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SUMMARY:S02E02: The Response Isn't Always Reasonable
DESCRIPTION:Shorts 2: The Response Isn’t Always Reasonable\nFilms About Conflict\nFri Sept 13\, 915p\, 94 min\nTICKETS\n  \nBad People\nGiorgi Tavartkiladze \nRepublic of Georgia 20 min \n1991 Tbilisi\, Georgia after the collapse of the USSR\, in the midst of a civil war\, Gia tries to find medicine for his son when he meets an old friend who fights on the opposite side. \n  \n  \nGrace\nAlexia Oldini\, Steven Gray \nUSA 6 min \nGRACE is the story of the eviction of a young woman of color from her home. Her subsequent encounters reveal the callousness of a society built to exploit the precariousness of people like herself. In the end she confronts head-on a struggle far easier to identify than it is to overcome. \n  \nPrufrock\nJessica Heidt \nUSA 13 min Local \nWhat is the cost of inaction? Set in modern day San Francisco\, three people wrestle with the question at an opulent cocktail party as an accidentally spilled drink brings them each face to face with themselves. Adapted from ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ by TS Eliot. \n  \nRehearsal\nCourtney Hope Therond \nUSA 8 min \nA film crew for an upcoming feature film pushes the boundaries of consent during a courtesy rehearsal for its female lead. \n  \nTough\nTomasz Wysocki \nUSA 13 min Local \nIn the corner of a dark bedroom sits a young boy named Don. He sits breathing heavily with an AK-47 pointed at an intruder standing at his doorway.  \n  \nSacrilege\nChristophe M. Saber \nSwitzerland 15 min \nThe money has gone missing in the mosque of Saint-Etienne. Saoud\, the gang leader is suspected.  \n  \nSkin\nGuy Nattiv \nUSA 20 min \nA small supermarket in a blue collar town\, a black man smiles at a 10 year old white boy across the checkout aisle. This innocuous moment sends two gangs into a ruthless war that ends with a shocking backlash. 2019 Academy Award for best Live Action Short. \n–\n–
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/shorts-2-the-response-isnt-always-reasonable/
LOCATION:New People Cinema\, 1746 Post St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94115\, United States
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SUMMARY:S02E01: Infinite While It Lasts
DESCRIPTION:Shorts 1: Infinite While It Lasts\nRelationship Stories\nFri Sept 13\, 645p\, 84 min\nTICKETS\n  \nA Million Times Before\nBarrett Edmonds \nUSA 5 min Local \nThomas and Casey seem to be reaching the end of the road\, but they’ve got a few things to talk over first… for the millionth time… \n  \nBackground\nToni Bestard \nSpain 15min \nThere are times that we don’t look the small details of an image. At the background there are great stories that always go unnoticed. \n  \nBitten\nSarah K Reimers \nUSA 11 min Local \nA mysterious & violent encounter sends a dog on a night of adventure and possibility.  \n  \n\nInfinite While It Lasts\nAkira Kamiki \nBrazil 19 min \nAfter falling in love at a party\, Danny and Seiji just want to be together. However\, their differences might prove stronger than their feelings. The first fiction film about asexuality. \n  \nLukewarm\nMitch Yapko \nUSA 7 min \nJust your typical\, mediocre\, beige\, room temperature sex. John and Eric put the “lust” back in “lackluster.” \n  \nShe Who Hears\nAlexi Papalexopoulos \nUSA 11 min Local \nSHE WHO HEARS is an exploration into contrasts…a study on young adult love in the LGBTQ community and how it often times appears to be one thing\, but in actuality is another.  \n  \n\nValentine’s Day\nMarni Little\, Tim Goodwin \nAustralia 7 min \nIt’s Valentine’s Day\, and Evie could care less. Her best friend Sarah has other plans. They are having a romantic couples dinner and Evie will invite her new boyfriend. The trouble is\, he doesn’t exist. \n  \n–\n–
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/shorts-1-infinite-while-it-lasts/
LOCATION:New People Cinema\, 1746 Post St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94115\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181111T211000
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SUMMARY:Program 6: Connections
DESCRIPTION:Program 6: Connections\nDo you play well with others?\nSun\, Nov 11\, 910p\, 100 min \nTICKETS: https://drafthouse.com/show/sf-indieshorts-connections\nCurtains \nGar Hoover \n2017\, US\, 24:45 \n“Curtains” is a Spinal Tap-esque mockumentary about an avant-garde theatre director in a career tailspin\, with multiple flashbacks to the productions that led to his fall. Featuring actors from The Second City\, it’s a story about being a die-hard purist in a world of sell-outs. A smart comedy with heart. \n  \nEncuentros \nNaomi Garcia Pasmanick \n2018\, US\, 9:55\, Local Filmmaker \nEncuentros explores the soul of chance encounters\, falling in love\, and the certainty of death. \n  \n  \n  \nLet’s Connect Or Whatever \nReaa Puri \n2018\, US\, 16:12\, Local Filmmaker \nLets Connect Or Whatever is a narrative short that follows Jazzi through her hustles and heartbreaks in a world where her connections are increasingly formed through digitized spaces.  \n  \nMay Day \nOlivier Magis\, Fedrik De Beul \n2017\, Belgium\, 22:00 \nIn Thierry’s living room\, several people have gathered. None of them know each other but they are all there to try and fulfil the same dream. They want to find a job… and quickly. But we’re in Brussels\, so nothing goes quite as planned. \n  \nMidnights \nAlvaro Donado \n2018\, US\, 18:53 \nIn the aftermath of a violent street crime\, a female trainee police officer on midnight shift suspects a collateral victim is missing. \n  \nNora Ephron Goes to Prison \nHannah Elless \n2018\, US\, 8:07\, Filmmaker Attending \nFriendship transcends fantasy in this musicalized love letter to Nora Ephron and New York City. Two women from very different worlds meet in unexpected circumstances. Through their common love of Nora Ephron and her films – Sleepless in Seattle\, You’ve Got Mail\, and When Harry Met Sally – hope conquers a confining reality as an unlikely friendship blooms. Watch what happens when Mary meets Ally.
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/program-6-connections/
LOCATION:Alamo Drafthouse New Mission\, 2550 Mission Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110
CATEGORIES:Shorts Program
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SUMMARY:Program 5: Transitions
DESCRIPTION:Program 5: Transitions\nBig changes\, small shifts\, the landscape is never settled.\nSun Nov 11\, 7p\, 99 min \n\nfluent. \nCraig Stott \n2018\, Netherlands\, 6:17\, Filmmaker Attending \nOn a midnight walk through Amsterdam\, a bartender confronts his past when an old flame comes to visit. As they walk through the city after-hours talking work\, sobriety and love\, they must find a new language to communicate or risk losing each other again. \n  \nGoing Under \nTimothy Orme \n2018\, US\, 5:15 \nTraveling back through childhood\, and forward through watercolor images and personal videoed experiments\, going under is a short personal documentary/essay film that wants to die. The film and the artist work towards the place where an understanding of swimming\, language\, desire\, and death all live and fail simultaneously. \n  \nLast Chance For A Slow Dance \nTanner Smith \n2018\, US\, 17:37\, Filmmaker Attending \nTwo scenes. One take each. The first scene is the end of a relationship. The second is the beginning.  \n  \n  \nSalt in Wounds \nAlison Adriano \n2018\, Australia\, 9:57 \nWhen a reckless Filipino Aussie teenager realises her boyfriend watches only caucasian porn\, she must rediscover her sense of belonging in White Australia \n  \n  \nSoomin \nEmma Thatcher\, Cole Huey \n2018\, US\, 17:44\, Filmmaker Attending \nEmma and Soomin cross paths at a unique time in their lives. Soomin suddenly learns that she has to return home to South Korea. Emma\, eager to make a connection\, tries her best to relate to Soomin’s crisis. \n  \nSpace \nJesse Thurston \n2018\, US\, 15:38 \nUnfolding over one night in a Brooklyn apartment\, Space is an intimate portrait of three friends in orbit around each other\, attempting to find balance between the forces that draw them together and those that send them flying off on their own. \n  \nThe Big Burn \nSamantha Silva \n2018\, US\, 19:49\, Filmmaker Attending \nCaught between the rugged beauty of the Idaho wilderness and the reality of her failing marriage\, Helen Turner is counting the days till she can leave it all behind when she’s pulled into the orbit of a young woman whose life is about to change forever. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nThe Wait \nJoanna Kay \n2018\, US\, 6:18\, Local Filmmaker \nA friend navigates how to be supportive when her better half is facing hard times. Sometimes that means miming blow jobs to make her laugh.
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/program-5-transitions/
LOCATION:Alamo Drafthouse New Mission\, 2550 Mission Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110
CATEGORIES:Shorts Program
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181111T150000
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SUMMARY:Live Music Showcase
DESCRIPTION:SF IndieShorts and Radio Valencia present a live music showcase featuring KISS MY FREQUENCY\, TIGHT PANTS AND THE DYNAMITE and THE TWITCHES. \nFree show\, 21 up \nKiss My Frequency: https://youtu.be/MAmHCvMgcHo \nThe Twitches: thetwitchessf.bandcamp.com \nTight Pants & The Dynamite: https://soundcloud.com/tightpantsandthedynamite
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/live-music-showcase/
LOCATION:Thee Parkside\, 1600 17th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94107
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181111T130000
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SUMMARY:Live In-VR Short Film Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Check out a selection of this year’s IndieShorts Film Festival at Sansar’s Theater in virtual reality. Attendees can check out the show with VR gear\, or a PC\, via Sansar’s platform.  Films will be presented with live intro and QA from filmmakers.\nIs this the future of movie going?\nRegister for free at SANSAR\nJOIN US HERE\nIN THE PROGRAM:\nDOG YEARS\nCALIFORNIA ROLL\nTHE WAIT\nSKJEMT BLOD\nTHIS IS IT FOR ME\n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/live-in-vr-short-film-showcase/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Shorts Program
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SUMMARY:Bad Art Gallery S06E03
DESCRIPTION:A whole new collection of dumpster-dived art awaits at the November 2018 edition of MISSION B.A.G. (Bad Art Gallery).\nHilarious catalog notes for paintings curated from only the finest flea markets\, thrift stores and back alleys.\nPlease join us for complimentary beverages\, groovy music and bad art!\nA 21up event.\nFREE
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/bad-art-gallery-s06e03/
LOCATION:518 Valencia Gallery\, 518 Valencia St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110
CATEGORIES:Party
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181110T153500
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SUMMARY:Program 4: All in the Family
DESCRIPTION:Program 4: All in the Family\nThe family we’re born into\, and the family we make.\nSat Nov 10\, 335p\, 99 min \n\n4EVR \nSergio Pinheiro \n2017\, US\, 12:57\, Filmmaker Attending \nDealing with grief from the loss of her brother\, dark secrets resurface in unexpected ways upon Ginny’s arrival home. \n  \nA Life Passed \nRoland Greedy \n2018\, US\, 15:40\, Local Filmmaker \nThis short film is about the struggle of a man adapting to his new roles in his family and life\, through his handling of a tragedy. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nÉchappé \nAllison Mattox \n2018\, US\, 12:45 \nWhile on tour in New York\, a Soviet ballerina learns of her brother’s plan to defect. \n  \n  \nFather \nImogen Hopper \n2017\, Australia\, 6:44 \nA man brutalised as a small child realises he is capable of the same brutality. \n  \nMauka to Makai \nJonah Okano\, Alika Maikau \n2018\, US\, 24:00\, Filmmaker Attending \nMauka to Makai offers an unfiltered window into a day in the lives of two cousins\, who\, while traveling from Kāneʻohe to Kailua\, grapple with their identity\, vices\, and the familial bonds that make and break them.  \n  \nThis is it for Me \nCourtney Hope Therond \n2018\, US\, 9:56\, Filmmaker Attending \nWhen an agent tells his girlfriend to quit acting\, things get… dramatic. This Is It For Me is a cautionary tale about dating within “the industry.” Trigger Warning: If you can relate in any way\, it’s gonna sting. Oh also the director got divorced in the 3 weeks it took to cut the footage together.  \n  \nWild Bred \nLuis Bolland \n2018\, Canada\, 16:28 \nA man who wants to escape from his life fakes his own death and gets dumped in the woods\, where he finds a cabin with a father and a daughter that are obsessed with nature and documentaries about chimpanzees.
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/program-4-all-in-the-family/
LOCATION:Alamo Drafthouse New Mission\, 2550 Mission Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110
CATEGORIES:Shorts Program
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SUMMARY:Program 3: The Kids Are Alright?
DESCRIPTION:Program 3: The Kids Are Alright?\nGrowing\, learning\, adapting\, leading.\nSat Nov 10\, 1p\, 93 min \nTICKETS: https://drafthouse.com/sf/show/sf-indieshorts-the-kids-are-alright\n  \nCuldesac \nDylan Ashton \n2017\, US 15:46\, Local Filmmaker \nSydney and Kit\, two brothers separated after the destruction of their parents’ divorce\, once again have their world disarrayed when a threat is discovered in their high school’s bathroom. But when Sydney reveals his abrupt plan to ditch town that evening\, Kit realizes he will be forced to confront that world by himself. \n  \n  \n  \nDog Years \nTyler Russell \n2018\, US\, 4:44\, Filmmaker Attending \nAn old dog does what he can to shelter a little girl during her darkest moments. \n  \nFight \nDavid Lim \n2017\, Taiwan\, 15:30\, Filmmaker Attending \nAfter a teen and a then a man step in to help young Kenny as he’s being bullied by some other kids things spiral out of control. In silence they begin a strange journey of retaliation. \n  \nHeather Has Four Moms \nJeanette L. Buck  \n2018\, US/UK\, 14:08 \nWhen Heather decides to lose her virginity for her 15th birthday\, Mom’s wife must convince Mom\, and Mom’s ex\, and Mom’s ex’s partner that it’s time for Heather to have “the talk”. Which mom is ready to help Heather make a big decision? It’s a mother-daughter story. Times four.  \n  \nLucy in the Sky \nBertha Bay-Sa Pan \n2018\, US\, 11:00\, Filmmaker Attending \nFourteen year old Lucy Katz living with autism and adjusting to high school is suddenly faced with cataclysmic change when she and her identical twin sister become the subject of a genetic research study that could forever change Lucy. But is Lucy entitled to her own life or will she lose her identity and become just a medical experiment? \n  \nOnly Strangers Sleep In My Bed \nShane Bannon \n2018\, US\, 12:45\, Filmmaker Attending \nA conman works his way into a lonely woman’s home by posing as her long lost son. \n  \n  \n  \nShoebox \nMichael Killen \n2018\, US\, 13:00 \nOn a Pennsylvania farm in the 1980’s\, if an animal didn’t serve their purpose they did not survive. Five-year-old Beth\, the youngest in a large family\, struggles with the parallels to her own position\, so she makes it her mission to care for the weak. Based on the autobiographical book “Shoebox Funeral” by Elisabeth Voltz. \n  \nToo Many Bodies\n \nReena Dutt \n2018\, US\, 5:42\,  Filmmaker Attending \nToo Many Bodies is a music video for Alex Mackey’s “Place Called Us”\, addressing America’s need for gun reform through dance\, music and passion.
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/program-3-the-kids-are-alright/
LOCATION:Alamo Drafthouse New Mission\, 2550 Mission Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110
CATEGORIES:Shorts Program
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SUMMARY:Program 2: What Wat?
DESCRIPTION:Program 2: What Wat?\nThe world we live in can be a strange and unusal place.\nFri Nov 9\, 930p\, 100 min\n  \nBest Before \nSkyler Schain \n2018\, US\, 5:39\, Local Filmmaker \nAn incident in a grocery store forces a young man to confront some issues in his personal life. \n  \n  \nCalifornia Roll \nKen Lin \n2018\, US\, 7:26\, Filmmaker Attending \nA local sushi bar becomes the stage for a spicy reckoning when two inept robbers take a gamble with defiant patrons\, and their own uncertain future. \n  \nDay Jobs \nNikiel Suchit \n2018\, US\, 12:45 \nA close examination of the careers of a street preacher\, an online critic\, and a seduction expert. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nInterruptus\n \nDuane Michals \n2018\, US\, 3:34 \nHe slept with her\, but dreamt of him. \n  \n  \nMirrors \nMary Marxen \n2018\, US\, 16:24\, Local Filmmaker \nA contemporary ballet dancer spirals out of control during a career-defining performance. \n  \nPlease \nJoshua Swallow \n2017\, US\, 5:39 \nA lion helps a little boy build a better boat and get back home. \n  \nSkjemt Blod \nGwenmarie White \n2018\, US\, 6:04\, Filmmaker Attending \nSKJEMT BLOD (which translates to “bad blood” or “tainted blood” in Norwegian) is a vehicle for meditation on American brutality. The line in SKJEMT BLOD is always moving\, digging stubbornly and disturbingly deeper into tropes and stereotypes rather than dismantling them. Suburban whiteness rears its ugly (but also\, like\, really\, really pretty) head\, proving that “true” brutality takes many forms\, and moves with an insidious ease throughout the institutions of late-stage capitalism. \n  \nSpider \nC. Blake Evernden \n2018\, Canada\, 20:00 \nJennifer Lear spends her days and nights escaping from her family farm and far out into the wilds. She sees beauty in entropy and even romance in the sometimes vicious methods of nature. \n  \nStory to Tell \nSayaka Nakane \n2017\, Japan\, 14:51 \nVivi & Mimi seek out their fathers’ killer.  \n  \n  \n  \nThe Idea of North \nAlbert Choi \n2018\, US\, 7:15 \nFinding true north.
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/program-2-what-wat/
LOCATION:Alamo Drafthouse New Mission\, 2550 Mission Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110
CATEGORIES:Shorts Program
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SUMMARY:Opening Night Party
DESCRIPTION:Please join us after the SAM GREEN Award+Screening and/or before the WHAT WAT? late night program to raise a glass with our attending filmmakers and your fellow film fans at Alamo’s BEAR vs BULL bar.\nFeaturing DJ Junkyard. All are welcome!
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/opening-night-party/
LOCATION:Alamo Drafthouse New Mission\, 2550 Mission Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110
CATEGORIES:Party
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SUMMARY:Sam Green Award event and Retrospective
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS: https://drafthouse.com/show/sf-indieshorts-sam-green-award-event\nSF IndieShorts is pleased to be presenting The Philo T Farnsworth Award for Innovative Filmmaking to Sam Green on Friday November 9\, 630p\, at Alamo Drafthouse New Mission. \nSam Green is a documentary filmmaker who has made many movies including most recently A Thousand Thoughts\, a live cinematic collaboration with the Kronos Quartet. Previous “live documentaries” include The Measure of All Things and The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller\, featuring the indie rock band Yo La Tengo. Sam’s documentary The Weather Underground was nominated for an Academy Award and included in the 2004 Whitney Biennial. \nSam has been making award-winning short documentaries since the late 1990s. The SF IndieShorts program gathers together a full length program of Green’s short films\, ranging from a portrait of the world’s largest shopping mall in Southern China\, which is actually completely empty (Utopia\, Part 3)\, to an elegy for Meredith Hunter\, the young man who was killed by Hell’s Angels at the notorious 1969 Altamont concert (lot 63\, grave c). Other films from the program include: The Fabulous Stains: Behind the Movie\, the remarkable story of the cult film directed by Lou Adler in 1982. The Universal Language is a portrait of Esperanto\, an artificial language that was created in the late 1800s with the hope of creating world peace\, and the worldwide movement of people who still speak it. Plus Sam’s latest film Julius Caeser was Buried in a Pet Cemetary\, which premiered at Sundance earlier this year.  \nRunning through Green’s films is a celebration of idealism and the search for meaning along with the often humorous realities of human folly. \nFilms screening after the awards presentation and Sam Green in conversation with Chris Metzler:\nUtopia Part 3: the World’s Largest Shopping Mall – 13:08\, 2009 \nPie Fight ’69 – 8:03\, 2000 \nThe Fabulous Stains: Behind the Movie – 11:00\, 1999 \nlot 63\, grave c – 9:47\, 2006 \nN-Judah 5:30 – 3:18\, 2004 \nClear Glasses – 4:13\, 2008 \nThe Universal Language – 30:00\, 2011  \nJulius Caesar was Buried in a Pet Cemetery – 4:00\, 2018 \n  \nA short film by Electric Park Films about Sam Green:
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/sam-green-award-event-and-retrospective/
LOCATION:Alamo Drafthouse New Mission\, 2550 Mission Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110
CATEGORIES:Documentary,Shorts Program
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SUMMARY:MAZE
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for MAZE at Roxie Sun Feb 11\, 915p HERE\nTICKETS for MAZE at Roxie Thu Feb 15\, 915p HERE\n  \nDirector Stephen Burke – 2017 Ireland 93 min Northern California Premiere – Prison Thriller \n  \nInspired by the true events of the infamous 1983 prison breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from ‘the most secure prison in Europe\,’ the HMP Maze\, an inmate and revolutionary develops a complicated friendship with the prison warden. Or is it just a part of the plan? \nUpon its release last year in the UK and Ireland\, many people worried the film would glorify the prisoners and the moment in history became controversial anew. \nFROM BBC NEWS: Republicans\, with a sense of pride\, hold it up as their Great Escape; Unionists recall how one prison officer was killed and others were so seriously injured or traumatised that their lives were effectively ruined. \nWith its warders backed up by armed soldiers and its distinctively-shaped ‘H’ blocks\, purpose built to house Northern Ireland’s feared paramilitaries\, HMP Maze became an instantly recognisable feature on the violent landscape of the Troubles. \nIt stood as another reminder of how things in Northern Ireland were not the same as in the rest of the UK.  \n –Bears Fonte
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/maze-2/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:GUITAR MAN
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for GUITAR MAN at Roxie Sun Feb 11\, 7p HERE\nTICKETS for GUITAR MAN at Roxie Thu Feb 15\, 915p HERE\n  \nDirector Rocky Capella – 2018 USA 98 min Bay Area Premiere\, Local Filmmaker – Drama / Youth / Prison \n  \nLifelong Musician BUZZY MARTIN began teaching at-risk kids about music to help them through the trial of their daily lives. Through this experience he was given the opportunity to teach a music class inside San Quentin State Prison. Intimidated at first by the brutal surroundings\, he soon found a common language between him and the inmates: music. He returned to his younger students with stories about the reality of prison life\, desperate to teach them that prison was not a streetwise “badge of honor.” The dangerous paths down which they were headed could be replaced by real dreams\, hope and the redemptive muscle of liberating jailhouse rock. Along the way they discover the true gift of music…and the deeper meaning of freedom. – Jennifer Junkyard Morris \n\n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/guitar-man-2/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE JESUS JERK
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE JESUS JERK at Roxie Sat Feb 10\, 915p HERE\nTICKETS for CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE JESUS JERK at Roxie Thu Feb 15\, 7p HERE\n  \nDirector Eric Stoltz – 2017 USA 95 min Bay Area Premiere – Coming of Age/Comedy \n  \nActor Eric Stoltz’s feature film debut based on the book of the same name. San Francisco author Tony Dushane wrote a semi-autobiographical tale about coming of age during the Reagan years as a Jehovah’s Witness. His many humorous struggles with sexuality\, discovering Punk Rock and Charles Bukowski led to a most tragic and liberating implosion.  \n– Jeff Ross
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/confessions-of-a-teenage-jesus-jerk-2/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:THE MISOGYNISTS
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for THE MISOGYNISTS at Roxie Thu Feb 15\, 7p HERE\n  \nDirector Onur Tukel – US 85 min West Coast Premere – CLOSING NIGHT FILM \n  \nIn a single\, fully-stocked hotel room on the night of the 2016 general election\, two Trump supporters celebrate the unexpected results\, in the latest film from indie provocateur Onur Tukel (who starred in IndieFest 2016’s Booger Red).  \nAs the night rages on\, an ensemble of characters venture in and out of the room. Some match the two’s enthusiasm while others voice their terror at the prospect of the incoming President\, but most struggle to find reasons to care less about the results that caused the debauched celebration occurring around them. Led by Dylan Baker’s gleefully deranged lead performance\, Tukel’s tongue-in-cheek exploration of a divided America digs deep into the night’s mass existential crisis\, and leaves with some disquieting results. – Jeff Ross \n Co-presented by Cinesource Magazine\n\n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/the-misogynists/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:FOR NOW
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for FOR NOW at Roxie Sat Feb 10\, 7p HERE\nTICKETS for FOR NOW at Roxie Wed Feb 14\, 915p HERE\n  \nDirector Hannah Barlow – 2017 USA 79 min Bay Area Premiere – Comedy / Drama \n  \nHannah\, an Australian ex-pat living in Los Angeles\, organizes an audition at the San Francisco Ballet Company for her younger brother Connor\, a professional dancer based in Europe. Both siblings are still grieving the death of their beloved parents while trying to build a future for themselves\, continents apart. Hannah’s boyfriend Kane and her best friend Katherine join them on their road trip up the Californian coast\, bypassing many wondrous sun-soaked sights… as well as their self-respect.  \nFor Now is a look at twenty-somethings adrift in the limbo between adolescence and adulthood\, grappling with the superficial connections that define their generation. Shot on the road over seven days on a shoestring budget and with entirely improvised performances based closely on the actors that play them. For Now blurs the line between reality and fiction in an attempt to find meaning in the relationships of four individuals and the sense of loss that overshadows them.- Jennifer Junkyard Morris \n\n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/for-now-2/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:THE MANHATTAN FRONT
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for THE MANHATTAN FRONT at Roxie Sat Feb 10\, 430p HERE\nTICKETS for THE MANHATTAN FRONT at Roxie Wed Feb 14 7p HERE\n  \nDirector Cathy Lee Crane – 2017 USA 89 min World Premiere – Drama / Musical / Historic \n  \nIn 1915\, a German saboteur comes to Manhattan and tries to co-opt the progressive labor movement push America into World War I. In this hybrid art film\, as history plays itself out between the staged and the archival\, fact and fiction unmask one another to tell a story of the corruption of America’s innocence. With music by the Bay Area’s fabulous Beth Custer. – Jennifer Junkyard Morris \n\n\nBoth screenings of The Manhattan Front will be preceded with live renditions of musical performances from the film led by the production’s San Francisco-based musicians. \n\n\n\n\nStarting at 4:00pm before the February 10 screening\, composer Beth Custer (clarinet\, bethcuster.com)\, will perform alongside Dave Scott (piano) and Scott Foster (guitar) from the Dave Len Scott Quartet (http://davelenscott.org). Before the February 14 screening\, starting at 6:30pm\, La Familia Pena-Govea (miguelgovea.com) will perform corridos and ballads for Valentine’s Day. \n\n\n  \nNoël Burch\, American film theorist: \nBack in the blessed seventies\, a goodly number of film-makers in Western Europe – mostly Britain but also Germany\, Belgium\, the Netherlands – working on the fringes of the Institution – which Christian Metz usefully defined as “meant to fill theatres\, not to empty them” – produced a sizable body of “experimental” but generally legible films deal- ing with history and radical politics. Alas\, like so much else from that era\, this tradition has been lost. Which is why I was enchanted to discover\, quite by accident\, the work of Cathy Lee Crane at a festival in Vienna some fifteen years ago. The Girl from Marseilles was an imaginary construction of what might have been the subjectivity of the “real Nadja” be- hind Breton’s fictional heroine\, both a critique of the Surrealist vision of women and a moving evocation of the écriture of the films of Man Ray\, Germaine Dulac. I have followed closely her development ever since: the evocations of the life of the French Catholic Marxist Simone Weil\, of Pasolini and his death… Fascinating films. But I had one reproach: why this obsession with Europe (my Europe!)\, why not look around you?  \nAnd after several years\, The Manhattan Front was her reply. It is undoubtedly her masterpiece. A shoe- string period movie was a challenge\, and Cathy met it with a maestria we can only salute. Her subject is complex\, an essential (tragic) episode in the history of the “American” left and a crucial moment in the progress of US women: set in Manhattan during WW1\, she evokes both the work of women in the munitions industry\, and the way the capitalist establishment used the war effort to destroy the most radical labor union your country has ever known\, the Industrial Workers of the World\, the “Wobblies”… This is a melodrama\, with German spies hiding bombs in cigars\, with German-American traitors… But Cathy’s approach to this complex material is resolutely experimental\, with brilliantly conceived visual metaphors and disconcerting juxtapositions. Which no doubt explains (along with the film’s unfashionable politics) the refusal from festivals around the world to program it. One can only congratulate the organizers of the San Francisco Independent Film Festival (a festival in the city of my birth) for their clairvoyance.  \nNoël Burch\nco-director with Alan Sekula on The Forgotten Space \nand with Thom Andersen on Red Hollywood\n15 December 2017 Paris\, France  \n\n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/the-manhattan-front-2/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:Shorts 6: The Girls Are Alright
DESCRIPTION:Shorts 6: The Girls Are Alright: Light Comedy Shorts \nDon’t you love a happy ending? Life’s dilemmas are a piece of cake for these protagonists. 83 min \nTICKETS for SHORTS 6 at Roxie Feb 11\, 430p HERE\nTICKETS for SHORTS 6 at Roxie Feb 14\, 7p HERE\n  \nThe Makeover \nKaeli Quick\, USA\, 3 min \nA woman wears a trendy new fashion item\, only to find that she just can’t make it work. \n  \n  \nThe Bill \nCaralene Robinson\, USA\, 10 min \nA birthday celebration dissolves into chaos when a huge bill arrives. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nNorth and Nowhere \nScott Ballard\, USA\, 12 min \nDevon has some unconventional ideas for helping her ailing dad stay on the family farm. \n  \n  \n  \nFlip the Record \nmarie jamora\, USA\, 15 min \nVanessa\, sick of piano lessons and the wishes her conservative 1980’s Filipino-American household\, starts teaching herself on the sly how to scratch on her older brother’s turntables. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nLesbehonest: I’ll be all right \nJana Heaton\, USA\, 19 min \nAfter an impulsive breakup\, a womanizing lesbian moves back in with her gay best friend and rediscovers something worth strapping on to: their friendship. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSign \nSvetlana Samoshina\, Russia\, 25 min \nA psychic is pretty sure her doctor boyfriend is having an affair. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/shorts-6-the-girls-are-alright-2/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Shorts Program
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SUMMARY:RON GOOSSENS\, LOW-BUDGET STUNTMAN
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for RON GOOSSENS\, LOW-BUDGET STUNTMAN at Roxie Fri Feb 9\, 915p HERE\nTICKETS for RON GOOSSENS\, LOW-BUDGET STUNTMAN at Roxie Tue Feb 13\, 915p HERE\n  \nDirectors Steffen Haars & Flip Van der Kuil – 2017 Netherlands 83 min West Coast Premiere – Dark Comedy \n  \nAn overnight YouTube sensation finds himself embarking on a career falling off balconies and smashing cars all in hopes of bedding Dutch superstar and supermodel Bo Maerten and prove to his wife he’s ‘still got it.’ A surprising morality tale with a pure heart and a cornucopia of crazy characters. \nIn RON GOOSSENS\, LOW BUDGET STUNTMEN\, an overnight youtube sensation finds himself embarking on a career falling off balconies and smashing cars for money. This would be enough of a set-up for a great movie\, but Steffen Haars and Flip Van Der Kuil comedy finds Ron Goossens (Tim Haars) only at it to try to bed Dutch superstar and supermodel Bo Maerten\, to prove to his wife he’s ‘still got it.’ His wife actually threatens to leave him if he can’t do it\, after he discovers she has had sex with basically the entire town\, including all his friends. Able to recover quickly from his many stunts due mainly to being completely drunk all the time\, Goossens finds he has to quit drinking to make any headway with Maerten\, and when he does finally achieve a clear headed perspective\, he begins to wonder if his entire life has really amounted to anything (that he can actually remember). A surprising morality tale with a pure heart and a cornucopia of crazy characters\, RON GOOSSENS\, LOW BUDGET manages to actually charm in spite of the constant (and hilarious) intrusion of montage music courtesy of Dutch lounge-legend Dennie Christian which faux-charms at every instant. \n –Bears Fonte \n\n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/ron-goossens-low-budget-stuntman-2/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:TORMENTING THE HEN
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for TORMENTING THE HEN at Roxie Fri Feb 9\, 915p HERE\nTICKETS for TORMENTING THE HEN at Roxie Tue Feb 13\, 915p HERE\n  \nDirector Theodore Collatos – 2017 USA 77 min Bay Area Premiere – Drama / LGBT \n  \nWhen playwright Claire (Dameka Hayes) is invited to set her latest political work at a rural theatre company\, her Brazilian fiancé Monica (Carolina Monnerat)\, tags along for a much-needed vacation. They soon encounter their mysterious and enigmatic neighbor Mutty (Matt Shaw) who has a gross lack of social boundaries and tensions start to increase exponentially. Monica’s hope for a quiet vacation\, and perhaps her very sanity\, are thrown into utter jeopardy. –Jennifer Junkyard Morris \nDirector Statement \nThese days\, it seems words can be just as offensive as actions as we’re in a constant state of war\, civil unrest and social denial. \nTormenting The Hen is a response to the crossed wires and frayed emotions of our times. \nInstead of looking at this dissonance from an “us vs. them”\, micro vs. macro mentality\, the film gets in on the person to person to person level. I love the tense psychological chamber dramas of early Polanski and Bergman and I wanted to create a film in this mode while exploring characters at odds. \nA key question at the heart of our movie lies right there in the title: Just who is the hen and who is the tormentor? Then one must ask: Is there only one of each? And does it truly matter?  \nWITH\nWHEN I WAKE \nSarah M. Flores\, USA\, 2017\, 11 min \nSet after the election of a treacherous president\, WHEN I WAKE explores a society in which new public policy restricts women’s independence. \n  \n  \n  \nCo-presented by FRAMELINE \n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/tormenting-the-hen-2/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:RAMEN HEADS
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for RAMEN HEADS at Roxie Sat Feb 10\, 2p HERE\nTICKETS for RAMEN HEADS at Roxie Tue Feb 13\, 7p HERE\n  \nDirector Koki Shigeno  – 2017 Japan 93 min California Premiere – Food/Documentary \n  \nConsidered an edible embrace\, comforting ephemera and an art form by master chefs and legions of fans\, ramen—the perfectly slurpable combination of broth and noodles—inspires umami poetry. Japan’s reigning king of ramen\, Osamu Tomita\, takes us into his kitchen\, where he shares recipes\, trade secrets and flavor philosophies.  Ramen Heads is a mouthwatering survey of culinary history\, famous restaurants and specialty ingredients\, all the while making a compelling case for finding Japan’s heart through its stomach.  \n– Chris Metzler \nCO-PRESENTED BY THE CENTER FOR ASIAN AMERICAN MEDIA \n\n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/ramen-heads-2/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Documentary
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SUMMARY:Shorts 5: The Hustle
DESCRIPTION:Shorts 5: The Hustle: Dark Comedy Shorts \nGive us your tired\, your jaded\, your sellouts\, and your characters making unintentionally hilarious career choices: this program finds the dark humor in “making it.” 84 min. Contains sex and violence.  \nTICKETS for SHORTS 5 at Roxie Feb 10\, 430p HERE\nTICKETS for SHORTS 5 at Roxie Feb 13\, 7p HERE\n  \nMeryl Fuckin Streep \nAva Bogle \nUSA\, 5 min \nFor two young screenwriters\, a movie pitch takes a turn into the surreal. \n  \n  \nJeffrey \nJosh Alward \nUK\, 14 min \nJeffrey is an exotic dancer who is in it for the art. But with art comes struggle\, courage and cleaning houses between gigs. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nLaurels \nDavid Brundige \nUSA\, 7 min \nFrench director Pauline Sala’s sophomore film hasn’t had the same success as her first\, and so her Los Angeles premiere falls to the fledgling L.A. Art Film Festival. To make matter worse\, she learns that a strange short film director is sharing her hotel room in order to save the festival money. However\, this strange woman has a secret that Pauline will soon learn\, and won’t ever forget. \n  \nFunemployement \nEmily Abt  \nUSA\, 12 min \nIsaac is a sucky babysitter in Brooklyn whose true passion is comedy. Unfortunately for him\, he’s not that talented and he’s a tiny bit of an asshole. When a tinder date brings a new hottie into his life\, things are looking up but not for long. Isaac fills in at his roommates’ improv group and not only bombs but also offends everyone in the room. Will Isaac get his shit together? Probably not but maybe he’s not such a bad babysitter after all. \n  \nValentina \nMary Molina \nUSA\, 9 min \nDuring the hottest day ever recorded in human history\, a fastidious maid’s duties are interrupted when her vagina comes to life. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nPastries \nGianluca Manzetti \nItaly\, 17 min \nAugosto\, a typically self-absorbed actor\, has a big audition coming up\, so he enlists his girlfriend Annalisa in his usual good-luck ritual. But this time things don’t go quite so auspiciously. \n  \nThe Poet and the Professor \nAriel Kavoussi \nUSA\, 22 min \nA dark comedic short about Ariel\, an insecure writer tortured by her own desires. Ariel can’t seem to stop seeing “The Poet\,” an older\, volatile cinematographer who pursues his “art” while taking full advantage of his rich girlfriend’s beautiful New York apartment. Ariel also can’t stop herself from loving her own professor\, a depressed\, married\, struggling adjunct obsessed with postmodernism and addicted to pills. In this short film\, Ariel must overcome a proclivity for dysfunctional affairs to find a healthier\, more sustainable relationship. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/shorts-5-the-hustle-2/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Shorts Program
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SUMMARY:THE CALIFORNIA NO
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for THE CALIFORNIA NO at Roxie Sat Feb 10\, 7p HERE\nTICKETS for THE CALIFORNIA NO at Roxie Mon Feb 12\, 915p HERE\n  \nDirector Ned Ehrbar – 2017 USA 84 min World Premiere – Comedy / Sexuality \n  \nDuring his first visit to couples therapy\, a Los Angeles writer discovers that he’s actually in an open marriage—or at least his wife is. The revelation sets off a series of events that upends his personal and professional life and forces him to reconsider everything about himself.  – Jennifer Junkyard Morris \nDirector Statement \nI didn’t invent the phrase “the California no\,” but I fell in love with it as soon as I heard it: The distinctly Angeleno method of rejecting someone by saying nothing at all — by ignoring emails\, not returning calls and simply waiting until the other person gets fed up or embarrassed enough to just leave it alone.  \nSimply put\, its guiding principle is conflict-avoidance\, something I’ve encountered plenty of in Los Angeles. So I’ve created a story where the conflict is created by characters trying way too hard to avoid conflict. A married couple discovers they’re on two very different pages about their relationship due to poor communication.  \nIt’s also a tongue-in-cheek indictment of straight white male entitlement. We’re following a hapless\, nearly useless beta-male as he makes terrible decision after terrible decision\, testing the patience of the diverse group of fully actualized adults around him. He expects a lot from the world with no good reason to.  \nMost of all\, for my first feature film I sought to present an authentic take on relationships and how people’s lives intersect\, for better or worse. I sincerely hope you enjoy it.   \n\n\n  \n\n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/the-california-no-2/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:Rabbit
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for RABBIT at Roxie Fri Feb 9\, 7p HERE\nTICKETS for RABBIT at Roxie Mon Feb 12 915p HERE\n  \nDirector Luke Shanahan – 2017 Australia 99 min West Coast Premiere – SciFi Thriller \n  \nDespite being thousands of miles away\, Maude can still feel her abducted twin sister Cleo through what may be a psychic link in this Outback Noir anchored by dual performances from Adelaide Clemens. Exploiting prejudice and pseudo-science\, Shanahan crafts an unforgettable and unflinching portrait of attachment. \nRABBIT is a bold debut from writer/director Luke Shanahan who dives headfirst into a secret world\, dragging us with him and giving us little room to catch our breath. Every sequence is meticulously designed and full of tension. Anchored by a phenomenal performance from Adelaide Clemens who plays both twins\, RABBIT manages to avoid any distance that noir genre films often fall victim to. Maude is experiencing the same pain and terror that her sister is and finds herself in a dangerous situation with her only accomplices being two men who hate each other. \nWithout giving the story away\, this is a film that manages to be as psychologically frightening as physically. And Shanahan amplifies its tension with a cool hand in capturing visual portraits that can be either as visceral or as scientifically sterile as the scene requires\, all accentuated by an at times overbearing score that seems to oppress the action with its very soundscape. This is a confident film from a new director where the audience is always racing to keep up with the action but manages to dive in to the emotional struggle of the lead character. (Source: AMFM Magazine – Bears Fonte) \n –Bears Fonte \n\n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/rabbit-2/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:HER MAGNUM OPUS
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for HER MAGNUM OPUS at Roxie Sun Feb 11\, 430p HERE\nTICKETS for HER MAGNUM OPUS at Roxie Mon Feb 12\, 7p HERE\n  \nDirector Marta Renzi – 2017 USA 61 min Bay Area Premiere – Dance / Aging \n  \nA freewheeling narrative enacted almost entirely through movement and music\, Her Magnum Opus is Marta Renzi’s ode to creativity and community as a circle of friends gathers to celebrate their mentor. Her little house was a refuge as the seasons changed\, with legendary parties that lasted for hours\, but was now coming to an end. \nA circle of friends gather to celebrate their mentor and learns that what lasts is those you leave behind. A freewheeling narrative enacted almost entirely through movement and music\, “Her Magnum Opus” is Marta Renzi’s ode to creativity and community. A diverse cast weaves in and out of the action like revelers in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream;” presiding over the festivities is Aileen Passloff\, a grey-haired force of nature playing a version of herself. Among her attendants are a devoted younger friend (dancer Arthur Avilés)\, a pregnant dancer\, a young couple in need of counseling\, even a fairy tale prince who pops out of a pile of autumn leaves. A tantalizing mix of magic realism and improvised naturalism\, the film unfolds in a bucolic setting—a beach\, a forest\, a country house—which holds emotional ties for the group as a source of inspiration and solace. Her little house was a refuge as the seasons changed\, with legendary parties that lasted for hours\, but was now coming to an end. A remarkable feature debut from award-winning choreographer Renzi\, for whom dancers have always been people first. Jennifer Junkyard Morris \n  \nCo-presented by the SAN FRANCISCO DANCE FILM FESTIVAL \n  \nPlays with:  \nRICE BALL \nYusuke Oishi\, Japan\, 15 min \nA father and a son return from their wife and mother’s cremation and halfheartedly fix rice balls for lunch. It’s a moment full of meaning for both\, as her absence is felt even in the making of this seemingly simple dish. \n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/her-magnum-opus-2/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:Shorts 4: Fateful Intersections
DESCRIPTION:Shorts 4: Fateful Intersections: Dramatic Shorts \nStories about a seemingly random encounter that changes everything. Featuring atmosphere galore\, this is a true director’s showcase. 83 min. Contains sex and violence. \nTICKETS for SHORTS 4 at Roxie Feb 11\, 2p HERE\nTICKETS for SHORTS 4 at Roxie Feb 12\, 7p HERE\n  \n \nPluck \nMavi Phillips \nUSA\, 17 min \nA surrealist psychological adventure\, ‘Pluck’ tells the story of a twenty-something English woman who’s traveling alone through Europe on a journey of self-discovery\, searching for answers through sexuality and spirituality. While in the Italian countryside\, staying in a castle\, now a hotel\, she’s drawn to a young escort of an older woman. We follow her as she spends the day exploring the village and herself. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nOn the Road \nBartosz Nowacki \nPoland\, 23 min \nDuring a long ride a woman picks up a hitchhiker. From the very beginning the man does not come across as trustworthy and the woman\, anxious and feeling the growing threat\, decides to pick up one more person. In the confined space of the car the three strangers begin a tense game. The characters hide some secrets that\, revealed in small steps\, will lead to tragic events. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nWhoever Was Using This Bed \nAndrew Kotatko \nAustralia\, 20 min \nA married couple is woken in the dead of night by a mysterious phone call. Unable to sleep\, they are drawn into an unsettling examination of their fears and desires. Based on a story by Raymond Carver (Birdman)\, WHOEVER WAS USING THIS BED is a multi-award-winning short psychological drama starring Jean-Marc Barr (The Big Blue)\, Radha Mitchell (Man on Fire) and Jane Birkin (Blow Up). \n  \n  \n  \n  \nThe Smoke \nIvan Plechev \nRussia\, 23 min \nA nuanced crime drama about a policeman father and his hash-dealing teenaged son. Each is keeping secrets from the other. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/shorts-4-fateful-intersections-2/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Shorts Program
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SUMMARY:BUBBA HO-TEP
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for BUBBA HO-TEP at 518 Val Sun Feb 11\, 930 HERE\n  \nDirector Don Coscarelli – 2001 USA 92 min – IndieFest 2003 program note: \n  \nOur incredible Closing Night Gala is Don (Phantasm) Coscarelli’s hilarious ass-kicking tribute to the King of Rock n Roll. It’s also Bruce (Evil Dead) Campbell’s first starring role since Army of Darkness.What if Elvis was still alive? What if he secretly switched identities with one of his many impersonators to escape the trials and tribulations of superstardom? What if he didn’t really die on a toilet\, but lived a long (and reasonably) happy life in a trailer park\, eking out a meager living portraying himself? Where would he be now? \nApparently he’d be lying flat on his back worrying about his penis\, and waiting for the inevitable at the Shady Rest Convalescent Home in Mud Creek\, Texas. Thankfully\, he has a friend and confidante\, the wheelchair-bound John F. Kennedy. Complicating matters\, the home has a serious problem with giant scarab beetles\, and an Egyptian mummy that prowls the halls late at night performing indiginties on the hapless residents. Will our two geriatric heroes be able to end this ancient reign of terror? \nWith the truly inspired casting of Bruce Campbell as Elvis and Ossie (Do the Right Thing) Davis as Jack Kennedy\, Coscarelli has created an unfogettable\, genre bending and affectionate charachter studio of two iconic sympbols of America. Bubba Ho-Tep allows the pair to reach old age (somewhat) gracefully. Thank you; thank you very much. – Bruce Fletcher\, SF IndieFest \n\n\n\nYear Five: Feb 6-16\, 2003 \nVenues: Castro\, Roxie\, Studio Z\, Galaxy\, Expression Center \nFeatures: 39  Shorts: 51  Parties: 5  Bands: 3 Total Films: 90  Total Films To Date: 317.  \nWith: Jeff Ross\, Bruce Fletcher\, Tod Booth\, Molli Simon\, Alicia Perre-Dowd\, Phillip Walker\, Patricia Moran. \nSponsors: Bay Guardian\, Sierra Nevada\, Landmark Theaters\, Phoenix Hotel\, SF Bicycle Coalition\, Kitchen Sink Magazine\, La Mediterranee\, Argus Design\, Redrum\, AIVF\, KUSF\, SF Late Night Coalition\, Expression Center for New Media\, Hotel Bijou\, Lost Weekend Video\, Rainbow Grocery\, Makers Mark\, Academy of Art\, 21st Amendment\, cfq.com\, NAATA\, Commodore Hotel \nNOTES: Some films with movie stars (for example the opening night film SPUN features Jason Schwartzman\, John Leguizano\, Mena Suvari\, Brittany Murphy\, Eric Roberts\, Debby Harry\, Rob Halford and Billy Corgan). The second weekend is all horror films\, leading to the launch of Another Hole in the Head film festival in 2004. Bruce Campbell parties with us at Jezebel’s Joint. Back page of guide featured a mad libs game about indie film. IndieFest launches short-lived microcinema series at Jezebels.
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/bubba-ho-tep/
LOCATION:518 Valencia Gallery\, 518 Valencia St\, San Francisco\, 94110
CATEGORIES:20 Year Retrospective,Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:MINDHACK
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for MINDHACK at Roxie Sun Feb 11\, 915p HERE\n  \nDirector Royce Gorsuch – 2017 USA 106 min West Coast Premiere – Cyberpunk \n  \nA young mad genius attempts to ‘hack the mind’ in order to fix humanity.  During the course of his experiments Mason accidentally gives physical form to his inner voice\, Finn\, and the pair must work together to stop the opposing forces attempting to coopt the same technology for evil. \n. –Bears Fonte \nDirector Royce Gorsuch on the color palette of his cyberpunk film: I worked in commercials earlier for several years before the film and I was actually doing a completely different style. In those commercial works they were documentary-style\, very natural\, natural light\, real humans – non-actor style. So this film Mindhack is completely the opposite of that. It’s totally lit\, it’s hyper-real\, it’s not real\, it’s scripted…it’s all those things that my old work was not\, and I actually really love both styles. Mindhack was really a place for me to explore doing more hyper-real\, sci-fi cinema\, which is what I ultimately want to do. I did bring in some of the elements of my documentary work into Mindhack\, in certain scenes to make it feel more real\, to make it feel more intense and sometime we’d do very classic framing. But in terms of colour and lighting\, I’m a huge fan of cyberpunk. I love cyberpunk\, Neuromancer by William Gibson is my favourite book\, it’s influenced me my entire life. This was a place that I finally got to explore that on my own terms. It was a very purposeful decision to go with the colouring that we did because I wanted to make the world feel sort of extra real and I didn’t have a very big budget and it’s a sci-fi film and so the way that we could do that was with our colour and our lighting. The way that I view the film also is that I always thought about it as a mini-graphic novel\, that is the hidden graphic novel on the shelf. It’s not the blockbuster Marvel title but is like a cool little comic book\, and that’s the way that we lit it and the way that we cast it in a way. That was kind of the ethos of the film\, we’re making a mini-comic book movie and that’s the way we shot it. (Source: The Hollywood News) \n\n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/mindhack/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:MAZE
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for MAZE at Roxie Sun Feb 11\, 915p HERE\nTICKETS for MAZE at Roxie Thu Feb 15\, 915p HERE\n  \nDirector Stephen Burke – 2017 Ireland 93 min Northern California Premiere – Prison Thriller \n  \nInspired by the true events of the infamous 1983 prison breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from ‘the most secure prison in Europe\,’ the HMP Maze\, an inmate and revolutionary develops a complicated friendship with the prison warden. Or is it just a part of the plan? \nUpon its release last year in the UK and Ireland\, many people worried the film would glorify the prisoners and the moment in history became controversial anew. \nFROM BBC NEWS:  \nRepublicans\, with a sense of pride\, hold it up as their Great Escape; Unionists recall how one prison officer was killed and others were so seriously injured or traumatised that their lives were effectively ruined.  \nWith its warders backed up by armed soldiers and its distinctively-shaped ‘H’ blocks\, purpose built to house Northern Ireland’s feared paramilitaries\, HMP Maze became an instantly recognisable feature on the violent landscape of the Troubles. \nIt stood as another reminder of how things in Northern Ireland were not the same as in the rest of the UK.  \n –Bears Fonte \n  \n\n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/maze/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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