Jul 6, 2018
SFFILM
San Francisco, CA — SFFILM has announced the lineup of new features premiering on the SFFILM Screening Room, the curated film streaming service available exclusively to SFFILM members through an easy-to-use web platform and mobile app. Five new films have joined the already strong roster of titles on the service, and are now available to stream. There are currently 26 films to choose from on the service, with additional features being added each month.
The SFFILM Screening Room service is available to SFFILM members on the web at sffilm.org/watch. Members can also access films and supplemental content by downloading the SFFILM app and logging into their membership accounts. The SFFILM app is available for iOS, Apple TV, and Android devices as a free download on iTunes or Google Play. The web platform and app have been created with the generous support of Margaret and Will Hearst.
FEATURE FILMS ADDED JULY 1
By the Time It Gets Dark
Anocha Suwichakornpong (Thailand/France/Netherlands/Qatar, 2016, 105 min)
Seeded by a historical event-the Thammasat University massacre of 1976, in which student protesters were murdered by Thai government forces-this elliptical, bewitching film unfurls like a mutant growth from the compost of the past. As a film director interviews a former activist in preparation for a movie, the self-reflexive scenario refracts until not only the narrative structure but the structure of the image itself breaks down. 2017 SFFILM Festival selection.
Dawson City: Frozen Time
Bill Morrison (USA, 2017, 120 min)
This meditation on cinema’s past from director Bill Morrison pieces together the bizarre true history of a long-lost collection of 533 nitrate film prints from the early 1900s. The now-famous Dawson City Collection was uncovered in 1978 when a bulldozer working its way through a parking lot dug up a horde of film cans. Morrison draws on these permafrost-protected, rare silent films and newsreels, pairing them with archival footage, interviews, historical photographs, and an enigmatic score by Sigur Rós collaborator and composer Alex Somers. A festival favorite that premiered at Venice and went on to screen at the New York Film Festival, Rotterdam, the TCM Classic Film Festival, and many more.
The Force
Peter Nicks (USA, 2016, 93 min)
For the powerful second film in his trilogy concerning the relationship between public institutions and the communities they serve, Peter Nicks (The Waiting Room) takes a powerful, immersive look at the Oakland Police Department. Intended as a catalyst for conversation and change, Nicks’ empathetic and observational style avoids easy generalizations and upends expectations, resulting in a rich, thought provoking real-time conversation about social justice and the mutual responsibilities of police officers and those they serve and protect. Recipient of a SFFILM Documentary Film Fund grant and Golden Gate Award winner at the 2017 SFFILM Festival.
Hermia & Helena
Matías Piñeiro (USA/Argentina, 2016, 86 min)
Foreknowledge of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is by no means required to enjoy Argentine writer-director Matías Piñeiro’s quasi-adaptation, in which a young theater director comes to New York from Buenos Aires on a fellowship to translate Shakespeare’s play into Spanish-and discovers its relation to her life. Piñeiro handles heady stuff with a wonderfully light touch, and the film casts a lasting spell with its genuine intimacy, ephemeral beauty, and unpretentious vitality. 2017 SFFILM Festival selection.
White Sun
Deepak Rauniyar (Nepal/USA, 2016, 89 min) Anti-regime partisan Chandra confronts physical, social, and political obstacles for his father’s funeral. His search for a solution takes him to neighboring mountain villages and encounters with the police and rebel guerrillas. Nepal’s official submission for Foreign Language Film at the 2017 Academy Awards, White Sun is a portrait of post-civil war Nepal during the fragile deadlocked peace process.
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