Releases
'Here,' First U.S. Feature Shot in Armenia, Blending Naturalism and Pure Cinematic Flourish, Opens Exclusive San Francisco Engagement May 11 at SF Film Society Cinema
Assured Fiction-Feature Debut Inspired by a Love of Map-Making and the Mythology of Exploration
4/16/2012
Here (USA 2011), Braden King’s lyrical cinepoem about a brief encounter between an American cartographer and an Armenian photographic artist, opens an exclusive San Francisco premiere engagement May 11 at SF Film Society Cinema (1746 Post Street).
Originating as a non-narrative multimedia piece presented in 2008, Braden King’s debut feature is a carefully composed romantic drama detailing the fraught relationship between Will, a satellite mapping expert, and Gadarine, the exuberant Armenian-born photographer he meets while conducting a survey of the country. Deciding on impulse to travel together, the film details their unique journey and the dramatic personal transformations it leads each of them through. The linear story is punctuated by a variety of innovative segments that complement the more traditional narrative. With memorable performances by Ben Foster and Lubna Azabal as the couple and remarkable footage of the Armenian landscape, Here reinvents the romantic road-trip film with poetic visual and verbal flourishes. Written by Braden King, Dani Valent. Photographed by Lol Crowley. With Ben Foster, Lubna Azabal, Narek Nerisyan, Sophik Sarkisyan. In English and Armenian with subtitles. 120 min. Distributed by Strand Releasing.
Watch the trailer here.
Showtimes 1:45, 6:30 pm
Tickets $9 for SFFS members, $11 general, $10 senior/student/disabled. Box office now open online at sffs.org and in person at SF Film Society Cinema.
For more information visit sffs.org/Exhibition/SF-Film-Society-Cinema.
To request an interview contact hhart@sffs.org.
To request screeners contact bproctor@sffs.org.
For photos and press materials visit sffs.org/pressdownloads.
At SF Film Society Cinema, the stylish state-of-the art theater located in the New People building at 1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan) in Japantown, the San Francisco Film Society offers its acclaimed exhibition, education and filmmaker services programs and events on a daily year-round basis. For complete up-to-date information on all SFFS Cinema programming, including buying tickets, visit sffs.org/cinema.
Upcoming San Francisco Film Society programs
Through April 19: The Turin Horse
April 19–May 3: 55th San Francisco International Film Festival
Opens May 4: The Day He Arrives
Also Opening May 11: Michael Markus Schleinzer’s strongly disquieting portrait of evil.
Opening May 18: Eric Rohmer double feature, Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle and Le Rayon Vert (Summer).
Opening May 25: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia Masterful police procedural from acclaimed Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan yields a quietly poignant portrait of the human condition.
San Francisco Film Society
Building on a legacy of more than 50 years of bringing the best in world cinema to the Bay Area, the San Francisco Film Society is a national leader in exhibition, education and filmmaker services.
The Film Society presents 365 days of exhibition each year, reaching a total audience of 130,000 people. Its acclaimed education program introduces international, independent and documentary cinema and media literacy to more than 15,000 teachers and students and presents more than 100 classes and workshops annually. Through Filmmaker360, the filmmaker services program, essential creative and business services and funding totaling millions of dollars are provided to deserving filmmakers of all levels.
The Film Society seeks to elevate all aspects of film culture, offering a wide range of activities that engage emotions, inspire action, change perceptions and advance knowledge. A 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation, it is largely donor and member supported. Patronage and membership provides discounted prices, access to grants and residencies, private events and a wealth of other benefits.
For more information visit sffs.org.
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Originating as a non-narrative multimedia piece presented in 2008, Braden King’s debut feature is a carefully composed romantic drama detailing the fraught relationship between Will, a satellite mapping expert, and Gadarine, the exuberant Armenian-born photographer he meets while conducting a survey of the country. Deciding on impulse to travel together, the film details their unique journey and the dramatic personal transformations it leads each of them through. The linear story is punctuated by a variety of innovative segments that complement the more traditional narrative. With memorable performances by Ben Foster and Lubna Azabal as the couple and remarkable footage of the Armenian landscape, Here reinvents the romantic road-trip film with poetic visual and verbal flourishes. Written by Braden King, Dani Valent. Photographed by Lol Crowley. With Ben Foster, Lubna Azabal, Narek Nerisyan, Sophik Sarkisyan. In English and Armenian with subtitles. 120 min. Distributed by Strand Releasing.
Watch the trailer here.
Showtimes 1:45, 6:30 pm
Tickets $9 for SFFS members, $11 general, $10 senior/student/disabled. Box office now open online at sffs.org and in person at SF Film Society Cinema.
For more information visit sffs.org/Exhibition/SF-Film-Society-Cinema.
To request an interview contact hhart@sffs.org.
To request screeners contact bproctor@sffs.org.
For photos and press materials visit sffs.org/pressdownloads.
At SF Film Society Cinema, the stylish state-of-the art theater located in the New People building at 1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan) in Japantown, the San Francisco Film Society offers its acclaimed exhibition, education and filmmaker services programs and events on a daily year-round basis. For complete up-to-date information on all SFFS Cinema programming, including buying tickets, visit sffs.org/cinema.
Upcoming San Francisco Film Society programs
Through April 19: The Turin Horse
April 19–May 3: 55th San Francisco International Film Festival
Opens May 4: The Day He Arrives
Also Opening May 11: Michael Markus Schleinzer’s strongly disquieting portrait of evil.
Opening May 18: Eric Rohmer double feature, Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle and Le Rayon Vert (Summer).
Opening May 25: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia Masterful police procedural from acclaimed Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan yields a quietly poignant portrait of the human condition.
San Francisco Film Society
Building on a legacy of more than 50 years of bringing the best in world cinema to the Bay Area, the San Francisco Film Society is a national leader in exhibition, education and filmmaker services.
The Film Society presents 365 days of exhibition each year, reaching a total audience of 130,000 people. Its acclaimed education program introduces international, independent and documentary cinema and media literacy to more than 15,000 teachers and students and presents more than 100 classes and workshops annually. Through Filmmaker360, the filmmaker services program, essential creative and business services and funding totaling millions of dollars are provided to deserving filmmakers of all levels.
The Film Society seeks to elevate all aspects of film culture, offering a wide range of activities that engage emotions, inspire action, change perceptions and advance knowledge. A 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation, it is largely donor and member supported. Patronage and membership provides discounted prices, access to grants and residencies, private events and a wealth of other benefits.
For more information visit sffs.org.
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