ALL FILM & EVENTS
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Hollamby’s Hill
Joe Gilbert / SFUFF 2018, Shorts / London / 2016 / Documentary / 6 mins
Tucked away in South East London is Central Hill housing estate, designed by Edward Hollamby. Like the majority of council housing in London, the estate is under threat by private developers set on demolition and promising 'regeneration'.
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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.
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Hotel 22
Elizabeth Lo / SFUFF 2018, Documentary, Shorts / USA / 2015 / 8 mins
Each night in Silicon Valley, the Line 22 transforms from a public bus into an unofficial shelter for the homeless. This short documentary which premiered at Sundance 2015 captures one dramatic night on the Hotel 22 bus.
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Iceberg – Perestello 3.0
orizzontale / SFUFF 2018, Shorts / Italy / 2017 / 6 mins
What's make a urban free space a square? The video made by the Roman architecture studio Orizzontale begins with a problem of identification: how should we call the square in Marranella area that nobody - nor the City nor other institutions, bothered to name? Screening will be in collaboration with Architectural Player.
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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.
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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.
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In the Wake of Ghost Ship
Jason Blalock / SFUFF 2017, Films, 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.
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Janet Delaney/South of Market
Fay Darmawi, Janet Delaney, Ken Fisher / SFUFF 2016, Shorts / USA / 2016 / 7 mins
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Kedi
Ceyda Torun / Featured Programs, SFUFF 2017, Films, Documentary, Shorts / Istanbul / 2016 / 79 mins
Hundreds of thousands of Turkish cats roam the metropolis of Istanbul freely, wandering in and out of people’s lives, claiming no owners, and living between two worlds, neither wild nor tame. The cats are the mirrors to the people, allowing them to reflect on their lives in ways nothing else could. Critics and internet cats agree — this cat documentary will charm its way into your heart and home as you fall in love with the cats in Istanbul.
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La Haine
Mathieu Kassovitz / Narrative, SFUFF 2015 / France / 1996 / 98 mins
A French film with English subtitles, "La Haine" translates to "Hate". This impactful narrative, starring Vincent Cassel of Ocean's 12 & Ocean's 13, takes us on a gritty, unsettling, and visually explosive look at the racial and cultural volatility in 90’s France. The film's backdrop of Banlieue districts on the outskirts of Paris offers a gold mine of urban planning problems.
