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Wrap Notes: Bay Area Artists & International Filmmakers Shine at the 2024 SFFILM Festival
With a full slate of in-person programming and events, the 2024 SFFILM Festival featured essential stories from both local and international filmmakers, who hailed from…
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Gary Meyer—The Man Who Knew Mel Novikoff
Gary Meyer discusses his legendary career and reflects on receiving the award named for his old friend at the 2024 SFFILM Festival Gary Meyer,…
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Oskar Alegria Uses Old Technology to Tell a New Story in Zinzindurrunkarratz
An enlightening Q&A with a filmmaker who’s no stranger to the SFFILM Festival Last century’s technology becomes a thing of the present in Oskar…
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Persistence of Vision Award-winner Johan Grimonprez Blends Cold War Politics and Cool Jazz
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat tells the kaleidoscopic story of the Republic of Congo’s first democratically elected prime minister Patrice Lumumba During World War…
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All Stories are Local—A conversation with Sean Wang
Fremont native Sean Wang opens the 2024 SFFILM Festival with his award-winning, homegrown feature debut Dìdi (弟弟) Sean Wang is a fan of coming-of-age…
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What do the Oscars Mean to You?
SFFILM Executive Director and Academy Member Anne Lai shares her thoughts around the annual film industry celebration Most of us have heard the…
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Wrap Notes: An Evening of Palestinian Film
SFFILM welcomed guests at FilmHouse for a community gathering of Palestinian film and filmmakers FilmHouse is the SFFILM community hub for filmmakers to work and…
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2023 Rainin Filmmakers with Disabilities Grant Recipients
Meet the three filmmakers who are the recipients of the 2023 SFFILM Rainin Filmmaker with Disabilities Grant. Directors Vivien Hillgrove, Andrew Reid, and Daniela Muñoz…
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Meet the Programmers for the 2024 SFFILM Festival
Today, we’re happy to introduce our 2024 Programming team, a collective responsible for selecting the films and events you’ll see at the Festival. At…
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Mel Novikoff Award Committee Members and Past Awardees
Current Committee Members John Cooper – Director Emeritus, Sundance Film Festival A-lan Holt – Artist & Arts leader; Director at the Institute for Diversity in…
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An SFFILM Who’s Who at the 96th Academy Awards
Honoring the films and filmmakers that have been curated, honored, and supported by SFFILM over the past year The Academy Awards nominations are officially in,…
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Behind the scenes with Oppenheimer filmmakers
SFFILM, in partnership with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, presented Christopher Nolan’s staggering global cinematic phenomenon Oppenheimer as the 2023 recipient of the SFFILM Sloan…
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