ALL FILM & EVENTS
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Brooklyn Farmer
Michael Tyburski / SFUFF 2017, Films / USA / 2015 / 27 mins
“Brooklyn Farmer” explores the unique challenges facing Brooklyn Grange, a group of urban farmers who endeavor to run a commercially viable farm across the rooftops of New York City. As their growing operation expands to a second roof, the team confronts the realities inherent in operating the world’s largest rooftop farm in one of the world's biggest cities.
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Buchanan Mall
Sophie Constantinou / SFUFF 2016, Shorts / USA / 2016 / 11 mins
Buchanan Mall is five consecutive blocks of underutilized public parkland in the Western Addition neighborhood from Grove to Eddy Street. The 7,000 low-income, predominantly African-American residents who live adjacent to Buchanan Mall, face acute challenges: recent, rapid gentrification, longstanding patterns of discrimination and turf conflict, an exodus of employed adults, and decades-long cycles of displacement, unemployment, and mass incarceration. Buchanan Mall, at the center of this neighborhood, has become a nexus of violence and a place pervaded by fear.
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Build The Lot
Russell Blanchard / SFUFF 2017, Films / USA / 2017 / Documentary / 3 mins
The Director of “The Lot” film Russell Blanchard working together with the community to improve an actual vacant lot into a children’s play area.
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City of Sparkles
Yang Liu & Botao Hu / Virtual Reality / USA
City of Sparkles is a virtual reality experience of New York City, portrayed through a snapshot of authentic geo-located twitter messages. Through this city built of tweets, the audience can explore the emotional map of city dwellers living online.Plays In:
RESCHEDULED The Stories We Will Tell: Interactive Media and Placemaking
SOMArts
February 1, 2019 7:00 pm
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City Surf Project
Oscar Guerra / SFUFF 2018, Shorts / USA / 2018 / 10 mins
A local Bay Area group teach surfing to kids who may not otherwise have resources or access.Plays In:
Sports In The City – For Economy or Community?
Roxie Theater
November 14, 2018 6:30 pm Tickets Available at Door
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Columbus Discovers Air Pollution
Zelda Zivny, Charlie Millenbah, Milo Wetherall / SFUFF 2016, Shorts / USA / 5 mins
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Concrete Canvas
Gema Ceron & Nicole Rivera / Student, SFUFF 2018, Documentary, Shorts / USA / 2016 / Documentary / 6 mins
Public art is integral to the empowerment of urban communities. Artists and city servants come together to explore how urban art grants agency to the disenfranchised.Plays In:
Street Art as Political Currency
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Public Knowledge Annex
November 15, 2018 6:00 pm
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Connection
Alisa Pashkova / Student, SFUFF 2018, Documentary, Shorts / China / 2018 / 11 mins
Connection is a documentary about the close connection between people’s heart and bridges in the city. It highlights the cultural gap between older generation and new generation which by focusing on the relationship between bridges and urban development. The film encourages people to enjoy the rapid development of modern cities, and at the same time to pay attention to the construction of spiritual bridges.
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Crisanto Street
Paloma Martinez / SFUFF 2018, Shorts / USA / 2017 / 11 mins
In the shadow of Silicon Valley, a hidden community thrives despite difficult circumstances. For one resident, eight-year-old Geovany Cesario, impending change is bittersweet. Directed, Produced and Edited by Paloma Martinez Best Short Documentary- San Francisco International Film Festival 2018
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The Dream Kontinues
Pendarvis Harshaw / SFUFF 2018, Documentary, Shorts / USA / 2014 / Documentary / 20 mins
Oakland filmmaker Pendarvis Harshaw unfurls the mystery of the prolific muralist whose work is tagged "The Dream" and profiles other members of the "TDK" collective.Plays In:
Street Art as Political Currency
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Public Knowledge Annex
November 15, 2018 6:00 pm
