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SF URBAN FILM FEST

Shorts

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    Home is A Hotel

    Todd Sills, Kevin Wong / SFUFF 2016, Shorts / USA / 2016 / 11 mins
    Huan Di and her daughter Jessica live in an 8ft x 10ft room with no kitchen or bathroom. Recent immigrants from China, they navigate a new language and culture while living in Single Room Occupancy Hotels, a vital but fast disappearing housing option for San Francisco's working class.

  2. The Importance of Home

    Priscilla Cohen / SFUFF 2016, Shorts / USA / 2016 / 3 mins
    A film by Wondros, a team of award-winning storytellers, graphic artists, content strategists, and design researchers who are dedicated to building a better world.

    Precedes: Panel Discussion: The New American Dream

  3. Impossible Light

    Jeremy Ambers / SFUFF 2014, Shorts / USA / 2013 / 70 mins
    A full-length documentary about the San Francisco Bay Bridge “Bay Lights” sculpture which was realized in an impossible timeframe of two years.

  4. In the Wake of Ghost Ship

    Jason Blalock / Films, SFUFF 2017, Documentary, Shorts / USA / 2017 / 21 mins
    Last December, Oakland’s Ghost Ship warehouse fire claimed 36 lives, the nation’s deadliest fire in over a decade. It also set off a wave of scrutiny of live/work spaces across the country. Seven miles from Ghost Ship, a legendary punk collective called Burnt Ramen is fighting back against sudden eviction. This short film won the Golden Gate Award for Best Short Film at the 2017 San Francisco International Film Festival.
    Plays In:
    Canary in the Coal Mine: Artists in the City

    SPUR
    November 16, 2017 12:30 pm Ticket Sales are Closed

  5. Janet Delaney/South of Market

    Fay Darmawi, Janet Delaney, Ken Fisher / SFUFF 2016, Shorts / USA / 2016 / 7 mins

  6. Mannahatta

    Joshua Frankel / SFUFF 2015, Shorts / USA / 2012 / 9 mins
    A work-in-progress music video for an Opera about Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs.

  7. The Mural

    Francisco Guijarro / Films, SFUFF 2017, Documentary, Shorts / USA / 2014 / 19 mins
    This film follows the stories of several artists with developmental disabilities working with the non-profit The Arc San Francisco and civic artists from Free Space to paint a wall-sized mural that aims to erase barriers. The film explores the unlimited nature of art and its capacity to express freedom, even for those individuals whose lives seem to be confined to the boundaries of their disabilities.
    Plays In:
    Nurturing the Media Activist Ecosystem of Citizen Journalists, Mainstream Media, and Policy-Makers

    Ninth Street Independent Film Center
    November 15, 2017 6:00 pm Ticket Sales are Closed

  8. No Vacancy

    Abhi Singh / Films, SFUFF 2017, Documentary, Shorts / USA / 2016 / 17 mins
    “No Vacancy” chronicles the experiences of local artists who strive to live in San Francisco while facing economic challenges and threat of eviction. Profiled artists include two who were part of a group of artists recently evicted from the art studio in the “Beast on Bryant” building, now being developed for new housing.
    Plays In:
    Canary in the Coal Mine: Artists in the City

    SPUR
    November 16, 2017 12:30 pm Ticket Sales are Closed

  9. Nomadic Community Gardens

    Ross Harrison / Films, SFUFF 2017, Shorts / London / 2016 / 7 mins
    Nomadic Community Gardens breathe life into disused parts of cities, which become places where nature and community thrive. This short film shows one such project near Brick Lane in East London.
    Plays In:
    “No Man’s Land”: Where Nature and Community Thrive

    Google Community Space
    November 13, 2017 6:00 pm Ticket Sales are Closed

  10. Plan of the City

    Joshua Frankel / SFUFF 2014, Shorts / USA / 2011 / 15 mins
    A classical ensemble blasts around in an urban universe to upbeat tunes. Perhaps the first urban planning music video.