ALL FILM & EVENTS
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5 Blocks
Dan Goldes, Robert Cortlandt / SFUFF 2014, Shorts / USA / WIP / 8 mins
A work-in-progress tracking the radical changes in the five block area of Mid-Market, San Francisco since prior to the recent tech-boom to the present.
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#6261
Kimura Byol - Nathalie Lemoine / SFUFF 2018, Documentary / Canada, Montreal / 2018 / Documentary / 15 mins
The documentary “#6261” proposes an artistic vision of the city of Montreal at the intersection of the hybrid identities of the people who live there. The sense of belonging of eleven Montreal residents who share their local or international immigration experience is enriched by their understanding of elsewhere, others and globalization.
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73 Questions
Leah Nichols / SFUFF 2017, Films, Documentary, Shorts / USA / 2017 / 10 mins
This beautifully hand-drawn animated short film inverts the popular culture trope of celebrity questionnaires and uses it instead to build a soulful profile of a man whom you would never otherwise stop to get to know.
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Al Ghorba
Alia Hijaab / SFUFF 2018, Shorts / 2018 / Documentary / 6 mins
Through a series of dreams, a Syrian woman living far from home tries to deal with being unsettled and displaced from her war-torn country. “Al Ghorba” is an arabic word that can be translated to “the state of being a stranger,” when one is surrounded by strangers and is a stranger to them. This concept is center to the film for it describes one experience moving to a new land that is alienating to you.
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The Angel in the Alley
Hamilton Henson / SFUFF 2018, Shorts / 2017 / 15 mins
After a bag of tapes mysteriously appears at the front door of City Hope, Rev. Paul Trudeau gets to know an eccentric neighbor. This is piece is a “live film”, during which Hamilton Henson, its creator will narrate his film live.
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Another Way of Living: The Story of Reston, VA
Rebekah Weingart-Jabi / SFUFF 2016, Documentary / USA / 2015 / 70 mins
Visionary American planner Robert Simon sets out to build a new kind of suburban community that would integrate citizens across racial, economic, and religious divides. His ambition is realized in Reston, Va.
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Arc of Justice, The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of a Beloved Community
Helen S. Cohen and Mark Lipman / SFUFF 2017, Films, Documentary, Shorts / USA / 2015 / 22 mins
“Arc of Justice” traces the inspiring journey of New Communities and the struggle for racial and economic justice among African Americans in southwest Georgia. Formed in 1969 during the Civil Rights movement, New Communities persevered as the largest black-owned farm in the country despite relentless opposition.
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BETHLEHEM 360°
Jesse Erica Epstein & Andrea Rollefson. Prod. with Scenic VR / 360 Video Documentary, SFUFF 2018 / USA / 2018
Once a booming steel mill in which workers fabricated the materials for the Empire State Building and the Golden Gate Bridge, the sprawling Bethlehem Plant has since been converted into a casino. This poetic exploration of a changing city confronts the past and future of the American workforce.Plays In:
RESCHEDULED The Stories We Will Tell: Interactive Media and Placemaking
SOMArts
February 1, 2019 7:00 pm
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Blade Runner
Ridley Scott / Narrative, SFUFF 2015 / USA / 1982 / 117 mins
This 1982 Neo Noir Dystopian Classic depicts a world (set in 2019 LA) where a young Harrison Ford is tasked with chasing down and destroying escaped “replicants” – Humanoid Clones created as slaves, with no rights, and strictly forbidden from existing on the homeworld – Earth.
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Bonobo
Zoel Aeschbacher / SFUFF 2018, Narrative, Shorts / Switzerland / 2018 / 18 mins
When the elevator of their public housing breaks down, the fates of Felix, a disabled pensioner, Ana, a single mother struggling with her move and Seydou, a young man passionate about dance, intertwine towards an explosive ending where their limits will be tested.
