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SF URBAN FILM FEST 2018

Shorts


  1. The Ride

    Jeff Adachi / SFUFF 2017, Films, Shorts / USA / 2017 / Documentary / 15 mins
    Take an up close and personal ride inside criminal injustice system with one of the nation’s few elected public defenders, City of San Francisco’s Public Defender, Jeff Adachi. Adachi defends a young African American man who is charged with assaulting police officers after being falsely accused of a crime in a case with racial overtones. In this era of mass incarceration, police shootings of young African American men, and implicit bias in policing, what are the consequences for those who question police authority?

  2. Rise Up

    Marley Nelson / Student, SFUFF 2018, Shorts / USA / 2017 / 2 mins
    A look at a young woman's experience with activism and leadership.
    Plays In:
    RESCHEDULED Coming Up: Youth Empowerment

    xSpace at Youth Art Exchange
    February 2, 2019 4:00 pm


  3. Saving The City

    Ron Blatman / SFUFF 2014, Shorts / USA / WIP / 20 mins
    A work-in-progress which includes a segment comparing two neighborhoods designed from scratch - Mission Bay in San Francisco and a similar neighborhood in Vancouver, Canada.

  4. Snow Mountain

    Ed Ntiri / SFUFF 2018, Shorts / USA / 2018 / 7 mins
    A mother uses her imagination to get her son to fall asleep in their tent on the streets of Oakland.
    Plays In:
    Warm Souls, Cold World

    City Hope SF
    November 16, 2018 7:00 pm


  5. Souvenirs

    Andre Margerìn / Shorts, SFUFF 2015 / USA / 2013 / 9 mins
    Souvenirs explores the philosophy and controversy that surround the thrill-seeking practice of urban exploration in Manchester, England.

  6. Stylish Spokes

    Greg Miller / SFUFF 2017, Films, Shorts / USA / 2017 / 4 mins
    Biking and beautiful shoes are not incompatible although many think they are. Stylish spokes illustrates to women that you don’t have to wear gym clothes to ride a bicycle.

  7. The Cerebral City

    John Moody / Shorts, SFUFF 2015 / USA / 2015 / 11 mins
    An exploration of our urban spaces and the individual, this short film translates a woman’s discovery of Melbourne’s quirky public spaces in the alleys of Melbourne, through the narration of a designer who helped transform Melbourne into the city it is today.

  8. This is February

    Lilit Barsagyahan and Sherissa Go / SFUFF 2018, Shorts / USA / 3 mins
    Plays In:
    RESCHEDULED Coming Up: Youth Empowerment

    xSpace at Youth Art Exchange
    February 2, 2019 4:00 pm


  9. This Night, Who is Gonna Cry For You

    Dolissa Medina / SFUFF 2017, Films, Documentary, Shorts / USA / 2014 / 5 mins
    A tribute video to the Mission District's now-closed Esta Noche nightclub, the last Latino gay bar in San Francisco

  10. TransForm: GreenTRIP Connect

    Ann Cheng / SFUFF 2016, Shorts / USA / 2016 / 4 mins
    Connect helps you instantly calculate how smart location, affordable homes and traffic reduction strategies can reduce driving and greenhouse gas emissions from residential development. It also calculates how much money and space can be saved from right-sized parking.