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Patrick Raises Child ‘Booksellers’
Michael Fox
May 24, 2011
S. Smith Patrick shares purpose with the children she films.
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Patrick Raises Child ‘Booksellers’
Michael Fox
May 24, 2011
S. Smith Patrick shares purpose with the children she films.
May 26, 2011

Patrick Raises Child ‘Booksellers’
Michael Fox
May 24, 2011
S. Smith Patrick shares purpose with the children she films.
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SFIFF54 Golden Gate Award Winners Announced
Susan Gerhard
May 5, 2011
Cash prizes, recognition showered on the winning filmmakers of 2011 San Francisco International. The San Francisco International Film Festival presented its 2011 Golden Gate Awards to filmmakers Wednesday night at Temple Nightclub/Prana Restaurant. Kelly Duane de la Vega and Katie Galloway's Better This World won both Documentary Feature and Bay Area Documentary awards. Yoav Potash's Crime After Crime received the Investigative Documentary prize. Park Jung-bum's The Journals of Musan won the New Directors award. A complete list...
May 5, 2011

SFIFF54 Golden Gate Award Winners Announced
Susan Gerhard
May 5, 2011
Cash prizes, recognition showered on the winning filmmakers of 2011 San Francisco International. The San Francisco International Film Festival presented its 2011 Golden Gate Awards to filmmakers Wednesday night at Temple Nightclub/Prana Restaurant. Kelly Duane de la Vega and Katie Galloway's Better This World won both Documentary Feature and Bay Area Documentary awards. Yoav Potash's Crime After Crime received the Investigative Documentary prize. Park Jung-bum's The Journals of Musan won the New Directors award. A complete list...
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American Doc Showcase Visits Angola
Xandra Castleton
Jan 11, 2011
A filmmaker’s trip to Luanda with a State Department program brings insight on the growth of a young national cinema.
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American Doc Showcase Visits Angola
Xandra Castleton
Jan 11, 2011
A filmmaker’s trip to Luanda with a State Department program brings insight on the growth of a young national cinema.
January 13, 2011

American Doc Showcase Visits Angola
Xandra Castleton
Jan 11, 2011
A filmmaker’s trip to Luanda with a State Department program brings insight on the growth of a young national cinema.
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.
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Manning’s ‘Al Capp’ Sketches Grandpa
Michael Fox
Nov 10, 2010
Caitlin Manning takes a look at her cartoon-artist grandfather's life and legacy.
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Manning’s ‘Al Capp’ Sketches Grandpa
Michael Fox
Nov 10, 2010
Caitlin Manning takes a look at her cartoon-artist grandfather's life and legacy.
November 11, 2010

Manning’s ‘Al Capp’ Sketches Grandpa
Michael Fox
Nov 10, 2010
Caitlin Manning takes a look at her cartoon-artist grandfather's life and legacy.
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'Better This World' Takes a Look at Criminal Injustice
Michael Fox
Oct 13, 2010
Two filmmakers examine the justice system in the U.S. post-Sept. 11.
October 14, 2010

'Better This World' Takes a Look at Criminal Injustice
Michael Fox
Oct 13, 2010
Two filmmakers examine the justice system in the U.S. post-Sept. 11.
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Irving Glides from Parrots to Pelicans
Michael Fox
Sep 22, 2010
Judy Irving goes from parrots to pelicans with her new documentary.
September 23, 2010

Irving Glides from Parrots to Pelicans
Michael Fox
Sep 22, 2010
Judy Irving goes from parrots to pelicans with her new documentary.
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Mallimson surveys 'Edge of the Wild' on San Bruno Mountain
Michael Fox
Sep 8, 2010
A filmmaker shows environmentalists who are changing the way we as Americans relate to nature.
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Mallimson surveys 'Edge of the Wild' on San Bruno Mountain
Michael Fox
Sep 8, 2010
A filmmaker shows environmentalists who are changing the way we as Americans relate to nature.
September 9 2010

Mallimson surveys 'Edge of the Wild' on San Bruno Mountain
Michael Fox
Sep 8, 2010
A filmmaker shows environmentalists who are changing the way we as Americans relate to nature.
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Griffin and Jordan Getting Nails Done
Michael Fox
May 12, 2010
Today s fun fact: San Francisco has more nail salons per capita than any city in the country.
Festivals

SFIFF53: Golden Gate Awards and Juried Prizes/Grants Announced
Susan Gerhard
May 5, 2010
Cash prizes totaling nearly $300,000 for filmmakers highlighted the San Francisco International Film Festival s Golden Gate Awards Wednesday night.
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New York-set Charlie Barker's Big S.F. Break
Michael Fox
May 2, 2010
Along with selfless sacrifices and random luck, low-budget independent films often depend on the timely intervention of an angel.
Festivals

SFIFF53: Women's Worlds
Max Goldberg
May 1, 2010
Don t let Hollywood crow about The Hurt Locker and the year of the woman until more filmmakers of the sort featured at this year s festival benefit.
Festivals

SFIFF53: Women's Worlds
Max Goldberg
May 1, 2010
Don t let Hollywood crow about The Hurt Locker and the year of the woman until more filmmakers of the sort featured at this year s festival benefit.
Festivals

Local Filmmakers In SFIFF Spotlight
Michael Fox
Apr 27, 2010
Leland Orser saw his first movie at the Alexandria, and Joshua Grannell initially established himself as a S.F. character via his alter ego Peaches Christ.
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Christina Yao's solid Empire of Silver
Michael Fox
Apr 12, 2010
First-time filmmaker Christina Yao is soft-spoken and exceedingly polite, but it s apparent that very little intimidates her.
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Rosen's Insights into 53rd San Francisco International
Michael Fox
Apr 5, 2010
With opening night approaching, Rachel Rosen talked about her L.A. Rolodex, the function of festivals in a broadband world and her favorites in the festival.
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Nuclear Family Secrets in Silvia's Atomic Mom
Michael Fox
Mar 30, 2010
One of the oldest points of contention in documentary is whether the camera s presence alters the subject s behavior.
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Borshay Liem's Double Exposure of Korean Adoptions
Michael Fox
Mar 12, 2010
Deann Borshay Liem's 1999 doc First Person Plural recounted her experience as an orphaned Korean adoptee raised in an East Bay suburb.
Festivals

28th SF Int'l Asian American Film Festival
Dennis Harvey
Mar 10, 2010
The Center for Asian American Media, formerly known as NAATA and founded to nurture Asian American filmmakers as well as counter ethnic stereotypes, has accomplished that and more.
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West with 'Sweetgrass'
Dennis Harvey
Mar 9, 2010
There will probably never be a theatrical release for James Benning's landscape movies. Amazingly, Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Castaing-Taylor have scored distribution and made a splash.
Reviews

Freak Flag Flying at YBCA
Dennis Harvey
Feb 17, 2010
YBCA 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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Wendy Slick's 'Virtuoso' Turn
Michael Fox
Feb 9, 2010
Olga Samaroff, the path-breaking 20th-century concert pianist, critic and teacher, was born Lucy Hickenlooper in San Antonio, Texas. That's right, she reinvented herself.
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'Fish Tank's Essex truth
Dennis Harvey
Jan 28, 2010
Writer-director Andrea Arnold created a stir with her first feature Red Road, but her new film is arguably an even stronger work.
Q & A

Jennifer Phang On Half-Life and Identity
Judy Stone
Jan 8, 2010
Jennifer Phang has experienced more than enough culture shocks in her life to empathize with the identity challenges of the characters in her debut feature.
Q & A

Animal-Rescue Mine In Katrina's Emotional Aftermath
Michael Fox
Jan 7, 2010
Geralyn Pezanoski s doc about the separation and occasional reunion of pets and owners in post-Katrina New Orleans beat the shelf-life odds.
Reviews

After Sept. 11, 2001, A Decade Found Its Way
B. Ruby Rich
Dec 23, 2009
On Sept. 13, 2001, I stood in a Toronto park and spoke to Canadian television: Movies wouldn't be the same. I was wrong.
Reviews

Soulful "35 Shots of Rum" Gently Intoxicating
Dennis Harvey
Dec 17, 2009
Claire Denis proves her unpredictability and versatility as a director with the 2008 release 35 Shots of Rum.
Reviews

Remembering Chick Strand
Max Goldberg
Oct 23, 2009
Chick Strand, a crucial pioneer of West Coast experimental cinema, died July 11 at 78.
Q & A

Franny Armstrong's S.O.S. to the World
Sean Uyehara
Sep 19, 2009
Franny Armstrong talks about the moral imperative of her films, the importance of Hopenhagen, and the unexpected magnitude of her success.
Festivals

Toronto International Film Festival 2009
B. Ruby Rich
Sep 19, 2009
The Toronto International Film Festival has always allowed a generosity of pursuits to co-exist, rewarding the adventurous and satiating the lazy, all without judgment.
Q & A

Lucrecia Martel and "The Headless Woman"
Gail Spilsbury
Sep 18, 2009
To viewers of Lucrecia Martel's earlier work, The Headless Woman is the crowning achievement; the filmmaker speaks about her vision of the world.
Reviews

Kim Longinotto and Women Make Movies Film Festival
Adam Hartzell
Aug 27, 2009
A mini-retrospective of the work of Kim Longinotto plays during the Women Make Movies Film Festival at the Roxie.
In Production

Leban and Szajko's Gay Marriage Doc
Michael Fox
Feb 18, 2009
The tentatively titled Winter of Love uses Prop. 8 as a framework for a look at the increasing acceptance of gay marriage.
Reviews

The Year in Film: What did Women Want?
Matt Sussman
Jan 1, 2009
Matt Sussman draws conclusions about women and Hollywood from three big women-oriented films of 2008.
Q & A

Ariella Ben-Dov's Madcat Archives
Matt Sussman
Sep 14, 2008
What 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.
Q & A

Ariella Ben-Dov's Madcat Archives
Matt Sussman
Sep 14, 2008
What 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.
Q & A

Catherine Breillat's 'The Last Mistress'
Michael Fox
Jul 14, 2008
French author and director Catherine Breillat speaks about the fierce passion play of her latest, The Last Mistress.
Q & A

Emiko Omori and Wendy Slick's "Passion & Power"
Susan Gerhard
Feb 18, 2008
“Passion & Power, the Technology of Orgasm” gives Rachel Maines’ entertaining academic book on the subject a new life onscreen.
Q & A

Amanda Micheli Going for La Corona
Sean Uyehara
Jan 23, 2008
A reprinting of an interview with Amanda Micheli because her film, now playing Sundance, has just made the final cut for an Academy Award.
Q & A

Jessica Yu, "Protagonist"
indieWIRE
Dec 10, 2007
Yu's latest doc centers on four rather damaged individuals, applying the dramatic structure of Greek playwright Euripedes to contemporary life.
Q & A

Ariella Ben-Dov, Madcat Mastermind
Susan Gerhard
Sep 24, 2007
As the Madcat Women's International Film Festival heads into its final stretch this coming week in San Francisco, SF360.org felt it was important to catch up with its chief curator, Ariella Ben-Dov.
Q & A

Lynn Hershman Leeson's "Culture" war
Michael Fox
Sep 20, 2007
Lynn Hershman Leeson discusses her new project, ÔStrange Culture'.
Festivals

Five from Madcat
Susan Gerhard
Sep 14, 2007
Here are a few quick takes on programs that look particularly worthwhile at Madcat.
Q & A

Shonali Bose on "Amu"
indieWIRE
Jul 23, 2007
The '05 feature imagines a 21-year-old Indian American returning to India to visit her family and discover where she was born.
Q & A

Andrea Sperling, powering up
Claire Faggioli
Jun 24, 2007
Sperling's Itty Bitty Titty Committee closes the SF International LGBT Film Festival, at which Sperling—17 films strong—receives the Frameline Award.
Q & A

Kerry Laitala and Her New "Muse"
Katherin McInnis
Apr 25, 2007
The artist's filmsÑsensual, intricate, tactileÑare a magical combination of optical artistry, snippets of forgotten films, and bits of lace, tape, and glitter.
Q & A

Amanda Micheli's Wonder Women
Sean Uyehara
Apr 2, 2007
When Bay Area filmmaker Amanda Micheli approaches, you can see that she is an athlete. She's sure of herself.
Q & A

Amy Berg's "Deliver Us From Evil"
indieWIRE
Oct 23, 2006
Segueing from network television news to documentary features, Amy Berg makes her debut with a shocking, powerful film about pedophile priest Oliver Grady.
Reviews

Things You May or May Not Know About Miranda July
Johnny Ray Huston
Oct 19, 2006
For close to a decade now, Miranda July has been exploring and often crossing the traditional boundaries between life and the movies.
Reviews

Found: 'Marie Antoinette' in Paris
Max Goldberg
Oct 18, 2006
After weeks of Western Europe, what better way for the young cineaste to crash the City of Light than a trip to the silver screen?
Reviews

Fighting for Freedom: Exploring Vachon's "Killer Life"
Eugene Hernandez/indieWIRE
Oct 3, 2006
Killer Films' Christine Vachon's new memoir, A Killer Life (written with Austin Bunn), bolsters the producer as the driving force of independent film.
Q & A

Vicky Funari and Sergio De La Torre on Border Life
Susan Gerhard
Sep 18, 2006

The Maquilapolis filmmakers talk about empowering their subjectsÑwomen factory workers in Tijuana.
News & Blogs

Morpho Power at SIGGRAPH
Sean Uyehara
Aug 16, 2006
The Association for Computing Machinery Ôs 2006 conference and exhibition offered animation, new media art exhibits and the latest techniques in interactivity.
Reviews

We Want Our "Dykeback Mountain"
Staff
Jun 27, 2006
Conference discusses the difficulties for lesbian features to get made and do well at the box office.
News & Blogs

A JT LeRoy Reader
Susan Gerhard
Mar 23, 2006
The List: How JT LeRoy went from fiction to fact in the media.

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