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SUMMARY:KUPAL
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for KUPAL at Roxie Sat Feb 3\, 7p HERE\nTICKETS for KUPAL at Roxie  Sun Feb 4\, 2p HERE\n  \nDrector Kazem Mollaie – 2017 The Islamic Republic of Iran 81 min Bay Area Premiere – Drama / Middle Eastern \n  \nDr. Ahmad Kupal is a 50-year-old hunter and taxidermist living on the outskirts of Tehran\, Iran. Recently\, his wife Firoozeh has left him because of his excessive hunting\, his numerous taxidermy animals that fill the house\, and most importantly his extreme love for his dog Haiku. Firoozeh will only come back on one condition: that Kupal takes Haiku and all the taxidermy animals out of the house.  \nJust moments before the New Year and having to decide between his wife or his dog\, Kupal and his dog get trapped in his huge basement taxidermy workshop that has a newly installed steel burglarproof door. 
For days\, he struggles with death in a very harsh and unimaginable situation and is forced to battle thirst and hunger in his own special way to survive. – Jennifer Junkyard Morris \nE
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/kupal-2/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK: THE ADAPTATION
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for RAIDERS: ADAPTATION at 518 Val Sun Feb 4\, 1p HERE\n  \nDirector Eric Zala – 1982-1989 USA 100 min – IndieFest 2005 program note: \n  \nIndieFest is delighted to host this extremely rare presentation of the semi legendary shot-for-shot re-creation of Raiders of the Lost Ark made by three 12 year-olds in Mississippi. \nEric Zala\, Jayson Lamb and Chris Strompolos started shooting in 1982 – and didn’t have a clue what they were getting themselves into. Their production wrapped in 1989\, and was shelved and forgotten until 2003 when Eli Roth (Cabin Fever) screened a bootleg copy in the middle of the night at Austin’s legendary Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. The rest is history. \nTheir ingenuity is astonishing: watch for the rolling boulder\, a submarine\, live snakes\, the heart-thudding truck sequence\, the melting face\, the same copy of a 1936 Life magazine that was used in the original\, and everywhere flames\, flames and more flames. They did a few inventive substitutions: puppy for monkey\, boat for plane – but they got a submarine! What makes it more amazing is that there was no reference copy of the original for the kids to watch. Eventually\, they (mysteriously) obtained an audiotape of the film recorded in a theater and worked from that. I love these guys! \nA feature film based on their childhood is now in production with Dan (Ghost World) Clowes penning the script\, which resulted in Producer Scott Rudin buying the intellectual property rights to their childhood. How weird would that be? – Bruce Fletcher\, SF IndieFest \n\n  \n\n\nABOUT INDIEFEST Year Seven \nDATES: Feb 3-15\, 2005 \nVenues: Castro\, Roxie\, Women’s Building\, Ego Park Gallery \nFeatures: 35  Shorts: 58  Parties: 7  Bands: 3 Total Films: 93  Total Films To Date: 508.  \nWith: Jeff Ross\, Bruce Fletcher\, Tod Booth\, Alicia Perre-Dowd\, Nina Ramos\, Michelle Lee\, Fay Dearborn\, Catherine Fougere\, Mike Skurko\, Karen Larsen \nSponsors: Bay Guardian\, Women’s Building\, Adolph Gasser\, Complex Corp\, sfstation.com\, Dolby\, Rainbow Grocery\, Lost Weekend Video\, Monacco\, Herring and Grey Design\, KQED\, KUSF\, KALX\, Pirate Cat Radio\, 960AM The Quake\, Phoenix Hotel\, Hotel Bijou\, Makers Mark\, Sierra Nevada\, Johnny Love Vodka \nNOTES: First sell out of the Castro Theater\, but 2/3 of the audience is too depressed to go to the after party at the Swedish Hall and Asia Argento stiffed us on a ticket from Rome. Program guide cover art wins a bunch of design awards. Lebowski party moved from a bowling alley to a gallery and becomes more of a party than a bowling night.
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-the-adaptation/
LOCATION:518 Valencia Gallery\, 518 Valencia St\, San Francisco\, 94110
CATEGORIES:20 Year Retrospective,Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:KABOOM
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for KABOOM at 518 Val Sat Feb 3\, 930p HERE\n  \nDirector Gregg Araki – 2011 USA 86 min – IndieFest 2011 program note: \n  \nKaboom is a wild and sex-drenched horror-comedy thriller that tells the story of Smith (Thomas Dekker)\, and ambisexual 18-year-old college freshman who stumbles upon a monstrous conspiracy in a seemingly idyllic Southern California seaside town. Gregg Araki (Mysterious Skin\, Doom Generation) continues where he left off in the hysterically funny Smiley Face with the equally delightful Kaboom\, a sort of Clueless-on-acid where late period John Waters meets Bret Easton Ellis. – Kier-la Janisse\, SF IndieFest \n \n  \n  \n\n\nABOUT INDIEFEST Lucky Year Thirteen \nDATES: Feb 3-17\, 2011 \nVenues: Film: Roxie\, Music: Cellspace \nFeatures: 33  Shorts: 43  Parties: 5  Bands: 46 Total Films: 76  Total Films To Date: 1046.  \nWith: Jeff Ross\, Kier-la Janisse\, Holly Roach\, Fay Dearborn\, Anna Feder\, Kevin Monahan\, Laura Costantino\, Romany\, Peps X\, Tia Mignonne\, Caitlin Curtin\, Karen Larse\, David Johnson\, R Black\, studio1500 \nSponsors: Radio Alice\, Black Star\, Blue Angel\, Grants for the Arts\, FLAG Marketing\, Hostelling International\, Live 105\, Makers Mark\, Other Avenues\, Phoenix Hotel\, sfstation.com\, Shiner Bock\, Trumer Pils\, studio1500 \nNOTES: Second Year of adding a music fest\, this time DURING the film fest. First year of the so-much-fun Anti-Valentine’s Day 80s Power Ballad Sing A Long. Also\, first year of the so-hilarious SuperBowl: Men in Tights show.
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/kaboom/
LOCATION:518 Valencia Gallery\, 518 Valencia St\, San Francisco\, 94110
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SUMMARY:TOP KNOT DETECTIVE
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for TOP KNOT DETECTIVE at Roxie Sat Feb 3\, 915p HERE\n  \nDirector Aaron McCann & Dominic Pearce – 2017 Australia 87 min – Mockumentary/Comedy  \n  \nA behind the scenes peak at the greatest television Samurai Drama no one knows and its enigmatic and tragically lost star\, Takashi Takamoto. Robots\, Product Placement\, and island-sized egos fill this series seen just briefly in Australia and finally memorialized in a way befitting its utter lack of success. \nUnlike Christopher Guest films\, there is a thread that runs through TOP KNOT DETECTIVE that feels like it could be true\, or at least\, would be believed if someone tried to pass it off as true. Much like Peter Jackson’s FORGOTTEN SILVER\, McCann & Perce have invented a full mythology of a lost television show\, interviewing the talent and creators. As the film propels through its absurd history\, the details of the show and its narcissistic star become less and less plausible\, but by then\, you’ve already fallen victim to the credibility of craft of the mockumentarians. –Bears Fonte \n\n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/top-knot-detective/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:BLACK CAT
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for BLACK CAT at Roxie Sat Feb 3\, 915p HERE\nTICKETS for BLACK CAT at Roxie Mon Feb 5\, 915p HERE\n  \nDirector Peter Pardini – 2017 USA 85 min Bay Area Premiere – Mockumentary   \n  \nBlack Cat is a satire on true crime documentaries gone wild.  When a near-decade old murder case involving a movie star threatens to reopen\, childlike adult Duke Moody decides to make a documentary\, financed by his mother.  Take a comedic thrill ride following a cast of zany characters\, twists and turns and cold-blooded murder. – Chris Metzler
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/black-cat/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:SORE LOSERS
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for SORE LOSERS at 518 Val Sat Feb 3\, 730p HERE\n  \nDirector John Michael McCarthy – 1997 USA 90 min – IndieFest 1999 program note: \n  \nThe winner of Video Eyeball Magazine’s “Best Drive in Movie Award” this is the ultimate in comic magazine delicatessen for fans of punk\, horror and sci fi. Featuring the ’50s hoodlum Blackie (Jack Oblivian)\, his fortean friend Mike (Mike Maker)\, sado-masochist ex-con Kerine (Kerine Elkins)\, her decomposing mother and the strapping motorcycle fairie girl Goliatha (D’Lana Tunnell of Teenage Tupolo)\, the characterrrs have got to be seen to be believed. Blackie\, an escapee from Lo-Fi frequency limbo\, is on a redemptive mission set by The Elder (sexpolitation pioneer David F. Friedman) to complete a beatnik/hippy killing spree started in the ’50s. All is well until he defaults when accomplice Kerine shoots one victim (her mother) over the allotted head count of twelve and the Men in Black (Tokyo punks Guitar Wolf) arrive to finish the job. Mayhem unsues through numerous car confrontations\, hippie splatterings\, a rompous electocution scene and fine editing. Plastic\, pulp\, leather and a bit of meat make this gory dish a raunchy treat. – Marlene Friis\, SF IndieFest \n \n  \n  \n\n\nABOUT INDIEFEST Year One \nDATES: Jan 7-10\, 1999 \nVenues: Victoria and Roxie Theaters \nFeatures: 17  Shorts: 1  Parties: 3  Bands: 3 Total Films: 18  Total Films To Date: 18.  \nWith: Jeff Ross\, Marisa Pearl\, Becky Mertens\, Jane Pavis\, Dan Rodenburg\, Ninfa Dawson\, Lynn Coakley\, Rick Rayman\, Joanne Parsont\, Jennifer Schwartz\, Kathleen Mullen\, Paul Rowley\, Doug Jones \nSponsors: Tower Records\, Lost Weekend Video\, Bay Guardian\, Rainbow Grocery\, Travelodge\, sfstation.com \nNOTES: IndieFest launches the careers of Jennifer Garner (opening night film 1999 was her first role in a feature) and Luke Wilson (who\, along with Alicia Witt\, starred in fest selection Bongwater). Only one of the two 35mm cans arrive for the screening of 1999 (the maker only labeled one of them!) and we have to show the very first film of the festival on VHS. Against all expectations\, 3000 people attend the festival (funded like many of its films by Jeff Ross’ credit cards) and an institution is born.
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/sore-losers/
LOCATION:518 Valencia Gallery\, 518 Valencia St\, San Francisco\, 94110
CATEGORIES:20 Year Retrospective,Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:KUPAL
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for KUPAL at Roxie Sat Feb 3\, 7p HERE\nTICKETS for KUPAL at Roxie  Sun Feb 4\, 2p HERE\n  \nDrector Kazem Mollaie – 2017 The Islamic Republic of Iran 81 min Bay Area Premiere – Drama / Middle Eastern \n  \nDr. Ahmad Kupal is a 50-year-old hunter and taxidermist living on the outskirts of Tehran\, Iran. Recently\, his wife Firoozeh has left him because of his excessive hunting\, his numerous taxidermy animals that fill the house\, and most importantly his extreme love for his dog Haiku. Firoozeh will only come back on one condition: that Kupal takes Haiku and all the taxidermy animals out of the house.  \nJust moments before the New Year and having to decide between his wife or his dog\, Kupal and his dog get trapped in his huge basement taxidermy workshop that has a newly installed steel burglarproof door. 
For days\, he struggles with death in a very harsh and unimaginable situation and is forced to battle thirst and hunger in his own special way to survive. – Jennifer Junkyard Morris \n\n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/kupal/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:MOVING PARTS
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for MOVING PARTS at Roxie Sat Feb 3\, 7p HERE\nTICKETS for MOVING PARTS at Roxie Sat Mon Feb 5 7p HERE\n  \nDirector Emilie Upczak – 2017 Trinidad and Tobago 77 min West Coast Premiere – Drama/Narrative  \n  \nThis quietly gripping drama puts a fresh spin on the subject of human trafficking by introducing us to a young Chinese woman smuggled into Trinidad and Tobago. After the death of her father\, Zhenzhen hires a smuggler to take her to the Caribbean island where her brother\, Wei\, works in construction. Wei gets her a job at a restaurant\, but when the smuggler demands more cash\, the delicate beauty is forced into a compromising position. Help comes unexpectedly from Evelyn\, who runs an art gallery in the neighborhood—but the contrast between the dark rooms above the restaurant and the blindingly white gallery calls everyone’s innocence into question. – Chris Metzler \nCO-PRESENTED BY THE CENTER FOR ASIAN AMERICAN MEDIA \n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/moving-parts/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:VIVA
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for VIVA at 518 Val Sat Feb 3\, 5p HERE\n  \nDirector Anna Biller – 2007 USA 120 – IndieFest 2007 program note: \n\n“I am reworking old sexploitation movies from the 60s and early 70s from a woman’s point of view. Vintage sexploitation films interest me because they revolve around fantasies of a woman’s power over the male\, her beauty\, her desirability\, her sex appeal.” – Writer/Director/Star Anna Biller \n“Viva” is a cult freak-out retro 1970s spectacle\, about a bored housewife who gets sucked into the sexual revolution. Abandoned by her Ken-doll husband\, Barbi is dragged into trouble by her girlfriend\, who spouts women’s lib as she gets Barbi to discard her bra and go out on the town. \nBiller’s highly stylized film draws on classic exploitation cinema for its look and characters—right down to the campy and self-assured performances\, the big lighting\, the plethora of negligées\, and the delirious assortment of Salvation Army ashtrays\, fabrics\, and bric-a-brac. Whether you’re looking for alcoholic swingers\, stylish sex scenes\, a sea of polyester\, Hammond organ jams\, glitzy show numbers\, white horses\, blondes in the bathtub\, gay hairdressers\, or psychedelic animation\, “Viva” has it all! \nWith an absurd sense of humor that lets it all hang out\, “Viva” is a sumptuously visual commentary on the icons of the Playboy-era sexual revolution and its symbols\, and a tribute to the best of exploitation cinema\, from Herschell Gordon Lewis’ “Suburban Roulette” to Radley Metzger’s “Camille 2000.” – Bruce Fletcher\, SF IndieFest \n \n  \n\n\nABOUT INDIEFEST Year Nine \nDates: Feb 8-20\, 2007 \nVenues: Castro\, Roxie\, Victoria\, California Theaters \nFeatures: 33  Shorts: 53  Parties: 4  Bands: 3 Total Films: 86  Total Films To Date: 702.  \nWith: Jeff Ross\, Bruce Fletcher\, Stacey Wisnia\, Anita Monga\, Caitlin Curtin\, Alicia Perre-Dowd\, Joanne Parsont\, Babalou\, Robert Archambault\, Fay Dearborn\, Dan Verel\, Catherine Fougere\, Darren McKeenan\, Karen Larsen \nSponsors: KRON\, imeem.com\, Bay Guardian\, Guba\, Grapeflix\, cTwo Hotels\, sfstation.com\, 960AM The Quake\, Live 105\, Alice Radio\, KUSF\, Rainbow Grocery\, Yelp\, Borderlands Books\, Brunos\, Complex Corp\, Cosmic Hex\, Copyworld\, Film Arts Foundation\, Adolph Gassers\, Johnny Love Vodka\, Makers Mark\, Kink.com\, Level Vodka\, Lost Weekend Video\, Red Hook\, Sauza\, SF360\, sfist. \nNOTES: David Lynch’s Inland Empire sells out the Castro opening night and the party at the Porn Palace was one of the best we’d ever thrown: Adrian & Mysterious D (from Bootie) DJing in the back. Pancake Playhouse setting up shop in the front. Whiskey and vodka flowing. Peter from Kink kept putting animated octopus porn on screen. The space was mind blowing. Great night. Sadly\, this ended up being Bruce’s last year with IndieFest. But it was our first year doing Roller Disco at the Women’s Building which lasted for a nice long run. This was our first year presenting all shows in proper movie theaters! Oh\, and the after party the guys from Rolling threw was pretty great too\, and in theme!
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/viva/
LOCATION:518 Valencia Gallery\, 518 Valencia St\, San Francisco\, 94110
CATEGORIES:20 Year Retrospective,Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:Shorts 2: An Animated World
DESCRIPTION:Shorts 2: An Animated World showcases a wide variety of animation from around the world. \nTICKETS for SHORTS 2 at Roxie Feb 3\, 430p HERE\nTICKETS for SHORTS 2 at Roxie Feb 6\, 7p HERE\n  \n  \nFramed \nMarco Jemolo\, Italy\, 7 min \nFRAMED is a noir animated short-film\, which explores the sensitive subject of alienation in society. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nThe Realm of Deepest Knowing \nSeung Hee Kim\, Korea\, 4 min \nOne digs beneath the surface of the other to reach the deepest place of his heart during struggles. It lightens up the darkness. They fulfill one another within the sense of oneness. \n  \n  \nWhen Comes the Rain \nBrian Giovanni\, USA\, 2 min \nThe local birdbath is empty\, and the hot sun won’t let up. An ambitious bird gathers his flock to bring the rain down upon them. But how far will he go to get what he wants? \n  \n  \n  \n  \nHomegrown \nQuentin Haberham\, UK\, 9 min \nFrancis raises his son Kip in isolation. When the boy outgrows his father’s protective confines\, Francis learns that what is right for himself may not be best for his son. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nStillpoint \nBenjamin Ridgway\, USA\, 2 min \nAn elusive point of stillness in a shifting and expanding world. \n  \n  \n  \nOh My… \nTim Ballard\, USA\, 3 min \nA post-apocalyptic dream journey and promise of rebirth through imagination. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSpace Butthole \nDavid Chai\, USA\, 8 min \nIn the annals of mankind\, we will realize that humans have been mistreating Mother Nature for far too long. It was only a matter of time before the universe blasted back. Please join us in experiencing a warning from the deepest bowels of the galaxy. Can humanity squeeze out a solution before it goes to pot? Don’t stall to find out! \n  \n  \n  \n  \nYellow and Red Make Orange \nJay Hollinsworth\, USA\, 5 min \nAn illegal prairie cockfight is the setting for an autobiographical reminiscence about the struggle to find place and peace in the rural west of the 1970’s. Yellow and Red Make Orange exists as the emotional memory of a childhood spent contending with men created and shaped by the frontier myth. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nThe Servant \nFarnoosh Abedi\, Iran\, 9 min \nA bug became servant\,servant became master  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nCeci N’est Pas une Animation \nFederico Kempke\, Canada\, 5 min \nA group of pretentious animators are followed through the process of creating the “ultimate animated film”. But do they really have the skills to back up their claims? \n  \n  \n  \nMeeting MacGuffin \nCatya Plate\, USA\, 10 min \nIn a post-apocalyptic future where humanity has fallen apart\, a group of scientists and an animated sign complete the construction of a new human race and meet a groundhog climatologist who prepares them for their mission to restore balance to the decimated Earth. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nCITIPATI \nAndreas Feix\, Germany\, 7 min \nAfter being subjected to a cataclysmic meteorite impact\, a small dinosaur attempts to battle the horrific aftermath both physically & psychologically. A tale about life\, death & rebirth\, told from a unique\, prehistoric perspective. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nThe Alligator Hunter \nKyle V. James\, USA\, 4 min \nAfter losing his wife in a traumatic attack\, an elderly hunter seeks revenge on the culprit: a massive albino alligator. Months of waiting for the creature to resurface turns his grief into a desperate obsession. However\, when the hunter finally has the chance to kill the alligator and obtain catharsis\, he feels an unexpected bond. In the monster’s eyes\, he sees his wife looking back. Reunited with his love\, the hunter decides to leave the safety of his boat and swim with the alligator. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nFreedom \nKathrin Steinbacher\, UK\, 3 min \nStriving for a professional skiing career means you are going to be subjected to great pressure. The main character\, is struggling to find his place in the world after giving up his career as a potential professional skier. This animated documentary explores how high expectations can lead to frustration and anxiety. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSeine’s Breath \nBethanie Montano\, Australia\, 3 min \nThe face of an unknown young woman influences history after her death. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/shorts-2-an-animated-world/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Shorts Program
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SUMMARY:THE S WORD
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for THE S WORD at Roxie Sat Feb 3\, 430p HERE\nTICKETS for THE S WORD at Roxie Tue Feb 6\, 7p HERE\n  \nDirector Lisa J. Klein – 2017 USA 93 min Bay Area Premiere – Documentary \n\nThis powerful documentary explores one of the most feared and misunderstood topics in the human experience – suicide.  Putting a human face to the subject\, the film shares the stories of those with lived experience – people who have attempted to take their own lives and survived to tell their stories.  Capturing personal revelations and surprising moments of humor\, The S Word opens a door on this most taboo of subjects through the eyes of the people who have been there and are now committed to preventing others from getting to that edge. –  Chris Metzler
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/the-s-word/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Documentary
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SUMMARY:THE ROAD TO NOD
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for THE ROAD TO NOD at 518 Val Sat Feb 3\, 3p HERE\n  \nDirector M.A. Littler – 2007 Germany 88 min – IndieFest 2008 program note: \n  \nAptly described as a “Film Noir Road Movie\,” writer/director M.A. Littler’s The Road to Nod is a bibiclly-fueledcrime outing marked by stirring performances and breathtaking black and white cnematography. Former Dead Brothers multi-intrumnetalist Delaney Davidson is a revelation as Parrish\, the recently-released ex-con whose plans to return to the business are twarted by a gang-war that has seen a shift in power since his incarceration. After witnessing the execution of his former boss and mentor (played by legendary one-man band Reverend Beat-Man)\, Parrish finds himself on the run\, and the road ahead carries myriad enemies and suspicious accomplices. His only chance seems to be self-imposed exile – escape to the farthest reacahes of civilization where here can be obliterated amidst the waves and mountains. \nThe Road to Nod is a beautifully-lensed reflection on the space between people\, and also has shades of Jim Jarmusch’s Stranger Than Paradise with more blatant despair. The film is rife with killer performances from underground cult figures – poet/photographer/filmmaker Miron Zownir\, Valentina Violette (a pivotal figure in the mid-90s Burlesque revival) and musicians Mischa de haring (T-99)\, Pierre Ohmer and Alain Croubalian (The Dead Brothers)\, amongst others. Most of director M.A. Littler’s work focuses on the Swiss Primitive Rock N Roll movement founded by Beat-Man in the late 90s\, and these musicians play a key role in the film’s striking soundtrack\, which is punctuated by a raw Eastern European swamp-rock inspired by gypsy polka\, funeral dirges and Hasil Adams. \nThough his indie production company Slowboat Films has been in existence since 1999\, it’s only in the last few years that M.A. Littler starting branching out into features\, and his output (Voodo Rhythm; Death Is Not The End; Radical Man; the upcoming The Folksinger) is prolific and increasingly impressive. He is certainly a talent to watch. – Kier-la Janisse\, SF IndieFest \n \n\n\nABOUT INDIEFEST Year Ten \nDates: Feb 7-20\, 2008 \nVenues: Castro\, Roxie\, Victoria \nFeatures: 34  Shorts: 58  Parties: 5  Bands: 3 Total Films: 92  Total Films To Date: 794.  \nWith: Jeff Ross\, Joanne Parsont\, Anita Monga\, Kier-la Janisse\, George Kaskanlian\, Eric Ringer\, Caitlin Curtin\, Catherine Fougere\, Karen Larsen\, Romany\, Fay Dearborn\, Dan Verel\, Sara Sherman\, Joseph Hren \nSponsors: Bay Guardian\, KRON\, cTwo Hotels\, OurStage\, Grants for the Arts\, Redhook\, IndiePix\, Saaga Vodka\, Alice Radio\, PsPrint\, Live 105\, Crossroads Trading Co\, sfstation.com\, Complex Corp\, Lost Weekend Video\, Monaco\, KQED\, Adolph Gasser\, Level Vodka\, Hacienda Tequila\, Makers Mark \nNOTES: Film Fest vets Joanne Parsont\, Anita Monga program the fest and we recruit underground cinema luminary Kier-la Janisse to “find the weird.” The annual Roller Disco and Lebowski parties start getting huge. Oh and we had a mechanical bull at the Opening Night party. This is also the last year we rent the Castro for opening night. And the year we get into a fight with a distributor over our midnight screening of Paranormal Activity\, one week after it sold for big bucks at Slamdance. They insisted we cancel the show. We showed it anyway\, of course. And our audience got to see the filmmaker’s original ending before the studio changed it for it’s wide release. This was not our first (or last) fight with a Hollywood studio.
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/the-road-to-nod/
LOCATION:518 Valencia Gallery\, 518 Valencia St\, San Francisco\, 94110
CATEGORIES:20 Year Retrospective,Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:Shorts 1: What You Don't Know About Me
DESCRIPTION:Shorts 1: What You Don’t Know About Me: Dramatic Narrative Shorts  \nTop-notch dialogue distinguishes these stories about the difficulty of being understood. Contains some violence. \nTICKETS for SHORTS 1 at Roxie Feb 3\, 2p HERE\nTICKETS for SHORTS 1 at Roxie Feb 5\, 7p HERE\n  \nTwenty Minutes \nGabriel Wilson\, USA\, 12 min \nEric\, a thirty-year-old man with Asperger’s Syndrome\, prepares to move to an apartment twenty minutes away from his family home. Encouraged by the community around him\, Eric feels ready\, until loneliness sets in and he is left alone to battle his anxieties. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nTwo Strangers Who Meet Five Times \nMarcus Markou\, UK\, 13 min \nTwo strangers meet at five key turning points over the duration of their lives. Initial conflict gives way to compassion and eventual friendship. \n  \n  \n  \n \nCounterfeit Kunkoo \nReema Sengupta\, India\, 15 min \nEscaping an abusive marriage\, Smita must find herself a house to rent in Mumbai. She is hard-working\, honest and respectful–the ideal tenant—except for one glaring flaw: She is a middle-class Indian woman without a husband. \n  \n \n  \nNew Neighbors \nE.G. Bailey\, USA\, 10 min \nWhen a mother and her two sons move to a new\, mostly white neighborhood\, she is determined to keep her family safe\, even if it means knocking on every door in town. A resourceful and unique approach to the Black Lives Matter dialogue. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \nSeven Minutes to Closing \nApril Abeyta\, USA\, 15 min \nTwo strangers connect in the final minutes before an asteroid impacts and destroys earth. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nOutlines \nEllie Rogers\, UK\, 16 min \nA teenage girl\, Sarah\, returns to her father’s apartment earlier than expected\, only to come face-to-face with his hired escort. In the moments that follow\, distrust and prejudice give way to understanding\, and maybe even friendship. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/shorts-1-what-you-dont-know-about-me/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Shorts Program
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SUMMARY:FAR WESTERN
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for FAR WESTERN at Roxie Sat Feb 3\, 2p HERE\nTICKETS for FAR WESTERN at Roxie Thu Feb 8\, 7p HERE\n  \nDirector James D. Payne – 2017 Japan 93 min California Premiere – Music/Documentary  \n  \nAmid the ashes of post-WWII Japan\, the bittersweet sounds of American traditional country music drifted through the radio airwaves. Although intended for the U.S. occupying forces\, a vast ‘ghost audience’ of young Japanese quickly warmed to the soothing\, yet foreign\, sounds.  \nSince falling in love with the music in the 1950’s\, Charlie Nagatani has lived to play and spread country music throughout Japan. From his hometown of Kumamoto in southern Japan\, Charlie operates a family-run honky tonk named Good Time Charlie’s and is the promoter of the largest country music festival in Japan\, Country Gold.   \nFar Western illuminates this lost chapter of music as the musicians’ journey from Japan to the heart of American music culture. Over seventy years later this American music tradition has been transformed into something distinctly Japanese. – Chris Metzler \n\n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/far-western/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Documentary
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SUMMARY:EXISTO: The Forbidden Movie
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for EXISTO at 518 Val Sat Feb 3\, 1p HERE\n  \nDirector Coke Sams – 1999 USA 94 min – IndieFest 2000 program note: \nThe future: Jesse Helms and Bob Dornan are revered as gods\, morality is state-mandated\, and creativity is repressed. And a rag tag band of art revolutionaries\, led by performance artist Existo\, wage a guerrilla war for perversity\, expression\, drugs\, and the American Way.  \nExisto (Bruce Arntson): performer\, entertainer\, propagandist\, “most dangerous man in America\,”and the chosen one who can lead his people to the promised land of chaos and revolution–with his face in the soup and a song in his heart.  \nRevolutionary headquarters: “The Sewer”–an undergound nightclub. Existo’s apostles are artists\, queers\, club kids\, and leftists–the disenfranchised\, the eccentric\, and the somewhat insane.  \nTheir weapon against repression: Art.  \nExisto’s nemesis: Dr. Armand Glasscock (Mike Montgomery)\, his rise to supreme power through televangelism brings ever closer the elimination of America’s “art menace.” His only stumbling block is Existo–whose perverse sense of rhythm\, politics\, and performance art have engaged a growing segment of the population.  \nThe good doctor’s conclusion: Existo must be stopped.  \nEXISTO: A subversive musical comedy about love\, art\, and anarchy. –Kathleen P. Skillicorn\, SF IndieFest \n  \n \n  \n\n\nABOUT INDIEFEST Year Two \nDates: January 6-14\, 2000 \nVenues: Victoria\, Lumiere\, Fine Arts Cinema \nFeatures: 19  Shorts: 18  Parties: 7  Bands: 3 Total Films: 37  Total Films To Date: 55.  \nWith: Jeff Ross\, Kathy Skillicorn\, Eric Singer\, Jon Blaustein\, Dan Rodenburg\, Alicia Perre-Dowd\, Ninfa Dawson\, Jason Sanders\, Tod Booth\, Kara Knafelc\, Marlene Friis\, Lynn Coakley\, Trina Ross \nSponsors: Bay Guardian\, Tower Records\, Cineric\, Landmark Theaters\, Hotel Bijou\, Dema\, Lost Weekend Video\, Foreign Cinema\, Rainbow Grocery\, Insound\, Bagdad Cafe\, Academy of Art College\, IFILM\, sfstation.com\, Sierra Nevada \nNOTES: Opening Night Party at Foreign Cinema. Added animated shorts before each feature. Added East Bay venue. First party at Jezebel’s Joint.
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/existo-the-forbidden-movie/
LOCATION:518 Valencia Gallery\, 518 Valencia St\, San Francisco\, 94110
CATEGORIES:20 Year Retrospective,Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:SEQUENCE BREAK
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for SEQUENCE BREAK at Roxie Fri Feb 2\, 915p HERE\nTICKETS for SEQUENCE BREAK at Roxie Wed Feb 7\, 915p HERE\n  \nDirector Graham Skipper – 2017 USA 80 min Northern California Premiere – SciFi Horror  \nA loner who restores arcade games finds the monotony of life broken when a gamer girl steps into his shop\, the same day a mysterious arcade cabinet shows up. As his romance flourishes\, so does his obsession with the game\, creating a man/machine carnal contact of the Cronenbergian kind. \nThe story of boy meets girl\, boy ignores girl for arcade game\, arcade game has sex with boy\, arcade game has sex with girl\, boy…. well\, I don’t want to ruin it. But seriously\, there is some weird shoit that goes down in this film. Chase Williamson (BEYOND THE GATES\, JOHN DIES AT THE END) stars as Oz\, a loner who excels at rebuilding and restoring ’80s arcade games. The shop that has served as the focal point is about to close and Oz has basically done nothing with his life\, and has next to no human interaction. Then Tess (Fabianne Theresa\, SOUTHBOUND\, JOHN DIES AT THE END) comes into the shop and everything changes. Oh\, her and the mysterious game that arrives without any instructions or provenance. Just as Oz and Tess’s romance flourishes\, so does his obsession with the cryptic game. As Oz plays\, he feels himself drawn more and more into the images flashing across the screen\, in an almost sexual way. No\, it’s not almost. This is man/machine carnal contact of the Cronenbergian kind. \nSEQUENCE BREAK is the kind of film that at its core is a simple story\, but its ability to transport you into another plane of existence through the sheer provocativeness of its imagery means the film continues to chill you long after its running time. Armed with an incredible 8-bit meets John Carpenter inspired soundtrack\, Skipper’s film makes out like a much darker version of Tron\, but instead of trying to get out of ‘gameland\,’ the game is seems trying to get a foothold in our world. A ‘sequence break\,’ in common usage\, involves the player of a video game finding a way to beat the way outside of the developer’s intention\, basically taking advantage of a glitch or exploiting an inadvertent hole in the world of the game. In the game\, Oz may just have found the sequence break for his own life. (Source: AMFM Magazine – Bears Fonte) \n –Bears Fonte \nPlays with:  \n \nPROGRAM \nGabriel de Urioste\, USA\, 8 min \nA young woman goes back to fix a broken relationship with a lost love. \n  \n  \n\n  \n  \n  \n\n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/4114/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:WITHDRAWN
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for WITHDRAWN at Roxie Fri Feb 2\, 915p HERE\nTICKETS for WITHDRAWN at Roxie Thu Feb 8\, 7p HERE\n  \nDirector Adrian Murray -2017 USA 74 min Bay Area Premiere – Drama / Youth \n  \nBroke\, basement-dwelling\, millennial Aaron (Aaron Keogh) spends his days mostly alone. He preoccupies himself by playing video games\, trying to solve a Rubik’s Cube\, tending to a dying plant and soloing on a duct-taped Rock Band drum set. Constantly dodging and talking his way out of his roommate’s requests for rent\, Aaron is also trying to find ways to pay bills that he can’t afford. When he finds a lost credit card\, Aaron decides to hatch a defrauding scheme. \nDirector Adrian Murray’s first feature film is somewhat of a dry farce that manages to be both entertaining and subdued. Keogh has brilliant timing and a knack for physical comedy as the unhurried and mostly unperturbed Aaron\, who fumbles while trying to do the occasional\, perfunctory fast-talking and performs antic after antic\, like participating in one of those viral internet challenge videos\, more messing around on a Rubik’s Cube and a little bit of credit card fraud.- Jennifer Junkyard Morris \n\n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/withdrawn/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:RUKUS
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for Rukus at Roxie Fri Feb 2\, 7p HERE\nTICKETS for Rukus at Roxie Mon Feb 5\, 915p HERE \nDirector Brett Hanover – 2017 USA 86 min World Premiere – Hybrid Documentary/ LGBT/Punk/Furries \n  \nFurries\, filmmakers\, kinksters\, survivors. Ruckus is a fictionalized personal account of coming of age in Memphis at the turn of the century. This feature-length video project is based on work begun in collaboration with furry artist Rukus\, that was left unfinished after his death in 2008 \nA hybrid of documentary and fiction\, Rukus is a queer coming-of-age story set in the liminal spaces of furry conventions\, southern punk houses\, and virtual worlds. Rukus is a 20-year-old furry artist\, living with his boyfriend Sable in the suburbs of Orlando\, Florida. In his sketchbooks\, Rukus is constructing an imaginary universe—a sprawling graphic novel in which painful childhood memories are restaged as an epic fantasy. He crosses paths with Brett\, a 16-year-old filmmaker with OCD\, who is working on a documentary about kinky subcultures in spite of his own anxiety. After an interview leads to an online friendship\, their lives entwine in ways that push them into strange\, unexplored territories. \nBrett Hanover was last at IndieFest in 2008 with the excellent Bunnyland.- Jennifer Junkyard Morris \nCo-presented by FRAMELINE
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/rukus/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:DO U WANT IT?
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for DO U WANT IT? at Roxie on Fri Feb 2\, 7p HERE\n  \nDirector Josh Freund and Sam Radutzky – 2017 USA  92 min Bay Area Premiere\, Local Filmmaker – Music/Documentary  \n  \nPapa Grows Funk was the quintessential New Orleans groove band\, a supergroup of local players who drew fans from around the world for their renowned Monday-night residency at the Maple Leaf Bar. Percolating with electric performances\, this doc wraps the tale of the band and its breakup into a larger story about New Orleans music\, crystallizing the tension between the ease of being a working musician in a city that supports homegrown talent like no other and the frustration that can come with wanting more than that.  Defining success proves to be as murky as achieving happiness.  \nDo U Want It? revisits the band’s career as they prepare for a final tour and album recording before a planned hiatus. The film asks the eternal question for New Orleans’ performers: in a city where you can make it as musician\, is that enough? Does success mean always leaving your home behind?- Chris Metzler \n\n  \n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/do-u-want-it/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Documentary
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SUMMARY:GIRL WALK // ALL DAY
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for Girl Walk//All Day (only) at Victoria Theater on Thu Feb 1\, 9p HERE\n  \nDirector Jacob Krupnick – 2011 USA 71 min – IndieFest 2012 \n  \nIf you are coming to our Opening Night Film STUCK plan to stick around for this show. Have a drink at the bar and some pizza from Paxti and DNA Pizza\, then prepare yourself for our retrospective re-screening of 2011’s GIRL WALK//ALL DAY\, a feature length dance movie set to Girl Talk’s ALL DAY album.  \nIf you can’t make it to STUCK\, you can just come to GIRL WALK.  And if you missed it when we showed it in Feb 2012\, you HAVE to catch it on the big screen this time. This is definitely a movie that will have you dancing the aisles! \nGirl Walk // All Day is an epic\, 71-minute dance music video set to All Day\, the new album by mash-up musician Girl Talk (aka Gregg Gillis). Girl Walk // All Day expands the boundaries around the idea of the traditional music video\, which usually spans the length of a single track. This album-length piece features a talented group of dancers across a range of public and private spaces around New York City\, turning the city’s sidewalks and obstacles into part of an evolving improvisational dance routine. \nThe Story: A young dancer finds herself bored with her ballet rehearsal. One day\, she impulsively quits\, then takes a ferry to the city. Feeling incredibly inspired by what she sees\, Anne dances her way across New York\, using the city as her stage. Throughout her journey\, she meets characters of all types\, including a series of like-minded dancers\, who’ll inspire new movements\, engage her in small battles\, and teach her to fear\, love\, laugh and live anew. From the ferry to museums\, subways\, ball games\, bridges\, bodegas\, graveyards\, flower shops\, and more\, Anne’s journey will bring her far and wide as the city explodes with dance! \n \nCo-presented by the SAN FRANCISCO DANCE FILM FESTIVAL \n  \n\n\nABOUT INDIEFEST – Year Fourteen \nDates: Feb 9-23\, 2012 \nVenue: Roxie Theater \nFeatures: 39. Shorts: 45. Parties: 8. Total Films: 84. Total Films To Date: 1130.  \nWith: Jeff Ross\, Kier-la Janisse\, Holly Roach\, Fay Dearborn\, Anna Feder\, Carl Elsaesser\, Catie Roads\, Caitlin Curtin\, Karen Larsen\, studio1500 \nSponsors: Grants for the Arts\, Bay Guardian\, Current\, East Bay Express\, sfstation.com\, Alice Radio\, Live 105\, Yelp\, FLAG Marketing\, Phoenix Hotel\, Haiyi Hotels\, Hotel Carlton\, Black Star Beer\, Blue Angel\, Gosling’s\, Ritual Coffee\, Barefoot Wine\, studio1500 \nNOTES: Last year doing parties at Cellspace. Catie Roads joins the staff! Girl Talk has ’em dancing in packed houses at both Public Works and the Roxie.
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/girl-walk-all-day/
LOCATION:Victoria Theater\, 2961 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:20 Year Retrospective,Feature Narrative,Party
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SUMMARY:STUCK
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for STUCK (includes after party) at Victoria Theater on Thu Feb 1\, 7p HERE\n  \nDirector Michael Berry – 2017 USA 90 min – Bay Area Premiere \n  \nThis year’s IndieFest Opening Night Program consists of two great music and dance films set in NYC. \nFirst\, we’re showing STUCK\, which was originally a hit live theater musical. Six New Yorkers are trapped in a stuck subway car and eventually beginning sharing stories about their lives through song. It’s a wonderful film about how everyone you pass on the street has their own intense stories and lives. \nPeople from all walks of life take public transportation\, especially the subway in New York City. When six strangers get stuck together on a stalled subway train one day\, they realize they have nothing to do but talk to each other while they wait for help. It isn’t long until the emotions of the trapped\, frustrated strangers explode as the subway car becomes a kind of magical\, musical\, conduit cell. A place where strangers reveal\, through song\, more of themselves than any of them ever could have imagined.   Thoughts\, lives\, and opinions change in the span of a couple of hours on this particular day and in this particular subway car. – Jeff Ross \nYour ticket to STUCK includes an open bar\, pizza from Paxti and DNA Pizza and a ticket to stay in the theater for the 2nd part of our NYC-Music-And-Dance program: Girl Walk // All Day!
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/stuck/
LOCATION:Victoria Theater\, 2961 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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