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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  \n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/guitar-man/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:JIMMY AND JUDY
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for JIMMY AND JUDY at 518 Val Sun Feb 11\, 5p HERE\n  \nDirectors Jonathan Schroder & Randall Rubin – 2006 USA 99 min – IndieFest 2006 program note: \n  \nIt’s the IndieFest late show and we’re quite sure that Jimmy and Judy is exactly what you’re looking for. Mental illness\, ultraviolence\, sexual perversion\, meth cults\, nudity\, family dysfunction\, home movies\, and tender heart-warming romance are the order of the day. Join Jimmy and Judy as they discover that true love is possible – even in Hell. \nWelcome to suburbia. Jimmy is intelligent\, mentally ill and obsessed with his handheld video camera. He manipulates everyone\, and may have been expelled from college for talking his roommate into committing suicide on camera. Soon Jimmy focuses on Judy\, a timid ingénue who’s constantly bullied at school. He exacts revenge upon her enemies\, tapes himself in the act and Judy falls hopelessly in love with her passionate protector. \nExploring sex\, drugs\, gunplay\, even petty theft\, the two videotape everything they do\, but their escalating antics eventually lead to disaster. After a freak series of events\, they find themselves on the run from the law (in the underbelly of the American midwest). With nothing to lose (except each other)\, they rampage across the country in search of a near-mythical libertarian nirvana run by the elusive Uncle Rodney. \nThe excellent use of a clever concept\, a well-developed script\, daring performances by Edward Furlong and Rachael Bella (and their undeniable onscreen chemistry) ensure that the tale of Jimmy and Judy will stay with you long after the lights come up. – Bruce Fletcher\, SF IndieFest \n \n\n\nABOUT INDIEFEST YEAR EIGHT \nDates: Feb 2-14\, 2006 \nVenues: Castro\, Roxie\, Women’s Building \nFeatures: 37  Shorts: 71  Parties: 5  Bands: 3 Total Films: 108  Total Films To Date: 616.  \nWith: Jeff Ross\, Bruce Fletcher\, Alicia Perre-Dowd\, Mike Skurko\, Fay Dearborn\, Catherine Fougere\, Karen Larsen \nSponsors: Bay Guardian\, KRON\, Women’s Building\, Adolph Gasser\, Complex Corp\, sfstation.com\, Rainbow Grocery\, Lost Weekend Video\, Herring and Grey Design\, sfist\, Live 105\, Alice Radio\, Film Arts Foundation\, indiewire\, KUSF\, Pirate Cat Radio\, Sierra Nevada\, Makers Mark\, Johnny Love Vodka\, Hotel Fusion \nNotes: Tommy Chong stiffed us on plane tickets to the festival. We had tons of paparazzi for Furlong and Bella. The last time we played a 16mm feature (Blood Tea and Red String by local animator Christianne Cegavske).
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/jimmy-and-judy/
LOCATION:518 Valencia Gallery\, 518 Valencia St\, San Francisco\, 94110
CATEGORIES:20 Year Retrospective,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 \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/
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/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Shorts Program
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SUMMARY:BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO at 518 VAL Sun Feb 11\, 3p HERE\n  \nDirector Peter Strickland – 2012 UK 91 min – IndieFest 2013 program note: \n  \nToby Jones (The Girl) plays Gilderoy\, a socially reserved British sound mixer invited to work on a film in Italy. Unbeknownst to him\, his new assignment turns out to be a horror film and Gilderoy is unexpectedly and unwillingly thrown into a world of sadistic violence\, gore and cruelty. His tolerance of this grotesque universe is tested\, as he adds sound effects to every stabbing and decapitation\, and a great many other violent actions in need of aural punctuation. As he continues to work on the film\, Gilderoy becomes increasingly alienated from reality. His mental state slowly deteriorates\, as director Peter Strickland expertly crafts a psychological thriller relying on the power of suggestion rather than graphic violence. At once homage and send-up of the classic giallo films of the 70s Berberian Sound Studio is tense\, unsettling and darkly funny. Like Brian De Palma’s Blow Out\, this is a master-class on the relationship between sound and image. (VIFF) \n \n  \n\n\nABOUT INDIEFEST Year Fifteen \nDates: Feb 7-13\, 2013 \nVenues: Brava\, Roxie \nFeatures: 34  Shorts: 44  Parties: 9  Total Films: 78  Total Films To Date: 1208.  \nWith: Jeff Ross\, Kier-la Janisse\, Holly Roach\, Anna Feder\, Jeff Giordano\, Fay Dearborn\, Laura Costantino\, Carl Elsaeeser\, Catie Roads\, Nina Ramos\, George Kasanlian\, Nadja Mark\, Tosh Hall\, Adam Harvie\, Karen Laresen\, studio1500 \nSponsors: Grants for the Arts\, Bay Guardian\, East Bay Express\, sfstation.com\, Yelp\, Creative America\, Alice Radio\, Hotel Carlton\, Hotel Abri\, Phoenix Hotel\, Other Avenues\, Live 105\, KALX\, Black Star\, Blue Angel\, Treasure Island Wines\, Los Osuna\, Air\, Lagunitas\, Tax Ninja \nNOTES: First year at the Brava Theater for opening night. First year with Jeff Giordano\, and Nadja Mark. First Bad Art Gallery show at IndieFest. And first of many Roller Disco Parties at the Women’s Building. First year with Lagunitas as a sponsor. \n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/berberian-sound-studio/
LOCATION:518 Valencia Gallery\, 518 Valencia St\, San Francisco\, 94110
CATEGORIES:20 Year Retrospective,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/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Shorts Program
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SUMMARY:BETWEEN LAND AND SEA
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for BETWEEN LAND AND SEA at Roxie Wed Feb 7\, 7p HERE\nTICKETS for BETWEEN LAND AND SEA at Roxie Sun Feb 11\, 2p HERE\n  \nDirector Ross Whitaker – 2017 Ireland 87 min West Coast Premiere – Adventure/Documentary \n  \nGet ready for an adrenaline high and take a plunge into the ice cold waters of the North Atlantic.  This observational documentary embeds itself in the big wave surf community of an Irish surf town to present a thoroughly engaging and visually stunning portrait of life at land’s end. Living in tune with nature far from busy urban environments is massively challenging but ultimately rewarding in this immersive portrait of a people and a place. – Chris Metzler
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/between-land-and-sea/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Documentary
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SUMMARY:FUNNY HA HA
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for FUNNY HA HA at 518 Val Sun Feb 11\, 1p HERE\n  \nDirector Andrew Bujalsky – 2002 USA 89 min – IndieFest 2004 program note: \n  \nFive minutes\, is that so long? Marnie would like to go five minutes without something embarrassing happening to her. But for the beleaguered heroine of Andrew Bujalski’s spot-on exploration of life in the awkward lane\, that’s just not possible. Friends who don’t know when to shut up\, jobs that are okay at best\, and kisses\, both unwelcome and unsent: Marnie’s endured them all\, uncertain but ever hopeful that someday\, all the pieces of her life will come together and everything will fit. \nAt first blush\, Funny Ha Ha may seem like a familiar story—a twenty-something drifting through her life\, suffering from unrequited love and a touch of post-college ennui—but Bujalski has a refreshingly original approach. While other directors would lather on the soporific humor or aim for emotional fireworks\, Bujalski lingers on life’s quietly uncomfortable moments\, like when you run out of conversation on a date and there’s nothing left to do but just look at each other. It’s rich material and Bujalski renders each stilted conversation perfectly\, with every “Um” and “Ah” in exactly the right place. As Marnie\, Kate Dollenmayer projects a vulnerability and naturalism that is perfectly in harmony with the cliché-free script. Not to be outdone\, Bujalski steps in front of the camera himself to play Mitchell\, the nicest guy Marnie will probably never go out with. He’s also one of three nominees in the 2004 Independent Spirit Awards Someone to Watch Award.  – Doug Jones \n \n\n\nABOUT INDIEFEST Year Six \nDates: Feb 5-15\, 2004 \nVenues: Castro\, Roxie\, Women’s Building\, Oakland Metro \nFeatures: 35  Shorts: 63  Parties: 7  Bands: 3 Total Films: 98  Total Films To Date: 415.  \nWith: Jeff Ross\, Bruce Fletcher\, Tod Booth\, Molli Simon\, Alicia Perre-Dowd\, John Lee\, Catherine Fougere\, Michael Tino\, Sean Kelly\, Kat Borgen Werbel\, Karen Larsen \nSponsors: The Women’s Building\, Live 105\, Adolph Gasser\, Phoenix Hotel\, Bay Guardian\, Sierra Nevada\, Kitchen Sink Magazine\, Landmark Theaters\, sfstation.com\, Lost Weekend Video\, Rainbow Grocery\, KQED\, Hotel Bijou\, La Mediterranee\, Monaco \nNOTES: First Big Lebowski Party! First screenings at the Women’s Building Auditorium. Back cover of the 40 page program guide featured a cut out clip&save Mission Hipster by Hugh Andrade. First year with Karen Larsen as our publicist. First and only time an entire sold out Roxie theater crowd walks out of a movie. (Bettie Page-Dark Angel a film we booked as a world premiere after seeing only a 20 minute rough cut\, and saw for the first time at the festival. It was so bad Betty Page had them change the spelling of her name in the title when she pulled out of working on it. But the Betty Page look a like contest at Bondage A Go Go that everyone went to instead was awesome!)
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/funny-ha-ha/
LOCATION:518 Valencia Gallery\, 518 Valencia St\, San Francisco\, 94110
CATEGORIES:20 Year Retrospective,Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:MUSCLECAR
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for MUSCLECAR at Roxie Sat Feb 10\, 915p HERE\n  \nDirector Dwayne Labbe – 2017 Australia 77 min North American Premiere – Ozploitation Horror/Midnight Movie \n  \nWhen Bambi blows her last cash on the car of her dreams\, she can’t afford to drive it… until the alcohol-rich blood of chauvinist men finds its way into her gas tank. With a little VooDoo and heart\, this hot young car lover has a ride worthy of her devotion. \nWhat is Ozploitation you may ask? After the R-rating as introduced in Australia in 1971\, the country embraced a style of filmmaking that can be described\, according to the Australian Film Institute as break-neck-action\, schlock-horror\, ocker comedy and frisky sex romps joined a uniquely antipodean wave in exploitation cinema. Musclecar continues that tradition. The premise is completely ridiculous. The characters are bold and over the top but loveable nonetheless. When I was looking for films for the fest this year\, I sort had a goal to find a film full of sex and death and craziness and I couldn’t have asked for a better combination. \n –Bears Fonte \nPlays with:  \n \nSPRING AFFAIR \nOberon Augarde\, USA\, 7 min \nTwo young women on a hunting trip discuss what it means to be a wet noodle.
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/musclecar/
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/
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/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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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 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/the-california-no/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:Screenwriters Panel and Live Read
DESCRIPTION:Live reading from this year’s award winning screenplays plus panel discussion with working writers: Tony Dushane\, Sarah Kass\, Bears Fonte\, James Carlson.\nLive Read Scripts: Grace & Vengeance by James Carlson (scenes from the feature script) and Sergio and the Whale by Anna Kriegel (short script in its entirety).\nComplimentary drinks and nibbles.\nSat Feb 10\, 7p\, Free\, all ages.\n  \nSCREENPLAY READ:\nSERGIO AND THE WHALE (short\, presented in its entirety) \nGRACE AND VENGEANCE (feature\, 10 minute scene) \nPERFORMERS: Siobhan Doherty\, Rasheed Custer\, Maura Halloran\, James Roop \n  \nPANELISTS:\nTony DuShane is the author and screenwriter of Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk. He hosted the long running radio show Drinks with Tony that included celebrity guests like Chelsea Handler\, Steve Buscemi\, Nick Cave\, Hal Harley\, and hundreds more since 2002. He developed a TV series with Hunting Lane Films that never went to air. His journalism and essays have appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle\, Mother Jones\, Penthouse\, and The Los Angeles Times. He teaches novel writing at UCLA Extension. \nSarah Kass is a seasoned storyteller specializing in independent documentaries and non-fiction television. She began her career as a producer and director before focusing primarily on writing. She has crafted award-winning documentaries that have aired on PBS\, Discovery Channel\, and The History Channel. She is also a scriptwriter and story consultant for independent filmmakers. Her work has screened at international film festivals and on public television.  Sarah has written multiple short-form scripts for non-broadcast venues including 30 short films for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. She is currently working on several projects: two films about the incarceration of Japanese-Americans during World War II for the National Park Service; an Independent feature length documentary about legendary psychoanalyst Carl Jung; and three short films profiling grassroots environmental activists for the 2018 Goldman Environmental Prize. \nBears Fonté is a filmmaker\, festival programmer\, and journalist. His feature thriller iCRIME\, which he wrote and directed\, was released on DVD\, VOD by Breaking Glass in 2011.  His short film\, Roadside Assistance\, was selected for 70 festivals including Fantasia International Film Festival and Dances With Films. He read screenplays and wrote coverage for agencies and producers in Hollywood for three years before working as the Screenplay Contest Assistant at Austin Film Festival.  After a few months he was promoted to Director of Programming for the film festival and founded Other Worlds Austin SciFi Film Festival after he left.  He has been programming for SF Indiefest since 2015. \nJames Carlson currently resides in Hollywood and graduated from California State University with a degree in Radio/TV/Film. His screenplay Grace and Vengeance is currently in development\, producer attached\, and received the following awards: GRAND PRIZE WINNER of the 2018 SF Indie Screenplay Competition; FINALIST – Hollywood Int’l Screenwriting Competition; OFFICIAL SELECTION – Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards.  James’ other feature scripts include The Contract\, and Child Proof; Shorts include The Ice Cream Truck\, The Bellhop\, and The Honest Psychic. James proudly refers to himself as a Certified Film Fanatic and recently founded Goliath Films International.
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/screenwriters-panel-and-live-read/
LOCATION:518 Valencia Gallery\, 518 Valencia St\, San Francisco\, 94110
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180210T170000
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CREATED:20171115T224835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180117T062907Z
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SUMMARY:KILL ME PLEASE
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for KILL ME PLEASE at 518 Val Sat Feb 10\, 5p HERE\n  \nDirector Anita Rocha de Silveira – 2016 Brazil 101 min – IndieFest 2017 program note: \n  \nThe classic coming-of-age premise “You guys wanna go see a dead body?” from Stand By Me gets an update and twist as fifteen-year-old Bia becomes obsessed with a series of unsolved murders and the graveyard Facebook pages of the victims. Drawn into the world of darkness\, she finds more in common with the dead girls than her own group of friends.  Visually alluring\, it’s a refreshing\, unapologetic love letter to melancholic curiosity\, something every teen passes through. –Bears Fonte\, SF IndieFest \n \n\n\nABOUT INDIEFEST Year Nineteen \nDates: Feb 2-16\, 2017 \nVenues: Brava\, Roxie\, Alamo Drafthouse \nFeatures: 40  Shorts: 46  Parties: 8  Bands: 1 Total Films: 86  Total Films To Date: 1551.  \nWith: Jeff Ross\, Bears Fonte\, Chris Metzler\, Jon Gann\, Jennifer Junkyard Morris\, Joshua Moore\, Catie Roads\, Laureen Lulu Briggs\, Colin Johnson\, Nadja Mark\, Nina Ramos\, George Kaskanlian\, Robert Meyer\, Karen Larsen\, Fabian Falconett\, Mellissa Martin \nSponsors: Grants for the Arts\, Samuel Adams\, KQED\, sfstation.com\, Pusser’s Rum\, Distillery 209\, Tito’s Vodka\, Radio Valencia\, 107.7 the Bone\, KALX\, 48 Hills\, Tax Ninja\, Hotel Kabuki\, Bai\, Hotel Carlton\, goodhotel\, DoTheBay\, Hotel Rex\, Phoenix Hotel\, Hotel Metropolis\, Bawdy Caste\, SF Weekly\, Funcheap\, Brava Theater \nNOTES: We borrow Josh Moore from SFJFF and recruit short film pro Jon Gann to join the team. Lise Swenson tribute. The New Orleans style Second Line parade from Brava to the party is a blast. First Bingo show is a hit! The Firmament turn Fury Road into an art film with an amazing live electro soundtrack.
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/kill-me-please/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:20 Year Retrospective,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/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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CREATED:20171228T150239Z
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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/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Shorts Program
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180210T150000
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SUMMARY:HARMONY AND ME
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for HARMONY AND ME at 518 Val Sat Feb 10\, 3p HERE\n  \nDiector Robert Byington – 2010 USA 75 min – IndieFest 2010 program note: \n  \nHarmony (a hilarious\, wry Jutin Rice) is a charmingly quirky slacker in the depths of a yearlong post-breakup funk that shows no signs of abating. The highlights of his days are “chance” run-ins with his ex. When one such excursion leads him to a nasty discovery\, he decides its time to move on\, but a disasterous date with his neighbor might not be the ticket. In what New York Magazine calls “a raucous\, highly musical comedy\,” director Robert Byington establishes himself as a unique\, irreverent and highly entertaining voice in contemporary cinema. – Anita Monga\, SF IndieFest \n  \n\n\nABOUT INDIEFEST Year Twelve \nDates: Jan 29-Feb 18\, 2010 \nVenues: Film: Roxie; Music: DNA Lounge\, Thee Parkside\, Bottom of the Hill \nFeatures: 28  Shorts: 37  Parties: 3  Bands: 43 Total Films: 65  Total Films To Date: 970.  \nWith: Jeff Ross\, Fay Dearborn\, Anita Monga\, Holly Roach\, Kier-la Janisse\, Ilya Tovis\, John Paulson\, Rick Abruzzo\, Tia Mignonne\, Caitlin Curtin\, Romany\, Karen Larsen\, studio1500 \nSponsors: Grants for the Arts\, Bay Guardian\, Live 105\, Blue Angel Vodka\, Hotel Carlton\, Clubcard Printing\, studio1500\, Trummer Pils\, goodhotel\, Phoenix Hotel\, Hostelling International\, KUSF\, b-side\, FLAG Marketing\, Sugarbowl\, Talking House Records \nNOTES: We add a week-long multi-venue music festival with over 40 excellent bands. We learn three week long festivals are exhausting.
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/harmony-and-me/
LOCATION:518 Valencia Gallery\, 518 Valencia St\, San Francisco\, 94110
CATEGORIES:20 Year Retrospective,Feature Narrative
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180210T140000
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CREATED:20171229T125251Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180124T194835Z
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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\n\n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/ramen-heads/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Documentary
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180210T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180210T140000
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SUMMARY:Shorts 3: The Best of Us
DESCRIPTION:Shorts 3: The Best of Us: Documentary Profiles \nFrom a kid boxer to an arborist prepping for the apocalypse\, these five unique people are making the most of their time. 87 min \nTICKETS for SHORTS 3 at Roxie Feb 7\, 7p HERE\nTICKETS for SHORTS 3 at Roxie Feb 10\, 2p HERE\n  \n \nBeyond the Plate: Eric Wolfinger \nAnton Lorimer\, USA\, 22 min \n“If you want to tell a human story\, the best place to start is at the table.”\nWatch as photographer Eric Wolfinger\, who’s been refered to as the Annie Leibovitz of food photography\, takes us on an incredible journey far beyond the kitchen’s reach to discover stories around the world while forging his own. \n  \nJesszilla \nEmily Sheskin\, USA\, 7 min \nJesselyn “Jesszilla” Silva is serious about boxing\, and at 10 years old trains seriously with dreams of becoming a professional fighter. Her father\, Pedro\, finds himself caught in between supporting her dream and worrying about her future as she tries to master a combat sport. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSeven Dates With Death \nMike Holland\, USA\, 11 min \nThe story of Moreese Bickham\, the oldest survivor of Death Row in the United States. Bickham describes why he was sent to Death Row\, his life on death row and how he was able to get out after almost four decades in prison. It is a story of grace\, redemption and forgiveness. \n  \nThe Tree Prophet \nChristian Schieder\, USA\, 29 min \nA poor and uneducated nursery man from Northern Michigan is sent back from heaven with a mission to save the world from global warming by cloning the worlds oldest and largest trees. \n  \n  \n \nThat’s My Boy \nAkhil Sathyan\, India\, 24 min \nThe successful and remarkable life of Sonu\, a trans activist from Kerala\, India \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/shorts-3-the-best-of-us-2/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Shorts Program
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SUMMARY:I AM A KNIFE WITH LEGS
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for I AM A KNIFE WITH LEGS at 518 Val Sat Feb 10\, 1p HERE\n  \nDirector Bennet Jones – 2015 USA 90 min – IndieFest 2015 program note: \n  \nFirst his girlfriend dies in a suicide bombing. Then a fatwa is issued against him. And now international Europop star Bené’s eclair is weird. Seven years and hundreds of dollars in the making\, I Am a Knife With Legs is an underground cinema wonder. Utilizing random scribbled animation\, multiple Adobe After Effects freeware plug-ins and\, most importantly\, comedic timing of proportions rivaling Bené’s songwriting abilities\, it lacks anything resembling a dull moment— a rare occurrence when a film is this intentionally batshit weird. – Kier-la Janisse\, SF IndieFest \n  \n\n\nABOUT INDIEFEST Year Seventeen \nDates: Feb 5-19\, 2015 \nVenues: Brava\, Roxie\, Humanist Hall Oakland \nFeatures: 36  Shorts: 45  Parties: 6  Total Films: 81  Total Films To Date: 1377.  \nWith: Jeff Ross\, Mike Keegan\, Kier-la Janisse\, Jeff Giordano\, Chris Metzler\, Jay Wertzler\, Catie Roads\, Emily Hoover\, Nadja Mark\, Nina Ramos\, George Kaskanlian\, Sara Sherman\, Patricia Moran\, Karen Larsen\, studio1500 \nSponsors: Grants for the Arts\, SF Art Commission\, SF Weekly\, Tax Ninja\, Lagunitas\, Phoenix Hotel\, Hotel Kabuki\, Hotel Mark Twain\, Other Avenues\, sfstation.com\, Yelp\, Funcheap\, KQED\, Pusser’s Rum\, Tito’s Vodka\, Dark Horse Wine\, studio1500 \nNOTES: We try another pop up venue in Oakland. Kier-la’s last year. Mike Keegan joins the team for one year. Last hurrah attempt to bring back the Lebowski Party vibe from the old Cellspace events. Conspiracy of Beards performing at opening night at Brava was most successful attempt to have opening night party there after the film. KQED’s Film School Shorts comes on board as a sponsor.
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/i-am-a-knife-with-legs/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:20 Year Retrospective,Feature Narrative
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CREATED:20171229T123659Z
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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 \nTICKETS 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 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/ron-goossens-low-budget-stuntman/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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CREATED:20171229T122825Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180131T002451Z
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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/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180209T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180209T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T161047
CREATED:20171116T005850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180110T053336Z
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SUMMARY:An Olympic Level Bad Art Show
DESCRIPTION:THE OPENING CEREMONIES OF THE OLYMPIC BAD ART GALLERY\n“THE OPENING CEREMONIES AT THE OLYMPIC BAD ART SHOW ARE AN EXTRAORDINARY AND INTRICATELY CHOREOGRAPHED EXTRAVAGANZA\, FEATURING AN AMAZING EXPLOSION OF COLOR AND MUSIC\, WHICH ALLOW THE HOST GALLERY SCOPE TO SHOWCASE ITS UNIQUENESS\, WHILE ADHERING TO VARIOUS PROTOCOLS THAT HAVE EVOLVED SINCE THE FIRST MODERN OLYMPIC BAD ART SHOW WAS HELD IN ATHENS IN 1896.” – International Olympic Committee \nThe Traditional Five Elements of the Opening Ceremony: \nARTISTIC PROGRAM: this one’s easy\, there’s lots of art \nPARADE OF NATIONS: the beverage table will have representatives from Russia\, Mexico\, the Caribbean\, England\, Kentucky and uh\, Petaluma on hand \nTRADITONAL EVENTS: a representative in traditional San Francisco Mission costuming will open the ceremonies \nOLYMPIC FLAME: outside on the sidewalk only\, please \nDOVES: seriously? doves? what do we need doves for? fine. ok. we’ll ask the DJ to play that Prince song \n\n \nA whole new collection of dumpster-dived art awaits at the February 2018 edition of the MISSION B.A.G. (Bad Art Gallery). Hilarious catalog notes\, paintings curated from only the finest flea markets\, thrift stores and back alleys. Complimentary beverages. Radio Valencia DJs provide the soundtrack. Night Flight vids on screen. 21up.\nCo-presented by radiovalencia.fm
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/an-olympic-level-bad-art-show/
LOCATION:518 Valencia Gallery\, 518 Valencia St\, San Francisco\, 94110
CATEGORIES:Party
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180209T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T161047
CREATED:20171229T121820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180117T062310Z
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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/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180209T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180209T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T161047
CREATED:20171215T193332Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180111T185305Z
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SUMMARY:Film Fest Curators Panel
DESCRIPTION:FREE – Come and meet festival programmers from the vast\, varied and vital film festivals of the Bay Area.  If you ask the right question many film festival secrets with be revealed. \nRepresentatives invited to represent these awesome SF organizations/events: \nSFFILM\, Center for Asian American Media\, SF Jewish Film Festival\, Alamo Drafthouse\, SF MOMA\, SF Documentary Festival\, SF Green Film Festival\, Mill Valley Film Festival\, International Ocean Film Festival\, SF Black Film Festival\, Frameline\, Another Hole in the Head and SF Independent Film Festival \n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/film-fest-curators-panel/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180208T211500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180208T211500
DTSTAMP:20260403T161047
CREATED:20171222T221152Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180125T221121Z
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SUMMARY:GINGER NATION
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for GINGER NATION at Roxie Sun Feb 4\, 7p HERE\nTICKETS for GINGER NATION at Roxie Thu Feb 8\, 915p HERE\n  \nDirectors Jonathan Soja and Shawn Hitchins – 2017 Canada 56 min West Coast Premiere – Comedy/Documentary \n  \nRedheads are hot and fiery gay comic Shawn Hitchins has made flame-haired world domination his mission.  He verges on Spalding Gray in this intimate concert filming of his internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy\, Ginger Nation.  This humorous and heartfelt one-man show has the affable entertainer recounting his experience as a sperm donor to his lesbian friends. Hitchins’ spunky storytelling effortlessly weaves tales from his adolescence and his brushes with celebrity as a stand-up comic with bizarre tales of turkey basters and masturbating in increasingly suspect bathrooms.. – Chris Metzler \nCo-presented by FRAMELINE \nPlays with:  \nSQUIRRELS DON’T JUDGE \nRoz Greenfield\, USA\, 25 min \nMorgan Ruzzo\, a transgender\, lesbian in her 60s\, is a stand-up comedian and storyteller who lives in San Francisco with her fiancee Sharon. Ehsan Mafi is an Iranian-American Shia Muslim\, who is very dedicated to his Muslim faith. He lives in San Francisco\, working in tech while developing his skills as a stand-up comic. The documentary follows Ehsan and Morgan as they get to know each other\, and learn about themselves. Does stand-up comedy bridge these differences while respecting diversity? \n  \n\n\n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/ginger-nation-2/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Documentary
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180208T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180208T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T161047
CREATED:20171222T193043Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180117T044801Z
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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-2/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Documentary
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180208T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180208T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T161047
CREATED:20171222T190730Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180117T044720Z
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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-2/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180207T211500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180207T211500
DTSTAMP:20260403T161047
CREATED:20171222T214939Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180125T221254Z
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SUMMARY:RUMINATIONS
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for RUMINATIONS at Roxie Sun Feb 4\, 430p HERE\nTICKETS for RUMINATIONS at Roxie Sun Wed Feb 7\, 915p HERE\n  \nDirector Robert James – 2018 USA 78 min World Premiere\, Local Filmmaker – Documentary/GLBT \n  \nA gender-bending coming-of-age story of Rumi Missabu\, the iconoclast co-founder of San Francisco’s infamous Cockettes.  He left Hollywood 50 years ago on a quest for his true identity and found it in underground drag theater.  Explore SF’s queer art past through his lurid tales in and out of the spotlight as he reinvents himself at the end of his life.   \nLiving off the grid from the age of 19\, Rumi was a short-order cook\, cleaned houses\, and lived all over the country\, amassing crazy adventures along the way.  Ruminating about his encounters with everyone from Tina Turner to Jane Russell\, Andy Warhol\, Cindy Williams and more\, Ruminations uncovers the man\, James Bartlett\, underneath the artist Rumi Missabu.  Breaking down the fourth wall the film takes the audience on the surreal adventure that is Rumi’s story. – Chris Metzler \nCo-presented by FRAMELINE \n\n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/ruminations-2/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Documentary
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CREATED:20171222T192213Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180117T044434Z
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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/sequence-break/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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