Apr 1, 2014
Festival
The following films, playing at the 57th San Francisco International Film Festival (April 24-May 8), have secured U.S. distribution or are in negotiations with a U.S distributor. Full reviews and feature articles for these films must be held until they open commercially, but we do encourage capsule reviews (100 words or less) or mentions in Festival overview articles. We would appreciate it if, when your review runs, you do mention that the film premiered (if appropriate) or screened at the 57th San Francisco International Film Festival.
Abuse of Weakness, Catherine Breillat, France
Alex of Venice, Chris Messina, USA
The Amazing Catfish, Claudia Sainte-Luce
Art and Craft, Sam Cullman, Jennifer Grausman, Mark Becker, USA
Bad Hair, Mariana Rondón, Venezuela
Begin Again, John Carney, USA
Belle, Amma Asante, United Kingdom
Borgman, Alex van Warmerdam, Netherlands
Boyhood, Richard Linklater, USA
Burt’s Buzz, Jody Shapiro, Canada
Calvary, John Michael McDonagh, Ireland
Chinese Puzzle, Cédric Klapisch, France
Coherence, James Byrkit, USA
Dear White People, Justin Simien, USA
Difret, Zeresenay Mehari, Ethiopia
The Dog, Allison Berg, Frank Keraundren, USA
The Double, Richard Ayoade, United Kingdom
Fed Up, Stephanie Soechtig, USA
Frank, Lenny Abrahamson, Ireland
The Great Museum, Johannes Holzhausen, Austria
Heaven Adores You, Nockolas Rossi, USA
Hellion, Kat Candler, USA
History of Fear, Benjamin Naishtat, Argentina
If You Don’t, I Will, Sophie Fillières, France
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter, David Zellner, USA
Last Weekend, Tom Dolby, Tom Williams, USA
Manakamana, Stephanie Spray, Pacho Velez, USA
The Militant, Manolo Nieto, Uruguay
Night Moves, Kelly Reichardt, USA
Norte, the End of History, Lav Diaz, Philippines
Obvious Child, Gillian Robespierre, USA
The One I Love, Charlie McDowell, USA
The Other One: The Long, Strange Trip of Bob Weir, Mike Fleiss, USA
The Overnighters, Jesse Moss, USA
Palo Alto, Gia Coppola, USA
Ping Pong Summer, Michael Tully, USA
Pioneer, Erik Skjoldbjaerg, Norway
Queen Margot: The Director’s Cut, Patrice Chéreau, France
The Sacrament, Ti West, USA
The Skeleton Twins, Craig Johnson, USA
A Story of Children and Film, Mark Cousins, United Kingdom
Stray Dogs, Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon, Mike Myers, USA
Tip Top, Serge Bozon, France
Tracks, John Curran, United Kingdom
The Trip to Italy, Michael Winterbottom, United Kingdom
20,000 Days on Earth, Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard, United Kingdom
The Two Faces of January, Hossein Amini, England
We Are the Best!, Lukas Moodysson, Sweden
We Come as Friends, Hubert Sauper, France
What Now? Remind Me, Joaquim Pinto, Portugal
When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism, Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania
Young & Beautiful, Francois Ozon, France
Yves Saint Laurent, Jalil Lespert
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57th San Francisco International Film Festival
The 57th San Francisco International Film Festival runs April 24-May 8 at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, Castro Theatre and New People Cinema in San Francisco and the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley. Held each spring for 15 days, the International is an extraordinary showcase of cinematic discovery and innovation in one of the country’s most beautiful cities, featuring 200 films and live events, 14 juried awards and nearly $40,000 in cash prizes, upwards of 100 participating filmmaker guests and diverse and engaged audiences with more than 65,000 in attendance