Dec 1, 2017
SFFILM
San Francisco, CA — SFFILM has announced the lineup of new films 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 feature films have joined the already strong roster of titles on the service, and are now available to stream. There are currently 35 acclaimed films to choose from on the service, with additional titles being added each month.
The SFFILM Screening Room service is available exclusively to SFFILM members 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 DECEMBER 1
The Kill Team
Dan Krauss, USA 2013, 79 min.
In this chilling documentary—which won the Golden Gate Award for Best Bay Area Documentary Feature at the 2013 SFFILM Festival—local filmmaker Dan Krauss explores the deeply disturbing story of US soldiers, stationed in Afghanistan in 2009, who were convicted of murdering innocent civilians. Their motives, and the culture that enabled their crimes, are as complex as they are nightmarish.
Maliglutit (Searchers)
Zacharias Kunuk, Canada 2016, 94 min.
Canadian-Inuk filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk’s Maliglutit (Searchers) continues in the breathtaking vein of his unforgettable Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001) with this story of cruelty and cold revenge based loosely on John Ford’s The Searchers (1956) and spoken entirely in Inuktitut. As Kuanana (Benjamin Kunuk) dogsleds across the snowy tundra to find his kidnapped wife and daughter, the brutal Arctic landscape and the film’s unsettling sound design escalate the film to a visceral, lyrical experience. Maliglutit (Searchers) screened earlier this year at the 2017 SFFILM Festival.
Mother of George
Andrew Dosunmu, USA/Nigeria 2013, 106 min.
In the beautifully photographed Mother of George—winner of the cinematography award at the Sundance Film Festival—Adenike and Ayodele (The Walking Dead‘s Danai Gurira and veteran actor Isaach De Bankolé) are a Nigerian couple living in Brooklyn. Following the joyous celebration of the their wedding, complications arise out of their inability to conceive a child—a problem that devastates their family and defies cultural expectations, leading Adenike to make a shocking decision that could either save her family or destroy it.
These Birds Walk
Omar Mullick, Pakistan 2013, 72 min.
In Karachi, Pakistan, a runaway boy’s life hangs on one critical question: where is home? The streets, an orphanage, or with the family he fled in the first place? Simultaneously heart-wrenching and life-affirming, These Birds Walk (SXSW, HotDocs, Abu Dhabi Film Festival) documents the struggles of these wayward street children and the Samaritans looking out for them in this ethereal and inspirational story of resilience.
Wuthering Heights
Andrea Arnold, UK 2011, 128 min.
Adolescent infatuation between star-crossed lovers deepens into wild passion in this cinematic incarnation of Emily Brontë’s classic 19th-century novel. Set against the rainy windswept Yorkshire moors, this adaptation is a haunting and almost tactile depiction of romantic obsession pared down to its most visceral and elemental form. Wuthering Heights was an official selection of the 2013 SFFILM Festival.
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