SF Film Society | New People Cinema Grand Opening Celebration
Daichi Ano, courtesy of New People
The San Francisco Film Society will celebrate the official Grand Opening of San Francisco Film Society | New People Cinema, 6:00 pm, September 22 at the New People building, 1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan). This free open house reception will give members of the public an opportunity to see the theater in action, as well as to interact with Film Society staff and fellow Bay Area film lovers.
At this historic celebration, leaders from the Japanese American community, representatives of the San Francisco consular corps and members of the Bay Area film community will join San Francisco officials, Seiji Horibuchi of New People and Film Society staff and board of directors in a ribbon cutting ceremony at 7:15 pm with a toast to christen the new theater, accompanied by a Taiko drum performance.
Throughout the evening, in the theater, a series of shorts from the San Francisco Film Society’s past and upcoming presentations will screen including Brent Hoff’s Crying Contest, Adam Keker’s On the Assassination of the President, Justin Barber's 24th Street, Nagi Noda’s Yuki—Sentimental Journey and Ola Simonsson and Johannes Stärne Nilsson’s Woman and Gramophone.
A highlight of the theater program will be live musical performances accompanied by video by avant-jazz guitarist Ava Mendoza and singer/songwriter Mark Eitzel of American Music Club with multi-instrumentalist Marc Capelle playing for a selection of film clips.
Beer and wine will be available for purchase, in addition to Filipino street food from chef Tim Luym’s WOW Silog Truck and Blue Bottle Coffee and snacks from the New People Cinema Café. DJ Bald Elvis will be spinning tunes throughout the night.
SFFS | NPC, the supremely stylish state-of-the art 143-seat theater in Japantown now serves as home to the Film Society’s acclaimed exhibition, education and filmmaker services programs and events on a daily year-round basis. The adventurous Film Society programming that brings Bay Area audiences the best in indie, international and documentary film—notably during its beloved annual San Francisco International Film Festival—and a full range of exciting panels, educational classes, workshops and filmmaker services events will be concentrated in San Francisco’s most up-to-date and technically perfect film theater.
Visit sffs.org/cinema for complete up-to-date San Francisco Film Society | New People Cinema program details.
At this historic celebration, leaders from the Japanese American community, representatives of the San Francisco consular corps and members of the Bay Area film community will join San Francisco officials, Seiji Horibuchi of New People and Film Society staff and board of directors in a ribbon cutting ceremony at 7:15 pm with a toast to christen the new theater, accompanied by a Taiko drum performance.
Throughout the evening, in the theater, a series of shorts from the San Francisco Film Society’s past and upcoming presentations will screen including Brent Hoff’s Crying Contest, Adam Keker’s On the Assassination of the President, Justin Barber's 24th Street, Nagi Noda’s Yuki—Sentimental Journey and Ola Simonsson and Johannes Stärne Nilsson’s Woman and Gramophone.
A highlight of the theater program will be live musical performances accompanied by video by avant-jazz guitarist Ava Mendoza and singer/songwriter Mark Eitzel of American Music Club with multi-instrumentalist Marc Capelle playing for a selection of film clips.
Beer and wine will be available for purchase, in addition to Filipino street food from chef Tim Luym’s WOW Silog Truck and Blue Bottle Coffee and snacks from the New People Cinema Café. DJ Bald Elvis will be spinning tunes throughout the night.
SFFS | NPC, the supremely stylish state-of-the art 143-seat theater in Japantown now serves as home to the Film Society’s acclaimed exhibition, education and filmmaker services programs and events on a daily year-round basis. The adventurous Film Society programming that brings Bay Area audiences the best in indie, international and documentary film—notably during its beloved annual San Francisco International Film Festival—and a full range of exciting panels, educational classes, workshops and filmmaker services events will be concentrated in San Francisco’s most up-to-date and technically perfect film theater.
Visit sffs.org/cinema for complete up-to-date San Francisco Film Society | New People Cinema program details.
Thursday, September 22, 6:00 pm
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)