Mar 15, 2017
Festival, SFFILM
The following films, playing at the 60th San Francisco International Film Festival (April 5-19), have secured US distribution or are in negotiations with a US 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 60th San Francisco International Film Festival.
Beach Rats, Eliza Hittman, USA
Bending the Arc, Kief Davidosn, Pedro Kos, USA
Bill Nye: Science Guy, David Alvarado, Jason Sussberg, USA
Born in China, Lu Chuan, USA/China
Brimstone & Glory, Viktor Jakovleski, USA
Buster’s Mal Heart, Sarah Adina Smith, USA
By the Time It Gets Dark, Anocha Suwichakornpong, Thailand/France/Netherlands/Qatar
The Cage Fighter, Jeff Unay, USA – HOLD REVIEW until Premiere
Casting JonBenet, Kitty Green, USA/Australia
Chasing Coral, Jeff Orlowski, USA
City of Ghosts, Matthew Heineman, USA
The Death of Louis XIV, Albert Serra, France/Portugal/Spain
Defender, Jeff Adachi, Jim Choi, USA
Dolores, Peter Bratt, USA
Family Life, Alicia Scherson, Cristián Jiménez, Chile
The Force, Peter Nicks, USA
God’s Own Country, Francis Lee, UK
Golden Exits, Alex Ross Perry, USA
Heal the Living, Katell Quillévéré, France/Belgium
Hermia & Helena, Matías Piñeiro, USA/Argentina
Hotel Salvation, Shubhashish Bhutiani, India
The House of Tomorrow, Peter Livolsi, USA – HOLD REVIEW until Premiere
The Human Surge, Eduardo Williams, Argentina
I Called Him Morgan, Kasper Collin, Sweden/USA
I Love Dick, Jill Soloway, Kimberly Peirce, USA
Incredible Jessica James, Jim Strouse, USA
Infinity Baby, Bob Byington, USA
In Loco Parentis (School Life), Neasa Ní Chianáin, David Rane, Ireland/Spain
The Journey, Nick Hamm, UK
Lady Macbeth, William Oldroyd, UK
Landline, Gillian Robespierre, USA
Leaning Into the Wind — Andy Goldsworthy, Thomas Riedelsheimer, UK
The Long Excuse, Miwa Nishikawa, Japan
Long Strange Trip, Amir Bar-Lev, USA
The Lost City of Z, James Gray, USA
Marjorie Prime, Michael Almereyda, USA
Maudie, Aisling Walsh, Canada/Ireland
Motherland, Ramona S. Diaz, USA/Philippines
Muhi – Generally Temporary, Rina Castelnuovo-Hollander, Tamir Elterman, Israel/Germany – HOLD REVIEW until Premiere
Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press, Brian Knappenber, USA
Nocturama, Bertrand Bonello, France/Germany/Belgium
The Ornithologist, João Pedro Rodrigues, Portugal/France/Brazil
The Paris Opera, Jean-Stéphane Bron, France/Switzerland
Patti Cake$, Geremy Jasper, USA
People You May Know, Sherwin Shilati, USA – HOLD REVIEW until Premiere
Score: A Film Music Documentary, Matt Schrader, USA
Serenade for Haiti, Owsley Brown, USA
STEP, Amanda Lipitz, USA
The Student, Kirill Serebrennikov, Russia
This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous, Barbara Kopple, USA
The Transfiguration, Michael O’Shea, USA
The Unknown Girl, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Belgium/France
The Wedding Plan, Rama Burshtein, Israel
Whose Streets?, Sabaah Folayan, 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.