Exhibition | Fiscal Sponsorship | Resources

2009 SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Highlighted film titles link to SFIFF pages that contain film synopses, credits, print sources, running times, countries of origin and ticket purchase links.

Age of Stupid
An archivist (Pete Postlethwaite) on the dying planet Earth circa 2055 looks back at our species’ current reluctance to address climate change in this cautionary, pre-apocalyptic tale that blends verité storytelling, cutting-edge graphics and gallows humor.
SFFS Exhibition: 2009 SFIFF
Attendance: 540
Website: http://www.ageofstupid.net/

Sea Change
Grandfather Sven Huseby embarks on a quest to learn about the dire consequences of global warming on undersea life. Using stunning underwater footage and stark interviews, this documentary sounds the alarm about ocean acidification but conveys hope for the future.
SFFS Exhibition: 2009 SFIFF
Attendance: 460
Website: http://aseachange.net/


PAST EXHIBITIONS

Highlighted film titles link to SFIFF pages that contain film synopses, credits, print sources, running times and countries of origin.

The Art & Science of Lucasfilm
SFFS Exhibition: 2008 Youth Ed
Attendance: 285
 
The English Surgeon
What is it like to have God-like surgical powers yet to struggle with your own humanity? This question has plagued London neurosurgeon Henry Marsh his entire medical career.
SFFS Exhibition: 2008 SFIFF
Attendance: 284
Website: www.theenglishsurgeon.com/
 
Ice People
It has been months since the sun has risen over the icy, almost otherworldly terrain of the Antarctic.
SFFS Exhibition: 2008 SFIFF
Attendance: 368
Website: www.icepeople.com/
 
Latent Argentina
When most people think of Argentina, they think of the inflation, poverty and helplessness that plagued the country in the wake of the financial crises of recent years.
SFFS Exhibition: 2008 SFIFF
Attendance: 600
Co-presenter: Global Exchange

Presentation: The Orphanage
SFFS Exhibition: 2006 Youth Ed
Attendance: 180
 
Strange Culture
Everything changed for conceptual artist Steve Kurtz on the morning of May 11, 2004, when he awoke to discover that his 45-year-old wife, Hope, had died in her sleep.
SFFS Exhibition: 2007 SFIFF
Attendance: 678
Youth Ed Attendance: 61
 
Wonders Are Many
Award-winning director Jon Else revisits the subject of his 1981 documentary The Day After Trinity—J. Robert Oppenheimer and the creation of the atomic bomb—but fashions a completely different film with this fascinating look at the making of the San Francisco Opera’s 2005 world premiere of Doctor Atomic.
SFFS Exhibition: 2007 SFIFF
Attendance: 749
Website: www.wondersaremany.com/


FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

HIghlighted film titles link to sffs.org "Current Projects" pages, alphabetically listing SFFS fiscally sponsored films, containing synopses and website links where available. Below each title is the filmmaker's name.

Across the King's River
James Weeks

The Nuclear World: A Way Beyond
Stephen E. Frye


RESOURCES

The following list of resources offers interested audience members more information and ways to become involved in Science & Technology.

100 Black Men of Metro New Orleans and New Orleans Computer Access Program

Climate Group

Children's Hospital Foundation Oakland

Cyberknife Society

Neptune Project

San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commision