Mar 19, 2019
Festival
2019 SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Festival Runs April 10–23
AFRICA
The Elephant Queen, Mark Deeble & Victoria Stone, Kenya/UK
The Harvesters, Etienne Kallos, France/South Africa
Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in America, Tom Shepard, USA
Shorts 3
Shorts 6: Family Films
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
Always in Season, Jacqueline Olive, USA
An Evening with Kahlil Joseph
Boots Riley: State of Cinema Address
Grass is Greener, Fred Brathwaite aka Fab 5 Freddy, USA
The Great American Lie, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, USA
Intruder in the Dust, Clarence Brown, USA
Madeline Anderson: POV Award + Shorts
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool, Stanley Nelson, USA/UK
Pahokee, Ivete Lucas & Patrick Bresnan, USA
Premature, Rashaad Ernesto Green, USA
Q Ball, Michael Tolajian, USA
United Shades of America: Season 4 Premiere, W. Kamau Bell, USA
Shorts 3
Shorts 5: New Visions
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, USA
We Are the Radical Monarchs, Linda Goldstein Knowlton, USA
ANIMATION/ANIME
Ask Dr. Ruth, Ryan White, USA
The Grand Bizarre, Jodie Mack, USA
Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements, Irene Taylor Brodsky, USA
Shorts 4: Animation
Shorts 6: Family Films
Shorts 7: Youth Works
Workshop for Kids: Creative Poetry + Film
Workshop for Kids: Stop Motion + LAIKA’s “Missing Link”
ARABIC / MIDDLE EASTERN
Central Airport THF, Karim Aïnouz, Germany/France/Brazil
Kabul, City in the Wind, Aboozar Amini, Netherlands/Afghanistan/Japan/Germany
Midnight Traveler, Hassan Fazili, USA/Qatar/Canada/UK
Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in America, Tom Shepherd, USA
Shorts 1
Shorts 2
Shorts 3
Tehran: City of Love, Ali Jaberansari, UK/Iran
What We Left Unfinished, Mariam Ghani, USA/Afghanistan/Qatar
ARCHIVAL/RESTORATION/CLASSIC FILMS
BBC Arena: Mel Novikoff Award + “Wisconsin Death Trip”
Claude Jarman, Jr.: George Gund III Award + “Intruder in the Dust”
David Thomson Master Class: Thinking About Cary Grant
Madeline Anderson: POV Award + Short Films
Midnight Cowboy 50th Anniversary Screening, John Schlesinger, USA
Minute Bodies: The Intimate World of F. Percy Smith, Stuart A. Staples, UK
Warpaint: Live Score + Films by Maya Deren
What We Left Behind, Mariam Ghani, USA/Afghanistan/Qatar
ART/DESIGN/ARCHITECTURE
Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly, Cheryl Haines, USA
BBC Arena: Mel Novikoff Award + “Wisconsin Death Trip”
Belmonte, Federico Veiroj, Uruguay/Spain/Mexico
An Evening with Kahlil Joseph
The Grand Bizarre, Jodie Mack, USA
Halston, Frédéric Tcheng, USA
The Hidden City, Victor Moreno, Spain/France
Night and Day, Anthony Wall & Emma Matthews, UK
Photograph, Ritesh Batra, India/Germany
Shorts 4: Animation
Show Me the Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall, Alfred George Bailey, UK/USA
Walking on Water, Andrey Paounov, Italy/USA
Workshop for Kids: Creative Poetry + Film
ASIAN INTEREST
Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly, Cheryl Haines, USA/China/Egypt
American Factory, Julia Reichert & Steven Bognar, USA
Asako I & II, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Japan/France
The Farewell, Lulu Wang, USA/China
First Night Nerves, Stanley Kwan, Hong Kong/China
Hala, Minhal Baig, USA
One Child Nation, Nanfu Wang & Jialing Zhang, China/USA
Photograph, Ritesh Batra, India/Germany
Project Gutenberg, Felix Chong, China/Hong Kong
Ramen Shop, Eric Khoo, Singapore/Japan/France
Shorts 2
Shorts 5: New Visions
Shorts 7: Youth Works
Shorts 8
Street Food, David Gelb, USA
Suburban Birds, Qiu Sheng, China/Taiwan
When I’m a Moth, Zachary Cotler & Magdalena Zyzak, USA/Canada
Winter’s Night, Jang Woo-jin, South Korea
ASIAN-AMERICAN
American Factory, Steven Bognar & Julia Reichert, USA
The Farewell, Lulu Wang, USA/China
Hala, Minhal Baig, USA
One Child Nation, Nanfu Wang & Jialing Zhang, China/USA
Shorts 8
Street Food, David Gelb, USA
COMEDY
Booksmart, Olivia Wilde, USA
The Death of Dick Long, Daniel Scheinert, USA
The Farewell, Lulu Wang, USA/China
John C. Reilly Tribute + “The Sisters Brothers”, Jacques Audiard, USA/France/Romania/Spain
CRIME
Always in Season, Jacqueline Olive, USA
Claire Denis: Tribute + “High Life”
Close Enemies, David Oelhoffen, France/Belgium
The Death of Dick Long, Daniel Scheinert, USA
Intruder in the Dust, Clarence Brown, USA
John C. Reilly Tribute + “The Sisters Brothers”, Jacques Audiard, USA/France/Romania/Spain
Mothers’ Instinct, Olivier Masset-Depasse, Belgium/France
The Nightingale, Jennifer Kent, Australia/Canada
Official Secrets, Gavid Hood, USA/UK
Paper Flags, Nathan Ambrosioni, France
Project Gutenberg, Felix Chong, China/Hong Kong
Q Ball, Mike Tolajian, USA
Red Joan, Trevor Nunn, UK
Trial By Fire, Edward Zwick, USA
DANCE
The Beast in the Jungle, Clara van Gool, Netherlands/Luxembourg
DOCUMENTARY
Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly, Cheryl McGill, USA
Always in Season, Jacqueline Olive, USA
American Factory, Julia Reichert & Steven Bognar, USA
Ask Dr. Ruth, Ryan White, USA
Aquarela, Viktor Kossakovsky, UK/Germany
BBC Arena: Mel Novikoff Award + “Wisconsin Death Trip”
Bloodroot, Douglas Tirola, USA
Central Airport THF, Karim Aïnouz, Germany/France/Brazil
Echo in the Canyon, Andrew Slater, USA/UK
The Edge of Democracy, Petra Costa, Brazil
The Elephant Queen, Mark Deeble & Victoria Stone, Kenya
Grass is Greener, Fred Brathwaite aka Fab 5 Freddy, USA
The Great American Lie, Jennifer Siebel, USA
Halston, Frédéric Tcheng, USA
Hail Satan?, Penny Lane, USA
The Hidden City, Victor Moreno, Spain/France
Honeyland, Ljubomir Stefanov & Tamara Kotevska, Macedonia
Jawline, Liza Mandelup, USA
Kabul, City in the Wind, Aboozar Amini, Netherland/Afghanistan/Japan/Germany
Knock Down the House, Rachel Lears, USA
Lapü, César Alejandro Jaimes & Juan Pablo Polanco, Colombia
Madeline Anderson: POV Award + Shorts
Meeting Gorbachev, André Singer & Werner Herzog, UK/USA/Germany
Midnight Family, Luke Lorentzen, USA/Mexico
Midnight Traveler, Hassan Fazili, USA/Qatar/Canada/UK
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool, Stanley Nelson, USA/UK
Minute Bodies: The Intimate World of F. Percy Smith, Laurids Andersen Sonne, USA/Denmark
Nothing Fancy: Diana Kennedy, Elizabeth Carroll, USA/Mexico
One Child Nation, Jialing Zhang & Nanfu Wang, China/USA
Over the Rainbow, Jeffrey Peixoto, USA
Pahokee, Ivete Lucas & Patrick Bresnan, USA
Q Ball, Mike Tolajian, USA
RAISE HELL: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins, Janice Engel, USA
The Seer and the Unseen, Sara Dosa, USA/Iceland
Show Me the Picture: The Story of JIm Marshall, Alfred George Bailey, UK/USA
Shorts 1
Shorts 2
Shorts 3
Shorts 5
Shorts 6: Family Films
Street Food, David Gelb, USA
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, USA
United Shades of America: Season 4 Premiere, W. Kamau Bell, USA
Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in American, Tom Shepard, USA
Walking on Water, Andrey Paounov, Italy/USA
We Are the Radical Monarchs, Linda Goldstein Knowlton, USA
We Believe in Dinosaurs, Clayton Brown & Monica Long Ross, USA
Well Groomed, Rebecca Stern, USA
What We Left Unfinished, Mariam Ghani, USA/Afghanistan/Qatar
EASTERN EUROPEAN/BALKANS/RUSSIA
Core of the World, Natalia Meshchaninova, Russia/Lithuania
Honeyland, Ljubomir Stefanov & Tamara Kotevska, Macedonia
The Little Comrade, Moonika Siimets, Estonia
The Load, Ognjen Glavonić, Serbia/France/Croatia/Iran/Qatar
Meeting Gorbachev, André Singer & Werner Herzog, UK USA/Germany
Moments, Beata Parkanová, Czech Republic/Slovakia
ECONOMIC/LABOR ISSUES
American Factory, Julia Reichert & Steven Bognar, USA
Colewell, Tom Quinn, USA
Debt, Vuslat Saraçoglu, Turkey
The Great American Lie, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, USA
Honeyland, Ljubomir Stefanov & Tamara Kotevska, Macedonia
Midnight Family, Luke Lorentzen, USA/Mexico
Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in America, Tom Shepard, USA
The Seer and the Unseen, Sara Dosa, USA/Iceland
Shorts 3
We Believe in Dinosaurs, Clayton Brown & Monica Long Ross, USA
EDUCATION/SCHOOL
Ask Dr. Ruth, Ryan White, USA
Booksmart, Olivia Wilde, USA
The Great American Lie, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, USA
Hala, Minhal Baig, USA
Madeline Anderson: POV Award + Short Films
Pahokee, Ivete Lucas & Patrick Bresnan, USA
We Believe in Dinosaurs, Clayton Brown & Monica Long Ross, USA
Workshop for Kids: Creative Poetry + Film
ENVIRONMENTAL
Aquarela, Viktor Kossakovsky, UK/Germany
The Elephant Queen, Mark Deeble & Victoria Stone, Kenya
Honeyland, Ljubomir Stefanov & Tamara Kotevska, Macedonia
Nothing Fancy: Diana Kennedy, Elizabeth Carroll, USA/Mexico
The Seer and the Unseen, Sara Dosa, USA/Iceland
EXPERIMENTAL/AVANT-GARDE
An Evening with Kahlil Joseph
The Grand Bizarre, Jodie Mack, USA
Lapü, César Alejandro Jaimes & Juan Pablo Polanco, Colombia
Minute Bodies: The Intimate World of F. Percy Smith, Stuart A. Staples, UK
Night and Day, Anthony Wall & Emma Matthews, UK
Warpaint: Live Score + Films by Maya Deren
FAMILY FRIENDLY (see age recommendations)
The Elephant Queen, Mark Deeble & Victoria Stone, Kenya/UK
Minute Bodies: The Intimate World of F. Percy Smith, Stuart A. Staples, UK
Shorts 6: Family Films
Shorts 7: Youth Works
We Are the Radical Monarchs, Linda Knowlton, USA
Well Groomed, Rebecca Stern, USA
Workshop for Kids: Creative Poetry + Film
Workshop for Kids: Stop Motion + LAIKA’s “Missing Link”
FOOD
Bloodroot, Douglas Tirola, USA
Nothing Fancy: Diana Kennedy, Elizabeth Carroll, USA/Mexico
Ramen Shop, Eric Khoo, Singapore/Japan/France
Street Food, David Gelb, USA
HEALTH/MEDICINE/DISABILITY
Ask Dr. Ruth, Ryan White, USA
Debt, Vuslat Saraçoglu, Turkey
The Farewell, Lulu Wang, USA/China
The Great American Lie, Jennifer Siebel, USA
Laura Linney: Tribute + “The Savages”
Madeline Anderson: POV Award + Short Films
Midnight Family, Luke Lorentzen, USA/Mexico
Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements, Irene Taylor Brodsky, USA
One Child Nation, Jialing Zhang & Nanfu Wang, China/USA
Shorts 1
United Shades of America: Season 4 Premiere, W. Kamau Bell, USA
IMMIGRATION
Ask Dr. Ruth, Ryan White, USA
American Factory Julia Reichert & Steven Bognar, USA
Central Airport THF, Karim Aïnouz, Germany/France/Brazil
Hala, Minhal Baig, USA
Midnight Traveler, Hassan Fazili, USA/Qatar/Canada/UK
Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in America, Tom Shepard, USA
ISLAMIC
Hala, Minhal Baig, USA
Kabul, City in the Wind, Aboozar Amini, Netherlands/Afghanistan/Japan/Germany
Tehran: City of Love, Ali Jaberansari, UK/Iran
What We Left Unfinished, Mariam Ghani, USA/Afghanistan/Qatar
JEWISH
Ask Dr. Ruth, Ryan White, USA
LGBTQ
Aniara, Hugo Lilja & Pella Kågerman, Sweden
Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City, Alan Poul, USA
Ask Dr. Ruth, Ryan White, USA
Bloodroot, Douglas Tirola, USA
Booksmart, Olivia Wilde, USA
First Night Nerves, Stanley Kwan, Hong Kong / China
Halston, Frédéric Tcheng, USA
Midnight Cowboy: 50th Anniversary Screening, John Schlesinger, USA
Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in America, Tom Shepard, USA
Shorts 3
Shorts 8
We Are the Radical Monarchs, Linda Goldstein Knowlton, USA
LATIN AMERICAN
Belmonte, Federico Veiroj, Uruguay/Spain/Mexico
The Chambermaid, Lila Avilés, Mexico/USA
The Edge of Democracy, Petra Costa, Brazil
Florianópolis Dream, Ana Katz, Argentina/Brazil
Lapü, César Alejandro Jaimes & Juan Pablo Polanco, Colombia
Midnight Family, Luke Lorentzen, USA/Mexico
Monos, Alejandro Landes, Colombia
Nothing Fancy: Diana Kennedy, Elizabeth Carroll, USA/Mexico
Rojo, Benjamin Naishtat, Argentina/Belgium/Brazil/Germany/France/Switzerland
LAW/LEGAL ISSUES
Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly, Cheryl Haines, USA/China/Egypt
Always in Season, Jacqueline Olive, USA
Laura Dern Tribute + “Trial by Fire”
Official Secrets, Gavin Hood, USA/UK
One Child Nation, Jialing Zhang & Nanfu Wang, China/USA
Q Ball, Michael Tolajian, USA
Rojo, Benjamin Naishtat, Argentina/Belgium/Brazil/Germany/France/Switzerland
Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in America, Tom Shepard, USA
LITERATURE
Aniara, Pella Kågerman & Hugo Lilja, Sweden
BBC Arena: Mel Novikoff Award + “Wisconsin Death Trip”
The Beast in the Jungle, Clara van Gool, Netherlands/Luxembourg
Claude Jarman, Jr.: George Gund III Award + “Intruder in the Dust”, Clarence Brown, USA
The Little Comrade, Moonika Siimets, Estonia
John C. Reilly Tribute + “The Sisters Brothers”
Official Secrets, Gavin Hood, USA/UK
Premature, Rashaad Ernesto Green, USA
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, USA
Workshop for Kids: Creative Poetry + Film
LOCAL FILMMAKERS/INTERESTS
Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly, Cheryl Haines, USA/China/Egypt
Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City, Alan Poul, USA
Boots Riley: State of Cinema Address
Claude Jarman, Jr.: George Gund III Award + “Intruder in the Dust”, Clarence Brown, USA
The Great American Lie, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, USA
Nothing Fancy: Diana Kennedy, Elizabeth Carroll, USA/Mexico
Q Ball, Michael Tolajian, USA
The Seer and the Unseen, Sara Dosa, USA / Iceland
Shorts 1
Shorts 2
Shorts 3
Shorts 4: Animation
Shorts 5: New Visions
Shorts 6: Family Films
Shorts 7: Youth Works
Show Me the Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall, Alfred George Bailey, UK/USA
United Shades of America: Season 4 Premiere, W. Kamau Bell, USA
Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in America, Tom Shepard, USA
We Are the Radical Monarchs, Linda Goldstein Knowlton, USA
When I’m a Moth, Zachary Cotler & Magdalena Zyzak, USA/Canada
MUSIC
Aquarela, Victor Kossakovsky, UK / Germany
Boots Riley: State of Cinema Address
Echo in the Canyon, Andrew Slater, USA/UK
An Evening with Khalil Joseph
Grass is Greener, Fred Brathwaite aka Fab 5 Freddy, USA
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool, Stanley Nelson, USA/UK
Minute Bodies: The Intimate World of F. Percy Smith, Stuart A. Staples, UK
Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements, Irene Taylor Brodsky, USA
Show Me the Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall, Alfred George Bailey, UK/USA
The Sound of Silence, Michael Tyburski, USA
Warpaint: Live Score + Films by Maya Deren
Wild Rose, Tom Harper, UK
POLITICAL
Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly, Cheryl Haines, USA
American Factory, Steven Bognar & Julia Reichert, USA
Boots Riley: State of Cinema Address
The Edge of Democracy, Petra Costa, Brazil
Hail Satan?, Penny Lane, USA
Knock Down the House, Rachel Lears, USA
The Little Comrade, Moonika Siimets, Estonia
The Load, Ognjen Glavonić, Serbia/France/Croatia/Iran/Qatar
Loro, Paolo Sorrentino, Italy
Madeline Anderson: POV Award + Short Films
Meeting Gorbachev, André Singer & Werner Herzog, UK/USA/Germany
Official Secrets, Gavin Hood, USA/UK
RAISE HELL: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins, Janice Engel, USA
Red Joan, Trevor Nunn, UK
Rojo, Benjamin Naishtat, Argentina/Belgium/Brazil/Germany/France/Switzerland
The Seer and the Unseen, Sara Dosa, USA / Iceland
United Shades of America: Season 4 Premiere, W. Kamau Bell, USA
Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in America, Tom Shepard, USA
We Are the Radical Monarchs, Linda Knowlton, USA
We Believe in Dinosaurs, Clayton Brown & Monica Long Ross, USA
What We Left Unfinished, Mariam Ghani, USA/Afghanistan/Qatar
When I’m a Moth, Magdalena Zyzak, & Zachary Cotler, USA/Canada
RELIGION/PHILOSOPHY/SPIRITUALITY
Aniara, Pella Kågerman & Hugo Lilja, Sweden
Hail Satan?, Penny Lane, USA
Hala, Minhal Baig, USA
The Harvesters, Etienne Kallos, France/South Africa
The Innocent, Simon Jacquemet, Switzerland/Germany
Lapü, César Alejandro Jaimes & Juan Pablo Polanco, Colombia
Over the Rainbow, Jeffrey Peixoto, USA
The Seer and the Unseen, Sara Dosa, USA/Iceland
We Believe in Dinosaurs, Clayton Brown & Monica Long Ross, USA
SCIENCE/NATURE
Aniara, Pella Kågerman & Hugo Lilja, Sweden
Aquarela, Viktor Kossakovsky, UK
Claire Denis: Tribute + “High Life”
The Elephant Queen, Mark Deeble & Victoria Stone, Kenya
Laura Dern Tribute + “Trial by Fire”
Minute Bodies: The Intimate World of F. Percy Smith, Stuart A. Staples, UK
Red Joan, Trevor Nunn, UK
The Seer and the Unseen, Sara Dosa, USA/Iceland
The Sound of Silence, Michael Tyburski, USA
We Believe in Dinosaurs, Clayton Brown & Monica Long Ross, USA
SENIORS
Ask Dr. Ruth, Ryan White, USA
Bloodroot, Douglas Tirola, USA
Claude Jarman, Jr.: George Gund III Award + “Intruder in the Dust”
Colewell, Tom Quinn, USA
Debt, Vuslat Saraçoglu, Turkey
The Farewell, Lulu Wang, USA/China
Honeyland, Ljubomir Stefanov & Tamara Kotevska, Macedonia
Madeline Anderson: POV Award + Short Films
Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements, Irene Taylor Brodsky, USA
Nothing Fancy: Diana Kennedy, Elizabeth Carroll, USA/Mexico
Laura Linney: Tribute + “The Savages”
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, USA
Walking on Water, Andrey Paounov, Italy/USA
SEXUALITY
Aniara, Hugo Lilja & Pella Kågerman, Sweden
Ask Dr. Ruth, Ryan White, USA
Claire Denis: Tribute + “High Life”
David Thomson Master Class: Thinking About Cary Grant
A Faithful Man, Louis Garrel, France
First Night Nerves, Stanley Kwan, Hong Kong/China
Hala, Minhal Baig, USA
The Innocent, Simon Jaquemet, Switzerland/Germany
Midnight Cowboy: 50th Anniversary Screening, John Schlesinger, USA
Moments, Beata Parkanová, Czech Republic/Slovakia
Premature, Rashaad Ernesto Green, USA
Tehran: City of Love, Ali Jaberansari, UK/Iran
When I’m a Moth, Magdalena Zyzak & Zachary Cotler, USA/Canada
SPANISH LANGUAGE
Belmonte, Federico Veiroj, Uruguay/Spain/Mexico
The Chambermaid, Lila Avilés, Mexico/USA
Florianópolis Dream, Ana Katz, Argentina/Brazil
Lapü, César Alejandro Jaimes & Juan Pablo Polanco, Colombia
Midnight Family, Luke Lorentzen, USA/Mexico
Monos, Alejandro Landes, Colombia
Nothing Fancy: Diana Kennedy, Elizabeth Carroll, USA/Mexico
Rojo, Benjamin Naishtat, Argentina/Belgium/Brazil/Germany/France/Switzerland
SPORTS/ATHLETICS
Pahokee, Ivete Lucas & Patrick Bresnan, USA
Q Ball, Michael Tolajian, USA
WAR/CONFLICT
Central Airport THF, Karim Aïnouz, Germany/France/Brazil
The Edge of Democracy, Petra Costa, Brazil
Kabul, City in the Wind, Aboozar Amini, Netherlands/Afghanistan/Japan/Germany
The Load, Ognjen Glavonić, Serbia/France/Croatia/Iran/Qatar
Midnight Traveler, Hassan Fazili, USA/Qatar/Canada/UK
Monos, Alejandro Landes, Colombia
Official Secrets, Gavin Hood, USA/UK
Red Joan, Trevor Nunn, UK
Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in America, Tom Shepard, USA
What We Left Unfinished, Mariam Ghani, USA /Afghanistan/Qatar
WOMEN DIRECTORS
Always in Season, Jacqueline Olive, USA
Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly, Cheryl Haines, USA/China/Egypt
Aniara, Hugo Lilja & Pella Kågerman, Sweden
The Beast in the Jungle, Clara van Gool, Netherlands/Luxembourg
Booksmart, Olivia Wilde, USA
The Chambermaid, Lila Avilés, Mexico/USA
Claire Denis: Tribute + “High Life”
Core of the World, Natalia Meshchaninova, Russia/Lithuania
Debt, Vuslat Saraçoglu, Turkey
The Edge of Democracy, Petra Costa, Brazil
The Elephant Queen, Mark Deeble & Victoria Stone, Kenya/UK
The Farewell, Lulu Wang, USA/China
Florianópolis Dream, Ana Katz, Argentina/Brazil
The Grand Bizarre, Jodie Mack, USA
The Great American Lie, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, USA
Hail Satan?, Penny Lane, USA
Hala, Minhal Baig, USA
Jawline, Liza Mandelup, USA
Knock Down the House, Rachel Lears, USA
Laura Linney: Tribute + “The Savages”
The Little Comrade, Moonika Siimets, Estonia
Madeline Anderson: POV Award + Shorts
Moments, Beata Parkanová, Czech Republic/Slovakia
Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements, Irene Taylor Brodsky, USA
The Nightingale, Jennifer Kent, Australia
Nothing Fancy: Diana Kennedy, Elizabeth Carroll, USA/Mexico
One Child Nation, Jialing Zhang & Nanfu Wang, China/USA
Pahokee, Ivete Lucas & Patrick Bresnan, USA
RAISE HELL: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins, Janice Engel, USA
The Seer and the Unseen, Sara Dosa, USA/Iceland
Shorts 1
Shorts 2
Shorts 3
Shorts 4: Animation
Shorts 5: New Visions
Shorts 7: Youth Works
Warpaint: Live Score + Films by Maya Deren
We Are the Radical Monarchs, Linda Goldstein Knowlton, USA
We Believe in Dinosaurs, Clayton Brown & Monica Long Ross, USA
Well Groomed, Rebecca Stern, USA
What We Left Unfinished, Mariam Ghani, USA/Afghanistan/Qatar
When I’m a Moth, Magdalena Zyzak & Zachary Cotler, USA/Canada
YOUTH/TEENS AS SUBJECTS
Always in Season, Jacqueline Olive, USA
Booksmart, Olivia Wilde, USA
The Great American Lie, Jennifer Siebel, USA
Hala, Minhal Baig, USA
The Harvesters, Etienne Kallos, France/South Africa
Jawline, Liza Mandelup, USA
Kabul, City in the Wind, Aboozar Amini, Netherlands/Afghanistan/Japan/Germany
The Little Comrade, Moonika Siimets, Estonia
Monos, Alejandro Landes, Colombia
Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements, Irene Taylor Brodsky, USA
Pahokee, Ivete Lucas & Patrick Bresnan, USA
Premature, Rashaad Ernesto Green, USA
Shorts 1
Shorts 6: Family Films
Shorts 7: Youth Works
Suburban Birds, Qiu Sheng, China/Taiwan
We Are the Radical Monarchs, Linda Knowlton, USA
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2019 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 62nd edition runs April 10–23 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.
SFFILM
SFFILM is a nonprofit organization with a mission to champion the world’s finest films and filmmakers through programs anchored in and inspired by the spirit and values of the San Francisco Bay Area. Presenter of the San Francisco International Film Festival, SFFILM is a year-round organization delivering screenings and events to more than 75,000 film lovers and media education programs to more than 12,000 students and teachers annually. In addition to its public programs, SFFILM supports the careers of independent filmmakers from the Bay Area and beyond with grants, residencies, and other creative development services.
For more information visit sffilm.org.
This press release is available online at sffilm.org/press/releases.
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