Mar 29, 2016
Festival, SFFILM
WORLD PREMIERES
Escapes, Michael Almereyda, USA
The Joneses, Moby Longinotto, USA/UK
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
Our Kind of Traitor, Susanna White, UK
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERES
The Summer of Frozen Fountains, Vano Burduli, Geogria/Russia
Thirst, Svetla Tsotsorkova, Bulgaria
US PREMIERES
Ayiti Mon Amour, Guetty Felin, Haiti/USA
Granny’s Dancing on the Table, Hanna Sköld, Sweden/Denmark
Hong Kong Triology: Preschooled Preoccupied Preposterous, Christopher Doyle, Hong Kong
Very Big Shot, Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya, Lebanon/Qatar
For general information visit festival.sffs.org.
To request interviews or screeners, contact your Festival publicist.
For photos and press materials visit sffs.org/press.
59th San Francisco International Film Festival
The 59th San Francisco International Film Festival runs April 21-May 5 at the Castro Theatre, the Alamo Drafthouse New Mission, the Roxie Theater and the Victoria Theatre in San Francisco and BAMPFA in Berkeley. Held each spring for 15 days, SFIFF is an extraordinary showcase of cinematic discovery and innovation in one of the country’s most beautiful cities, featuring nearly 200 films and live events, 14 juried awards with nearly $40,000 in cash prizes and upwards of 100 participating filmmaker guests.