SF INTL FILM FESTIVAL
SFIFF53 Members Night
March 31, 2010; programs 7:00 & 9:15 pm; reception 7:30–9:30 pm
March 31, 2010; programs 7:00 & 9:15 pm; reception 7:30–9:30 pm
FILM ARTS FORUM
SFFS Film Arts Forum: Tales from Terror Town
Monday, April 5, 7:00 pm
Monday, April 5, 7:00 pm
SF INTL FILM FESTIVAL
53rd San Francisco International Film Festival
April 22–May 3, 2010
April 22–May 3, 2010
SF INTL FILM FESTIVAL
An Evening with Don Hertzfeldt: Life, Death and Very Large Utensils
Friday, April 23, 7:30pm
Friday, April 23, 7:30pm
SF INTL FILM FESTIVAL
An Evening with Walter Salles
Wednesday, April 28, 6:45 pm
Wednesday, April 28, 6:45 pm
SF INTL FILM FESTIVAL
An Evening with Robert Duvall
Friday, April 30, 7:30 pm
Friday, April 30, 7:30 pm
SF INTL FILM FESTIVAL
An Afternoon with James Schamus
Saturday, May 1, 1:00 pm
Saturday, May 1, 1:00 pm
SF INTL FILM FESTIVAL
An Evening with Roger Ebert and Friends
Saturday, May 1, 5:30 pm
Saturday, May 1, 5:30 pm
SF INTL FILM FESTIVAL
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea with Stephin Merritt
Tuesday, May 4, 8:30 pm
Tuesday, May 4, 8:30 pm
SF Intl Animation Festival
| November 11–15, 2009 One of the most fertile practices in contemporary film and television, animation occupies a unique space between artistic, experimental, commercial and industrial media. The five-day San Francisco International Animation Festival celebrates San Francisco’s prominence as a hub for one of the most creative cinematic forms. Landmark's Embarcadero Center Cinema One Embarcadero Center, San Francisco Free four-hour validated parking is available after 5:00 pm Monday-Friday and after 10:00 am Saturday & Sunday at any Embarcadero Center parking garage. With validation, reduced rates apply at all other times. Download San Francisco International Animation Festival program (pdf) San Francisco International Animation Festival sponsors and supporters Watch San Francisco International Animation Festival highlights |  |
Kickoff Celebration
SFIAF kicks off with this very special celebration of live music and animation
in a vibrant nightclub environment. American underground avant-garde legend Lawrence Jordan will present live animation and Jacob Ciocci and David Wightman will unveil a variety of media-defying entertainments. Read more...
Wednesday, November 11, 8:00 pm
Mezzanine, 444 Jessie Street
Opening Night Party
Celebrate opening night with filmmakers in attendance. Buy a ticket to either the 7:00 pm or 9:30 pm screening of Wes Anderson’s newest feature Fantastic Mr. Fox and join us either before or after your screening for a the Opening Night party.
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Thursday, November 12, 8:00 pm
Embarcadero Center Two, Promenade Level.
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Wes Anderson (USA 2009)
Wes Anderson applies his brilliantly idiosyncratic sensibility to Roald Dahl’s beloved children’s classic, in which Mr. Fox turns his back on a life of crime. George Clooney brings Mr. Fox to life with nimble character voicing, aided by a heavy-hitting cast. Read more...
Thursday, November 12, 2009, 7:00 pm & 9:30 pm
Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema
SF360 Live: Data In Motion: Information Design and Animation
Visionary information designer Joy Mountford will present a fascinating survey on the different approaches to organizing data using methods of visuality and motion. Read more...
Friday, November 13, 2009, 4:00 pm
The Apple Store, One Stockton Street
The Breakdown
Animation is especially suited to analysis of all sorts. It probes bodies, investigates movement and questions nature. Animation breaks down the world, love and desire. . . and ultimately the unconscious. Read more...
Friday, November 13, 2009, 7:00 pm
Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema
A Town Called Panic
Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar (Panique au village, Belgium/France/Luxembourg 2009)
This delightful film focuses on a town populated by a random assortment of plastic figurines whose daily activities recall children’s illogical narratives in their herky-jerky disjointedness, celebration of the quotidian and profound brilliance. Read more...
Friday, November 13, 2009, 9:00 pm
Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema
Walt Disney’s Alice Comedies
A little girl filmed in live action and placed in a cartoon world—that’s how Walt Disney established his Hollywood studio, producing 56 of these shorts between 1923 and 1927. SFIAF partners with the newly opened Walt Disney Family Museum to present a selection of these charming films. Read more...
Saturday, November 14, 2009, 1:00 pm
Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema
Super Massive Suspension: Nate Boyce vs. Amy Hicks
The animation catalogs of Amy Hicks and Nate Boyce will be on display in this animation throwdown. Hicks and Boyce represent two wildly differing approaches to animation, while retaining an independent ethos of personal creativity that is inspiring and challenging. Read more...
Saturday, November 14, 2009, 3:15 pm
Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema
The Best of Annecy
Annecy is widely regarded as the most important festival for animation in Europe. SFIAF is pleased to once again present a selection of the best shorts to have appeared in Annecy this year. Read more...
Saturday, November 14, 2009, 5:45 pm & Sunday, November 15, 2009, 12:00 noon
Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema
Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai
Mizuho Nishikubo (Miyamoto Musashi: Soken ni haseru yume, Japan 2009)
Quite likely the first anime-style documentary, this wholly unique film by master anime director Mamoru Oshii is set in Japan’s early Edo period during the early 17th century. Read more...
Saturday, November 14, 2009, 7:45 pm
Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema
Play It by Eye
This year’s program of recent animated music videos—always a Festival favorite—mixes established vets including Roboshobo, Sean Pecknold and Joel Trussell with up-and-comers such as Claire Carré and design stalwart Frater. Read more...
Saturday, November 14, 2009, 9:30 pm
Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema
Somewhere Where I Don't Know Where I Am
The spaces we inhabit can be framed in a myriad of ways. These short animated films describe the humor, confusion, anxiety and poignancy of the many places we encounter, often in the most exceptional ways. Read more...
Sunday, November 15, 2009, 1:45 pm
Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema
Metropia
Tarik Saleh (Sweden 2009)
In a bleakly beautiful 2024, call-center drone Roger Olafson (Vincent Gallo) begins hearing a voice inside his head that leads him to step out of his dull routine and into a world of would-be espionage. Read more...
Sunday, November 15, 2009, 3:30 pm
Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema
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