• News & Blogs
  
  

  UC Berkeley: " ‘Presumed Guilty’ Wins Emmy for Best Investigative Journalism"

  Sep 27, 2011

  “Presumed Guilty was nominated for three Emmys — outstanding investigative journalism (long form), best documentary and best research — and has received some 20 festival awards," reports Cathy Cockrell. More at berkeley.edu.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  SF Chronicle: "Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive Plan"

  Sep 21, 2011

  "The proposal for the 82,000-square-foot facility made public Wednesday evening comes 15 months after the university-owned institution restarted the effort to build itself a new home on the downtown edge of the UC Berkeley campus at Center and Oxford streets," reports John King. Read more at sfgate.com.

  
• April 14, 2011
  
  

  'Sleeping Ember' Reignites

  Matt Sussman
  Apr 14, 2011

  A grad student brings a rare screening of silent classic 'Braza Dormida' to the PFA, with live jazz accompaniment.

  
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  'Sleeping Ember' Reignites

  Matt Sussman
  Apr 14, 2011

  A grad student brings a rare screening of silent classic 'Braza Dormida' to the PFA, with live jazz accompaniment.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  'Sleeping Ember' Reignites

  Matt Sussman
  Apr 14, 2011

  A grad student brings a rare screening of silent classic 'Braza Dormida' to the PFA, with live jazz accompaniment.

  
• April 12, 2011
  
  

  ‘The Price of Sex’

  Apr 12, 2011

  Filmmaker Mimi Chakarova is at Sutardja Hall Auditorium, UC Berkeley, to present her documentary, ‘The Price of Sex,’ which is an award-winning investigation into sex trafficking throughout Europe and the Middle East. More at priceofsex.org.

  
• April 14, 2011
  
  

  Journalist-Activist Chakarova Exposes ‘Price of Sex’

  Michael Fox
  Apr 11, 2011

  Mimi Chakarova gains a new perspective on journalism as well as international crime in investigating 'The Price of Sex.'

  
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  Journalist-Activist Chakarova Exposes ‘Price of Sex’

  Michael Fox
  Apr 11, 2011

  Mimi Chakarova gains a new perspective on journalism as well as international crime in investigating 'The Price of Sex.'

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Journalist-Activist Chakarova Exposes ‘Price of Sex’

  Michael Fox
  Apr 11, 2011

  Mimi Chakarova gains a new perspective on journalism as well as international crime in investigating 'The Price of Sex.'

  
• March 8, 2011
  
  

  Film and Video Makers at Cal

  Mar 10, 2011

  Pacific Film Archive hosts ‘Film and Video Makers at Cal,’ which offers an array of short narratives, documentaries and music videos by UC Berkeley student filmmakers. More at bampfa.berkeley.edu.

  
• January 18, 2011
  
  

  'Beauty and the Beast' with Lecture

  Jan 19, 2011

  Pacific Film Archive Theater and UC Berkeley’s Department of Film and Media present Jean Cocteau’s 1946 ‘Beauty and the Beast.’ A lecture by Professor Russell Merritt follows. More at bampfa.berkeley.edu.

  
• Story Structure
  
  

  Best Practices For Naming Sequences

  Karen Everett
  Dec 30, 2009

  For handy access to your most valuable footage, here s a method of organizing sequences.

  
• Story Structure
  
  

  Sequence Names

  Karen Everett
  Dec 1, 2009

  The Edit Room: Karen Everett shares tips on how to track multiple versions of Final Cut Pro projects and sequences.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Elliot Lavine: 'I Wake Up Dreaming'

  Sura Wood
  May 11, 2009

  Elliot Lavine, a Bay Area film scene fixture, returns to The Roxie to curate I Wake Up Dreaming: The Haunted World of the B Film Noir, a series of 28 lowdown and tawdry films.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Jerusalem's Lone Gay Bar

  Michael Fox
  Sep 17, 2008

  Yun Suh's film City of Borders documents group dynamics and conflict through the doors of a Jerusalem's only gay bar: a locale where anyone can, "come, be themselves, and be accepted."

  
• Reviews
  
  

  "Radical Closure" at the PFA

  Robert Avila
  Dec 7, 2006

  This series of cinematic responses to war, curated by Lebanese video artist Akram Zaatari, opens up possibilities for re-imagining the dehumanized landscape of violence.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Amos Gitai's Reality

  Michael Fox
  Aug 1, 2006

  The veteran Israeli filmmaker, in town for the Jewish Film Festival, talks about radical art and Free Zone.