Mar 15, 2017
Festival, SFFILM
AFRICA
Bending the Arc, Kief Davidson, Pedro Kos, USA
The Human Surge, Eduardo Williams, Argentina/Brazil/Portugal
Shorts 5: Family Films (Valley of a Thousand Hills)
The Wedding Ring, Rahmatou Keïta, Niger/Burkino Faso/France
AFRICAN AMERICAN
The Boombox Collection: Zion I, Mohammad Gorjestani, USA
Defender, Jeff Adachi, Jim Choi, USA
18 Black Girls / Boys Ages 1 – 18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and Are Thus Spiritual Machines,
Terence Nance, USA
The Force, Peter Nicks, USA
I Called Him Morgan, Kasper Collin, Sweden/USA
The Incredible Jessica James, James Strouse, USA
Shorts 1 (The Rabbit Hunt, Real Artists)
Shorts 2 (American Paradise, Happy Birthday Mario Woods)
Shorts 4: New Visions (Kindah)
Shorts 5: Family Films (Scrap Dolls)
STEP, Amanda Lipitz, USA
Story of a 3-Day Pass, Melvin Van Peebles, France
The Transfiguration, Michael O’Shea, USA
A Tribute to John Ridley: Guerrilla, John Ridley, USA/UK
Whose Streets?, Sabaah Folayan, USA
ANIMATION
Finding Characters in Unlikely Places with Pixar’s Newest Short, Lou: A Workshop for Kids
Shorts 3: Animation
Shorts 5: Family Films (Father and Daughter, The Inspector and the Umbrella, Lou, Pearl, Perched)
Shorts 6: Youth Works (Birdman)
We Are All Storytellers: A Pixar in a Box Workshop for Girls
ANNIVERSARIES
Canyon Cinema 50: Guy Maddin Presents The Great Blondino and Other Delights
Disposable Film Festival 10th Anniversary
Long Strange Trip, Amir Bar-Lev, USA, 2017 (50th Anniversary of the Summer of Love)
Maurice, James Ivory, UK, 1987 (30th Anniversary Screening)
Rivers and Tides – Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time, Thomas Riedelsheimer,
Germany/Finland/UK/Canada, 2001 (15th Anniversary Screening)
Story of a 3-Day Day Pass, Melvin Van Peebles, France, 1967 (50th Anniversary of the first SF International
Film Festival screening)
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl, Joan Chen, USA/Hong Kong/Taiwan, 1998 (20th Anniversary screening)
ARABIC / MIDDLE EASTERN
The Challenge, Yuri Ancarani, France/Italy
City of Ghosts, Matthew Heineman, USA
A Dragon Arrives!, Mani Haghighi, Iran
Duet, Navid Danesh, Iran
Heaven Sent, Wissam Charaf, France/Lebanon
Muhi – Generally Temporary, Rina Castelnuovo-Hollander, Tamir Elterman, Israel/Germany
Shorts 1 (Red Apples)
Shorts 4 (Turtles Are Always Home)
The Wedding Plan, Rama Burshtein, Israel
ARCHIVAL / RESTORATION/CLASSIC FILMS
Asian Dub Foundation Live Score of George Lucas’s THX 1138
Canyon Cinema 50: Guy Maddin Presents The Great Blondino and Other Delights
Citizen Kane with William R. Hearst III
The Green Fog — A San Francisco Fantasia, Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson
The Man with a Movie Camera with DeVotchKa
Mel Novikoff Award: Tom Luddy: A Long Happy Life, Gennady Shpalikov, Russia
Parallel Spaces: Will Oldham and Jerome Hiler
Story of a 3-Day Pass (50th Anniversary Screening), Melvin Van Peebles, France
A Tribute to James Ivory: Maurice, James Ivory, UK
A Tribute to Shah Rukh Khan: My Name Is Khan, Karan Johar, India
Two or Three Things That Frighten Me in Vertigo: David Thomson Master Class
Une bonne à tout faire, Jean-Luc Godard, France (Mel Novikoff Award Program)
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (20th Anniversary screening), Joan Chen, USA/Hong Kong/Taiwan
ART / DESIGN / ARCHITECTURE
Creativity Summit
18 Black Girls/Boys Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and Are Thus Spiritual Machines,
Terence Nance, USA
The House of Tomorrow, Peter Livolsi, USA
I Love Dick, Jill Soloway, Kimberly Peirce, USA
A Tribute to Ethan Hawke: Maudie, Aisling Walsh, Canada/Ireland
Leaning Into the Wind – Andy Goldsworthy, Thomas Riedelsheimer, UK
More THINGS in Films
Parallel Spaces: Will Oldham and Jerome Hiler
The Paris Opera, Jean- Stéphane Bron, France/Switzerland
Persistence of Vision Award: Lynn Hershman Leeson: Tania Libre, Lynn Hershman Leeson, USA
Rivers and Tides – Andy Goldsworthy Working With Time, Thomas Riedelsheimer, Germany/Finland/UK/Canada
Score: A Film Music Documentary, Matt Schrader, USA
Shorts 5: Family Films (Scrap Dolls)
ASIAN / ASIAN AMERICAN
Born in China, Lu Chuan, USA/China
By the Time It Gets Dark, Anocha Suwichakornpong, Thailand/France/Netherlands/Qatar
The Cinema Travellers, Shirley Abraham, Amit Madheshiya, India
Defender, Jeff Adachi, Jim Choi, USA
Half-Life in Fukushima, Mark Olexa, Francesca Scalisi, Switzerland/France
Headshot, Kimo Stamboel, Tim Tjahjanto, Indonesia
Hotel Salvation, Shubhashish Bhutiani, India
Life After Life, Zhang Hanyi, China
The Long Excuse, Miwa Nishikawa, Japan
Ma’ Rosa, Brillante Ma Mendoza, Philippines
Mad World, Wong Chun, Hong Kong
Motherland, Ramona S. Diaz, USA/Philippines
Mrs K, Ho Yuhang, Malaysia/Hong Kong
Shorts 1 (Real Artists)
Shorts 2 (Break of Day)
A Tribute to Shah Rukh Khan: My Name Is Khan, Karan Johar, India
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (20th Anniversary screening), Joan Chen, USA/Hong Kong/Taiwan
Yourself and Yours, Hong Sang-soo, South Korea
CHINESE LANGUAGE
Born in China, Lu Chuan, USA/China
Life After Life, Zhang Hanyi, China
Mad World, Wong Chun, Hong Kong
Mrs K, Ho Yuhang, Malaysia/Hong Kong
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (20th Anniversary screening), Joan Chen, USA/Hong Kong/Taiwan
COMEDY
A Date for Mad Mary, Darren Thornton, Ireland
Donkeyote, Chico Pereira, Spain/Germany/UK
Golden Exits, Alex Ross Perry, USA
Heaven Sent, Wissam Charaf, France/Lebanon
Hermia & Helena, Matías Piñeiro, USA/Argentina
The House of Tomorrow, Peter Livolsi, USA
The Incredible Jessica James, James Strouse, USA
I Love Dick, Jill Soloway, Kimberly Peirce, USA
Infinity Baby, Bob Byington, USA
Landline, Gillian Robespierre, USA
People You May Know, Sherwin Shilati, USA
Shorts 1 (Brief History of Princess X)
Shorts 2 (American Paradise, Meaningless Conversations in Beautiful Environments)
Shorts 3: Animation (Everything, Hot Dog Hands, Second to None, Summer Camp Island, Victor & Isolina)
Shorts 4: New Visions (Bloopers)
Shorts 5: Family Films (Inspector and the Umbrella, Perched, Scrap Dolls, Summer Camp Island)
Story of a Three-Day Pass (50th Anniversary Screening), Melvin Van Peebles, France
The Wedding Plan, Rama Burshtein, Israel
CRIME
Casting JonBenet, Kitty Green, USA/Australia
Godless, Ralitza Petrova, Bulgaria/Denmark/France
Headshot, Kimo Stamboel, Tim Tjahjanto, Indonesia
Ma’ Rosa, Brillante Ma Mendoza, Philippines
Mrs K, Ho Yuhang, Malaysia/Hong Kong
Shorts 6: Youth Works (Cycle)
DANCE
18 Black Girls/Boys Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and Are Thus Spiritual Machines,
Terence Nance, USA
The Paris Opera, Jean-Stéphane Bron, France/Switzerland
STEP, Amanda Lipitz, USA
A Tribute to Shah Rukh Khan: My Name Is Khan, Karan Johar, India
DOCUMENTARIES
Bending the Arc, Kief Davidson, Pedro Kos, USA
Bill Nye: Science Guy, David Alvarado, Jason Sussberg, USA
Born in China, Lu Chuan, USA/China
The Boombox Collection: Zion I, Mohammad Gorjestani, USA
Brimstone & Glory, Viktor Jakovleski, USA
The Cage Fighter, Jeff Unay, USA
California Dreams, Mike Ott, USA
Casting JonBenet, Kitty Green, USA/Australia
The Challenge, Yuri Ancarani, France/Italy
Chasing Coral, Jeff Orlowski, USA
The Cinema Travellers, Shirley Abraham, Amit Madheshiya, India
City of Ghosts, Matthew Heineman, USA
Defender, Jeff Adachi, Jim Choi, USA
Dolores, Peter Bratt, USA
Donkeyote, Chico Pereira, Spain/Germany, UK
El Mar La Mar, Joshua Bonnetta, J.P. Sniadecki, USA
The Force, Peter Nicks, USA
Half-Life in Fukushima, Mark Olexa, Francesca Scalisi, Switzerland/France
I Called Him Morgan, Kasper Collin, Sweden/USA
In Loco Parentis, Neasa Ní Chianáin, David Rane, Ireland/Spain
Leaning Into the Wind – Andy Goldsworthy, Thomas Riedelsheimer, UK
Long Strange Trip, Amir Bar-Lev, USA
The Man with a Movie Camera with DeVotchKa, Dziga Vertov, Russia
Motherland, Ramona S. Diaz, USA/Philippines
Muhi – Generally Temporary, Rina Castelnuovo-Hollander, Tamir Elterman, Israel/Germany
Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press, Brian Knappenberger, USA
The Paris Opera, Jean-Stéphane Bron, France/Switzerland
Persistence of Vision Award: Lynn Hershman Leeson: Tania Libre, Lynn Hershman Leeson, USA
Rivers and Tides – Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time, Thomas Riedelsheimer,
Germany/Finland/UK/Canada
Score: A Film Music Documentary, Matt Schrader, USA
Serenade for Haiti, Owsley Brown, USA
78/52, Alexandre O. Phillippe, USA
Shorts 1 (The Convention, Gut Hack, The Rabbit Hunt)
Shorts 2 (Balloonfest, Happy Birthday Mario Woods, In the Wake of Ghost Ship)
Shorts 3: Animation (Broken – The Women’s Prison at Hoheneck, Victor & Isolina)
Shorts 5: Family Films (Valley of a Thousand Hills
Shorts 6: Youth Works (Rapid Transit)
STEP, Amanda Lipitz, USA
This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous, Barbara Kopple, USA
A Tribute to Gordon Gund: The Illumination, Tom Scott, USA
Valentina, Ben Guez, USA/Mexico
Whose Streets?, Sabaah Folayan, USA
World Without End (No Reported Incidents), Jem Cohen, USA
EASTERN EUROPEAN / BALKANS
Godless, Ralitza Petrova, Bulgaria/Denmark/France
The Man with a Movie Camera with DeVotchKa, Dziga Vertov, Russia
Mel Novikoff Award: Tom Luddy: A Long Happy Life, Gennadi Shpalikov, Russia
Sieranevada, Cristi Puiu, Romania
The Student, Kirill Serebrennikov, Russia
EDUCATION / SCHOOL
Bill Nye: Science Guy, David Alvarado, Jason Sussberg, USA
Finding Characters in Unlikely Places with Pixar’s Newest Short, Lou: A Workshop for Kids
In Loco Parentis, Neasa Ní Chianáin, David Rane, Ireland/Spain
Serenade for Haiti, Owsley Brown, USA
Shorts 5: Family Films (Lou, Valley of a Thousand Hills)
STEP, Amanda Lipitz, USA
The Student, Kirill Serebrennikov, Russia
ENVIRONMENTAL
Bill Nye: Science Guy, David Alvarado, Jason Sussberg, USA
Born in China, Lu Chuan, USA/China
Chasing Coral, Jeff Orlowski, USA
Half-Life in Fukushima, Mark Olexa, Francesca Scalisi, Switzerland/France
EXPERIMENTAL / AVANT-GARDE
By the Time It Gets Dark, Anocha Suwichakornpong, Thailand/France/Netherlands/Qatar
Canyon Cinema 50: Guy Maddin Presents The Great Blondino and Other Delights, Robert Nelson, USA
The Death of Louis XIV, Albert Serra, France/Portugal/Spain
Disposable Film Festival 10th Anniversary
18 Black Girls/Boys Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and Are Thus Spiritual Machines,
Terence Nance, USA
El Mar La Mar, Joshua Bonnetta, J.P. Sniadecki, USA
Fajr, Luis Patiño, Spain
The Green Fog — A San Francisco Fantasia, Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson
The Human Surge, Eduardo Williams, Argentina/Brazil/Portugal
Parallel Spaces: Will Oldham and Jerome Hiler
Persistence of Vision Award: Lynn Hershman Leeson: Tania Libre, Lynn Hershman Leeson, USA
Scared Very Scared, Jay Rosenblatt, USA
Shorts 4: New Visions
Who Cares. Who Sees: Experimental Shorts
World Without End (No Reported Incidents), Jem Cohen, USA
FAMILY FRIENDLY
Bill Nye: Science Guy, David Alvarado, Jason Sussberg, USA – ages 11 and up
Born in China, Lu Chuan, USA/China
Finding Characters in Unlikely Places with Pixar’s Newest Short, Lou: A Workshop for Kids
In Loco Parentis, Neasa Ní Chianáin, David Rane, Ireland/Spain – ages 11 and up
Shorts 5: Family Films – ages 6 and up
Shorts 6: Youth Works – ages 12 and up
We Are All Storytellers: A Pixar in a Box Workshop for Girls
FRENCH LANGUAGE
The Death of Louis XIV, Albert Serra, France/Portugal/Spain
Heal the Living, Katell Quillévéré, France
Marie Curie. The Courage of Knowledge, Marie Noëlle, Germany/France/Poland
Nocturama, Bertrand Bonello, France/Germany, Belgium
The Paris Opera, Jean-Stéphane Bron, France/Switzerland
Serenade for Haiti, Owsley Brown, USA
Shorts 2 (Univitellin)
Shorts 5: Family Films (First Breath)
The Stopover, Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin, France/Greece
Story of a 3-Day Pass, Melvin Van Peebles, France
The Unknown Girl, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Belgium/France
GAY / LESBIAN / BISEXUAL / TRANSGENDER
Beach Rats, Eliza Hittman, USA
Discreet, Travis Mathews, USA
God’s Own Country, Francis Lee, UK
Shorts 1 (The Convention)
This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous, Barbara Kopple, USA
A Tribute to James Ivory: Maurice, James Ivory, UK
HEALTH / MEDICINE / DISABILITY
Bending the Arc, Kief Davidson, Pedro Kos, USA
Godless, Ralitza Petrova, Bulgaria/Denmark/France
Heal the Living, Katell Quillévéré, France
Mad World, Wong Chun, Hong Kong
Motherland, Ramona S. Diaz, USA/Philippines
Muhi – Generally Temporary, Rina Castelnuovo-Hollander, Tamir Elterman, Israel/Germany
Persistence of Vision Award: Lynn Hershman Leeson: Tania Libre, Lynn Hershman Leeson, USA
A Tribute to Gordon Gund: The Illumination, Tom Scott, USA
The Unknown Girl, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Belgium/France
HORROR
78/52, Alexandre O. Phillippe, USA
The Transfiguration, Michael O’Shea, USA
IMMIGRATION
City of Ghosts, Matthew Heineman, USA
El Mar La Mar, Joshua Bonnetta, J.P. Sniadecki, USA
The Future Perfect, Nele Wohlatz, Argentina
JEWISH
Muhi – Generally Temporary, Rina Castelnuovo-Hollander, Tamir Elterman, Israel/Germany
The Wedding Plan, Rama Burshtein, Israel
JOURNALISM
City of Ghosts, Matthew Heineman, USA
Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press, Brian Knappenberger, USA
LATIN AMERICAN
Brimstone & Glory, Viktor Jakovleski, USA
Dolores, Peter Bratt, USA
El Mar La Mar, Joshua Bonnetta, J.P. Sniadecki, USA
Endless Poetry, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Chile/Japan/France
Everything Else, Natalia Almada, Mexico/USA/France
Family Life, Alicia Scherson, Cristián Jiménez, Chile
The Future Perfect, Nele Wohlatz, Argentina
Hermia & Helena, Matías Piñeiro, USA/Argentina
The Human Surge, Eduardo Williams, Argentina/Brazil/Portugal
Shorts 1 (And the Whole Sky Fit in the Dead Cow’s Eye)
Shorts 6: Youth Works (The Missing Part of Me)
The Winter, Emiliano Torres, Argentina/France
LAW / LEGAL ISSUES
Defender, Jeff Adachi, Jim Choi, USA
Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press, Brian Knappenberger, USA
Whose Streets?, Sabaah Folayan, USA
LITERATURE
Hermia & Helena, Matías Piñeiro, USA/Argentina
I Love Dick, Jill Soloway, Kimberly Peirce, USA
Lady Macbeth, William Oldroyd, UK
The Long Excuse, Miwa Nishikawa, Japan
The Lost City of Z, James Gray, USA
Story of a 3-Day Pass (50th Anniversary Screening), Melvin Van Peebles, France
A Tribute to James Ivory: Maurice, James Ivory, UK
Walking Out, Alex Smith, Andrew Smith, USA
LOCAL FILMMAKER / INTEREST
Asian Dub Foundation Live Score of George Lucas’s THX 1138
Bill Nye: Science Guy, David Alvarado, Jason Sussberg, USA
Canyon Cinema 50: Guy Maddin Presents The Great Blondino and Other Delights
Citizen Kane with William R. Hearst III
Creativity Summit
Defender, Jeff Adachi, Jim Choi, USA
Discreet, Travis Mathews, USA
Disposable Film Festival 10th Anniversary
Dolores, Peter Bratt, USA
18 Black Girls/Boys Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and Are Thus Spiritual Machines, Terence Nance, USA
Everything Else, Natalia Almada, Mexico/USA/France
Finding Characters in Unlikely Places with Pixar’s Newest Short, Lou: A Workshop for Kids
The Force, Peter Nicks, USA
George Gund Award: Eleanor Coppola: Paris Can Wait, Eleanor Coppola, USA
The Green Fog — A San Francisco Fantasia, Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson
Leaning Into the Wind — Andy Goldsworthy, Thomas Riedelsheimer, UK
Mel Novikoff Award: Tom Luddy: A Long Happy Life, Gennady Shpalikov, Russia
More THINGS in Films
Parallel Spaces: Will Oldham and Jerome Hiler
Persistence of Vision Award: Lynn Hershman Leeson: Tania Libre, Lynn Hershman Leeson, USA
Rivers and Tides – Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time, Thomas Riedelsheimer, USA
Scared Very Scared, Jay Rosenblatt, USA
Serenade for Haiti, Owsley Brown, USA
Shorts 1 (Gut Hack, Real Artists)
Shorts 2 (American Paradise, Happy Birthday Mario Woods, In the Wake of Ghost Ship)
Shorts 4: New Visions (It Is What It Is)
Shorts 5: Family Films (Lou, Pearl)
Shorts 6: Youth Works
Two or Three Things That Frighten Me in Vertigo: David Thomson Master Class
Valentina, Ben Guez, USA/Mexico
VR Days
We Are All Storytellers: A Pixar in a Box Workshop for Girls
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl, Joan Chen, USA/Hong Kong, Taiwan
MUSIC
Asian Dub Foundation Live Score of George Lucas’s THX 1138
Duet, Navid Danesh, Iran
18 Black Girls/Boys Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and Are Thus Spiritual Machines,
Terence Nance, USA
The Green Fog — A San Francisco Fantasia, Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson
I Called Him Morgan, Kasper Collin, Sweden/USA
Long Strange Trip, Amir Bar-Lev, USA
The Man with a Movie Camera with DeVotchKa
Parallel Spaces: Will Oldham and Jerome Hiler
The Paris Opera, Jean-Stéphane Bron, France/Switzerland
Patti Cake$, Geremy Jasper, USA
Score: A Film Music Documentary, Matt Schrader, USA
Serenade for Haiti, Owsley Brown, USA
STEP, Amanda Lipitz, USA
A Tribute to Shah Rukh Khan: My Name Is Khan, Karan Johar, India
POLITICAL
Birth of a Nation, Jem Cohen, USA
Bending the Arc, Kief Davidson, Pedro Kos, USA
By the Time It Gets Dark, Anocha Suwichakornpong, Thailand/France/Netherlands/Qatar
City of Ghosts, Matthew Heineman, USA
Defender, Jeff Adachi, Jim Choi, USA
Dolores, Peter Bratt, USA
18 Black Girls/Boys Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and Are Thus Spiritual Machines,
Terence Nance, USA
El Mar La Mar, Joshua Bonnetta, J.P. Sniadecki, USA
The Force, Peter Nicks, USA
The Journey, Nick Hamm, UK
Ma’ Rosa, Brillante Ma Mendoza, Philippines
Motherland, Ramona S. Diaz, USA/Philippines
Muhi – Generally Temporary, Rina Castelnuovo-Hollander, Tamir Elterman, Israel/Germany
Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press, Brian Knappenberger, USA
Nocturama, Bertrand Bonello, France/Germany/Belgium
Persistence of Vision Award: Lynn Hershman Leeson: Tania Libre, Lynn Hershman Leeson, USA
Scared, Very Scared, Jay Rosenblatt, USA
Shorts 2 (Happy Birthday Mario Woods)
A Tribute to John Ridley: Guerrilla, John Ridley, USA/UK
Whose Streets?, Sabaah Folayan, USA
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl, Joan Chen, USA/Hong Kong/Taiwan
RELIGION / PHILOSOPHY / SPIRITUALITY
Hotel Salvation, Shubhashish Bhutiani, India
The Ornithologist, João Pedro Rodrigues, Portugal/France/Brazil
The Student, Kirill Serebrennikov, Russia
The Wedding Plan, Rama Burshtein, Israel
SCIENCE / NATURE
Bill Nye: Science Guy, David Alvarado, Jason Sussberg, USA
Born in China, Lu Chuan, USA/China
Chasing Coral, Jeff Orlowski, USA
Donkeyote, Chico Pereira, Spain/Germany/UK
God’s Own Country, Francis Lee, UK
The House of Tomorrow, Peter Livolsi, USA
Leaning Into the Wind – Andy Goldsworthy, Thomas Riedelsheimer, UK
The Lost City of Z, James Gray, USA
Marie Curie. The Courage of Knowledge, Marie Noëlle, Germany/France/Poland
Marjorie Prime, Michael Almereyda, USA
The Ornithologist, João Pedro Rodrigues, Portugal/France/Brazil
Rivers and Tides – Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time, Thomas Riedelsheimer,
Germany/Finland/UK/Canada
A Tribute to Gordon Gund: The Illumination, Tom Scott, USA
Walking Out, Alex Smith, Andrew Smith, USA
World Without End (No Reported Incidents), Jem Cohen, USA
SENIORS
Donkeyote, Chico Pereira, Spain/Germany, UK
Everything Else, Natalia Almada, Mexico/USA/France
Half-Life in Fukushima, Mark Olexa, Francesca Scalisi, Switzerland/France
The Hero, Brett Haley, USA
Hotel Salvation, Shubhashish Bhutiani, India
In Loco Parentis, Neasa Ní Chianáin, David Rane, Ireland/Spain
Muhi – Generally Temporary, Rina Castelnuovo-Hollander, Tamir Elterman, Israel/Germany
SILENT FILMS
The Man with a Movie Camera with DeVotchKa
Parallel Spaces: Will Oldham and Jerome Hiler
Shorts 4: New Visions (Bloopers, If I Were Any Further Away, I’d Be Closer to Hom, Kindah, Turtles are Always
Home, The Watershow Extravaganza)
SPANISH LANGUAGE
Brimstone & Glory, Viktor Jakovleski, USA
Dolores, Peter Bratt, USA
Donkeyote, Chico Pereira, Spain/Germany, UK
El Mar La Mar, Joshua Bonnetta, J.P. Sniadecki, USA
Endless Poetry, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Chile/Japan/France
Everything Else, Natalia Almada, Mexico/USA/France
Family Life, Alicia Scherson, Cristián Jiménez, Chile
The Future Perfect, Nele Wohlatz, Argentina
Hermia & Helena, Matías Piñeiro, USA/Argentina
The Human Surge, Eduardo Williams, Argentina/Brazil/Portugal
Next Skin, Isaki Lacuesta, Isa Campo, Spain/Switzerland
Persistence of Vision Award: Lynn Hershman Leeson: Tania Libre, Lynn Hershman Leeson, USA
Shorts 1 (And the Whole Sky Fit in the Dead Cow’s Eye)
Shorts 6: Youth Works (The Missing Part of Me)
The Untamed, Amat Escalante, Mexico/Denmark/France/Germany/Norway/Switzerland
The Winter, Emiliano Torres, Argentina/France
SPORTS
The Cage Fighter, Jeff Unay, USA
Shorts 5: Family Films (Father and Daughter, Valley of a Thousand Hills)
STEP, Amanda Lipitz, USA
TECHNOLOGY
The Cinema Travellers, Shirley Abraham, Amit Madheshiya, India
City of Ghosts, Matthew Heineman, USA
Creativity Summit
Disposable Film Festival 10th Anniversary
18 Black Girls/Boys Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and Are Thus Spiritual Machines,
Terence Nance, USA
Infinity Baby, Bob Byington, USA
Marjorie Prime, Michael Almereyda, USA
Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press, Brian Knappenberger, USA
People You May Know, Sherwin Shilati, USA
Shorts 6: Youth Works (N.O.V.I.S., Rapid Transit)
This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous, Barbara Kopple, USA
VR Days
WOMEN DIRECTORS
Beach Rats, Eliza Hittman, USA
Buster’s Mal Heart, Sarah Adina Smith, USA
By the Time It Gets Dark, Anocha Suwichakornpong, Thailand/France/Netherlands/Qatar
Casting JonBenet, Kitty Green, USA/Australia
The Cinema Travellers, Shirley Abraham, Amit Madheshiya, India
Everything Else, Natalia Almada, Mexico/USA/France
Family Life, Alicia Scherson, Cristián Jiménez, Chile
The Future Perfect, Nele Wohlatz, Argentina
George Gund Award: Eleanor Coppola: Paris Can Wait, Eleanor Coppola, USA
Godless, Ralitza Petrova, Bulgaria/Denmark/France
Half-Life in Fukushima, Mark Olexa, Francesca Scalisi, Switzerland/France
Heal the Living, Katell Quillévéré, France/Belgium
I Love Dick, Jill Soloway, Kimberly Peirce, USA
In Loco Parentis, Neasa Ní Chianáin, David Rane, Ireland/Spain
Landline, Gillian Robespierre, USA
The Long Excuse, Miwa Nishikawa, Japan
Marie Curie. The Courage of Knowledge, Marie Noëlle, Germany/France/Poland
Motherland, Ramona S. Diaz, USA/Philippines
Muhi – Generally Temporary, Rina Castelnuovo-Hollander, Tamir Elterman, Israel/Germany
The Next Skin, Isaki Lacuesta, Isa Campo, Spain/Switzerland
Park, Sofia Exarchou, Greece/Poland
Persistence of Vision Award: Lynn Hershman Leeson: Tania Libre, Lynn Hershman Leeson, USA
Shorts 1 (And the Whole Sky Fit in the Dead Cow’s Eye, The Convention, Gut Hack, Real Artists)
Shorts 2 (Break of Day, Meaningless Conversations in Beautiful Environments)
Shorts 3: Animation (Edge of Alchemy, Summer Camp Island)
Shorts 4: New Visions (Bloopers, There is Land!, Turtles are Always Home, The Watershow Extravaganza)
Shorts 5: Family Films (Scrap Dolls, Valley of a Thousand Hills, Summer Camp Island)
Shorts 6: Youth Works (Birdman, Brainwash, The Missing Part of Me)
STEP, Amanda Lipitz, USA
The Stopover, Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin, France/Greece
This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous, Barbara Kopple, USA
The Wedding Plan, Rama Burshtein, Israel
The Wedding Ring, Rahmatou Keïta, Niger/Burkina Faso/France
Who Cares. Who Sees: Experimental Shorts (Bad mama, who cares, Flowers of the Sky, Untitled, 1925 Part
Three, You Got Eyes)
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl, Joan Chen, USA/Hong Kong/Taiwan
YOUTH/TEEN AS SUBJECTS
Beach Rats, Eliza Hittman, USA
Casting JonBenet, Kitty Green, USA/Australia
18 Black Girls/Boys Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and Are Thus Spiritual Machines,
Terence Nance, USA
Endless Poetry, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Chile/Japan/France
Finding Characters in Unlikely Places with Pixar’s Newest Short, Lou: A Workshop for Kids
The Future Perfect, Nele Wohlatz, Argentina
Heal the Living, Katell Quillévéré, France/Belgium
The House of Tomorrow, Peter Livolsi, USA
In Loco Parentis, Neasa Ní Chianáin, David Rane, Ireland/Spain
Muhi – Generally Temporary, Rina Castelnuovo-Hollander, Tamir Elterman, Israel/Germany
The Next Skin, Isaki Lacuesta, Isa Campo, Spain/Switzerland
Nocturama, Bertrand Bonello, France/Germany/Belgium
Park, Sofia Exarchou, Greece/Poland
Patti Cake$, Geremy Jasper, USA
Shorts 1 (The Rabbit Hunt, Real Artists)
Shorts 2 (Break of Day)
Shorts 3: Animation (History of Magic: Ensueño, Summer Camp Island)
Shorts 5: Family Films
Shorts 6: Youth Works
STEP, Amanda Lipitz, USA
The Student, Kirill Serebrennikov, Russia
This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous, Barbara Kopple, USA
The Transfiguration, Michael O’Shea, USA
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60th San Francisco International Film Festival
The longest-running film festival in the Americas, the San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM Festival) is an extraordinary showcase of cinematic discovery and innovation in one of the country’s most beautiful cities. The 60th edition runs April 5-19 at venues across the Bay Area and features nearly 200 films and live events, 14 juried awards with close to $40,000 in cash prizes, and upwards of 100 participating filmmaker guests.