powered transportation propels the movies in the 2006 Bicycle Film Fest.

  • Festivals

    Mill Valley Film Festival 2006 Announcement

    Susan Gerhard
    Sep 13, 2006

    Tributes to Helen Mirren and Tim Robbins highlight the 29th annual edition .

  • Reviews

    Gallery on Demand

    Johnny Ray Huston
    Sep 6, 2006

    The Catharine Clark Gallery's new Video on Demand feature allows you to choose videos from the gallery's extensive library of video work.

  • Q & A

    Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema 2006

    Susan Gerhard
    Sep 1, 2006

    The List:10 local filmmakers describe what they love about shooting on the streets of San Francisco.

  • Festivals

    Fall 2006 Festival Season

    Susan Gerhard
    Aug 25, 2006

    SF360 checks in with a few Bay Area festival insiders to see what they're excited about at upcoming festivals.

  • Q & A

    TurnHere's Travel Videos

    Susan Gerhard
    Aug 18, 2006

    There's one resource on the Net where some of the best travel videos have congregated, the Emervyille company aptly named TurnHere.

  • Reviews

    All About Eva

    Susan Gerhard
    Aug 11, 2006

    The List: Ten faves from Eva Sollberger's YouTube series, The Deadbeat Club, which revisits the decade she spent working in the Bay Area film community.

  • Festivals

    A Tale of Two Shorts Festivals

    Robert Avila
    Aug 10, 2006

    SF Shorts and the SF Underground Short Film Festival provide a big-screen showcase for oft-overlooked short subjects.

  • Festivals

    A Tale of Two Shorts Festivals

    Robert Avila
    Aug 10, 2006

    SF Shorts and the SF Underground Short Film Festival provide a big-screen showcase for oft-overlooked short subjects.

  • Q & A

    Stephen Parr In the Home-Movie Archives

    Michael Fox
    Aug 7, 2006

    The San Francisco Media Archive director talks about the weirdness and normality revealed on Home Movie Day.

  • Festivals

    ZeroOne Through Ten

    Susan Gerhard
    Aug 4, 2006

    The List: ZeroOne San Jose Global Festival of Art on the Edge presents an array of = augmented realities, artificial intelligences, and interactive pieces.

  • Q & A

    Filmmaking in 48 Hours

    Susan Gerhard
    Jul 19, 2006

    Leena Prasad talks about making a sci-fi comedy featuring a pillow and a character named Mark Pantagenet, Foreign Ambassador in just 48 hours.

  • Reviews

    Bay Area Filmmakers at SF International LGBT Film Festival

    Susan Gerhard
    Jun 23, 2006

    16 filmmakers from the Bay Area find at least 15 minutes of fame in the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival this year.

  • Reviews

    "Broken Sky" and "Two Drifters" at the San Francisco LGBT Film Festival

    Johnny Ray Huston
    Jun 20, 2006

    Julián Hernández and João Pedro Rodrigues show their second features at the S.F. International LGBT Film Festival.

  • Festivals

    San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival

    Dennis Harvey
    Jun 15, 2006

    Highlights from San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival's 30th annual edition.

  • Festivals

    The San Francisco Black Film Festival

    Cheryl Eddy
    Jun 12, 2006

    Highlights of San Francisco Black Film Festival's eighth annual edition.

  • Festivals

    Creative Offerings at the Icelandic Film Festival

    Dennis Harvey
    May 21, 2006

    The third annual Icelandic Film Festival offers just two features and one short, but it's all very, very good.

  • Reviews

    Showstopping Filmmakers Rodney Ascher and Syd Garon

    Danny Plotnick
    May 17, 2006

    Rodney Ascher and Syd Garon are only two people whose works curator Danny Plotnick would show sight unseen.

  • Festivals

    24 Reasons Why

    Susan Gerhard
    May 11, 2006

    A list of the 24 reasons why to find yourself in the Mission this Sunday and the rest of the week for the 10th annual Music and Arts Festival.

  • Festivals

    San Francisco International Film Festival, Week Two

    Cheryl Eddy
    May 1, 2006

    The second week of the 49th SFIFF was packed with tributes and special events, luring diverse crowds with honorees like Werner Herzog and Ed Harris.

  • Festivals

    International REMIX

    Susan Gerhard
    Apr 19, 2006

    If you haven't yet found your repurpose in life, SFIFF's International Remix site might be of use.

  • First Person

    Five Moments on Market Street, 1905-2006

    Melinda Stone
    Apr 14, 2006

    I first saw the remarkable A Trip Down Market Street, 1905 at the Exploratorium seven years ago, feeling chills as I gazed into the past.

  • First Person

    Sam Green's Tour Through "Lot 63, Grave C"

    Sam Green
    Apr 12, 2006

    For people who know their rock trivia, or saw Gimme Shelter, Altamont represents one of the most infamous moments in Bay Area cultural history.

  • Festivals

    49th Annual SFIFF Lineup

    Susan Gerhard
    Mar 28, 2006

    San Francisco International Film Festival announces lineup for the 49th annual festival.


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