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Funding: California Story Fund
Nov 15, 2011The California Story Fund, presented by California Council for the Humanities (CCH), supports public humanities programs that bring light to compelling stories from California's diverse communities and provide opportunities for collective reflection and public discussion. ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must have California tax-exempt organizational status or partner with a California tax-exempt organization that will serve as a fiscal sponsor, not have an open grant with CCH, and be in good standing with CCH. Projects should be based on stories gathered from community members, include a public discussion component and at least one humanities expert. Film/video projects should not exceed a total budget of $50,000. AWARDS: Applicants may request up to $10,000, which must be matched by at least an equivalent contribution of non-federal funds or in-kind services. DEADLINE: November 15, 2011. WEBSITE: calhum.org/guidelines/guidelines_csf.htm.
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Deadlines
Funding: San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) Cultural Equity Grants
Nov 10, 2011San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) Cultural Equity Grants provide "financial support for the enrichment of San Francisco's multicultural landscape." ELIGIBILITY: Organization Project Grants provide up to $15,000 to support the presentation of high quality works of art and arts activities, including film and video screenings and arts festivals. All art forms will be considered. To be eligible, organizations must have 501(c)(3) status or use a fiscal sponsor. Grant Period: June 15, 2012 - December 31, 2013. AWARDS: Grants awards are up to 15,000 to support the enhancement of arts facilities in the city. DEADLINE: November 10, 2011. WEBSITE: sfartscommission.org/ceg/grants/index.html#opg.
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News & Blogs
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival Announces New Executive Director
Oct 24, 2011Press release: The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival announced its new Executive Director: Lexi Leban, who begins working with the festival November 7, 2011. A longtime member of the Bay Area film community, Lexi has worked in all aspects of film, from production to distribution. She’s also worked with numerous film festivals, including the Mill Valley Film Festival, the San Francisco International Film Festival, and the Global Social Change Film Festival in Bali. Lexi is currently Academic Director of the Digital Filmmaking & Video Production Program at the Art Institute of California, where she built the department from its inception. Her most recent feature documentary, Girl Trouble, which follows young girls in San Francisco’s juvenile justice system, aired on PBS’s acclaimed series Independent Lens in January of 2006, and won Best Bay Area Documentary at the San Francisco International Film Festival. More at sfjff.org.
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News & Blogs
Wired: "At Popcorn Hackathon, Coders Team With Filmmakers to Supercharge Web Video"
Oct 20, 2011"Filmmakers and coders hunkered down for two days of creative collaboration here during a first-of-its-kind hackathon that explored the future of web video — specifically Popcorn.js, Mozilla’s HTML5 media toolkit designed to amp up interactivity" reports Angela Watercutter. More at wired.com.
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Deadlines
Funding: TFI Latin America Media Arts Fund
Oct 10, 2011The TFI Latin America Media Arts Fund supports innovative film and video artists who are living or working in Mexico, Central and South America and working independently in their efforts to reach a larger audience. ELIGIBILITY: Submissions must be animation, documentary and/or hybrid feature-length films with an intended length of at least 70 minutes. Submissions must be in production or post-production and must not have aired on any form of television, been screened publicly or have been distributed in theaters or via the internet. Projects may be in any language or dialect. Applicants must be over 18 years old. Student films and stand-alone short films are not eligible for submission. $25 entry fee. AWARDS: Last year, the Fund administered $10,000 grants to four selected films. In addition to funding, each grantee will receive a U.S. based advisor and guidance from the Tribeca Film Institute. DEADLINE: October 10, 2011. WEBSITE: tribecafilminstitute.org/filmmakers/latin_fund/.
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News & Blogs
USA Today: "Netflix Snatches Dreamworks Rights From HBO"
Sep 26, 2011"The multiyear deal announced Monday," reports Michael Liedtke, "will give Netflix's streaming service the exclusive rights to show the latest content from DreamWorks, the studio behind a list of popular franchises that includes Shrek, Kung Fu Panda and Madagascar." More at usatoday.com.
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Home
He-Men Command Belief in MMA Film 'Warrior'
Dennis Harvey
Sep 13, 2011Gavin O'Connor does a remarkable job making his two-and-a-half-hour fight film gritty, involving and as credible as humanly possible.
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Reviews
He-Men Command Belief in MMA Film 'Warrior'
Dennis Harvey
Sep 13, 2011Gavin O'Connor does a remarkable job making his two-and-a-half-hour fight film gritty, involving and as credible as humanly possible.
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September 15, 2011
He-Men Command Belief in MMA Film 'Warrior'
Dennis Harvey
Sep 13, 2011Gavin O'Connor does a remarkable job making his two-and-a-half-hour fight film gritty, involving and as credible as humanly possible.
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September 8 2011
He-Men Command Belief in MMA Film 'Warrior'
Dennis Harvey
Sep 13, 2011Gavin O'Connor does a remarkable job making his two-and-a-half-hour fight film gritty, involving and as credible as humanly possible.
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Home
Radical Light: ‘Movie Factory’
George Kuchar
Sep 7, 2011As an appreciation of George Kuchar's inspired presence, we offer up the filmmaker in his own words, excerpted from 'Radical Light: Alternative Film and Video in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945–2000.'
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In Depth
Radical Light: ‘Movie Factory’
George Kuchar
Sep 7, 2011As an appreciation of George Kuchar's inspired presence, we offer up the filmmaker in his own words, excerpted from 'Radical Light: Alternative Film and Video in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945–2000.'
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September 8 2011
Radical Light: ‘Movie Factory’
George Kuchar
Sep 7, 2011As an appreciation of George Kuchar's inspired presence, we offer up the filmmaker in his own words, excerpted from 'Radical Light: Alternative Film and Video in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945–2000.'
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Deadlines
Funding: The Roy W. Dean LA August Grant
Aug 30, 2011The 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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Home
Graham Leggat: Filmmakers, Writers, Fans Remember
Susan Gerhard
Aug 30, 2011When news of San Francisco Executive Director Graham Leggat’s passing hit the web, responses were heartfelt and immediate. SF360 collects a few of those thoughts.
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News & Blogs
Graham Leggat: Filmmakers, Writers, Fans Remember
Susan Gerhard
Aug 30, 2011When news of San Francisco Executive Director Graham Leggat’s passing hit the web, responses were heartfelt and immediate. SF360 collects a few of those thoughts.
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September 1, 2011
Graham Leggat: Filmmakers, Writers, Fans Remember
Susan Gerhard
Aug 30, 2011When news of San Francisco Executive Director Graham Leggat’s passing hit the web, responses were heartfelt and immediate. SF360 collects a few of those thoughts.
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August 25, 2011
ITVS Celebrates 20th Tuned to Multi-Platform World
Michael Fox
Aug 24, 2011Powerfully positioned San Francisco-based champion of independent docs and dramas for television begins to navigate its third decade.
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ITVS Celebrates 20th Tuned to Multi-Platform World
Michael Fox
Aug 24, 2011Powerfully positioned San Francisco-based champion of independent docs and dramas for television begins to navigate its third decade.
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News & Blogs
ITVS Celebrates 20th Tuned to Multi-Platform World
Michael Fox
Aug 24, 2011Powerfully positioned San Francisco-based champion of independent docs and dramas for television begins to navigate its third decade.
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August 18, 2011
‘Dawn’ Salutes Lost Girls, Sainted Sister
Michael Fox
Aug 17, 2011A collaborative project recounts the life and work of a German-born nun located outside Nairobi and the Sudanese Lost Girls she helped find.
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Home
‘Dawn’ Salutes Lost Girls, Sainted Sister
Michael Fox
Aug 17, 2011A collaborative project recounts the life and work of a German-born nun located outside Nairobi and the Sudanese Lost Girls she helped find.
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In Production
‘Dawn’ Salutes Lost Girls, Sainted Sister
Michael Fox
Aug 17, 2011A collaborative project recounts the life and work of a German-born nun located outside Nairobi and the Sudanese Lost Girls she helped find.
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July 19, 2011
Marius Watz: Automatic Writing
Jul 22, 2011SFFS presents the work of pioneering software artist Marius Watz, who uses digital processes and authored algorithms to “automatically” produce numerous types of media including video, still imagery and sculpture through semi-autonomous software systems, as part of its KinoTek series. Look for sci-fi writer/theorist Bruce Sterling's essay on Watz in Thursday's SF360.org. Events: An exhibition in Super Frog Gallery at New People opens July 22; Artist Talk, July 26; Master Class, July 27. More at sffs.org.
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Home
‘Over the Edge’ Emerges from ‘Cult-Favorite’ Closet
Dennis Harvey
Jun 28, 2011Ficks’ ‘Watch out for Children’ triple bill features a long lost career-lanching teen-drama gem.
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June 30, 2011
‘Over the Edge’ Emerges from ‘Cult-Favorite’ Closet
Dennis Harvey
Jun 28, 2011Ficks’ ‘Watch out for Children’ triple bill features a long lost career-lanching teen-drama gem.
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Reviews
‘Over the Edge’ Emerges from ‘Cult-Favorite’ Closet
Dennis Harvey
Jun 28, 2011Ficks’ ‘Watch out for Children’ triple bill features a long lost career-lanching teen-drama gem.
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Home
New Approaches Embolden Doc Genre
Karen Everett
May 17, 2011Nonfiction filmmakers are re-engaging audiences with an entrepreneurial spirit and a focus on creative narrative strategy.
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May 19, 2011
New Approaches Embolden Doc Genre
Karen Everett
May 17, 2011Nonfiction filmmakers are re-engaging audiences with an entrepreneurial spirit and a focus on creative narrative strategy.
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Story Structure
New Approaches Embolden Doc Genre
Karen Everett
May 17, 2011Nonfiction filmmakers are re-engaging audiences with an entrepreneurial spirit and a focus on creative narrative strategy.
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April 28, 2011
SFIFF54 Embraces Barney's Unique POV
Carmen Winant
Apr 30, 2011In a quarter century of filmmaking feats, persistence and vision are defining qualities for Matthew Barney.
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Festivals
SFIFF54 Embraces Barney's Unique POV
Carmen Winant
Apr 30, 2011In a quarter century of filmmaking feats, persistence and vision are defining qualities for Matthew Barney.
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Home
SFIFF54 Embraces Barney's Unique POV
Carmen Winant
Apr 30, 2011In a quarter century of filmmaking feats, persistence and vision are defining qualities for Matthew Barney.
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April 19, 2011
ATA Film & Video Festival
Apr 20, 2011Roxie Theater hosts Playback: ATA Film & Video Festival 2006-2010, a one-day event that showcases a selection of short films from the experimental media arts gallery. More at roxie.com.
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April 7, 2011
Juelich Rides ‘Neon’ Roller Coaster
Michael Fox
Apr 6, 2011Jennifer Juelich uses California carnivals as atmosphere for her DIY drama.
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Juelich Rides ‘Neon’ Roller Coaster
Michael Fox
Apr 6, 2011Jennifer Juelich uses California carnivals as atmosphere for her DIY drama.
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In Production
Juelich Rides ‘Neon’ Roller Coaster
Michael Fox
Apr 6, 2011Jennifer Juelich uses California carnivals as atmosphere for her DIY drama.
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First Person
Filmmakers Bring Stories to New Platforms
Erica Marcus
Mar 22, 2011The Media that Matters Conference showcased innovative formats and powerful storytelling.
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Filmmakers Bring Stories to New Platforms
Erica Marcus
Mar 22, 2011The Media that Matters Conference showcased innovative formats and powerful storytelling.
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March 24, 2011
Filmmakers Bring Stories to New Platforms
Erica Marcus
Mar 22, 2011The Media that Matters Conference showcased innovative formats and powerful storytelling.
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March 8, 2011
Film and Video Makers at Cal
Mar 10, 2011Pacific 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.
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News & Blogs
SF Indiefest Announces Audience Award Winners
Feb 23, 2011Press 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.
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February 24, 2011
Nakadate’s Fever Dreams Heat the Screen
Sean Uyehara
Feb 23, 2011Filmmaker/photographer Laurel Nakadate talks about acting, power and identity.
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Nakadate’s Fever Dreams Heat the Screen
Sean Uyehara
Feb 23, 2011Filmmaker/photographer Laurel Nakadate talks about acting, power and identity.
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Q & A
Nakadate’s Fever Dreams Heat the Screen
Sean Uyehara
Feb 23, 2011Filmmaker/photographer Laurel Nakadate talks about acting, power and identity.
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February 17, 2011
Noise Pop 2011's Film Series Rawks
Dennis Harvey
Feb 17, 2011Noise Pop brings the noise as well as great filmmaking to its annual music-and-movie event.
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Festivals
Noise Pop 2011's Film Series Rawks
Dennis Harvey
Feb 17, 2011Noise Pop brings the noise as well as great filmmaking to its annual music-and-movie event.
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Home
Noise Pop 2011's Film Series Rawks
Dennis Harvey
Feb 17, 2011Noise Pop brings the noise as well as great filmmaking to its annual music-and-movie event.
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January 18, 2011
Radical Light: Post-Conceptual Performance
Jan 23, 2011Jordan Biren, Tony Labat and Anne McGuire appear in person for the Radical Light program Post-Conceptual Performance: Video, 1977 to 1997, which looks at the artist's body as the medium in works by Biren, McGuire, Labat, Leslie Singer, Doug Hall and Cecilia Dougherty. More at press.bampfa.berkeley.edu/radical.
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Home
Nanstad Tracks Down 'Sisters' Act
Michael Fox
Jan 12, 2011Rachel Nanstad finds a unique American story in the Reed Sisters' musical act.
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In Production
Nanstad Tracks Down 'Sisters' Act
Michael Fox
Jan 12, 2011Rachel Nanstad finds a unique American story in the Reed Sisters' musical act.
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January 13, 2011
Nanstad Tracks Down 'Sisters' Act
Michael Fox
Jan 12, 2011Rachel Nanstad finds a unique American story in the Reed Sisters' musical act.
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January 4, 2010
‘In It For the Money’
Jan 8, 2011The 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.
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'Deathstalker' Muscles its Way Back to Big Screen
Dennis Harvey
Jan 6, 2011Sword, sandals and a sinister real-life epilogue: 'Deathstalker' earns top billing in a Midnite for Maniacs evening at the Castro. As one of 1982's bigger box-office hits, Conan the Barbarian accomplished two things. First, it finally made a movie star out of thick-bodied, thicker-accented Arnold Schwarzenegger after several failed attempts. Second, it spawned a legion of cheaper imitations cashing in on the early 1980s' seemingly bottomless need for films to fill cable airtime and video rental shelves. (Remember, until that time there the only commercial outlets for movies were theatrical release and network TV—so these were entirely...
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January 6, 2010
'Deathstalker' Muscles its Way Back to Big Screen
Dennis Harvey
Jan 6, 2011Sword, sandals and a sinister real-life epilogue: 'Deathstalker' earns top billing in a Midnite for Maniacs evening at the Castro. As one of 1982's bigger box-office hits, Conan the Barbarian accomplished two things. First, it finally made a movie star out of thick-bodied, thicker-accented Arnold Schwarzenegger after several failed attempts. Second, it spawned a legion of cheaper imitations cashing in on the early 1980s' seemingly bottomless need for films to fill cable airtime and video rental shelves. (Remember, until that time there the only commercial outlets for movies were theatrical release and network TV—so these were entirely...
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December 23, 2010
Film 2010: YouTube, WeTube
Susan Gerhard
Dec 22, 2010Is this what we talk about when we talk about YouTube?
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December 28, 2010
Film 2010: YouTube, WeTube
Susan Gerhard
Dec 22, 2010Is this what we talk about when we talk about YouTube?
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Home
Film 2010: YouTube, WeTube
Susan Gerhard
Dec 22, 2010Is this what we talk about when we talk about YouTube?
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Reviews
Film 2010: YouTube, WeTube
Susan Gerhard
Dec 22, 2010Is this what we talk about when we talk about YouTube?
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December 23, 2010
Film 2010: YouTube, WeTube
Susan Gerhard
Dec 22, 2010Is this what we talk about when we talk about YouTube?
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December 28, 2010
Film 2010: YouTube, WeTube
Susan Gerhard
Dec 22, 2010Is this what we talk about when we talk about YouTube?
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Home
Film 2010: YouTube, WeTube
Susan Gerhard
Dec 22, 2010Is this what we talk about when we talk about YouTube?
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Reviews
Film 2010: YouTube, WeTube
Susan Gerhard
Dec 22, 2010Is this what we talk about when we talk about YouTube?
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December 9, 2010
Essential SF: Anne McGuire
Sean Uyehara
Dec 6, 2010San Francisco has not quite been the same since it began experiencing the cinema/performance antics of an uncontainable Anne McGuire.
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Home
Essential SF: Anne McGuire
Sean Uyehara
Dec 6, 2010San Francisco has not quite been the same since it began experiencing the cinema/performance antics of an uncontainable Anne McGuire.
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In Depth
Essential SF: Anne McGuire
Sean Uyehara
Dec 6, 2010San Francisco has not quite been the same since it began experiencing the cinema/performance antics of an uncontainable Anne McGuire.
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November 3 2010
Essential SF: Anne McGuire
Sean Uyehara
Dec 6, 2010San Francisco has not quite been the same since it began experiencing the cinema/performance antics of an uncontainable Anne McGuire.
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Home
Radical Light: 'A Haven for Radical Art and Experimental Film and Video'
Steve Anker
Nov 19, 2010Pacific Film Archive offers the second of three excerpts from its monumental work, 'Radical Light.'
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In Depth
Radical Light: 'A Haven for Radical Art and Experimental Film and Video'
Steve Anker
Nov 19, 2010Pacific Film Archive offers the second of three excerpts from its monumental work, 'Radical Light.'
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November 24, 2010
Radical Light: 'A Haven for Radical Art and Experimental Film and Video'
Steve Anker
Nov 19, 2010Pacific Film Archive offers the second of three excerpts from its monumental work, 'Radical Light.'
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Home
Semiconductor's Binary Opposition
Sean Uyehara
Nov 12, 2010San Francisco International Animation Festival: Semiconductor's Ruth Jarman and Joseph Gerhardt talk about their work in music, movies and animation. What do you call a duo that considers itself a trio? Or videomakers who call themselves sculptors? Semiconductor has been making video and installation work for over ten years. They consist of Joseph Gerhardt, Ruth Jarman and a computer. They create animations and present live music and visual shows. Everything they do is slightly inside out. The computer is more or less an antagonist in their midst. They haven’t quite broken up the band yet, because the....
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November 11, 2010
Semiconductor's Binary Opposition
Sean Uyehara
Nov 12, 2010San Francisco International Animation Festival: Semiconductor's Ruth Jarman and Joseph Gerhardt talk about their work in music, movies and animation. What do you call a duo that considers itself a trio? Or videomakers who call themselves sculptors? Semiconductor has been making video and installation work for over ten years. They consist of Joseph Gerhardt, Ruth Jarman and a computer. They create animations and present live music and visual shows. Everything they do is slightly inside out. The computer is more or less an antagonist in their midst. They haven’t quite broken up the band yet, because the....
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Festivals
The View from Here
Michael Fox
Nov 4, 2010San Francisco Film Society's Cinema by the Bay festival puts the focus on locals.
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The View from Here
Michael Fox
Nov 4, 2010San Francisco Film Society's Cinema by the Bay festival puts the focus on locals.
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November 4, 2010
The View from Here
Michael Fox
Nov 4, 2010San Francisco Film Society's Cinema by the Bay festival puts the focus on locals.
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Mike Ott on the Guileless Filmmaking of 'Littlerock'
Jessica Sapick
Oct 25, 2010Mike Ott, now up for a Gotham Award, speaks on filmmaking process and his indie film 'Littlerock.'
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October 28, 2010
Mike Ott on the Guileless Filmmaking of 'Littlerock'
Jessica Sapick
Oct 25, 2010Mike Ott, now up for a Gotham Award, speaks on filmmaking process and his indie film 'Littlerock.'
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Q & A
Mike Ott on the Guileless Filmmaking of 'Littlerock'
Jessica Sapick
Oct 25, 2010Mike Ott, now up for a Gotham Award, speaks on filmmaking process and his indie film 'Littlerock.'
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Home
'Left in the Dark' Savors the Bay Area's Cinema Past, Present
Susan Gerhard
Oct 4, 2010Photo/essay book 'Left in the Dark' offers a way in—and out of—San Francisco cinema's rich, gritty, glamorous past.
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October 7, 2010
'Left in the Dark' Savors the Bay Area's Cinema Past, Present
Susan Gerhard
Oct 4, 2010Photo/essay book 'Left in the Dark' offers a way in—and out of—San Francisco cinema's rich, gritty, glamorous past.
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Q & A
'Left in the Dark' Savors the Bay Area's Cinema Past, Present
Susan Gerhard
Oct 4, 2010Photo/essay book 'Left in the Dark' offers a way in—and out of—San Francisco cinema's rich, gritty, glamorous past.
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September 21, 2010
Distro 2010: Distribution for Independent Filmmakers Today
Sep 29, 2010This Bay Area Video Coalition panel includes representatives from Microcinema International and Filmmakers Collaborative discussing the many emerging choices independent filmmakers have for releasing their films.
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september 29, 2010
Distro 2010: Distribution for Independent Filmmakers Today
Sep 29, 2010This Bay Area Video Coalition panel includes representatives from Microcinema International and Filmmakers Collaborative discussing the many emerging choices independent filmmakers have for releasing their films.
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Home
Radical Light: 'Image Dissectors'
Rebecca Solnit
Sep 17, 2010Pacific Film Archive offers the first of three excerpts from its monumental new book, 'Radical Light.'
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In Depth
Radical Light: 'Image Dissectors'
Rebecca Solnit
Sep 17, 2010Pacific Film Archive offers the first of three excerpts from its monumental new book, 'Radical Light.'
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September 23, 2010
Radical Light: 'Image Dissectors'
Rebecca Solnit
Sep 17, 2010Pacific Film Archive offers the first of three excerpts from its monumental new book, 'Radical Light.'
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News & Blogs
Canada.com: 'How Facebook Got Involved in Human Rights'
Sep 15, 2010A Bay Area filmmaker's trip to Africa cemented her "bond with Facebook and created a new way for human rights activists to spread the word--while promoting the social networking site's month-old streaming video channel," writes Alex Ben Block. More at Canada.com.
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Digital
Online Film Contests: Friend or Foe?
Hannah Eaves
Sep 14, 2010Contemplating the pros and cons of entering online film contests.
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Online Film Contests: Friend or Foe?
Hannah Eaves
Sep 14, 2010Contemplating the pros and cons of entering online film contests.
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September 16, 2010
Online Film Contests: Friend or Foe?
Hannah Eaves
Sep 14, 2010Contemplating the pros and cons of entering online film contests.
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September 7, 2010
'Portrait of Jason' Redux
Sep 8, 2010Local digital media artist Tim Roseborough presents a feature-length video in homage to Shirley Clarke's 1967 documentary, 'Portrait of Jason,' one last time at Scenius Gallery on 18th Street.
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Going McCarey's Way
Dennis Harvey
Sep 2, 2010A Mechanics' Institute series appreciates Leo McCarey's genius with comedy.
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Reviews
Going McCarey's Way
Dennis Harvey
Sep 2, 2010A Mechanics' Institute series appreciates Leo McCarey's genius with comedy.
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September 2, 2010
Going McCarey's Way
Dennis Harvey
Sep 2, 2010A Mechanics' Institute series appreciates Leo McCarey's genius with comedy.
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August 24, 2010
The Factory Year-End Screening
Aug 24, 2010Oakland's youth video-production collective The Factory showcases more than a dozen documentary, narrative, and experimental films made by students at the Pacific Film Archive on August 24. A panel discussion with student filmmakers follows.
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August 19 2010
Of Longing and Laforgue
Jenni Olson
Aug 17, 2010A filmmaker offers a script excerpt in appreciation of Jules Laforgue on the 150th anniversary of his birth.
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First Person
Of Longing and Laforgue
Jenni Olson
Aug 17, 2010A filmmaker offers a script excerpt in appreciation of Jules Laforgue on the 150th anniversary of his birth.
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Home
Of Longing and Laforgue
Jenni Olson
Aug 17, 2010A filmmaker offers a script excerpt in appreciation of Jules Laforgue on the 150th anniversary of his birth.
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08-05-2010
'Winnebago Man' Hits the Road
Susan Gerhard
Aug 2, 2010Director Ben Steinbauer and Bay Area-based producer Malcolm Pullinger talk about anger, RVs, and "going viral" with their new film.
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'Winnebago Man' Hits the Road
Susan Gerhard
Aug 2, 2010Director Ben Steinbauer and Bay Area-based producer Malcolm Pullinger talk about anger, RVs, and "going viral" with their new film.
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Q & A
'Winnebago Man' Hits the Road
Susan Gerhard
Aug 2, 2010Director Ben Steinbauer and Bay Area-based producer Malcolm Pullinger talk about anger, RVs, and "going viral" with their new film.
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Home
Getting Down, Dirty with Bob Ray and Chad Holt
Sean Uyehara
Jul 26, 2010Bob Ray brings his Down & Dirty Austin Film Tour to the Bay Area. And you can't stop him.
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Q & A
Getting Down, Dirty with Bob Ray and Chad Holt
Sean Uyehara
Jul 26, 2010Bob Ray brings his Down & Dirty Austin Film Tour to the Bay Area. And you can't stop him.
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07-21-2010
Reeling in the Years with the Red Vic
Michael Fox
Jul 19, 2010Look back in (anything but) anger: Members of the Red Vic Collective wax nostalgic on wild times, amazing meals and surprise visits from the theater's biggest fan, Danny Glover.
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Reeling in the Years with the Red Vic
Michael Fox
Jul 19, 2010Look back in (anything but) anger: Members of the Red Vic Collective wax nostalgic on wild times, amazing meals and surprise visits from the theater's biggest fan, Danny Glover.
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Q & A
Reeling in the Years with the Red Vic
Michael Fox
Jul 19, 2010Look back in (anything but) anger: Members of the Red Vic Collective wax nostalgic on wild times, amazing meals and surprise visits from the theater's biggest fan, Danny Glover.
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News & Blogs
SF Chronicle: 'Stanford Scholars up for Student Oscar'
Jun 11, 2010Two graduate students at Stanford University have won an Academy Award for their latest documentary short, "Dreams Awake," about a campus custodian.
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News & Blogs
Studio B Films Wins Telly Awards
Jun 8, 2010San Francisco-based video production company recognized for work for Adobe Systems and Izze Sparkling Juice.
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Reviews
Conner Forever Moving Forward
Dennis Harvey
May 10, 2010Bruce Conner, the sculptor, painter, photographer and filmmaker who loomed large in the Bay Area's shifting avant-garde currents for 50 years, resurfaces with Three Screen Ray.
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Reviews
Link TV's ViewChange Launch
Jane Riccobono
Apr 2, 2010ViewChange.org, a digital-media hub on global development, offers news about microeconomics and innovative web technology that enables users to contribute to the causes they re learning about.
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Q & A
Karim Ahmad on ITVS's Forward-Thinking FUTURESTATES
Adam Hartzell
Mar 21, 2010Think of U.S. public television and science fiction or any type of fiction doesn't spring to mind. ITVS aims to change that perception with a series of mini-features.
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Reviews
Freak Flag Flying at YBCA
Dennis Harvey
Feb 17, 2010YBCA has sustained a major place in S.F.'s cultural landscape without receiving the due it would have had its mission been narrower and more easily defined.
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Festivals
SF Indiefest at Twelve
Matt Sussman
Feb 4, 2010It 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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Reviews
Pacific Film Archive's Young Filmmakers on Big Screen
Jane Riccobono
Feb 3, 2010In the YouTube-Facebook-viral video era, it's hard to remember the time when youth-made media was rare.
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Digital
Chat It Up: Livestream, UStream and Justin.tv
Hannah Eaves
Feb 1, 2010When President Obama took office, CNN brought it online, allowing viewers to chat with friends and strangers, their conversation appearing next to the video.
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Q & A
Jennifer Phang On Half-Life and Identity
Judy Stone
Jan 8, 2010Jennifer Phang has experienced more than enough culture shocks in her life to empathize with the identity challenges of the characters in her debut feature.
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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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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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Reviews
The Turn-off Sex Cinema of Koji Wakamatsu
Dennis Harvey
Oct 16, 2009Probably no one pushed the artistic carte blanche of "pink" films further—at least into the realm of serious political engagement—than the Japanese auteur.
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In Production
Foraging for 'Swamp Cabbage'
Michael Fox
Sep 8, 2009Miami-born Julia Kahn offers strange revelations about the South in the long-gestating, cliche-crunching documentary Swamp Cabbage.
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Digital
Free and Open: Video's Cambrian Explosion
Hannah Eaves
Jul 27, 2009The Sixth Screen: Veteran journalists and filmmakers alike are polishing up their resumes, contemplating the hospitality industry, and wondering: Who stole my career?
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In Production
J.P. Allen and the Landscape of Love
Michael Fox
Jul 14, 2009J.P. Allen and Janis DeLucia Allen's latest imagining, Sex and Imagining, is a two-character piece thick with dialogue and psychological undercurrents.
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Q & A
Tom Shepard's 'Whiz Kids' Blinding with Science
Michael Fox
Jun 14, 2009Tom Shepard revisits the overachieving, hyper-ambitious world of science-obsessed high school seniors in his new film, Whiz Kids.
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In Production
Nutritious eating on the cheap for Potash film
Michael Fox
Jun 9, 2009Like most social-issue documentaries, Food Stamped sprang from an activist impulse for Shira and Yoav Potash.
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Digital
The Future of Video—In Our Hands?
Hannah Eaves
May 26, 2009The Sixth Screen: Eaves analyzes the future of video in developing countries, specifically the proliferation of mobile communication.
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Reviews
SFIFF52 Blogs: Wilkerson's Proving Strong
David Winks Gray
May 2, 2009On May Day Eve, Travis Wilkerson performed Proving Ground, probably the first multimedia Leninist rant to have ever graced the Sundance Kabuki.
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Reviews
SFIFF52: Jarmel and Schneider's "Speaking in Tongues"
Susan Gerhard
Apr 25, 2009Jarmel and Schneider's Speaking in Tongues follows the stories of four public school children studying Mandarin, Cantonese and Spanish along with their English.
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Digital
Augmented Reality at SXSWi
Hannah Eaves
Apr 14, 2009The 6th Screen: Hannah Eaves recommends Twitter, Meebo, Facebook, Ning and eNewsletters as film promotion tools.
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Festivals
Connecting Here and There at the 27th SFIAAFF
Matt Sussman
Mar 20, 2009This year, the festival feels like it has truly arrived as an internationally recognized platform for cross-Pacific cinematic exchange, in this disparate cross-section of films from home, abroad and places in between.
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Festivals
Politics Get Personal in 'Project Kashmir'
Jonathan Kiefer
Mar 19, 2009Co-directors Senain Kheshgi and Geeta V. Patel, two American friends with family ties to opposite sides of the conflict, went to Kashmir together to see what they could learn–and what the rest of us could.
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Festivals
SXSW: From the Producer's Chair
Holly Million
Mar 17, 2009Holly Million reviews some of the documentaries shown at this year's festival: It Came >From Kuchar, MIne and Motherland.
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Reviews
Strand Releasing Turns 20
Dennis Harvey
Feb 26, 2009Twenty years after its founding, Strand Releasing remains an active, irreplaceable and distinctive presence on the U.S. distribution scene.
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Reviews
Re-Viewing 'The Savage Eye'
Dennis Harvey
Feb 18, 2009This "dramatized documentary" was a labor of love–if also a graphic portrayal of the vast LA detached from Hollywood's success-bubble glamour.
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Q & A
Wendy Levy on the Politics of Participation
Susan Gerhard
Jan 12, 2009Levy offers thoughts on the program she's presenting at Sundance and what's being called the "New Documentary Movement."
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Digital
Greenscreen Envy
Hannah Eaves
Dec 5, 2008The Sixth Screen: Senior Director of Marketing and Product Management and iFanboy producer and co-host Ron Richards talks about Revision3, the next generation of TV.
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Q & A
Stephen Parr's Oddball Films
Sean Uyehara
Sep 21, 2008Parr licenses film and video footage, and presents some of the best screenings in town through his Oddball Films series.
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Q & A
Ariella Ben-Dov's Madcat Archives
Matt Sussman
Sep 14, 2008What do women want to watch? With Diane English’s recent unfunny and product placement-filled re-make of The Women hitting theaters last week, Hollywood’s answer, predictably, is more of the same.
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Reviews
Curators at Bay Area Now 5
Sean Uyehara
Sep 11, 2008YBCA's triennial exhibition has developed a deserved reputation for presenting an energetic survey of current Bay Area artistic practice.
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Reviews
Room for Thought at SFMOMA
Michael Fox
Sep 4, 2008A film in a darkened theater commands our undivided attention, but a video installation in a museum doesn't have the same effect.
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In Production
Scott Crocker's 'Ghost Bird' Phenomenon
Michael Fox
Sep 2, 2008Scott Crocker's documentary brings the truth behind the "Lord God" bird phenomenon out of the bushes.
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Reviews
Global Film Initiative: Funding the Bigger Picture
Robert Avila
Aug 12, 2008The Legend of the Holy Net Potato, the first feature by Kerala-based filmmaker Vipin Vijay, concerns a cyborg, black magic, and a hacker.
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Digital
What's Fair is not Foul
Hannah Eaves
Jul 24, 2008The Sixth Screen: The first installment of a new, monthly column by filmmaker and journalist Hannah Eaves looks at just how "fair use" is being utilized.
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News & Blogs
A Week at Flaherty
Chi-hui Yang
Jul 18, 2008On curating the Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, a social Petri dish that annually brings together a different programmer, a captive and engaged audience, and filmmakers.
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News & Blogs
In Memoriam: Bruce Conner (1933-2008)
Steve Seid
Jul 8, 2008Bruce Conner, the great, irascible, and ever-evolving San Francisco-based artist known for his assemblages, films, drawings, and interdisciplinary works, passed away on July 7, 2008.
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Festivals
SFIAF: 'Mordake' and Week Two -- Reviewed, Previewed
Robert Avila
May 28, 2008Composer Erling Wold's solo chamber opera enjoys a thrillingly intimate world premiere this week under the banner of the San Francisco International Arts Festival.
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Festivals
S.F. International Arts Festival
Robert Avila
May 23, 2008In addition to bringing a host of worldwide performers to the Bay Area for the first time, the San Francisco International Arts Festival (May 2-June 8), now in its fifth year, has become an indispensable showcase for collaborative work by leading Bay Area artists and their peers across all manner of geographical, cultural and disciplinary borders. The more than 40 performances in this year’s lineup, taking place at 14 separate venues across the city and in Berkeley, span the worlds of dance, music, opera, theater, visual arts and multidisciplinary work. The following four highlights are all hybrid productions with strong film and/or video components.
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Q & A
SFIFF51: California Newsreel at 40
Erika Young
Apr 21, 2008Founded in 1968, San Francisco-based Newsreel is the oldest nonprofit, social-issue documentary film center in the U.S.
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Q & A
"2 Husbands," One Amazing Race?
Sean Uyehara
Mar 24, 2008Tanner Shea and Zach Slow have launched the 2 Husbands contest and website, where they ask women to post videos in consideration of becoming their wives.
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Festivals
SF Indiefest at 10
Michael Fox
Feb 7, 2008Way 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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News & Blogs
'Be Kind Rewind' Brings Michel Gondry to SF
Susan Gerhard
Jan 7, 2008Susan Gerhard enjoys an hour or so inside the wilds of Gondry's brain at the Apple Store, SF.
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Q & A
Jesse Hawthorne Ficks's Midnight Movie Empire
Dennis Harvey
Dec 3, 2007Midnites for Maniacs unearths populist yet esoteric genre and exploitation flicks that have mostly disappeared into the netherworld of discarded VHS rental tapes.
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Reviews
Phil Chambliss, Arkansas Auteur
Dennis Harvey
Nov 15, 2007Meet Phil Chambliss, a 54-year-old, recently retired gravel pit nightwatchman who makes what might be termed cinematic folk art.
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Q & A
George Kuchar, Neither Boil nor Blister
Michael Fox
Sep 13, 2007Michael Fox interviews director and Mission District icon George Kuchar
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Festivals
Frameline31
Dennis Harvey
Jun 14, 2007Now past its third-decade anniversary, SFILGBTFF — the producing organization keeps trying to change its public-recognition name to something more manageable, which this annum would be Frameline31 — now has filmmakers and distributors banging on its door.
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Q & A
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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Festivals
Digital Festival
Michael Fox
May 2, 2007Movies are shifting at mach speed from the theater to the home. The future is at hand.
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Festivals
Uyehara Hits High Notes on Music of SFIFF50
Sean Uyehara
Apr 20, 2007Thinking about the upcoming SFIFF, music may not be the first thing that pops into your head. It may not even be the second.
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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
Video-Diary Pioneer Spencer Nakasako
Michael Fox
Mar 17, 2007Spencer Nakasako gets the credit for starting the still-cresting wave of first-person camcorder documentaries back in 1995, but he claims it was largely an accident.
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Reviews
15 Minutes of YouTube
Justin Juul
Feb 2, 2007The List: A collection of individuals who caught my eye in an intense week of YouTube scouring. Most have gotten upwards of one million views.
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Festivals
Indiefest Lineup Announcement
Miljenko Skoknic
Jan 19, 2007SF IndieFest's founder/director Jeff Ross announced the ninth edition of the Bay Area's indie showcase festival
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Reviews
"Radical Closure" at the PFA
Robert Avila
Dec 7, 2006This series of cinematic responses to war, curated by Lebanese video artist Akram Zaatari, opens up possibilities for re-imagining the dehumanized landscape of violence.
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Reviews
Music Videos At the Museum
Max Goldberg
Nov 29, 2006MTV'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.
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Q & A
Killing My Lobster Gets Krunk With Andrew Bancroft
Sean Uyehara
Nov 21, 2006Half of Illbilly Productions and 1/45th of Killing My Lobster, Bancroft has made claymation shorts and perhaps the quintessential rap video, Maximum Wage.
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Q & A
InDplay and The New Art of Film Distribution
Justin Juul
Nov 20, 2006The Redwood City-based startup InDplay is like an online dating service for the film industry.
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News & Blogs
Case Studies in Indie Distribution at Digimart
Sean Uyehara
Nov 8, 2006The resounding refrain at Digimart 2006 was that the traditional model of independent film and video distribution was dying.
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Reviews
Things You May or May Not Know About Miranda July
Johnny Ray Huston
Oct 19, 2006For close to a decade now, Miranda July has been exploring and often crossing the traditional boundaries between life and the movies.
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Reviews
City Poet Bruce Baillie Returns
Johnny Ray Huston
Oct 10, 2006When 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.
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Reviews
A War Movie Lost to Time
Dennis Harvey
Oct 4, 2006Though it won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in 1975, Overlord is one of those movies that mostly slipped through the cracks.
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Reviews
Fighting for Freedom: Exploring Vachon's "Killer Life"
Eugene Hernandez/indieWIRE
Oct 3, 2006Killer Films' Christine Vachon's new memoir, A Killer Life (written with Austin Bunn), bolsters the producer as the driving force of independent film.
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Reviews
Another Other Cinema, Now on DVD
Johnny Ray Huston
Sep 20, 2006Craig Baldwin and Noel Lawrence bring their brand of smart, quirky, avant-garde and political programming into the home.
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Reviews
Gallery on Demand
Johnny Ray Huston
Sep 6, 2006The Catharine Clark Gallery's new Video on Demand feature allows you to choose videos from the gallery's extensive library of video work.
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Q & A
Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema 2006
Susan Gerhard
Sep 1, 2006The List:10 local filmmakers describe what they love about shooting on the streets of San Francisco.
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Q & A
TurnHere's Travel Videos
Susan Gerhard
Aug 18, 2006There's one resource on the Net where some of the best travel videos have congregated, the Emervyille company aptly named TurnHere.
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Q & A
SFMOMA Curator on Matthew Barney
Thomas Logoreci
Jul 17, 2006Benjamin Weil took time out from preparations for the upcoming Barney show to answer questions about the artist's "Drawing Restraint" series.
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News & Blogs
Zero Hour
Carrie Lozano
Jun 6, 2006Carrie Lozano talks about her inspiration to make Reporter Zero, a documentary on Chronicle reporter Randy Shilts, who documented the early years of the AIDS epidemic.
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Q & A
A Conversation with Farmer John (Peterson)
Susan Gerhard
May 30, 2006A conversation with John Peterson on his unusual farming practices, and the documentary that captures them.
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Q & A
New Executive Director of S.F. Cinematheque on Experimental Film
Michael Fox
May 29, 2006Newly appointed S.F. Cinematheque executive director Caroline Savage discusses the state of experimental film.
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Q & A
One Screen, Three San Francisco Cinephiles
Johnny Ray Huston
May 15, 2006Christian Bruno, Julie Lindow and R.A. McBride discuss their love of San Francisco and its theaters over beers at the Uptown.
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Festivals
24 Reasons Why
Susan Gerhard
May 11, 2006A 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.
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Q & A
Zahedi and Field on I Am a Sex Addict
Susan Gerhard
Apr 4, 2006Director Caveh Zahedi and his partner, Amanda Field, speak about turning their personal lives over to the public with I Am a Sex Addict.
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Reviews
Tehran Contemporary Art Exhibit On Tour
Robert Avila
Mar 23, 2006The documentary Persian Garden chronicles the grandest art exhibition in Iran since the 1979 Revolution.
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Q & A
Cambodian Americans Exiled in New Film, Sentenced Home
Susan Gerhard
Mar 20, 2006A conversation with the filmmakers and one star of "Sentenced Home," about three Cambodian Americans in the process of being exiled.
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Deadlines
Funding: Oppenheimer Cine Rental New Filmmaker Equipment Grant Program
The Oppenheimer Cine Rental New Filmmaker Equipment Grant Program supports new filmmakers in producing their first serious film project. The grant awards the use of Grant Program Arriflex 16SR2 camera package to senior and graduate thesis students and to independent filmmakers for a scheduled period of time. ELIGIBILITY: Students, media arts center members and unaffiliated independents are encouraged to apply. Proposed projects may be of any noncommercial nature: dramatic, narrative, documentary, experimental, etc. (Commercial projects, music videos and PSAs will not be considered.) DEADLINE: Ongoing. WEBSITE: oppenheimercinerental.com/grant.html.
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