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59TH SAN FRANCISCO
INTERNATIONAL
FILM FESTIVAL
APRIL 21 - MAY 5
PRESENTED BY
SF FILM SOCIETY
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Title Index
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Welcome Letter
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Donors
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Membership
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Big Nights
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Awards & Special Events
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Live & Onstage
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Marquee Presentations
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Masters
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Golden Gate Award Competitions
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Global Visions
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Dark Wave
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Vanguard
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Schedule
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Master Classes
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World Cinema Spotlight
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FIlmmaker360
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Education
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Filmmaker Index
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Country Index
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Attending the Festival
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Festival Map
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Sponsors
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Aardman Original Cartooni
Abu Ammar Is Comingi
Adami
Aliens
All Roti
All These Sleepless Nights
And when I die, I won’t stay dead
Angry Kid ‘Bone’i
ANL (full version)i
Apostate, The
As I Open My Eyes
Assassination Classroom
Audrie & Daisy
Author: The JT Leroy Story
Ayiti Mon Amour
Bandit, The
Blind Datei
Blood of My Blood
Blood Simple
Boatman, Thei
Bob Dylan Hates Mei
brouillard #14i
Bunny New Girli
Cameraperson
Casebook of Nips & Porkington, Thei
Cast a Dark Shadow
Check It
Chef’s Table: Dominique Crenn
Chevalier
Child for Salei
Contemporary Color
Counting
Cowboys
Creature Comfortsi
DC Nation ‘Episode 1’i
Dead Slow Ahead
Deer Floweri
Demons, The
Domar: To Tamei
Dream of Bottom, Thei
Edmondi
Ellioti
Escapes
Event, The
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Simon’s Cat: Off to the Veti
Sixty Six
Sledgehammeri
Someone Is Happy Somewherei
Something Between Usi
Sonita
Soundbreaking: Stories from the
Cutting Edge of Recorded Music
Southside with You
Splotchi
Starfish Aortai
Stripyi
Stuttereri
Suite Armoricaine
Summer of Frozen Fountains, The
Taking Flighti
Thirst
Thithi
Tickled
Tracki
Trivisa
Under the Gun
Under the Shadow
Under the Sun
Unlocking the Cage
Untitledi
Vampyr
Very Big Shot
Wallace + Gromit – Cracking
Contraptions: Turbo Diner
Watermelon Woman, The
Weiner
Welcome to My Lifei
When You Awakei
White Knights, The
Wild
Winter Beyond Winteri
Winter Song
Winter Treesi
Wrong Trousers, Thei
Young Patriot, A
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Mr. Gaga
Monsoon Wedding
Moomi
Morph ‘Sloped World’i
Morris from America
Motheri
Mountain
Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma
and the Silk Road Ensemble, The
My Aleppoi
National Bird
Neither Heaven nor Earth
Neon Bull
Nephtalii
Night Without Distancei
No Home Movie
Nokia ‘Dot’i
Notes on Blindness
NUTS!
Old Hati
Operator
Orchestra, Thei
Our Kind of Traitor
Partnersi
Passing Orioni
Paths of the Soul
Peace in the Valleyi
Pearce Sisters, Thei
Peter and the Farm
Phantom Boy
Presenting Princess Shaw
Purple & Brown ‘Whistler’i
Pythagasaurusi
Radio Dreams
Ray’s Big Ideai
Return, The
Right Now, Wrong Then
Rock, Clay, Sand, Straw, Woodi
Run, Run Awayi
Salero
Seidei
Send-Off, Thei
Sept-Oct, 2015, Cizrei
Shadow World
Shaun the Sheep ‘3DTV’i
title index
False Starti
Family Fang, The
Fits, The
Five Nights in Maine
Fixer, The
Flight of the Storiesi
Fragilei
Frank & Lola
Frenzy
From Afar
From My Head to Hersi
Glovei
Going Equippedi
Granny’s Dancing on the Table
Greasy Strangler, The
Happy Hour
haveababy
High-Rise
Home Care
Hong Kong Trilogy: Preschooled
Preoccupied Preposterous
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
I Don’t Belong Herei
In Attla’s Tracksi
Indignation
Innocents, The
Is It True What They Sayi
Islands and the Whales, The
Jáaji Approxi
Joneses, The
Journey to the Shore
Leaf Blower
Life, Animated
Life Smartphonei
Little Men
Lo and Behold: Reveries
of the Connected World
Love & Friendship
Lucky Numbersi
Maggie’s Plan
Manomani
Man Who Knew Infinity, The
Many Thousands Gonei
Microbe and Gasoline
Miss Sharon Jones!
welcome
It is my great pleasure to welcome you
to the 59th San Francisco International
Film Festival—and to our new Festival
village. After many wonderful years in
the Kabuki Cinemas, the Festival will
now be based in the Mission, one of San
Francisco’s most storied neighborhoods.
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Four theaters join the world-renowned
Castro to make up our new center. The
Alamo Drafthouse will not only serve as
our home base for the Festival but will
be a regular location for our year-round
activities. Gray Area, among the country’s
leading electronic arts facilities, will host
alternative and new media programming.
They join neighborhood gems the Roxie
and Victoria to create a hub within the
Mission’s blend of cultures, shops and
world-class restaurants. We would
like to extend a huge thank you to the
community leaders—in particular to Calle
24 Cultural Assets & Arts Committee—
who have greeted us so warmly.
We also find ourselves in the beautiful
new Berkeley Art Museum and its
jewelbox Pacific Film Archive Theater,
now located close enough to Downtown
Berkeley BART to lure filmgoers from all
parts of the Bay.
We are once again proud of the
exceptional films in this Festival. Director
of Programming Rachel Rosen and
her team have balanced undiscovered
international gems and high-profile
American titles; we encourage our guests
to sample a bit of everything and get a
taste of the global moment in cinema.
But the Film Society’s offerings do not
end on May 5. Join us as a member
and take advantage of free screenings,
many with special guests, all year long.
In particular, we urge you to look out
for exciting collaborations with new
partners the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation,
SFMOMA and The New York Times.
At this year’s Festival, we are pleased
to feature nine films produced by
Film Society grantees and residents.
In partnership with the Kenneth
Rainin Foundation and the Jenerosity
Foundation, we channel over $1 million
annually to fund stories from around
the world and support the film artists of
tomorrow.
We will also once again present our
Schools at the Festival program
and expand the in-depth screening
opportunities we provide to local classes
during SFIFF and throughout the year.
This Festival would not be possible
without the support of many incredible
people: Our Board, and especially
our President David Winton; our loyal
members and donors; and our staff,
volunteers and interns who champion
great film each and every day.
Enjoy the program,
Noah Cowan
Executive Director
San Francisco Film Society
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donors
SUPPORT FOR
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11 foot Pool
Marc and Anita Abramowitz
Linda and Andy Ach
Janice Anderson-Gram
and Tom Gram
Bill Kinder
Kim and Bob Kristoff
Michael Lazarus and
Laura Kline Lazarus
Susan and William Levin
Marfa Levine
Maryon Davies Lewis
Tom and Alix Lockard
Richard Lopez and
Mary Prendiville
Susan Lowe
LUNA / Clif Bar & Company
Daniel Lurie and
Becca Prowda
Louise P. and John H.
MacMillan IV
James Marver
James McElwee
Katharine Miller
Michelle Moretta Lightner
and Major Lightner
Marjorie S. Munson
Diana Nelson and
John Atwater
Nancy and Steven Oliver
Owen and Carly Owens
Julia and William Parish
Louise and Arthur Patterson
Olga and David Perkovic
Leslie Podell
Helen Hilton Raiser
George and Karen Rathman
Amy and Harry Schoening
Dr. Brenda Shank and
Almon E. Larsh, Jr.
Gary and Dana Shapiro
Marvin Sommer
Helen and Richard Spalding
Paul Spiegel
Laura and Greg Spivy
Jane Spray
Jane and Richard
Springwater
Joachim B. Steinberg
Jim Stephens and
Abraham Brown
Eleni and Markos
Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis
Kirby Walker and
Paul Danielson
Sandy Walker and
Kay Kimpton
Sally Ward
John Waters
Lucie Weissman
David Yu
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Tom and Ellen Bauch
Courtney Benoist
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Mr. Steve Brown
Greta Carlstrom
Nina Carroll
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Jen Chaiken and
Sam Hamilton
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Len Christensen and
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Jessica and Nate Cornell
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Robert Culley
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Suki and Tyler Diamond
Linda Dodwell
Susan and Frank Dunlevy
Daniela Faggioli
Netta and Michael Fedor
John and Laura Fisher
Consulate General
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Frank Gaipa
April Gargiulo
Brad and Kim Gilbert
Annelise Goldberg and
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Julie Goldman and
Robert Rosner
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Donelle Gregory
William Gregory
Llura and Gordon Gund
Melody Hom
James and
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Paula Hurd
The Ewing Marion
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Daru Kawalkowski
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Christopher Columbus •
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Melanie • and Larry Blum
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Jennifer Caldwell
and John Fisher
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Tracy Chapman
Penny S. and
James G. Coulter
deJardins/Blachman
Fund of the Silicon Valley
Community Foundation
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Kate and Bill Duhamel
Rudi Dundas
Carla Emil and Rich
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Filmmaker Fund
Randi and Bob Fisher
Lee and Russel Flynn
Tina Frank
Sid Ganis • and
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Leslie and George Hume
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Family Fund
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Ramzi • and Maria
Haidamus
Hong Kong Economic and
Trade Office
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Hewlett Foundation
Tom Knutsen • and
Katie Hall
Fred Levin • and
Nancy Livingston
Nion McEvoy and
Leslie Berriman
Janet • and Thomas
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NET-A-PORTER
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San Francisco Foundation
Debra and Andy Rachleff
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and Tim Kochis
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SEE & CONNECT
Year-round access to our Online Screening Room
Bonus members-only screening during SFIFF
CineVoucher 10-pack
Recognition in the SFIFF Guide
Recognition on screen at SFIFF & throughout the year
Concierge ticketing
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MIX & MINGLE
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FILMMAKER RESOURCES
Eligibility for fiscal sponsorship
Discounts on SFIFF Call for Entries
No application fee for grants, residencies & fellowships
Free & discounted legal consultation for film project development
One hour of project development consulting with Filmmaker360
Invitations to Fimmaker360 Artist Talks
Invitation to an annual meet the filmmaker mixer
Learn more at sffs.org/membership, or by phone at 415-561-5000 ext 4.
* SFFS FRIEND $50. For students, K–12 teachers, seniors (62+), and persons with disabilities. Rate not available online. Proof of eligibility required. †RSVPs can be used all at once or over the
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about us
The San Francisco Film Society
champions the world’s finest
films and filmmakers through
programs anchored in and
inspired by the spirit and values
of the San Francisco Bay Area.
We count on community support
to fulfill this mission.
Taking inspiration from the
region’s rich culture of innovation
and creativity, the Film Society
supports the imagination, talent
and professional sustainability
of filmmakers; works to build a
robust community of engaged,
curious and diverse audiences;
and designs programs that enrich,
educate and entertain.
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We invite you to be a part of this
important community endeavor by
supporting us through our top-tier
membership program.
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top–tier support
$10K Visionary • $25K Leader • $50K Champion
INVEST IN THE FUTURE OF FILM
A percentage of your membership can support one of our
resident FilmHouse filmmakers. Be invited to our annual
Filmmaker360 parties, annual Meet the Filmmaker mixer, and
Artist Talks throughout the year all at our vibrant FilmHouse
residency space in Chinatown.
MIX AND MINGLE
Join celebrities, special guests and filmmakers at our private
dinners and small receptions (recent guests include Oprah
Winfrey, Michael Moore and Julianne Moore). Sponsor a film
at the San Francisco International Film Festival and receive
reserved seats for you and your friends. Privately screen a Film
Society-supported film with a filmmaker present and more.
To learn more, visit sffs.org/membership
or call 415-561-5000 ext 4.
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Receive complimentary all-access passes (CineVisas), enjoy
concierge ticketing and access to all special presentations (recent
screenings include Selma, Freeheld and Where to Invade Next).
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SEE AND CONNECT
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Join us at the Visionary, Leader and Champion levels and enjoy
a year full of the Film Society, where you can:
big
nights
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opening night
Whit Stillman
centerpiece
Love & Friendship
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Ireland/France/Netherlands
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Indignation
2016
u
94 min
THURSDAY • APRIL 21 • 7:00 PM • CASTRO
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James
Schamus
(Kanbar
Award, SFIFF 2010), makes his
directorial debut with an elegant
adaptation of Philip Roth’s novel, a
fictionalized story of the author’s
own college experiences in the
‘50s.
Logan Lerman gives a
terrific performance as Marcus
Messner, one of a handful of
OPENING NIGHT PARTY
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Writer-director Whit Stillman brings a very funny sense and sensibility to this
period comedy as sassy social climber Lady Susan (Kate Beckinsale) tries to
finagle out of a scandal and gain matrimonial advantage for herself and her
daughter. Witty and spry from start to finish, Stillman’s adaptation of a Jane
Austen novella—set in the 1790s—charms as it peers into the affairs of the
privileged and those who aspire to be, winking at contemporary pretensions
through the lens of the past.
James Schamus u USA
2015 u 110 min
Kick off the 59th Festival and
help us celebrate our new Mission
home as we open our 2016
program. Live entertainment,
dancing, food and drink. Must be
21+ to attend.
FILM & PARTY
$60 member, $75 general
9:00 PM • PUBLIC WORKS
161 ERIE STREET. (AT MISSION)
VIP FILM & PARTY
FILM ONLY (LIMITED QUANTITY)
PARTY ONLY (LIMITED QUANTITY)
Celebrate the Festival’s beginning, middle and end with blowout special screenings featuring world-class
filmmakers and actors in attendance. SFIFF’s Big Nights give the Festival community a chance to get an early
look at these hotly anticipated films and to eat, drink, dance and discuss from dusk till dawn.
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closing night
$20 MEMBER • $25 GENERAL
SATURDAY • APRIL 30
8:00 PM • VICTORIA
The Bandit
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2016
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An exuberant, surprisingly moving romp through 1970s pop culture, The Bandit
celebrates the friendship between superstar actor Burt Reynolds and stuntmanturned-director Hal Needham, as together they create the Southern-fried classic
Smokey and the Bandit. Director Jesse Moss (The Overnighters SFIFF 2014)
brings great warmth and impossibly retro cool archival footage to this exceptional
dual biography.
THURSDAY • MAY 5 • 7:00 PM • CASTRO
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Jewish students on a Midwestern
university campus, whose efforts
to assert and define himself are
tested in interactions with the
college dean, a beautiful blonde
and his protective mother.
Jesse Moss
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Join us for one last blowout at Mezzanine
as we dance, drink, snack and revel in
an incredible two weeks of cinematic
adventures. Must be 21+ to attend.
FILM & PARTY
9:00 PM • MEZZANINE
444 JESSIE STREET (NEAR MINT)
VIP FILM & PARTY
FILM ONLY (LIMITED QUANTITY)
PARTY ONLY (LIMITED QUANTITY)
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CLOSING NIGHT PARTY
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special events
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IRVING M. LEVIN DIRECTING AWARD
Enjoy in-depth conversations
with
the
Film
Society’s
2016 honorees and special
Festival guests, and take
advantage of exciting screening
opportunities
and
unique
onstage presentations from
some of world cinema’s most
iconic figures.
AN AFTERNOON WITH MIRA NAIR
Mira Nair has been an exhilarating if lonely bridge between American and
South Asian film traditions for more than thirty years. Her provocative work
draws elements from classic Bengali cinema and Bollywood on one hand,
Italian neorealism and Golden Age Hollywood on the other. Her greatest
films—Salaam Bombay, Monsoon Wedding, The Namesake, The Reluctant
Fundamentalist—passionately recount stories of the Indian subcontinent,
perfectly attuned for a global audience.
Monsoon Wedding
Mira Nair
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2001
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Winner of the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion
in 2001, Monsoon Wedding is a film of gigantic
heart served with an ample dollop of social
satire. Five romantic entanglements threaten
to derail a high-end New Delhi marriage as
the film effortlessly shifts between Bollywood
expressionism and Altman-like character intrigue,
gut-busting comedy and tender romance.
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SUNDAY • APRIL 24 • 4:30 PM • CASTR0
photo by DREW ALTIZER
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FILM SOCIETY AWARDS NIGHT
Film Society Awards Night is one of the city’s most highly anticipated
cultural events. Benefiting the San Francisco Film Society’s Exhibition,
Education and Filmmaker360 programs, this lively and memorable
evening honors the San Francisco International Film Festival’s directing,
acting, storytelling and craft of cinema award recipients with peer tributes
and career highlights.
KANBAR STORYTELLING AWARD
PETER J. OWENS ACTING AWARD
The Kanbar Award is given each year to acknowledge the crucial
role that storytelling plays in the creation of great film and
television. Honoring the screenwriters and craftspeople whose
work has led to the creation of the world’s finest films, this award
is made possible through the generosity of Film Society board
member Maurice Kanbar.
Join the Festival for a very special award night celebrating
the career of one of cinema’s great acting talents. Named for
the longtime San Francisco benefactor of arts and charitable
organizations Peter J. Owens (1936–1991), this award honors
an actor whose work exemplifies brilliance, independence and
integrity. The Owens Award is made possible by a grant from
the Peter J. Owens Trust of the San Francisco Foundation. Scott
Owens and Gary Shapiro, trustees.
This program will include an onstage conversation featuring clips
of career highlights followed by a special film screening.
Visit festival.sffs.org for program information.
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This program will include an onstage conversation featuring clips
of career highlights followed by a special film screening.
Visit festival.sffs.org for program information.
SATURDAY • APRIL 23 • 2:00 PM • VICTORIA
TUESDAY • APRIL 26 • 7:00 PM • CASTRO
PAST RECIPIENTS INCLUDE
2015
2014
2013
2012
Frank Pierson
James Schamus
Peter Morgan
Jean-Claude Carrière
2011
2010
2008
2006
Richard Gere
Harrison Ford
Judy Davis
Robert Redford
2015
2013
2012
2009
Maria Bello
Robin Williams
Joan Allen
Dustin Hoffman
2008
2007
2005
2003
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Paul Schrader
Stephen Gaghan
Eric Roth
David Webb Peoples
PAST RECIPIENTS INCLUDE
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AWA R D S N I G H T I S C O - C H A I R E D b y
HEIDI CASTELEIN and VICTORIA RAISER.
MONDAY • APRIL 25
FORT MASON CENTER HERBST PAVILION
6:00 PM COCKTAIL RECEPTION
7:00 PM DINNER AND AWARDS PROGRAM
To book your table or make a donation,
please call 415-561-5046 or email specialevents@sffs.org.
For all other ticket information, visit festival.sffs.org.
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MEL NOVIKOFF AWARD
PERSISTENCE OF VISION AWARD
Given annually to an individual or institution whose work has enhanced
the film-going public’s appreciation of world cinema
Honoring the achievement of filmmakers whose main body of work falls
outside the realm of narrative feature filmmaking
AN AFTERNOON WITH
JANUS FILMS & THE CRITERION COLLECTION
AN AFTERNOON WITH
AARDMAN ANIMATIONS
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Join Peter Becker and
Jonathan Turell of Janus/
Criterion and filmmakers Joel
and Ethan Coen for an onstage
discussion and screening of
Blood Simple.
When the dual-faced logo of Janus
Films appears onscreen, cinephiles
know they are in for a treat. Founded
in 1956 as a theatrical distribution
company dedicated to bringing
international art-house cinema to
US audiences, Janus has presented
seminal
works
by
Antonioni,
Eisenstein, Bergman, Kurosawa,
Truffaut and Ozu. Similarly for the
home viewer, the elegant rounded
C of Janus’s sister company the
Criterion Collection signals equivalent
quality and curatorial expertise.
Blood Simple
Joel Coen
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USA
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Join Aardman co-founder
Peter Lord for an onstage
talk and 40th anniversary
shorts program.
Co-founded by Peter Lord and David
Sproxton in the 1970s, Aardman has
grown from the two friends’ kitchentable experimentation to one of the
world’s leading model animation
studios, with ten Oscar nominations
and four wins. Creating animation
that appeals to both adult and family
audiences in work that ranges from
animated documentary to madcap
adventure, Aardman has produced a
stream of stop-motion marvels from
Creature Comforts to Wallace &
Gromit and Shaun the Sheep.
40th Anniversary Shorts Program
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99 min
The Coen brothers began their brilliant career with Blood
Simple—a masterful modern noir about a Texas bar owner
who hires a private detective to procure evidence that his
beautiful wife Abby (a riveting Frances McDormand) is having
an affair. Nothing is simple in this tightly plotted crime drama,
but there will be blood.
Total Running Time 89 min
From the studio’s original cel-animated sequence featuring Aardman,
an inept superhero, to their visionary collaboration on the video for
Peter Gabriel’s “Sledgehammer,” to Nick Park’s cherished The Wrong
Trousers, this program celebrating Aardman’s 40th anniversary is
a tour through the studio’s remarkable history and a reminder of the
versatility, humanism and sly charm that mark their impressive output.
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AWA R D P R E S E N TAT I O N P R E C E D E S S C R E E N I N G
SATURDAY • APRIL 30 • 3:00 PM • CASTRO
SUNDAY • MAY 1 • 5:00 PM • CASTRO
special
events
Contemporary Color
Bill Ross IV u Turner Ross
u USA u 2016 u 101
min
Ten cutting-edge performers (including St. Vincent, tUnE-yArDs, Zola Jesus and
This American Life host Ira Glass) collaborate with ten color guard troupes that
interpret music with synchronized flags, weapons and dance. The result is the most
artistic halftime show you’ve ever seen. This passion project from Talking Heads
founder David Byrne is part concert film, part backstage musical—and truly a one-ofa-kind viewing experience.
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PROXY is a temporary two-block project that mobilizes a flexible environment of food,
art, culture and retail. We are thrilled to present this film in this innovative public space.
FRIDAY • APRIL 29 • 8:00 PM • PROXY
FREE OUTDOOR
SCREENING
VR Day
Immerse yourself in the future of film and cutting-edge production technology at VR
Day, a pilot program at this year’s Festival designed to showcase key artists in virtualreality filmmaking. Held at Gray Area—one of the nation’s leading electronic arts
venues—this day-long program will assemble artists creating VR work that propels
the medium forward while addressing social and cultural issues. Join us, the New York
Times VR team and other groundbreaking content creators for an exploration of the
current moment in virtual reality storytelling. The Times will be screening one of its
virtual reality films with panel participation by a Times journalist.
For schedule, pricing and participants, visit festival.sffs.org
SATURDAY • APRIL 30 • GRAY AREA
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Chef ’s Table: Dominique Crenn
Chef’s Table returns to SFIFF, this time profiling local culinary luminary Dominique Crenn,
the first female in the US to be awarded two Michelin stars. In this episode, Crenn—the
owner/chef of San Francisco’s Atelier Crenn and Petit Crenn—intimately expresses her
philosophies about food and cooking, presenting several of her mouthwatering dishes
and exploring how personal memories influence her cuisine and the crafting of her menus.
This program is part of Food on Film, a new partnership between the San Francisco Film
Society and the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco.
WEDNESDAY • MAY 4 • 7:00 PM • ALAMO
$13 MEMBER
$15 GENERAL
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Andrew Fried u USA u 2016 u Total Running Time 80 min
live &
onstage
The popular Live & Onstage section takes the film festival experience beyond the screen with
live music, cutting edge multimedia and cross-platform work and innovative storytelling events.
For program updates, visit festival.sffs.org
THINGS IN FILMS
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Join us for an evening of stories
about objects in films from
writers, artists, filmmakers
and actors.
Have you ever been distracted by
a detail that catches your attention
in a movie? Become entranced by
a costume or a set? Or just fallen
in love with a gadget or imaginative
futuristic
architecture?
Our
guests for this special festival
presentation have gone beyond
distraction to fascination with
unsung objects of the cinema.
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Presenters will include the
collaborative
project
Will
Brown on the ubiquity of the
paintings of Giorgio Morandi
in the background of movies
both camp and classic. Other
Festival filmmakers and special
storytellers will elaborate on
the objects of their cinematic
fixations.
PRESENTED IN
C O L L A B O R AT I O N
w i t h T H E T H I N G Q U A R T E R LY
THURSDAY • APRIL 28
7:00 PM • ALAMO
$13 MEMBER
$15 GENERAL
STATE OF CINEMA: WESLEY MORRIS
Each year, the San Francisco Film Society invites a visionary
thinker to discuss the intersecting worlds of contemporary cinema
and visual arts, culture and society, images and ideas. This year,
Wesley Morris will argue for the radicalization of Sidney Poitier
and how it parallels the current climate of race in the movies.
Morris was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for criticism for “his smart,
inventive film criticism, distinguished by pinpoint prose and an easy
traverse between the art house and the big-screen box office.” A
former writer for Grantland, Morris recently became Critic at Large
for the New York Times where his colleague A.O. Scott said of him,
“He’s like Oscar Wilde—breathtakingly funny and absolutely serious
in the same breath, able to illuminate the deepest and sometimes
darkest meanings of a piece of popular culture without losing sight
of the fact that it’s all supposed to be fun.”
SATURDAY • APRIL 30
1:00 PM • VICTORIA
$15 MEMBER
$20 GENERAL
VAMPYR WITH
MERCURY REV &
SIMON RAYMONDE
(COCTEAU TWINS)
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live & on stage
$20 MEMBER
$25 GENERAL
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8:00 PM • CASTRO
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Mercury Rev has been bringing
its expressive power to alternative
rock since the band formed in the
1980s in Buffalo, New York. They
reached the peak of commercial
and critical success with their
1998 release Deserter’s Songs
(which
featured
appearances
by Garth Hudson and Levon
Helm of The Band). The songs on
their recently released album, The
Light in You, the band’s first in
seven years, have been described
as “jubilant odes to music itself.”
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Vampyr, the great Danish
filmmaker’s follow-up to
The Passion of Joan of
Arc, is based on elements
from a book of stories
by J. Sheridan Le Fanu.
Dreyer’s first sound film
was originally shot in
three languages, but is
largely told with silentfilm style intertitles.
A student visiting a
village inn becomes
embroiled
in
the
strange goings-on of a
mysterious doctor, an
old crone and a young
woman
afflicted
with
a
terrible
curse. Filled with
Dryer’s atmospheric
black-and-white
images—autonomous
shadows, brooding
fogs, strange reflections—
the film progresses in
a dream-like mood of
haunted dread.
PHOTO CREDIT: DOLCE
VITA
Continuing the Festival’s
tradition
of
uniting
contemporary musicians with
classic film, Mercury Rev,
joined by Simon Raymonde
of Cocteau Twins, will
illuminate Carl Theodore
Dryer’s
atmospheric
1932 horror classic with
their shimmering sonic
compositions.
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DOC
Jeff Feuerzeig
marquee
presentations
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Rounding up the hottest films
of the season, the Marquee
section features the industry’s
top talent and the international
festival circuit’s most buzzworthy titles.
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USA
u
2016
u
110 min
Perhaps the most notorious literary scandal of recent years blew up when it
was revealed that acclaimed trans writer J.T. Leroy was actually the fictional
creation of San Francisco–based artist Laura Albert. Jeff Feuerzeig’s allencompassing documentary skillfully fuses excellent footage of the celebrity
craze (Billy Corgan, Asia Argento and Courtney Love are all featured) around
Leroy with a lengthy interview where Albert herself memorably reflects on
the events and circumstances she set into motion.
FRIDAY • APRIL 22 • 9:00 PM • CASTRO
The Family Fang
Jason Bateman
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USA
u
2015
u
106 min
Based on the wildly popular and highly regarded novel of the same name, this
touching comedy tells the story of a brother and sister, played by director
Jason Bateman and Nicole Kidman, who are searching for their missing
parents, a famous performance artist duo who often used their children in
their work. Christopher Walken steals yet another movie with his amusingly
deadpan performance as the father, Caleb Fang, as charming and clueless a
sociopath as one can imagine.
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USA
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2015
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The Fixer
82 min
Thrown into a shocked daze of mourning by his wife’s death, a new widower
(David Oyelowo) attempts to snap himself out of his inertia with a visit to his
hostile, cancer-stricken mother-in-law (Dianne Wiest). Terrific performances
by the two leads and Rosie Perez, as Wiest’s caregiver, make the film a
master class in mood and tension.
Ian Olds
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USA
u
2016
u
108 min
After fleeing his home in Afghanistan, military interpreter and budding
reporter Osman finds himself amidst the bohemians and low-rent criminals
of rural Sonoma County (including a long-haired James Franco). When a
local backwoods gangster turns up dead, he searches for the prime suspect
while navigating unfamiliar terrain and nursing culture shock. Unpredictable,
ominous, yet surprisingly funny, The Fixer deftly weaves disparate tones to
create a vivid, lived-in portrait of a California rarely seen in film.
marquee presentations
Maris Curran
SATURDAY • APRIL 23 • 5:00 PM • ALAMO
MONDAY • APRIL 25 • 1:00 PM • ALAMO
SUNDAY • APRIL 24 • 8:30 PM • CASTRO
TUESDAY • APRIL 26 • 8:45 PM • ALAMO
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USA
u
2015
High-Rise
u
88 min
In this moody evocation of a troubled relationship, Frank (Michael Shannon),
a gifted chef who hasn’t gotten his due, seduces Lola (Imogen Poots), a
budding young designer, with a perfect omelet, but fear, jealousy and dark
secrets from the past soon threaten their burgeoning closeness. Shannon,
who has no peer when it comes to playing complex dark characters, owns
virtually every scene.
TUESDAY • MAY 3 • 9:00 PM • VICTORIA
THURSDAY • MAY 5 • 2:45 PM • ALAMO
Ben Wheatley
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UK
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2015
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119 min
A resident’s floor number denotes his social standing in Ben Wheatley’s
audacious, wildly entertaining re-imagining of J.G. Ballard’s 1975 sci-fi
satire. It stars Tom Hiddleston as the newest occupant on the tower block’s
25th floor, who arrives just as tensions erupt within the building, boiling
over into a frenzied, hypnotic kaleidoscope of upper-class orgies and bloodspurting fistfights.
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Matthew Ross
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Taika Waititi
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New Zealand
u
2015
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Little Men
101 min
Ira Sachs
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USA
u
2016
u
85 min
When a series of mishaps triggers an ill-prepared, trouble-prone young boy
to flee into the New Zealand wilderness, his reluctant foster father (Sam
Neill) chases after him, and a freewheeling, energetic adventure ensues.
Writer/director Taika Waititi (Boy, What We Do in the Shadows) showcases
the mastery of his craft with an irresistible comedy-drama that blends humor
and pathos, warming hearts even as it engages in charming social satire.
Quiet teenager Theo moves with his family from Manhattan to Brooklyn
when they inherit his grandfather’s brownstone. There he forms a fast and
thick bond with the charismatic son of the Chilean woman who rents the
building’s storefront space, but an ensuing dispute between their parents
about the shop lease threatens the budding friendship. As in his gentle,
perfectly observed Love Is Strange, Ira Sachs evokes subtle truths about
friendship, class and the costs of gentrification.
FRIDAY • APRIL 22 • 6:30 PM • VICTORIA
SUNDAY • APRIL 24 • 3:30 PM • ALAMO
TUESDAY • MAY 3 • 1:00 PM • ALAMO
DOC
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
Werner Herzog
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USA
u
2015
u
98 min
From the very first electronic message—sent from UCLA to the Stanford
Research Institute—back in October 1969, to the World Wide Web,
robotics, driverless cars and the SpaceX mission to colonize Mars, Oscarnominated filmmaker Werner Herzog’s latest fascinating and wide-ranging
documentary takes an unflinching look at how the Internet and technology
have shaped our past and present and will impact our not-too-distant future.
Maggie’s Plan
Rebecca Miller
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USA
u
2015
u
98 min
Life rarely works out as planned, but that doesn’t stop Maggie (Greta
Gerwig) from trying to steer not just her own destiny, but also those of a
dissatisfied anthropology professor (Ethan Hawke) and his intellectual
wife Gretchen (Julianne Moore) in this low-key screwball romantic comedy.
Writer/director Rebecca Miller spins a tale that is smart, funny and insightful
about the academic world the characters inhabit, the lives of 21st-century
New Yorkers and the charming control freak at its center.
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UK
u
2015
u
114 min
Self-taught mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan (Dev Patel) seeks to burnish
his talents at Cambridge’s Trinity College on the eve of the First World War
in this entertaining fish-out-water biopic. Invited to study by don G.H. Hardy
(Jeremy Irons), the Madras, India, native faces prejudice and clashes with
his new mentor over methodology, but remains committed to realizing his
gifts. Writer/director Matthew Brown celebrates Ramanujan with a drama
that encompasses the triumphs and the tragedies of his life.
SUNDAY • APRIL 24 • 1:00 PM • CASTRO
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble
Morgan Neville
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USA
u
2015
u
96 min
On a quest to uncover Leonard Bernstein’s “universal language of music,”
renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma gathers virtuoso musicians from around the globe
to collaborate on new musical explorations. This exceptional documentary
profiles several of these artists, collectively called the Silk Road Ensemble,
using compelling archival footage as well as numerous rousing performance
sequences to elucidate the ways their artistry reflects their cultures.
THURSDAY • MAY 5 • 4:00 PM • BAMPFA
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USA
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2015
Our Kind of Traitor
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87 min
In this comedy about love, work and technology, Joe Larsen (Martin Starr,
Silicon Valley) obsessively keeps data from every aspect of his life and his
anxiety ratings are off the charts. The new interactive voice response system
he has just delivered to a client is a disaster, but his great idea of casting his
wife Emily (Mae Whitman, Parenthood) as the new empathetic prototype
creates new problems as Joe starts to become increasingly attracted to the
Voice rather than the real woman.
Susanna White
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UK
u
2016
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107 min
Susanna White’s vastly entertaining adaptation of John le Carré’s novel
involves Perry Makepeace (Ewan McGregor), a mild-mannered poetry
professor embroiled in the defection of a Russian money launderer with a
prodigious head for numbers. Featuring a scene-stealing performance by
Stellan Skarsgård, the film memorably skewers the British banking system
and a Secret Service bureaucracy that calmly toys with people’s lives.
SATURDAY • APRIL 23 • 9:00 PM • ROXIE
SUNDAY • MAY 1 • 5:00 PM • VICTORIA
MONDAY • APRIL 25 • 3:30 PM • ROXIE
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The Man Who Knew Infinity
Matthew Brown
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Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music
Maro Chermayeff
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Jeff Dupre
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USA
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2016
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106 min
This immensely entertaining series covers the history of contemporary
recorded music through scores of original interviews with the famous
producers and artists who created it. The two segments presented here
focus, respectively, on the role of the music producer (George Martin gets
major props) and how magnetic tape and multi-tracking revolutionized how
we hear popular music.
WEDNESDAY • APRIL 27 • 9:15 PM • VICTORIA
FRIDAY • APRIL 29 • 3:00 PM • ROXIE
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USA
u
2016
u
80 min
In 1989, Barack Obama (played by Parker Sawyers in an uncanny
performance) is a summer associate at a Chicago law firm. On a lovely
summer’s day, he invites his colleague Michelle Robinson to a community
meeting. Writer/director Richard Tanne charts the course of this couple’s
first date with nuance and charm, accompanied by the underlying frisson
that comes from knowing that these two people will go on to change history.
TUESDAY • APRIL 26 • 6:15 PM • VICTORIA
THURSDAY • APRIL 28 • 3:30 PM • ALAMO
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Richard Tanne
DOC
Weiner
Josh Kriegman u Elyse Steinberg
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The White Knights
USA
u
2016
u
96 min
Two years after a sexting scandal derails New York Congressman Anthony
Weiner’s once promising career, he attempts a comeback with a run for New
York mayor with a documentary crew in tow. The filmmakers are on the spot
when controversy erupts over new inappropriate texts. The viewer is given
a ringside seat as what begins as the chronicle of a campaign becomes a
portrait of a political car wreck in progress. Winner of US Documentary
Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
Joachim Lafosse
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France/Belgium
u
2015
u
112 min
A compromised mission in a chaotic African country draws well-intentioned
NGO employees into increasingly murky moral territory. This powerful
drama, based on a true story, follows the group’s leader Jacques (Vincent
Lindon) as he hustles fixers and locals to oblige him on his problematic
course.
MONDAY • APRIL 25 • 6:00 PM • VICTORIA
WEDNESDAY • APRIL 27 • 9:30 PM • ALAMO
FRIDAY • APRIL 29 • 4:00 PM • ALAMO
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Aliens: 30th Anniversary Screening
James Cameron
masters
Featuring new work from world
cinema’s leading voices—
plus a few hand-picked
gems from the archives—the
Masters section explores
films by the storytellers
that have defined this era
of filmmaking.
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USA
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1986
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137 min
James Cameron’s suspense classic is 30 years old. It is still considered one
of the finest science fiction films ever made and one of the great Hollywood
sequels. Fifty-seven years after her first disastrous trip, Ripley is ordered
to return to planet LV-426 with a crew of tough space marines and comes
across the alien beasts of her nightmares once again. Sigourney Weaver
is unforgettable as the iconic Ripley and the incredible supporting cast
includes Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen and Bill Paxton.
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2015
u
107 min
A mysterious and poetic work that eludes easy interpretation, this drama
returns Marco Bellocchio to his themes of corruption in Italian society, here
stretched over many centuries. It is his particular genius that connects a
17th-century nun tortured to confess a sin with a present-day Russian
billionaire angling to purchase the building in which she suffered.
MONDAY • APRIL 25 • 8:45 PM • VICTORIA
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Blood of My Blood
Marco Bellocchio
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Cast a Dark Shadow
Lewis Gilbert
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UK
u
1955
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The Event
83 min
Charming, young sociopath Edward Bare (Dirk Bogarde) gets off scot-free
after he kills his dotty wife in this little-seen crime drama, presented in a new
digital restoration. When his inheritance proves insufficient, the loathsome
(if sexy) Lothario sets out to find another well-off widow. Bare snares bawdy
Freda Jeffries (Margaret Lockwood), but soon realizes he may have met his
match. Just who is conning who is the question in this sinister, cynical and
darkly funny thriller.
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SUNDAY • APRIL 24 • 12:00 PM • BAMPFA
Sergei Loznitsa
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Netherlands/Belgium
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2015
u
74 min
Sergei Loznitza (Maidan, SFIFF 2015) once again brings Eastern European
history to vivid life with the inspired deployment of archival resources. In the
summer of 1991, hardline members and supporters of the communist party
attempted to seize control from Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin, a shortlived power play that hastened the Soviet Union’s collapse. By focusing on
the confusion and euphoria of the crowds rather than the leaders, Loznitza
evokes pertinent questions about the past and present of Russian politics.
SUNDAY • MAY 1 • 1:30 PM • ROXIE
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Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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Japan/France
u
2015
Miss Sharon Jones!
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128 min
The secret wounds of a marriage unfold gently but surely as a shy piano
teacher embarks on a mythic journey with her husband, returned from
the dead. As their quest takes them on visits to several couples who have
similarly fraught relationships, they are able to unburden themselves in
scenes of remarkable emotional weight. Kurosawa is one of the great makers
of contemporary adult ghost stories, and this is among his best.
Barbara Kopple
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USA
u
2015
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93 min
The life force is strong in the rip-roaring R&B/funk/soul singer Sharon Jones,
even after Stage 2 pancreatic cancer forces her off the road. Backed by
her loyal management team and tight band, the old-school Dap-Kings,
Jones persists and prevails in her late-blooming pursuit of cathartic musical
bliss. Academy Award-winning documentary maker Barbara Kopple delivers
definitive proof, from a small South Carolina church to Manhattan’s glittering
Beacon Theatre, that nobody raises the roof like Sharon Jones.
MONDAY • MAY 2 • 5:30 PM • VICTORIA
TUESDAY • MAY 3 • 8:40 PM • BAMPFA
FRIDAY • APRIL 22 • 6:00 PM • CASTRO
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Belgium/France
u
2015
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115 min
Chantal Akerman’s final work epitomizes the late filmmaker’s intuitive sense
of cinematic form, and reaffirms her inextricable relationship with her mother
Natalia (Nelly). Edited from over 40 hours of footage captured during the last
period of Nelly’s life, No Home Movie observes a life confined indoors, and
the conversations that take place between a daughter and her fading mother.
Interspersed with images of indeterminate locales, Akerman’s ultra-personal
film beautifully explores ideas of history, distance, memory and intimacy.
Hong Sang-soo
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South Korea
u
2015
u
121 min
A middle-aged artist, a young ingénue, existential crises, romantic fumblings
and confessional drinkathons—like Monet and his water lilies, Hong Sangsoo keeps returning to the same core material and refining his pitch-perfect
preoccupations of what fools lovelorn men can be. The South Korean
filmmaker’s latest character study revolves around a single situation being
reprised with very different results as a famous director meets a beautiful
painter who’s never heard of him.
FRIDAY • APRIL 22 • 4:00 PM • BAMPFA
SUNDAY • APRIL 24 • 4:00 PM • ROXIE
SATURDAY • APRIL 30 • 12:30 PM • BAMPFA
THURSDAY • MAY 5 • 8:00 PM • VICTORIA
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D.A. Pennebaker
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USA
Winter Song
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2016
u
91 min
The estimable team of Pennebaker/Hegedus explores animal rights in
this compelling and suspenseful portrait of pioneering lawyer Steve Wise
and his team. Seeking to expand the legal definition of “personhood” to
include certain animals, Wise files writs of habeas corpus on behalf of
several chimpanzees, taking his argument all the way to the New York
Supreme Court.
WEDNESDAY • MAY 4 • 6:15 PM • ROXIE
Otar Iosseliani
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France
u
2015
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117 min
The way Otar Iosseliani turns Paris on its head makes us think of a young
Jean-Luc Godard—yet Iosseliani is 82! And he’s still having a great time—
thumbing his nose at authority, from depictions of Paris cops evicting the
homeless to ridiculing Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” (the anthem of the European
Union)—while directing a delightful ensemble cast in a bittersweet tale of a
beloved concierge and his menagerie of tenants who seem to be everywhere
at once in this inimitable depiction of the city-as-village.
TUESDAY • MAY 3 • 6:15 PM • ROXIE
WEDNESDAY • MAY 4 • 8:45 PM • BAMPFA
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Chris Hegedus
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No Home Movie
Chantal Akerman
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As I Open My Eyes
Leyla Bouzid
golden
gate award
competitions
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Presented at the Festival since
its inaugural year in 1957,
the GGAs are among the
most significant awards for
emerging global film artists in
the United States. Juries will
award prizes in 14 narrative,
documentary and short film
categories, announced on
Wednesday, May 4.
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2015 u 102 min
Her family assumes that Farah, a high-achieving student in Tunis, will
continue her studies, but she just wants to sing. When her mom hears
that she’s performing politically provocative material with a group of male
friends, a powerful story unfolds of female independence that stands in the
face of conservative Muslim beliefs.
TUESDAY • APRIL 26 • 9:00 PM • ROXIE
MONDAY • MAY 2 • 6:00 PM • ROXIE
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The Demons
Philippe Lesage
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Canada
u
2015
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118 min
Documentary filmmaker Philippe Lesage’s narrative debut is an exquisitely
observed portrait of a delicate ten-year-old Quebec boy grappling with the
insecurities and confusion of impending adolescence. The fragility of innocence is
foregrounded through minor humiliations and petty cruelties that unfold in pastel,
sun-soaked locations. Infused with an unsettling air of ambiguity and dread that
portends terrible crimes to follow, this restrained and coolly beautiful film is an
unforgettable portrait of a child forced to confront the dangers of growing up.
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USA
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From Afar
2015
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72 min
Lorenzo Vigas
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Venezuela/Mexico
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2015
93 min
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As the punches and shuffles of a boxing gym and the spirited gyrations of
group dance practice evolve into the mysterious affliction that gives the
film its name, one girl struggles with friendship, family and growing up. This
atmospheric story of adolescent identity set in a largely African American
Cincinnati neighborhood features a taut score, patient script and poignant
performances that mark the film as a daring and innovative debut feature by
Anna Rose Holmer.
When a middle-aged single man, who cruises his Caracas neighborhood
for rough trade, takes a tough young boy into his home, a gritty exploration
ensues as these two angry men negotiate a relationship that resides
somewhere between lover and friend and a paternal father/son dynamic.
Winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, Lorenzo Vigas’s debut
feature is a tour-de-force exploration of a relationship’s darker side.
WEDNESDAY • APRIL 27 • 8:50 PM • BAMPFA
new directors
golden gate award competitions
The Fits
Anna Rose Holmer
new directors
tickets
Czech Republic/Slovakia
Mountain
u
2015
u
92 min
Dedicated home-care nurse Vlasta (Karlovy Vary winner Alena Mihulová)
traipses around the south Moravia countryside on bus and foot tending to
(and bantering with) patients too infirm or elderly to travel. When she herself
is diagnosed with a serious illness, she turns to alternative therapies and
the company of women healers. The Czech Republic’s Oscar submission for
Best Foreign Language Film is a rueful, touching mix of realism, absurdity,
irony and daring gallows humor.
Yaelle Kayam
u
Israel/Denmark
u
2015
u
83 min
Yaelle Kayam’s debut feature is strikingly shot against the tombstones of
Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives, where an Orthodox woman’s longing for her
husband’s love sets in motion a transformational journey into a nocturnal
world of pimps and prostitutes. A mesmerizing performance by Shani
Klein keeps viewers riveted to a character study that is by turns tender
and startling.
THURSDAY • APRIL 28 • 8:50 PM • BAMPFA
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Home Care
Slávek Horák
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new directors
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Clément Cogitore
u
France/Belgium
Thirst
u 2015 u
103 min
In this suspenseful war film that uses fear of the dark to great effect, a
French army contingent operating in Afghanistan is beset by mysterious
disappearances. While Captain Antarès (Jérémie Renier) initially and
understandably blames local villagers for the loss of his men, the real
cause could be something supernatural, a force that implies the profound
wrongness of these men being on soil that doesn’t belong to them.
Svetla Tsotsorkova
u
Bulgaria
u
2015
u
90 min
When water becomes scarce due to drought, a laundress living in rural
southwest Bulgaria with her husband and son invites a dowser and
his spirited daughter onto their property to search for hidden springs.
Wonderfully atmospheric, the film gracefully depicts how the teenaged girl’s
combative nature and the oppressive heat surrounding them all upset the
family’s balance, for good and bad.
THURSDAY • MAY 5 • 3:00 PM • ROXIE
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new directors
Thithi
Raam Reddy
u
India/USA
Very Big Shot
u
2016
u
123 min
Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya
u
Lebanon/Qatar
u
2015
u
107 min
In a small South Indian village, a cantankerous centenarian keels over and
dies, setting the stage for a capricious comedy of errors among three
generations of dissimilar sons. Conflict, confusion, corruption and a series of
ill-conceived actions all come to a head at the funeral celebration (the titular
thithi). With its charming cast of non-professional actors—both human
and ovine—director Raam Reddy’s feature film offers a playful portrait of
intergenerational conflicts and differences.
Two brothers are bitten by the movie bug when they conceive an idea
to smuggle drugs in empty film canisters in this often hilarious satire of
politics and filmmaking. With an easily manipulated director on board,
their controversial storyline involving forbidden love catches the eye
of local authorities, and their original plan takes a backseat to their
cinematic ambitions.
SUNDAY • MAY 1 • 3:15 PM • BAMPFA
documentaries
documentaries
DOC
u
USA
u
2016
Dead Slow Ahead
u
102 min
Simultaneously an astute observation of nonfiction filmmaking’s dilemmas, and
a wonderfully creative autobiographical collage, Cameraperson is a must-see
for all documentary enthusiasts. Cinematographer Kirsten Johnson, who has
lensed such acclaimed films as Citizenfour, Very Semi-Serious and Darfur
Now, assembles moments from 25 years of location shoots—including a birthing
clinic in Nigeria, a Bosnian farm, a detention center in Yemen and a boxing ring
in Brooklyn—and stiches together an illuminating, emotional patchwork memoir.
Mauro Herce
u
Spain/France
u
2015
u
We are embedded on a massive cargo freighter as it chugs slowly across the
vast Atlantic ocean in this haunting, meditative and expansively ambient
film. Mauro Herce humanizes the melancholy of a hard-working crew
as they struggle against the elements, while the insightful and poetic
cinematography emphasizes the smallness of human experience against
the crushing and mighty mechanical grind of the ship and the unknowable
vastness of the open sea.
documentaries
documentaries
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DOC
DOC
USA
u
The Joneses
2016
u
80 min
Amanda Micheli’s stirring and suspenseful documentary follows several
aspiring parents who desperately want to have a baby but are struggling
with infertility and the high cost of treatments. They place themselves in the
hands of Las Vegas doctor Geoffrey Sher and his annual contest offering a
prize of a free round of in-vitro fertilization treatments—with no guarantee
of pregnancy. A rollercoaster of hope and despair awaits them all.
Moby Longinotto
u
USA/UK
u
2016
u
80 min
Filmmaker Moby Longinotto’s fascinating, thoroughly candid documentary
invites audiences to pull up a chair at the never-dull family table in a
Mississippi trailer park home. Everything is on the menu: dashed dreams,
seething resentments, sexual awakenings and dollops of unconditional love.
Overseeing all the tumult is unflappable, 73-year-old transgender matriarch
Jheri Jones, whose dedicated ministrations keep her family going.
THURSDAY • APRIL 28 • 3:30 PM • ROXIE
SUNDAY • MAY 1 • 8:00 PM • ALAMO
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Amanda Micheli
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74 min
Cameraperson
Kirsten Johnson
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DOC
documentaries
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documentaries
DOC
DOC
National Bird
Sonia Kennebeck
u
USA
u
Notes on Blindness
2016
u
92 min
Peter Middleton
u
James Spinney
u
UK/France
u
2016
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87 min
Executive produced by Wim Wenders and Errol Morris, this elegant and
chilling documentary provides a glimpse of what the US government
doesn’t want you to know about drone warfare by focusing on three
veterans whose service experience causes them to question the usage of
drones in overseas combat.
A taped journal that theologian John Hull kept after the onset of blindness in
1980 forms the basis of this elegant and moving depiction of struggle and
transcendence. Hull’s own voice provides the audio, though an actor plays
the deceased writer, as he learns to negotiate his condition and endures
a crisis of faith. Sublime sound design further enhances this evocative
documentary, making manifest Hull’s discovery that the loss of one sense
leads to the sharpening of others.
documentaries
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documentaries
DOC
DOC
NUTS!
Penny Lane
u
USA
u
2015
The Return
u
79 min
Kelly Duane de la Vega
u
Katie Galloway
u
USA
u
2016
u
81 min
Penny Lane’s documentary—comprised of archival material, animated
sequences and the occasional talking head—blooms into an incredible
almanac of early 20th-century quackery and innovation as she focuses
on JR Brinkley, an early broadcasting baron, direct-mail pioneer and an
evangelical proponent of goat-testicle implants. An empire built on spurious
claims and fear mongering seems unstoppable—until the American Medical
Association dares to question its foundations.
After California voters reversed the Three Strikes law, thousands of inmates
became suddenly eligible for resentencing and release. This provocative and
touching documentary chronicles what happened next. Filmmakers Kelly
Duane de la Vega and Katie Galloway (Better this World, SFIFF 2011) focus
on the journeys of the newly free and their families, as well as the Stanfordbased lawyers working on behalf of nonviolent offenders, illuminating the
struggle behind every transition from incarceration to freedom.
documentaries
sffs supported
documentaries
DOC
DOC
u
USA/Bolivia
Under the Sun
u
2015
u
76 min
Vitaly Mansky u Russia/Latvia/Germany/Czech Republic/North Korea u 2015 u 106 min
Moises Chambi Yucra and his family stand at the crossroads of time. For
generations, they have has made a humble living harvesting salt from
Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni, the world’s largest salt flat, but beneath Uyuni sit
massive amounts of lithium, a mineral instrumental in powering smartphones
and electric vehicles. With stunning cinematography that captures both
the vibrancy and the solitude of the land and life, director Mike Plunkett
captures the final days of an age-old way of life.
Shot with the permission and supervision of North Korean authorities,
Russian director Vitaly Mansky’s film turns a propaganda effort into a deepcover documentary about life inside one of the world’s most repressive
nations. Its subjects—a young girl in Pyongyang and her family—rigorously
stick to the ideological script, but by keeping the camera rolling between
takes of their carefully staged “real life,” Mansky reveals the grinding gears
of the totalitarian message machine.
Salero
Mike Plunkett
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PH O TO CR E D I TS
Abu Ammar Is Coming (Shorts 4), © Chris Steele-Perkins/Magnum
An Afternoon with Janus Films & The Criterion Collection,
Five Nights in Maine, photo by Sofian El Fani
DOC
Miss Sharon Jones!, photo by Jacob Blickenstaff
China/USA/France
u
No Home Movie, photo courtesy of Icarus Films
2015
u
106 min
Du Haibin’s insightful documentary captures five years in the life of a
young Maoist zealot in northern China and provides an unforgettable
portrait of China in transition. As the tumult of the country’s recent history
unfolds, cracks in the armor of Zhao’s patriotism appear on multiple fronts.
Communist Party corruption scandals, the rise of capitalism and the
inhumane treatment of his family due to a reclamation project erode his
bright optimism.
Paths of the Soul, photo courtesy of Icarus Films
Radio Dreams, photo courtesy of finecutstudio.com
Shadow World, photo courtesy of MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images
Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music, ©
1977 William K. Matthias
THINGS in Films, photo from Dolce Vita courtesy of Will Brown’s
Morandi in Film series
Under the Sun, photo courtesy of Icarus Films
VR Day, photo courtesy of Gray Area
The Watermelon Woman, © Dancing Girl Productions
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schedule
4/21
4/22
THURSDAY
4/23
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
CASTRO
MIN
PG
ALAMO
7:00 Love & Friendship
94
08
2:00
4:00
5:00
6:30
8:00
9:00
11:00
MIN
PG
115
88
82
92
104
74
110
41
46
17
43
37
27
45
83
98
22
18
*85
35
*71
35
*101
87
34
19
2:00 Kanbar Award: TBA *180
6:00 Maggie’s Plan
98
9:00 Weiner
96
11
18
20
Paths of the Soul
Ayiti Mon Amour
Tickled
Chevalier
Dead Slow Ahead
Assassination
Classroom
CASTRO
MIN
PG
Paths of the Soul
115
Blood of My Blood
107
No Home Movie
115
Hong Kong Trilogy:
90
Preschooled
Preoccupied
Preposterous
All These
100
Sleepless Nights
Wild
97
Check It
89
The Greasy Strangler 93
41
21
23
39
ALAMO
1:00
3:00
3:45
6:00
6:30
8:30
9:30
11:30
5:00 Cast a Dark Shadow
8:00 Lo and Behold:
Reveries of the
Connected World
46
44
37
45
CASTRO
6:00 Miss Sharon Jones!
93
9:00 Author: The JT
110
Leroy Story
22
16
ROXIE
6:00 Happy Hour
317
38
101
18
91
40
121
23
81
80
28
36
VICTORIA
6:30 Hunt for the
Wilderpeople
9:00 Morris from
America
BAMPFA
* Denotes total running time
4:00 Right Now,
Wrong Then
6:30 The Return
8:45 The Apostate
ROXIE
12:30 Shorts 6:
Youth Works
3:30 Shorts 4:
New Visions
6:00 Shorts 2
9:00 Operator
VICTORIA
BAMPFA
1:30
4:15
6:15
8:30
Counting
Thirst
Cowboys
Neon Bull
110
90
104
101
47
26
37
41
4/24
4/25
SUNDAY
4/26
MONDAY
4/27
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
ALAMO
MIN
PG
ALAMO
MIN
PG
ALAMO
1:00 Phantom Boy
1:15 The Journey of
Tonko House, from
The Dam Keeper
to Moom
3:30 Hunt for the
Wilderpeople
4:00 Blood of My Blood
6:00 Counting
6:45 Shadow World
9:00 All These
Sleepless Nights
9:45 Leaf Blower
84
*90
41
48
42
18
40
101
18
12:30
3:30
6:15
6:45
9:30
10:00
107
110
94
100
21
47
42
46
2:30 Shadow World
94
3:00 Maggie’s Plan
98
5:30 Microbe
105
and Gasoline
6:00 Wild
97
8:30 Aliens: 30th
137
Anniversary Screening
8:45 Five Nights in Maine 82
96
39
317
80
91
92
112
110
38
37
42
25
20
45
3:30 The Summer of
103
Frozen Fountains
6:30 Between Us:
*73
Experimental Shorts
9:00 Granny’s Dancing
89
on the Table
43
17
Happy Hour
The Apostate
Sonita
Home Care
The White Knights
Assassination
Classroom
7:00 Peter J.
*180
Owens Award: TBA
11
ROXIE
1:00 The Man Who
114
Knew Infinity
4:30 Irving M. Levin
*180
Directing Award:
Mira Nair:
Monsoon Wedding
8:30 The Fixer
108
6:00 Mr. Gaga
9:00 As I Open My Eyes
19
10
Very Big Shot
107
No Home Movie
115
Shorts 1
*94
Shorts 3: Animation *70
6:15 Southside with You
8:30 The Apostate
17
26
23
34
34
VICTORIA
89
105
37
40
92
43
12:00 Cast a Dark
83
Shadow
2:00 A Young Patriot
106
4:15 Between Us:
*73
Experimental Shorts
6:30 The Event
74
8:15 Chevalier
104
ALAMO
1:00
3:15
3:45
6:15
6:45
Morris from America
Weiner
Leaf Blower
Hong Kong Trilogy:
Preschooled
Preoccupied
Preposterous
9:15 The Greasy Strangler
82
91
96
96
90
17
40
20
39
39
93
45
87
103
19
43
101
41
112
107
20
21
ROXIE
BAMPFA
22
29
47
22
37
100
102
40
24
80
80
20
36
VICTORIA
ROXIE
1:15 Check It
6:00 Microbe and
Gasoline
9:00 Tickled
PG
CASTRO
CASTRO
1:00
4:00
6:45
9:30
44
21
MIN
3:30 Operator
6:15 The Summer of
Frozen Fountains
9:15 Neon Bull
VICTORIA
6:00 The White Knights
8:45 Blood of My Blood
ROXIE
47
38
VICTORIA
6:00 Under the Gun
9:15 Soundbreaking:
Stories from the
Cutting Edge of
Recorded Music
110
106
43
20
94
93
42
25
BAMPFA
6:30 Shadow World
8:50 From Afar
4/28
4/29
THURSDAY
ALAMO
MIN
PG
Wild
Southside with You
The Demons
THINGS in Films
Cowboys
Ayiti Mon Amour
97
80
118
*60
104
88
44
20
24
14
37
46
3:30 The Joneses
6:00 Sixty Six
8:45 Peter and the Farm
80
90
91
27
47
41
3:00
3:30
6:00
7:00
9:00
9:15
4/30
FRIDAY
5/01
SATURDAY
ROXIE
SUNDAY
ALAMO
MIN
PG
12:30 Notes on Blindness
3:15 Salero
4:15 Granny’s Dancing
on the Table
6:00 Under the Sun
6:45 Frenzy
8:45 The Joneses
9:30 Soundbreaking:
Stories from the
Cutting Edge of
Recorded Music
11:30 Trivisa
87
76
28
29
89
106
115
80
106
38
29
38
27
20
97
45
10:30 Shorts 5:
*65
Family Films
3:00 Mel Novikoff Award:*165
An Afternoon with
Janus & Criterion:
Blood Simple
7:00 The Family Fang
106
9:30 High-Rise
119
35
CASTRO
ALAMO
3:00
4:00
6:15
7:00
8:45
9:30
11:30
Under the Gun
The White Knights
The Fits
Dead Slow Ahead
NUTS!
Very Big Shot
Under the Shadow
MIN
PG
110
111
72
74
79
107
84
43
20
25
27
28
26
45
101
13
ROXIE
3:00 Soundbreaking:
Stories from the
Cutting Edge of
Recorded Music
6:15 The Innocents
9:15 From Afar
VICTORIA
6:00 Audrie & Daisy
9:00 Radio Dreams
96
93
37
42
100
92
40
25
BAMPFA
6:30 Mr. Gaga
8:50 Home Care
106
115
93
20
39
25
VICTORIA
6:00 haveababy
9:00 Little Men
80
85
27
18
16
17
VR Day
TBA
13
*101
123
84
34
26
38
103
26
ROXIE
12:30
3:30
6:45
9:30
Shorts 2
Thithi
Escapes
Neither Heaven
nor Earth
VICTORIA
1:00 State of Cinema:
Wesley Morris
5:15 Life, Animated
8:00 Centerpiece:
Indignation
*60
14
91
110
40
08
115
148
79
90
23
43
28
47
BAMPFA
BAMPFA
4:00 Paths of the Soul
6:30 Radio Dreams
8:45 Sonita
TBA
115
93
91
41
42
42
12:30
2:50
6:15
8:30
No Home Movie
Suite Armoricaine
NUTS!
Sixty Six
10 AM
12:30
2:30
3:30
5:30
6:15
8:00
10:00
MIN
Members’ Screening
The Innocents
115
Audrie & Daisy
96
And when I die, I
90
won’t stay dead
Peter and the Farm
91
Suite Armoricaine
148
haveababy
80
Under the Shadow
84
PG
39
37
36
41
43
27
45
CASTRO
2:00 The Watermelon Woman 90
5:00 Persistence of
*150
Vision Award:
An Afternoon with
Aardman Animations
44
12
ROXIE
GRAY AREA
PROXY
8:00 Contemporary
Color
12
ALAMO
12:30 Letting Your
*120
Imagination Soar
with Moonbot Studios:
A Workshop for Kids
1:30 The Event
74
3:45 Thirst
90
6:15 Mountain
83
9:00 Very Big Shot
107
48
22
26
25
26
VICTORIA
2:00 Cameraperson
5:00 Our Kind of Traitor
8:00 National Bird
102
107
92
27
19
28
BAMPFA
1:00 Salero
3:15 Thithi
6:15 Notes on Blindness
8:40 The Joneses
76
123
87
80
29
26
28
27
5/02
5/03
MONDAY
5/04
TUESDAY
ALAMO
5/05
WEDNESDAY
MIN
PG
ALAMO
12:30 Our Kind of Traitor
107
1:00 Little Men
85
3:15 And when I die,
90
I won’t stay dead
3:45 Escapes
84
6:15 Beginnings and
*75
Endings:
Master Class with
David Thomson
6:30 The Music of Strangers: 96
Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk
Road Ensemble
8:30 Cameraperson
102
19
18
37
1:30
3:15
4:15
6:00
38
48
19
Notes on Blindness
Under the Sun
haveababy
Neither Heaven
nor Earth
7:00 Chef’s Table:
Dominique Crenn
9:00 Thithi
9:30 Right Now,
Wrong Then
THURSDAY
MIN
PG
ALAMO
MIN
PG
87
106
80
103
28
29
27
26
39
*80
13
123
121
29
23
12:15 The Islands and
81
the Whales
2:45 Frank & Lola
88
3:30 Unlocking the Cage
91
5:30 Presenting
80
Princess Shaw
6:00 The Event
74
7:45 Journey to the Shore 128
8:30 Winter Song
117
17
23
42
22
22
23
CASTRO
27
7:00 The Bandit
82
09
90
*94
115
26
34
38
121
23
4:00 The Music of Strangers: 96
Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk
Road Ensemble
6:30 Under the Sun
106
8:40 The Summer of
Frozen Fountains
103
19
ROXIE
3:30 Salero
76
6:15 Winter Song
117
9:00 Shorts 3: Animation *70
29
23
34
ALAMO
12:30
1:00
3:15
3:45
6:30
6:45
9:15
9:30
National Bird
Dead Slow Ahead
The Demons
Mountain
Life, Animated
The Return
The Fits
A Young Patriot
92
74
118
83
91
81
72
106
28
27
24
25
40
28
25
29
*80
15
ROXIE
3:00 The Demons
118
6:15 Unlocking the Cage
91
8:45 Shorts 4: New Visions *71
24
23
35
ROXIE
80
42
VICTORIA
81
39
8:00 Right Now,
Wrong Then
CASTRO
8:00 Vampyr with
Mercury Rev &
Simon Raymonde
(Cocteau Twins)
VICTORIA
the Whales
9:00 Frank & Lola
ROXIE
3:00 Home Care
6:00 As I Open My Eyes
9:00 Frenzy
92
102
115
25
24
38
VICTORIA
5:30 Journey
to the Shore
VICTORIA
128
22
81
39
88
17
BAMPFA
4:00 National Bird
6:30 Mountain
8:40 Journey
to the Shore
92
83
128
28
25
22
6:00 Presenting
Princess Shaw
the Whales
BAMPFA
BAMPFA
6:30 And when I die,
I won’t stay dead
8:45 Winter Song
3:00 Thirst
5:30 Shorts 1
8:15 Frenzy
90
36
117
23
29
43
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Shorts 1
Shorts 2
This distinctive collection of narrative and documentary shorts will transport
you to far-flung locales to create a vivid sense of place. Whether in the high
mountain plateaus of Kryzgstan, the Louisiana bayou or remote Alaska,
these films illuminate universal questions of family legacy, colloquial beliefs
and human connection.
The numerous heartbreaking, touching and charming situations that unfold
in this program of narrative and documentary shorts include the life-anddeath decisions being made daily in an Oakland hospital, the eerie night
activities of smugglers in Spain and the festive preparations of a group of
Florida teens on prom night.
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Shorts 3: Animation
A retirement home resident attempts to woo with music. A participant in a
primal scream class gets more than he bargained for. And a child is made
to drink blood from deer antlers. These imaginative, often hilarious storybased animations mingle with non-narrative works that ply their magic with
light and sophisticated processing techniques in this wide-ranging program.
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Shorts 5: Family Films
In this collection of new experimental film and video works, the Black
diaspora, Bangladesh’s 1970s revolutionary left, life on the Turkish-Syrian
border, the faux artifact industry in Morocco and more are framed through
exquisite formal innovations. Global circulations—of bodies, images
and objects—connect these six works, and speak to larger questions of
authenticity, solidarities, utopias and hard realities.
In this eclectic international collection of short films for young audiences, an
array of colorful characters—of the human, animal and monster varieties—
learn how to help one another and work together in fun and sometimes
surprising ways. Works range from new student films to those by veteran
artists such as Nick Park of Aardman Animations, Disney animator Glen
Keane, YouTube favorite Simon Tofield (and his fussy fat cat), and Oscar®winning SFIFF alum Brandon Oldenburg. Recommended for ages 5 and up.
SATURDAY • APRIL 30 • 10:30 AM • CASTRO
Shorts 4: New Visions
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It’s time once again to discover the newest voices of today’s rising filmmaking
talents. This collection of short documentary, narrative and animated films
is an inspired and inspiring look at the world as interpreted by today’s
teen filmmakers. Come ready to experience a cinematic world full of fresh
perspectives, heartfelt storytelling, highly developed technical prowess
and unique visions unclouded by age and cynicism. Recommended for
ages 12 and up.
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And when I die, I won’t stay dead
Billy Woodberry
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An in-depth exploration of
filmmaking from every corner
of the planet, Global Visions
takes audiences on a cinematic
journey that starts right here
at home and goes anywhere
films are made, often yielding
unexpected delights.
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USA/Portugal
u
2015
u
90 min
Brilliant but largely unheralded Beat poet Bob Kaufman (1925-1986)
is featured in this rich documentary tribute. Interviews, readings of
Kaufman’s poems, historical footage and experimental images blend into
a unique portrait of an enigmatic artist and North Beach mainstay of the
1950s and early ‘60s.
WEDNESDAY • MAY 4 • 6:30 PM • BAMPFA
The Apostate
Federico Veiroj
u
Spain/France/Uruguay
u
2015
u
80 min
Looking for a fresh start, perennial philosophy flunk-out and sexually
frustrated Madrid 30-something Gonzalo (Álvaro Ogalla) demands the
Catholic Church relinquish its symbolic hold on his misspent life by removing
his name from the baptismal record. This canny, erotically charged comedy
from the director of A Useful Life (SFIFF 2011) explores the romantic
consequences of his actions and the authority figures that try to stop him.
TUESDAY • APRIL 26 • 8:30 PM • VICTORIA
DOC
u
Jon Shenk
u
USA
Check It
u
2016
u
96 min
Sexual assault on college campuses has become a hot-button issue across
the country, but the students at even greater risk are a few years behind
those coeds; they walk the halls of our local high schools. Academy Awardnominated San Francisco filmmakers Jon Shenk and Bonni Cohen (The
Island President) explore two harrowing cases that demonstrate the
potential for tragic repercussions when teens, sex, alcohol and social media
mix—and how rarely perpetrators are punished for these kinds of crimes.
Dana Flor
u
Toby Oppenheimer
u
USA
u
2016
u
90 min
Threatened by homophobic violence on an almost daily basis, a group of
African American gay and trans youngsters living in Washington, DC, form a
gang to confront and defeat their victimizers in this rousing and often very
funny documentary. But toughness can be a hard act to pull off 24/7 and the
film turns poignant when some of the young men channel their passions into
fashion, trans rights and community activism.
THURSDAY • APRIL 28 • 6:00 PM • VICTORIA
SUNDAY • APRIL 24 • 1:15 PM • VICTORIA
global visions
Audrie & Daisy
Bonni Cohen
3 7
DOC
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Greece
Cowboys
u
2015
u
104 min
Thomas Bidegain
u
France/Belgium
u
2015
u
104 min
A slow-burn satire dubbed “a buddy movie without the buddies,” Chevalier
brilliantly mines the comedy of the modern male competitive spirit. Six
well-to-do Greek men on a sailing vacation devise increasingly extreme
competitions to determine, definitively, which of them is “the best in general.”
No women are present to interfere; only the yacht’s small crew will witness
the proceedings. Egos will be bruised, blood will be spilled, manhood will be
… measured. Are you man enough for Chevalier?
Noted screenwriter Thomas Bidegain brings the tough, tense attitude of
his earlier scripts for A Prophet and Rust and Bone to a contemporary
adaptation of John Ford’s The Searchers. When Alain’s 16-year-old
daughter Kelly disappears at a French cowboy fair in 1994, her father
embarks on a multi-year search for her that begins from a place of love and
concern and ends up within the religious conflicts rocking Europe today.
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Chevalier
Athina Rachel Tsangari
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DOC
Escapes
Michael Almereyda
u
USA
Frenzy
u
2016
u
84 min
Though best known as the scribe behind the legendary cult film Blade
Runner, Hampton Fancher has had a life full of sticky situations, close
calls and other brushes with fate. Michael Almereyda’s lively portrait of
the actor/producer/screenwriter is full of stories, while footage from
Fancher’s films, television appearances and a host of other archival
material illustrate a biography so colorful it could easily be the invention of
a Hollywood screenwriter.
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u
Sweden/Denmark
u
2015
u
u
Turkey/France
u
2015
u
115 min
Reflective of the unease in present-day Turkey, this slow-burn thriller
focuses on a man recently released from prison who is forced to turn
informant as a condition of his parole. In circumstances of heightened
paranoia, he begins to see threats and conspiracies among the family he’s
staying with, his brother who lives nearby and the police who always seem
just outside his door.
Hanna Sköld
Emin Alper
Happy Hour
89 min
Taking place within the quiet serenity of the dense Swedish woods, isolated
from civilization, this intense drama delivers a harrowing tale of abuse and
psychological imprisonment and the power of imagination to withstand
painful circumstances. Enchanting stop-motion animation captures
13-year-old Eini’s worldview as she silently struggles against her father’s
brutal control and envisions the dysfunctional family history that led to her
grandmother’s rebellious travels and her own pale and powerless existence.
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
u
Japan
u
2015
u
317 min
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s wise, precisely observed, compulsively watchable
drama about four female friends and their midlife awakening runs over five
hours, yet the leisurely duration is not an indulgence but a careful strategy—
to show what other films leave out. By unfolding some sequences in what
feels like real time, it creates a space for everyday moments that are
nonetheless charged with possibility, and yields an emotional density rarely
available to a feature-length movie.
WEDNESDAY • APRIL 27 • 9:00 PM • ROXIE
3 9
DOC
Christopher Doyle
u
Hong Kong
u
2015
u
90 min
Serious children, activist youth and fun-loving seniors roam the titular city
in this delightfully unclassifiable mix of documentary and whimsical fiction.
It’s a singular celebration of an adopted hometown by Doyle, the Australianborn cinematographer famed for his matchless contributions to the films of
Wong Kar-wai, Gus Van Sant and many others.
The Innocents
Anne Fontaine
u
France/Poland
u
2016
u
115 min
In this moving drama inspired by a true story, a French Red Cross nurse
working in Poland immediately after WWII is brought to a local convent to help
a pregnant nun in labor. When she finds other nuns in similar circumstances
and hears their tragic story, she risks her own job and personal safety to help
shield their predicament from authorities. For those who delight in classical
French cinema at its most refined.
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DOC
Denmark/USA
u
2015
u
Leaf Blower
81 min
Small fishing communities of the Faroe Islands, an isolated Nordic
archipelago in the North Atlantic, endure an uneasy period of transition as
disparate global pressures—including animal rights activism, plummeting
wildlife populations and mercury crawling up the ocean food chain—threaten
traditional hunting and fishing practices. Graphic hunting scenes in this vivid
documentary are interspersed with portraits of irascible community members
who are resistant to change, all amid a landscape of eerie, solitary beauty.
TUESDAY • MAY 3 • 6:30 PM • VICTORIA
WEDNESDAY • MAY 4 • 8:45 PM • VICTORIA
Alejandro Iglesias Mendizábal
u
Mexico
u
2015
u
96 min
Lost house keys prompt a hunt through massive piles of leaves in firsttime writer/director Alejandro Iglesias Mendizábal’s funny and appealing
celebration of male teenage friendship. Unfolding over the course of a single
afternoon and featuring a talented ensemble of newcomers, this charming,
easygoing comedy-drama weaves a complex and unexpected story around
a small, everyday incident.
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The Islands and the Whales
Mike Day
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Hong Kong Trilogy: Preschooled Preoccupied Preposterous
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DOC
Life, Animated
Roger Ross Williams
u
USA
u
2016
u
91 min
Michel Gondry
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France
u
2015
u
105 min
The power of cinema has rarely been revealed as strongly as in this
documentary about an autistic man named Owen Suskind who, as a boy,
discovers a way to communicate with his parents through Disney movies.
Now a young man, Owen is getting ready to live on his own, and the film
shows his successes and struggles as he embarks on this huge step.
Buckle up for a whimsical road trip with Microbe and Gasoline, two 14-yearold boys equipped with wild imaginations, insightful observations of the
world and a vehicle they’ve hand-built to carry them across France. Visionary
writer/director Michel Gondry utilizes the playful yet socially constrained
nature of youth to craft a touching tale of friendship while delivering subtle
commentary on universal themes of identity, self-confidence and love.
DOC
Mr. Gaga
Tomer Heymann
u
Israel/Sweden/Germany/Netherlands
Morris from America
u
2015
u
100 min
Chad Hartigan
u
USA/Germany
u
2016
u
91 min
A spectacular and celebratory investigation of a modern dancer’s creative
process, this documentary tracks the four decades-long career of renowned
choreographer Ohad Naharin, the artistic director of Israel’s Batsheva Dance
Company. Painstakingly researched, the film is packed with visually arresting
archival footage, scenes from rehearsals and performances that movingly present
Naharin’s particular genius, and interviews illustrating the dance-world backdrop
against which he developed his singular choreographic style, known as Gaga.
Thirteen-year-old African American teen Morris Gentry loves hip-hop,
dislikes school and is starting to develop a keen interest in girls. He’s also
been reluctantly uprooted from the US to live in Heidelberg, Germany,
and this charming coming-of-age drama (winner of the Waldo Salt
Screenwriting Award at Sundance) charts his journey with wit, wisdom and
disarming wistfulness.
TUESDAY • APRIL 26 • 6:00 PM • ROXIE
THURSDAY • APRIL 28 • 6:30 PM • BAMPFA
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Paths of the Soul
Brazil/Uruguay/Netherlands
u
2015
u
101 min
Strange and erotic, with an unexpected view of gender roles, this film is set
in the macho world of bull wrangling yet its male protagonist is interested in
fashion and designs dresses. When a handsome new worker comes to help,
a hothouse atmosphere erupts among the small group of workers. Winner of
the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival.
Zhang Yang
u
China
u
2015
u
115 min
Chinese director Zhang Yang’s Paths of the Soul is a captivating and
profound portrait of a small group of Tibetan villagers on an arduous,
1,000-mile pilgrimage to the holy city of Lhasa. With a graceful documentary
style that makes full use of the glorious vistas of the Himalayas, Paths
captures the astonishing self-sacrifice and physical challenges of the
group’s highway journey and the transcendence that helps liberate the
pilgrims from their suffering.
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DOC
USA
u
2016
u
Phantom Boy
91 min
Despite the picturesque cows and dogs in the fields of Vermont’s Mile Hill
Farm, a botched culling of an unlucky sheep is an early hint that Tony Stone’s
sympathetic and beautifully crafted portrait of farmer Peter Dunning will
be something more complex. Charismatic but isolated by his own demons,
Dunning is a hard-drinking artist with a penchant for colorful stories and
self-destructive behavior, a compellingly contradictory and heartbreakingly
memorable anti-hero.
Jean-Loup Felicioli
u
Alain Gagnol
u
France/Belgium
u
2015
u
84 min
When a kingpin with a face only Picasso could love threatens to bring down
New York City’s infrastructure, a seriously ill boy with a unique, ghostly
superpower teams up with a bedridden crusading cop to stop him. The team
behind A Cat in Paris (SFIFF 2011) delivers another dose of enchanting 2D
animation along with a story that blends absurd humor with an emotionally
potent tale of a child rising about troubling circumstances. Recommended
for ages nine and up.
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Peter and the Farm
Tony Stone
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Neon Bull
Gabriel Mascaro
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DOC
Ido Haar
u
Israel
u
2015
u
Radio Dreams
80 min
Babak Jalali
u
USA/Iran
u
2016
u
93 min
Samantha Montgomery (an unforgettable star-in-the-making) is a New
Orleans caregiver whose singing aspirations have been limited thus far to
posting a cappella YouTube videos under the name Princess Shaw. When
Israeli mashup artist Kutiman uses her vocals with other “found” musical
elements and the resulting song becomes a viral sensation, director Ido
Haar is there to capture the surprising and touching results.
Hamid, the often exasperated program director of a Farsi-language radio
station based in San Francisco, awaits a much-anticipated meeting between
Metallica and real-life Afghani band Kabul Dreams at his studio. Meanwhile,
he has to contend with the commercial imperatives handed down by the nononsense daughter of the station’s owner, and the film (winner of the Tiger
Award in Rotterdam) presents it all with gentle humor and a deadpan eye
towards cultural differences.
WEDNESDAY • MAY 4 • 6:00 PM • VICTORIA
THURSDAY • APRIL 28 • 9:00 PM • VICTORIA
DOC
DOC
Shadow World
Johan Grimonprez
u
Belgium/USA
u
Sonita
2016
u
94 min
Director Johan Grimonprez provides powerful and sinister imagery to
document journalist Andrew Feinstein’s ominous and important book on the
global arms trade. The film examines the disturbing recent history of the
business of war, providing dark revelations about Saudi arms deals, the IranContra scandal, the Iraq War, corrupt partnerships between governments
and the munitions industry and the privatization of war.
WEDNESDAY • APRIL 27 • 6:30 PM • BAMPFA
Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami
u
Germany/Switzerland/Iran
u
2015
u
91 min
Sonita Alizadeh is like many teenagers—she loves hip-hop, argues with
her mother and gossips with her friends. She is also an Afghan refugee
living under the tenuous protection of a Tehran homeless shelter, where
she contends with the imminent risk of being sold into marriage under the
Afghan system of “bride price.” In this inspiring documentary, she calls
upon her greatest passion—rap music—in a fight for freedom and selfdetermination, rhyming all the way.
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u
France
u
2015
The Summer of Frozen Fountains
u
148 min
Vano Burduli
A Paris-based art historian returns to her native town of Rennes to teach
a class. There, she encounters a troubled male student who is contending
with an itinerant mother as well as the demands of university life. Grounded
in the terrain, music and language of Brittany, Suite Armoricaine stunningly
conjures up a sense of place and evokes the mixed emotions of returning to
one’s origins.
u
Georgia/Russia
Under the Gun
2015
u
92 min
Stephanie Soechtig
u
USA
u
2015
u
110 min
David Farrier, an out-and-proud gay male New Zealand journalist, stumbles
upon an online fetish empire while researching a story about the sport of
man-on-man competitive tickling. A simple click rapidly pulls him—and
the viewer—into a cyber-informational wormhole, revealing a universe of
litigious threats, outrageous homophobia and jaw-dropping revelations in
this multi-layered, gripping and often bizarre nail-biter of a detective story.
Katie Couric narrates this devastating documentary covering the current
political battle over gun control and gun violence from the team that
impressively tackled child obesity in Fed Up (SFIFF 2014). With a balanced
eye that presents the history of the NRA alongside grief-stricken citizens of
Newtown and Chicago, the film nevertheless advocates for change amid a
political climate that seems resolutely opposed to it.
WEDNESDAY • APRIL 27 • 6:00 PM • VICTORIA
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New Zealand
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DOC
Tickled
u
103 min
People fall in and out of love in this delightfully wistful romantic drama.
Director Vano Burduli shares amusement and a profoundly deep affection
for a changing Tbilisi and its flawed and beautiful inhabitants, guiding each
of his characters like the conductor of an orchestra. The result is a softly
played symphony of humanity.
DOC
Dylan Reeve
u
u
2015
David Farrier
u
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Suite Armoricaine
Pascale Breton
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The Watermelon Woman
Cheryl Dunye
u
USA
u
1996
u
90 min
Cheryl Dunye plays a version of herself in this witty, nimble landmark of
New Queer Cinema, restored for its 20th anniversary. When the fledgling
filmmaker becomes obsessed with the “most beautiful mammy” spied in
a 1930s movie, she embarks on a documentary about this “Watermelon
Woman,” along the way unpacking LGBT and Black film history and finding
parallels between that Depression-era actress and herself. This is social
critique at its most charming and audacious.
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SUNDAY • MAY 1 • 2:00 PM • CASTRO
dark wave
Guest curated and co-hosted
by the Alamo Drafthouse
team, Dark Wave serves up
late-night celebrations of
fan-favorite genres delivering
thrills, chills and laughs for
festival-goers interested in the
darker side of world cinema.
Wild
Nicolette Krebitz
u
Germany
u
2015
u
97 min
Ania’s life appears to be stuck in autopilot until one day when she spots a
wolf wandering through the woods near her apartment. Part feminist fairy
tale, part surreal cross-species romance and part case study of one person’s
descent into madness, the new film from German actress Nicolette Krebitz
takes no prisoners when it comes to its man vs. nature scenario—yet this
extraordinary parable never treats its boundary-crossing amour fou story
with knee jerk sensationalism.
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u
Japan
u
2015
u
The Greasy Strangler
110 min
A tentacled alien offers humans a deal: He will postpone destroying Earth
if authorities will allow him to teach a junior high class in which the lesson
plan includes tutoring his students on how they can kill him before he rains
down destruction on the planet. So begins the weirdest and most wonderful
school year in this visually inventive, utterly bonkers cinematic treat.
Jim Hosking
u
USA
u
2015
u
93 min
A man runs a walking disco tour with his browbeaten son. Meanwhile,
a slimy, inhuman maniac stalks the streets of their town. See the film
The Daily Beast’s Jen Yamato called the best film of Sundance, “the entry
that woke audiences up by waterboarding them with a metaphorical vat of
maniacal, putrid grease.” San Francisco, let’s get greasy!
dark wave
Eiichirô Hasumi
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Jevons Au
u
Vicky Wong
u
Hong Kong/China u 2016 u 97 min
On the eve of the 1997 handover of Hong Kong from the British to the
Chinese, three legendary criminals—each with his own colorful past—may
team up for the biggest caper of their careers—if any of them survives
long enough to actually pull it off. The filmmakers’ sharp eye for detail and
a terrific attention to time and place create a Hong Kong crime thriller
reminiscent of the best of the genre’s heyday.
Babak Anvari
u
UK/Jordan/Qatar
u
2016
u
84 min
Babak Anvari’s debut feature is a shiveringly good ghost story set in a
Tehran apartment building in the waning days of the Iran-Iraq War. Focusing
on a woman forbidden by the government to pursue her medical career and
her daughter who is perhaps pursued by a djinn, it’s a rare and refreshing
example of a horror film and political allegory that doesn’t need to spill blood
to be truly scary.
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Under the Shadow
Trivisa
Frank Hui
4 6
Michał Marczak
vanguard
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Featuring experimental work
from emerging artists and
explorations of form by
established film pioneers,
Vanguard probes the limits
of cinematic expression and
shows us something new.
u
Poland/UK
u
2016
u
100 min
After a breakup with his girlfriend, Kris sets off with his friend Michal in
search of new experiences. Stylishly capturing the romantic yearning,
drunken debating, aimless wandering and philosophizing of youth,
Michal Marczak’s highly constructed documentary/fiction hybrid is
a moody collage of a year’s journey through house parties, parks and
clubs of Warsaw.
sffs supported
Ayiti Mon Amour
Guetty Felin
u
Haiti/USA
u
2016
u
88 min
A chorale for several voices in the wake of the Haiti earthquake, this poetic
and visually stunning work tracks several characters, including a teenager
studying Japanese who is bullied for being light-skinned and a writer and his
muse who are grappling with their identities. As the restless camera finds
beauty amid the quotidian and radio broadcasts grapple with rebuilding,
the film dedicates itself to the restless and resilient souls who populate this
culturally rich island nation.
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vanguard
Between Us: Experimental Shorts
Eight artist-made films explore things that pass between us. Songs, stories and trinkets are handed down from one
generation to the next. Ghosts of the past take shape in the present, haunting cityscapes and backyards. Friends
and family come together to build a house, read a poem, share traditions and construct a film. Featuring work by
Alexandre Larose, Jodie Mack, Adele Horne, Jonathan Schwartz, Zach Iannazzi, Scott Stark, Lynne Sachs, Sean
Hanley and Sky Hopinka.
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USA
u
2015
u
110 min
In Counting, director Jem Cohen (POV Award, SFIFF 2013) brings his
discerning camera eye to a series of international locales where his
idiosyncratic vision coaxes meaning from the most ordinary details. From
winter snows in Coney Island to a South Asian enclave in the Emirati state
of Sharjah, the itinerant filmmaker and cinematic flâneur pays homage to his
artistic forebears, in particular Chris Marker, while composing an intimate
yet expansive film essay on modern urban life.
Lewis Klahr
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USA
u
2015
u
90 min
Sixties pop-art heroines and DC comic-strip heroes are suffused with the
passions of Greco-Roman gods in Lewis Klahr’s short film compilation
spanning 14 years of filmmaking and chosen by the NY Times’ Manohla
Dargis as one of the best films of 2015. Lovers of melodrama, all your
paper-doll superstars are here, but an individual heart beats beneath the
vivid imagery.
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Sixty Six
Counting
Jem Cohen
master
classes
photo by TOMMY LAU
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THE J O UR NE Y O F TO NK O
H O US E , F R OM THE DA M
K E E PE R TO M O OM
L E T TIN G YO UR
IMA G INA TI O N S OA R WI TH
M O O NB O T S TUD I O S : A
WO R K S H O P F O R K ID S
B E G INNIN G S A ND
E ND IN G S : MA S TE R CL A S S
WI TH DA VID TH OM S O N
Animation’s growing popularity has been
remarkable, with major releases regularly
earning over $400 million. But where does
the independent studio fit in? In 2014,
former Pixar artists Robert Kondo and Dice
Tsutsumi founded Bay Area-based Tonko
House, one of the most innovative new
animation houses. With an Academy Award
nomination already under its belt for The
Dam Keeper (Golden Gate Award SFIFF
2014), Tonko House is well on its way to
creating memorable stories that push
the boundaries of animation. Join us for a
behind-the-scenes look at the studio with
co-founder Robert Kondo, as he discusses
Tonko House’s newest film Moom and other
exciting projects. For ages 10 and up.
Academy Award-winning director Brandon
Oldenburg believes that imagination is a
place. With his team at Moonbot Studios,
Brandon tries to evoke that place and
create stories that resonate with young
kids, parents and grandparents. Brandon
will guide participants through the
creative process of making his latest
animated short film Taking Flight and
discuss how finding the kid inside all of
us drives everything at Moonbot. Then,
much like the young protagonist in the
film, students will use their own creativity,
drawing and design skills to transform an
ordinary toy into something extraordinary.
For ages 7–11. This is a drop-off class,
but parents are welcome to stay.
David Thomson proposes: Forget that
movies may be art or show business.
They are an experiment with our sense of
reality. Thus, it is in entering into a picture
and emerging from it that the culture
shock is most apparent and instructive.
So he will talk about how movies begin
and how they end, by drawing upon
Citizen Kane and Psycho. A master
class in our culture of the dark—lovely
and menacing.
SUNDAY • APRIL 24
SUNDAY • MAY 1
TUESDAY • MAY 3
1:15 PM • ALAMO
12:30 PM • ROXIE
6:15 PM • ALAMO
cinema
by the bay
world cinema
spotlight
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Each year, the San Francisco Film Society celebrates Bay
Area filmmaking by providing a window into the region’s film
culture at its best. Featuring exceptional new work made
in and about the Bay Area, this Cinema by the Bay listing
includes features, shorts, narratives and documentaries
from established and emerging local talent.
CINEMA BY THE BAY TITLES
A NIMA TIN G THE IMA G E
PROGRAMS IN THE WORLD CINEMA SPOTLIGHT
Life, Animated
Roger Ross Williams, USA
someone is happy somewhere p. 34
Phantom Boy, Alain Gagnol
and Jean-Loup Felicioli, France/
Belgium
Shorts 3: Animation
Shorts 5: Family Films
Sixty Six
Lewis Klahr, USA
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Granny’s Dancing
on the Table
Hanna Sköld,
Sweden/Denmark
NUTS!
Penny Lane, USA
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An Afternoon with
Aardman Animations
(Persistence of Vision Award)
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Supported by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,
this year’s Festival Spotlight, Animating the Image, focuses on
one of the fundamental elements and processes of moving image
production: frame-by-frame animation. Whether hand-drawn, stopmotion, CGI, motion capture or a combination thereof, animation
recalls the illusory magic of the earliest days of cinema, a surprisingly
simple “trick” that continues to enthrall and inspire—when presented
in succession, a series of still images transforms to appear in
motion. Adaptable to a variety of eclectic approaches—exemplified
by Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award recipient Aardman
Animations, the collage of Lewis Klahr’s Sixty Six and the variety
of styles employed by multiple artists in Penny Lane’s surprising and
singular documentary NUTS!—animation endures as one of the most
satisfying and versatile techniques in cinema.
sloan science
on screen
contemporary french cinema
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In partnership with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation—
the nation’s leading philanthropic grantor for
science and the arts—the San Francisco Film
Society launched a major new initiative in 2015 to
enhance public understanding of science through
the language of film.
Each year, it is the great pleasure of the San
Francisco Film Society to bring the very
best French and French-language films to
Bay Area audiences. This year’s Festival
program features a wealth of contemporary
French stories from established and
emerging voices in international cinema.
Hailing from an array of Festival sections,
these ten films are remarkably diverse
in style and subject, demonstrating the
rich output and immense growth of one of
the leading artistic and cultural capitals
of the world. From veteran storytellers
Michel Gondry, Otar Iosseliani and Anne
Fontaine to first-time directors new to
the festival circuit, the French films of our
59th program have something to offer for
filmgoers of all tastes.
CONTEMPORARY FRENCH
CINEMA TITLES
As I Open My Eyes
Cowboys
The Innocents
No Home Movie
Phantom Boy
Suite Armoricaine
The White Knights
Winter Song
Rooted in the Film Society’s core activities, the
Sloan Science in Cinema initiative includes four
interconnected programs—residencies, fellowships,
awards and exhibition opportunities—that elevate
the films and filmmakers who explore science and
technology in their work.
At this year’s San Francisco International Film
Festival, the Film Society is thrilled to highlight
compelling cinema that centers on science and
technology. We hope to engage members of the
scientific community who attend the Festival and
to inspire those Festival attendees who are not
scientists or engineers. Both the Sloan Foundation
and the Film Society believe that filmmakers have
the power to inform and illuminate the human
experience through the narrative depiction of
science, technology and the individuals who have
helped to shape the world we live in.
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sffs-supported films
at the festival
Each year, the San Francisco Film Society’s Filmmaker360 program supports dozens of new films from emerging talents through
our grants, residencies and filmmaker services initiatives. The 59th Festival features nine projects born out of this support. We are
immensely proud to champion these films, which tell international stories and exemplify the very best in new independent cinema.
Ayiti Mon Amour
Guetty Felin
FilmHouse alumni project
Maris Curran
SFFS / KRF Filmmaking
Grant recipient
The Fixer
Ian Olds
SFFS / KRF Filmmaking
Grant recipient, SFFS / Hearst
Screening Grant recipient,
FilmHouse alumni project
haveababy
Amanda Micheli
Fiscally sponsored project
In Attla’s Tracks (short)
Catharine Axley
Salero
Mike Plunkett
The Islands and the Whales
Mike Day
Someone Is Happy
Somewhere (short)
Alvaro Furloni, Mario Furloni
FilmHouse resident project
Documentary Film Fund winner
The Joneses
Moby Longinotto
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online
screening room
Stream a curated showcase of films throughout the year from
a variety of San Francisco Film Society festivals and events,
including a selection of outstanding stories from this year’s
Festival. Film Society members get full access to our Online
Screening Room and can download the Apple TV and iOS apps to
watch anywhere, anytime.
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From the SFFS / Kenneth Rainin
Foundation Filmmaking Grant—which
has disbursed over $3 million and is
the largest cash grant program for
narrative features in the US—to the
newly
launched
SFFS
Producers
Initiative and SFFS Women Filmmaking
Fellowships, the Film Society is
steadfast in its support of exceptional
films in all stages of production. Through
a combination of financial support,
mentorship opportunities and industry
connections, the Film Society nurtures
a growing community of narrative
filmmakers in the Bay Area and beyond.
The Film Society is dedicated in its
support of emerging and established
documentary
filmmakers.
Through
its long-running project development
program, Filmmaker360 provides fiscal
sponsorship and one-on-one consultation
services designed to help filmmakers
through the process of getting their
docs funded, made and seen. The SFFS
Documentary Film Fund supports
riveting documentaries in postproduction
distinguished by compelling stories,
intriguing characters and an innovative
visual approach. Since 2011, more
than $425,000 has been disbursed to
documentary filmmakers nationwide.
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The Film Society’s Filmmaker360
program empowers filmmakers of all
levels, offering a full suite of programs
and activities designed to foster
creativity and further their careers.
Filmmaker360
initiatives
usher
projects from conception to completion
and beyond through development and
fiscal sponsorship services, major
cash grants, FilmHouse residencies
and a wide range of networking events
throughout the year.
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The SFFS FilmHouse Residency program
provides critical direct support to
local and visiting feature filmmakers
by providing free workspace while
fostering a thriving creative community
that encourages collaboration, resource
sharing, peer-to-peer feedback and
networking opportunities. FilmHouse
functions as a vibrant workshop and
creative hub for filmmakers working
in various stages of production, and
serves as a perfect brick-and-mortar
representation of the innovative support
offered by Filmmaker360.
MAJOR SUPPORT FOR
FILMMAKER360 IS PROVIDED by
T H E K E N N E T H RA IN IN F OU N DAT I O N
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SUPPORT PROVIDED by
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education
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The Schools at the Festival program
introduces students ages 6 to 18
to international film and the art of
filmmaking while promoting media
literacy, deepening insights into other
cultures, enhancing foreign language
aptitude, developing critical thinking
skills and inspiring a lifelong appreciation
of cinema. Throughout SFIFF59, classes
from across the Bay Area will attend
weekday matinees of curated Festival
film programs at subsidized ticket
prices. Dozens of filmmaker guests
from around the world will also visit local
classrooms to discuss their films with
students. This program also includes
the annual Nellie Wong Magic of Movies
Essay Contest, in which students of all
grade levels write about Festival films
and compete for cash prizes.
This three-day film series is offered
exclusively to Bay Area college
and university students during the
second weekend of SFIFF59. The
program consists of five Festival films,
curated specifically for a college film
student audience who are new to the
Festival, and includes post-screening
Q&As with visiting filmmakers and a
guest lecturer. San Francisco State
University currently offers a one-credit
course dedicated to this program in
partnership with the Film Society.
For more information,
email education@sffs.org
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The Film Society’s deep commitment
to education through film touches the
lives of more than 11,000 Bay Area
students and teachers each year. Our
youth programs provide film literacy
opportunities to K–12 students through
screenings, filmmaker classroom visits,
artist residencies, teacher trainings,
curriculum resources and our online
open educational resource FilmEd. For
college-aged film students, we offer a
series of creative, educational, social and
professional opportunities to help them
transition from the academic arena to
the professional world. SFFS Education
recognizes the inherent value of film as a
dynamic teaching tool and is dedicated to
providing access to media arts education
to underserved communities.
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filmmaker
index
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Ades, Benjamin
Akerman, Chantal
Almereyda, Michael
Alper, Emin
Alvarez, Maria
Anvari, Babak
Arieli, Karni
Asili, Ephraim
Au, Jevons
Axley, Catharine
Barrada, Yto
Bateman, Jason
Batle, Nilo
Bellocchio, Marco
Bidegain, Thomas
Bock, Fiona
Bou Chaaya, Mir-Jean
Bouzid, Leyla
Bresnan, Patrick
Breton, Pascale
Britto, Bernardo
Brown, Matthew
Burduli, Vano
Burrascano, Joe
Cameron, James
Cartwright, Simon
Chermayeff, Maro
Chung, Joan
Cleary, Benjamin
Coen, Joel
Cogitore, Clément
Cohen, Bonni
Cohen, Jem
Cook, Luis
Crossingham, Merlin
Curran, Maris
Davies, Nigel
Day, Mike
Doyle, Christopher
Drake, Ruby Rae
Dreyer, Carl Theodor
Du Haibin
Duane de la Vega, Kelly
Dubicki, Darren
Dunye, Cheryl
Dupre, Jeff
Farrier, David
Felicioli, Jean-Loup
35
23
38
38
35
45
12
35
45
34
35
16
35
21
37
35
26
24
34
43
34
19
43
12
21
34
20
35
34
12
26
37
47
12
12
17
12
39
39
35
15
29
28
12
44
20
43
41
Felin, Guetty
46
Feuerzeig, Jeff
16
Flor, Dana
37
Fontaine, Anne
39
Freed, Saul
12
Fried, Andrew
13
Furloni, Alvaro
34
Furloni, Mario
34
Gagnol, Alain
41
Galloway, Katie
28
Gantz, Nina
34
Ghaem Maghami, Rokhsareh 42
Gilbert, Lewis
22
Godshall, Zack
34
Gondry, Michel
40
Grace, Jay
12
Grimonprez, Johan
42
Haar, Ido
42
Haas, Alexa Lim
34
Hamaguchi, Ryûsuke
38
Hanley, Sean
47
Harding-Hill, Steve
12
Hartigan, Chad
40
Hasumi, Eiichirô
45
Hattler, Max
34
Hegedus, Chris
23
Herce, Mauro
27
Herzog, Werner
18
Heymann, Tomer
40
Hill, Mikey
34
Holmer, Anna Rose
25
Hong Sang-soo
23
Hopinka, Sky
47
Horák, Slávek
25
Horne, Adele
47
Hosking, Jim
45
Hudson, Cameron
34
Hui, Frank
45
Iannazzi, Zach
47
Iglesias Mendizábal,
Alejandro
39
Imbach, Kate
34
Iosseliani, Otar
23
Ito, Elizabeth
35
Jalali, Babak
42
Johnson
12
Johnson, Kirsten
27
Kayam, Yaelle
25
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Keane, Glen
Kennebeck, Sonia
Kibens, Logan
Kim, Kangmin
Kim, Dennis
Klahr, Lewis
Kondo, Robert
Kopple, Barbara
Krauss, Dan
Krebitz, Nicolette
Kriegman, Josh
Kurosawa, Kiyoshi
Lafosse, Joachim
Lane, Penny
Langer, Melissa
Larose, Alexandre
Lesage, Philippe
Longinotto, Moby
Lord, Peter
Loznitsa, Sergei
Lucas, Ivete
Mack, Jodie
Mandineau, David
Mansky, Vitaly
Marczak, Micha
Mascaro, Gabriel
McHale, Dan
Micheli, Amanda
Middleton, Peter
Miller, Rebecca
Milton, Chester
Mohaiemen, Naeem
Monno, Kazue
Mosher, Donal
Moss, Jesse
Nagata, Takeshi
Nair, Mira
Nekooei, Babak
Nekooei, Behnoud
Neville, Morgan
Oldenburg, Brandon
Olds, Ian
Oppenheimer, Toby
Osmonalieva, Elnura
Palmieri, Michael
Park, Nick
Patiño, Lois
Peake, Peter
35
28
19
34
35
47
35
22
34
44
20
22
20
28
35
47
24
27
12
22
34
47
34
29
46
41
34
27
28
18
35
35
34
34
09
34
10
35
35
19
35
17
37
34
34
12
34
12
Pennebaker, D.A.
Plunkett, Mike
Price, Lloyd
Rae, Behrouz
Reddy, Raam
Reeve, Dylan
Rosenblatt, Jay
Ross, Matthew
Ross IV, Bill
Ross, Turner
Sachs, Ira
Sachs, Lynne
Sadler, Christopher
sag, belit
Schamus, James
Schwartz, Jonathan
Shenk, Jon
Sköld, Hanna
Soechtig, Stephanie
Spinney, James
Sproxton, David
Stark, Scott
Steinberg, Elyse
Stillman, Whit
Stone, Tony
Sumo Science
Tanne, Richard
Thonson, Sean
Tofield, Simon
Tsangari, Athina Rachel
Tsotsorkova, Svetla
Tsustumi, Daisuke
van den Dungen, Natalie
Veiroj, Federico
Vigas, Lorenzo
Waititi, Taika
Walsh, Darren
Wang, Melody
Webber, Rich
Wheatley, Ben
White, Susanna
Williams, Roger Ross
Wong, Vicky
Woodberry, Billy
Xie, Chenglin
Zahedi, Caveh
Zhang Yang
23
29
35
35
26
43
34
17
13
13
18
47
34
35
08
47
37
38
43
28
12
47
20
08
41
12
20
34
35
37
26
35
35
36
25
18
12
35
12
17
19
40
45
36
34
34
41
country
index
Afghanistan
Neither Heaven Nor Earth g
Australia
Bunny New Girli
Orchestra, The i
Bangladesh
Abu Ammar Is Coming i
Belgium
As I Open My Eyes v
Cowboys v
Event, Thev
Frenzy v
Neither Heaven Nor Earth v
No Home Movie
Phantom Boy v
Shadow World v
White Knights, The v
Bolivia
Salero v g
Brazil
Many Thousands Gonei v
Neon Bull
Someone Is Happy
Somewherei
Bulgaria
Thirst
Canada
brouillard #14 i
Casebook of Nips &
Porkington, The i
Demons, The
Mother i
Passing Orion i
Czech Republic
Home Care
Under the Sun v
Greece
Chevalier
Haiti
Ayiti Mon Amour
Hong Kong
All Rot i v
Hong Kong Trilogy:
Preschooled Preoccupied
Preposterous
Trivisa
India
Monsoon Wedding
Thithi
Iran
Radio Dreams v
Sonita v g
Stripy i
Under the Shadow g
Untitled i
Ireland
Love & Friendship
Stuttereri v
Israel
Mountain
Mr. Gaga
Italy
Blood of My Blood
Japan
Happy Hour
Moom i
Track i
Jordan
Under the Shadow v
Kyrgyzstan
Seide i
Latvia
Under the Sun v
LV-426
Aliens g
UK
Aardman Original Cartoon i
Abu Ammar Is Coming i v
Adam i
All These Sleepless Nights v
Angry Kid ‘Bone’ i
ANL (full version) i
Blind Date i
Cast a Dark Shadow
Creature Comforts i
DC Nation ‘Episode 1’ i
Edmond i
Flight of the Stories i
Going Equipped i
High-Rise
Joneses, The v
Love & Friendship g
Man Who Knew Infinity, The
Manoman i
Morph ‘Sloped World’ i
Nokia ‘Dot’ i
Notes on Blindness
Our Kind of Traitor
Pearce Sisters, The i
Purple & Brown ‘Whistler’ i
Pythagasaurus i
Ray’s Big Idea i
Shaun the Sheep ‘3DTV’ i
Simon’s Cat: Off to the Vet i
Sledgehammer i
Stutterer i
Under the Shadow
Wallace + Gromit - Cracking
Contraptions: Turbo Diner
Winter Trees i
Wrong Trousers, The i
Mexico
From Afar v
Leaf Blower
Morocco
False Start i
Netherlands
Event, The
Love & Friendship v
Mr. Gaga v
Neon Bull v
Sept-Oct 2015, Cizre i v
New Zealand
Tickled
North Korea
Under the Sun v g
Poland
Innocents, The v g
Portugal
And when I die, I won’t
stay dead v
Night Without Distance i
Qatar
Under the Shadow v
Very Big Shot v
Russia
Event, The g
Summer of Frozen
Fountains, The v
Under the Sun
Slovakia
Home Care v
South Korea
Deer Flower i v
Elliot i
Spain
Apostate, The
Dead Slow Ahead
Night Without Distance i v
Sweden
Mr. Gaga v
Switzerland
Blood of My Blood v
Sonita v
Tibet
Paths of the Soul g
Tunisia
As I Open My Eyes
Uruguay
Apostate, The v
Domar: To Tame i v
Neon Bull v
USA
Aliens
And when I die, I won’t
stay dead
Audrie & Daisy
Ayiti Mon Amour v
Bandit, The
Blood Simple
Boatman, The i
Bob Dylan Hates Me i
Cameraperson
Check It
Chef’s Table: Dominique Crenn
Child for Sale i
Contemporary Color
Counting
Deer Flower i
Domar: To Tame i
Elliot i v
Escapes
Extremis i
Family Fang, The
Fits, The
Fixer, The
Fragile i
Frank & Lola
From My Head to Hers i
Glove i
Greasy Strangler, The
haveababy
I Don’t Belong Here i
In Attla’s Tracks i
Indignation
Is It True What They Say i
Islands and the Whales, The v
Jáaji Approx i
Joneses, The
Life, Animated
Little Men
Lo and Behold:Reveries of the
Connected World
Lucky Numbers i
Maggie’s Plan
Many Thousands Gone i
Miss Sharon Jones!
Monsoon Wedding v
Moom i v
Morris from America
Music of Strangers:
Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road
Ensemble, The
My Aleppo i
National Bird
Nephtali i
NUTS!
Old Hat i
Operator i
Partners i
Peace in the Valley i
Peter and the Farm
Popstar: Never Stop Never
Stopping
Radio Dreams
Return, The
Rock, Clay, Sand, Straw,
Wood i
Run, Run Away i
Salero
Send-Off, The i
Shadow World
Sixty Six
Something Between Us i
Soundbreaking: Stories
from the Cutting Edge of
Recorded Music
Southside with You
Splotch i
Starfish Aorta i
Taking Flight i
Thithi v
Under the Gun
Unlocking the Cage
Watermelon Woman, The
Weiner
Welcome to My Life i
When You Awake i
Winter Beyond Winter i
Young Patriot, A v
Venezuela
From Afar
SHORT FILM
COPRODUCTION
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France
Apostate, The v
As I Open My Eyes v
Blood of My Blood v
Cowboys
Dead Slow Ahead v
Dream of Bottom, The i
Innocents, The
Journey to the Shore v
Love & Friendship v
Germany
All Rot i
Mr. Gaga v
Morris from America v g
Sonita
Under the Sun v
Wild
Turkey
Frenzy
Sept-Oct 2015, Cizre i
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Denmark
Granny’s Dancing
on the Table v
Islands and the Whales, The
Mountain v
Shadow World v
Georgia
Summer of Frozen Fountains,
The
Lebanon
Abu Ammar Is Coming i v
Very Big Shot
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China
Life Smartphone i
Paths of the Soul
Young Patriot, A
Neither Heaven Nor Earth
Nephtali i v
No Home Movie v
Phantom Boy
Suite Armoricaine
Welcome to My Life i v
White Knights, The
Winter Song
Young Patriot, A v
haveababy p. 27
attending
the festival
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TI CK E TS
PA CK A G E S
H O W TO PUR CHA S E
REGULAR PROGRAMS
CINEVOUCHER 10-PACK
Purchase online at festival.sffs.org
Member
General public
Senior/student/disabled
Children (12 and under)*
$13
$15
$14
$8
Ticket prices for Big Nights, Live &
Onstage, Award and other special
programs may vary. If you require
wheelchair seating, notify the box office
when placing an order. Valid ID required
to receive discounts.
*select programs
Our pre-Festival box office is
located at:
Alamo Drafthouse New Mission
2550 Mission Street
(between 21st and 22nd Streets)
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March 30–April 21
Open daily 3:00-7:00 pm
Member
General public
$120
$140
A CineVoucher 10-pack is the most
flexible way to see Festival films at
a discount. These 10-packs can be
redeemed for up to ten regularly priced,
non-rush screenings online or in person
at select Festival venues. CineVouchers
are valid for one-year from purchase date
and may also be used at designated,
year-round SFFS screenings and events.
CINEVISA
Member
General public*
$1350
$1700
A CineVisa is the ultimate way to
experience every moment of the Festival.
CineVisas grant admission to every public
SFIFF film, party and program with certain
noted exceptions. Flash your CineVisa
to access the Priority Seating line, which
allows early admittance to every show.
*limited quantities available
For details on purchasing tickets in
person during the Festival, look to the
opposite page.
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Ticket and pass holders must arrive
15 minutes prior to show time to
guarantee admission. Ticket or pass
holders arriving less than 15 minutes
prior to showtime cannot be guaranteed
a seat, even with a ticket or a pass. All
sales are final. No refunds or exchanges
will be given to ticket or pass holders
turned away after this time.
All orders are final. No exchanges,
refunds, substitutions or replacements
will be issued. Delivery-by-mail orders will
be charged a $3.00 fee per mailed order.
No tickets will be mailed until April 10. No
tickets will be mailed after April 14.
For complete ticket information and
policies, visit festival.sffs.org.
DA Y– O F N O O N R E L E A S E
Each day of the Festival, tickets may be
released for that day’s rush screenings.
Pending availability, tickets may be
purchased online or in person at the
Alamo Drafthouse New Mission starting
at noon. Not all shows will have tickets
released, and purchasing is first-come,
first-served.
Last-minute tickets—known as rush tickets—may become available for purchase
just before showtime when advance tickets have sold out. A rush line will form
outside the venue usually one hour before showtime. Approximately ten minutes
prior to the screening, empty seats are counted and will be sold on a first-come,
first-served basis to those in line. Rush tickets will only be sold to those actually
waiting in line at the time of sale. Rush tickets are not available at the BAMPFA.
Members must have a valid SFFS membership card in hand to receive a discount in
the rush line. Please be advised that not all shows at rush will have tickets released.
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PR IMA R Y
S A N F R A N CIS C O VE N UE S
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Alamo Drafthouse New Mission
2550 Mission Street
(between 21st and 22nd Streets)
101
Open daily starting at 11:30 am
during the Festival
Castro Theatre*
429 Castro Street
(near Market Street)
M
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T.
16 th ST.
ROXIE
VICTORIA
CASTRO
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MI SS ION ST
20 th ST.
21 st ST.
ALAMO
2 2n d ST.
2 3rd ST.
GRAY AREA
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One block from Downtown Berkeley BART
Open for walk-up sales Wednesday–Sunday, 11:00 am–9:00 pm
VA LEN CIA ST.
BAMPFA
2155 Center Street, Berkeley
(at Oxford Street)
GU ER R ER O ST.
PROXY
432 Octavia Street
(near Hayes Street)
ST.
N O T PI C TUR E D
DO LO RE S
*Open for purchases one hour before
first SFIFF screening of the day
C HU RC H S T.
Victoria Theatre*
2961 16th Street
(between Mission
and Capp Streets)
AV E.
S VA N NE SS
1 8th ST.
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CA ST R O ST
Roxie Theater*
3117 16th Street
(near Valencia Street)
R
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17 th ST.
Gray Area
2665 Mission Street
(between 22nd and 23rd Streets)
Walk–up sales day of show only,
cash only
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