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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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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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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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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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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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CREATED:20171222T221152Z
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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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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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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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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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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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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  \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/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Shorts Program
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CREATED:20171222T223131Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180117T044252Z
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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/4191/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Documentary
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SUMMARY:THE ICARUS LINE MUST DIE
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for THE ICARUS LINE MUST DIE at Roxie Sun Feb 4\, 915p HERE\nTICKETS for THE ICARUS LINE MUST DIE at Roxie Tue Feb 6\, 915p HERE\n  \nDirector Michael Grodner – 2017 USA 82 min Bay Area Premiere – Music/Narrative \n  \nFifteen years ago the band\, Icarus Line\, was rocketing to the top of the LA underground with a hot debut album and a major-label deal. Now frontman Joe Cardamone is 36 and broke\, and the record companies won’t touch his new stuff. Plus\, he’s getting death threats by text. Cardamone and director Michael Grodner wrote the script and plays a thinly veiled version of himself in this No Wave-style noir about navigating the modern music biz\, co-starring fellow musicians Ariel Pink and Keith Morris (Circle Jerks). The screening will also feature a live musical performance by Joe Cardamone and Annie Hardy. – Chris Metzler
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/the-icarus-line-must-die-2/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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CREATED:20171222T220225Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180117T044130Z
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SUMMARY:HOLDEN ON
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for HOLDEN ON at Roxie Sun Feb 4\, 7p HERE\nTICKETS for HOLDEN ON at Roxie Tue Feb 6 915p HERE\n  \nDirector Tamlin Hall – 2017 USA 101 min Bay Area Premiere – Drama / Youth \n  \nNo longer your average boy-next-door\, Holden Layfield weaves audiences through his harrowing tale in this film set in the early 1990s. After succumbing to a secret battle with mental illness\, Holden evolves from a beloved\, small town Georgia football player to a lost\, self-medicating prophet. Based on a true story about dual diagnosis. – Jennifer Junkyard Morris \nDirector Statement \nI KNEW HOLDEN…\nBecause we grew up together in small-town Georgia. He was “that” guy everyone liked\, even teachers. He was friendly. He was cool. He accepted you for who you were\, not who you weren’t. Whether you were popular or not\, as in my case\, Holden treated everyone as a friend. As one of the “fat” kids growing up\, I was routinely bullied. Holden always looked past my stigma and treated me like an ally rather than an enemy. Looking back\, I’m sure you had a “Holden” at your school. So\, it was an utter shock that autumn afternoon my junior year when I found out Holden died by suicide. He was 19 years old. It wasn’t until I set out to write a paper about Holden in my psychology class senior year did I learn about the secret behind Holden’s smile. His facade masked a story that dealt with mental illness and self-medication. Ten years after that psychology class project\, I asked Bob & Brenda Layfield if I could write a screenplay about their son. They said yes. I am forever grateful. \nWe currently have an award-winning lm\, “Holden On\,” and a high school art initiative\, iAmHoldenOn\, that uses Holden’s humanity to spark social change. I believe we can use our voice through art to help discuss mental health and suicide. And I believe we can save some lives while we’re at it. Let’s be the ally. \nMy name is Tamlin Hall and #iAmHoldenOn
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/holden-on-2/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:Shorts 2: An Animated World
DESCRIPTION:Shorts 2: An Animated World showcases a wide variety of animation from around the world. \nTICKETS for SHORTS 2 at Roxie Feb 3\, 430p HERE\nTICKETS for SHORTS 2 at Roxie Feb 6\, 7p HERE\n  \n  \nFramed \nMarco Jemolo\, Italy\, 7 min \nFRAMED is a noir animated short-film\, which explores the sensitive subject of alienation in society. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nThe Realm of Deepest Knowing \nSeung Hee Kim\, Korea\, 4 min \nOne digs beneath the surface of the other to reach the deepest place of his heart during struggles. It lightens up the darkness. They fulfill one another within the sense of oneness. \n  \n  \nWhen Comes the Rain \nBrian Giovanni\, USA\, 2 min \nThe local birdbath is empty\, and the hot sun won’t let up. An ambitious bird gathers his flock to bring the rain down upon them. But how far will he go to get what he wants? \n  \n  \n  \n  \nHomegrown \nQuentin Haberham\, UK\, 9 min \nFrancis raises his son Kip in isolation. When the boy outgrows his father’s protective confines\, Francis learns that what is right for himself may not be best for his son. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nStillpoint \nBenjamin Ridgway\, USA\, 2 min \nAn elusive point of stillness in a shifting and expanding world. \n  \n  \n  \nOh My… \nTim Ballard\, USA\, 3 min \nA post-apocalyptic dream journey and promise of rebirth through imagination. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSpace Butthole \nDavid Chai\, USA\, 8 min \nIn the annals of mankind\, we will realize that humans have been mistreating Mother Nature for far too long. It was only a matter of time before the universe blasted back. Please join us in experiencing a warning from the deepest bowels of the galaxy. Can humanity squeeze out a solution before it goes to pot? Don’t stall to find out! \n  \n  \n  \n  \nYellow and Red Make Orange \nJay Hollinsworth\, USA\, 5 min \nAn illegal prairie cockfight is the setting for an autobiographical reminiscence about the struggle to find place and peace in the rural west of the 1970’s. Yellow and Red Make Orange exists as the emotional memory of a childhood spent contending with men created and shaped by the frontier myth. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nThe Servant \nFarnoosh Abedi\, Iran\, 9 min \nA bug became servant\,servant became master  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nCeci N’est Pas une Animation \nFederico Kempke\, Canada\, 5 min \nA group of pretentious animators are followed through the process of creating the “ultimate animated film”. But do they really have the skills to back up their claims? \n  \n  \n  \nMeeting MacGuffin \nCatya Plate\, USA\, 10 min \nIn a post-apocalyptic future where humanity has fallen apart\, a group of scientists and an animated sign complete the construction of a new human race and meet a groundhog climatologist who prepares them for their mission to restore balance to the decimated Earth. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nCITIPATI \nAndreas Feix\, Germany\, 7 min \nAfter being subjected to a cataclysmic meteorite impact\, a small dinosaur attempts to battle the horrific aftermath both physically & psychologically. A tale about life\, death & rebirth\, told from a unique\, prehistoric perspective. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nThe Alligator Hunter \nKyle V. James\, USA\, 4 min \nAfter losing his wife in a traumatic attack\, an elderly hunter seeks revenge on the culprit: a massive albino alligator. Months of waiting for the creature to resurface turns his grief into a desperate obsession. However\, when the hunter finally has the chance to kill the alligator and obtain catharsis\, he feels an unexpected bond. In the monster’s eyes\, he sees his wife looking back. Reunited with his love\, the hunter decides to leave the safety of his boat and swim with the alligator. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nFreedom \nKathrin Steinbacher\, UK\, 3 min \nStriving for a professional skiing career means you are going to be subjected to great pressure. The main character\, is struggling to find his place in the world after giving up his career as a potential professional skier. This animated documentary explores how high expectations can lead to frustration and anxiety. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSeine’s Breath \nBethanie Montano\, Australia\, 3 min \nThe face of an unknown young woman influences history after her death. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/shorts-2-an-animated-world-2/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Shorts Program
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SUMMARY:THE S WORD
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for THE S WORD at Roxie Sat Feb 3\, 430p HERE\nTICKETS for THE S WORD at Roxie Tue Feb 6\, 7p HERE\n  \nDirector Lisa J. Klein – 2017 USA 93 min Bay Area Premiere – Documentary \n\nThis powerful documentary explores one of the most feared and misunderstood topics in the human experience – suicide.  Putting a human face to the subject\, the film shares the stories of those with lived experience – people who have attempted to take their own lives and survived to tell their stories.  Capturing personal revelations and surprising moments of humor\, The S Word opens a door on this most taboo of subjects through the eyes of the people who have been there and are now committed to preventing others from getting to that edge. –  Chris Metzler
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/the-s-word-2/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Documentary
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SUMMARY:BLACK CAT
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for BLACK CAT at Roxie Sat Feb 3\, 915p HERE\nTICKETS for BLACK CAT at Roxie Mon Feb 5\, 915p HERE\n  \nDirector Peter Pardini – 2017 USA 85 min Bay Area Premiere – Mockumentary   \n  \nBlack Cat is a satire on true crime documentaries gone wild.  When a near-decade old murder case involving a movie star threatens to reopen\, childlike adult Duke Moody decides to make a documentary\, financed by his mother.  Take a comedic thrill ride following a cast of zany characters\, twists and turns and cold-blooded murder. – Chris Metzler
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/black-cat-2/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:RUKUS
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for Rukus at Roxie Fri Feb 2\, 7p HERE\nTICKETS for Rukus at Roxie Mon Feb 5\, 915p HERE \nDirector Brett Hanover – 2017 USA 86 min World Premiere – Hybrid Documentary/ LGBT/Punk/Furries \n  \nFurries\, filmmakers\, kinksters\, survivors. Ruckus is a fictionalized personal account of coming of age in Memphis at the turn of the century. This feature-length video project is based on work begun in collaboration with furry artist Rukus\, that was left unfinished after his death in 2008 \nA hybrid of documentary and fiction\, Rukus is a queer coming-of-age story set in the liminal spaces of furry conventions\, southern punk houses\, and virtual worlds. Rukus is a 20-year-old furry artist\, living with his boyfriend Sable in the suburbs of Orlando\, Florida. In his sketchbooks\, Rukus is constructing an imaginary universe—a sprawling graphic novel in which painful childhood memories are restaged as an epic fantasy. He crosses paths with Brett\, a 16-year-old filmmaker with OCD\, who is working on a documentary about kinky subcultures in spite of his own anxiety. After an interview leads to an online friendship\, their lives entwine in ways that push them into strange\, unexplored territories. \nBrett Hanover was last at IndieFest in 2008 with the excellent Bunnyland.- Jennifer Junkyard Morris \nCo-presented by FRAMELINE
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/rukus-2/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:Shorts 1: What You Don't Know About Me
DESCRIPTION:Shorts 1: What You Don’t Know About Me: Dramatic Narrative Shorts  \nTop-notch dialogue distinguishes these stories about the difficulty of being understood. Contains some violence. \nTICKETS for SHORTS 1 at Roxie Feb 3\, 2p HERE\nTICKETS for SHORTS 1 at Roxie Feb 5\, 7p HERE\n  \nTwenty Minutes \nGabriel Wilson\, USA\, 12 min \nEric\, a thirty-year-old man with Asperger’s Syndrome\, prepares to move to an apartment twenty minutes away from his family home. Encouraged by the community around him\, Eric feels ready\, until loneliness sets in and he is left alone to battle his anxieties. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nTwo Strangers Who Meet Five Times \nMarcus Markou\, UK\, 13 min \nTwo strangers meet at five key turning points over the duration of their lives. Initial conflict gives way to compassion and eventual friendship. \n  \n  \n  \n \nCounterfeit Kunkoo \nReema Sengupta\, India\, 15 min \nEscaping an abusive marriage\, Smita must find herself a house to rent in Mumbai. She is hard-working\, honest and respectful–the ideal tenant—except for one glaring flaw: She is a middle-class Indian woman without a husband. \n  \n \n  \nNew Neighbors \nE.G. Bailey\, USA\, 10 min \nWhen a mother and her two sons move to a new\, mostly white neighborhood\, she is determined to keep her family safe\, even if it means knocking on every door in town. A resourceful and unique approach to the Black Lives Matter dialogue. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \nSeven Minutes to Closing \nApril Abeyta\, USA\, 15 min \nTwo strangers connect in the final minutes before an asteroid impacts and destroys earth. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nOutlines \nEllie Rogers\, UK\, 16 min \nA teenage girl\, Sarah\, returns to her father’s apartment earlier than expected\, only to come face-to-face with his hired escort. In the moments that follow\, distrust and prejudice give way to understanding\, and maybe even friendship. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/shorts-1-what-you-dont-know-about-me-2/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Shorts Program
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SUMMARY:MOVING PARTS
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for MOVING PARTS at Roxie Sat Feb 3\, 7p HERE\nTICKETS for MOVING PARTS at Roxie Sat Mon Feb 5 7p HERE\n  \nDirector Emilie Upczak – 2017 Trinidad and Tobago 77 min West Coast Premiere – Drama/Narrative  \n  \nThis quietly gripping drama puts a fresh spin on the subject of human trafficking by introducing us to a young Chinese woman smuggled into Trinidad and Tobago. After the death of her father\, Zhenzhen hires a smuggler to take her to the Caribbean island where her brother\, Wei\, works in construction. Wei gets her a job at a restaurant\, but when the smuggler demands more cash\, the delicate beauty is forced into a compromising position. Help comes unexpectedly from Evelyn\, who runs an art gallery in the neighborhood—but the contrast between the dark rooms above the restaurant and the blindingly white gallery calls everyone’s innocence into question. – Chris Metzler \n\nCO-PRESENTED BY THE CENTER FOR ASIAN AMERICAN MEDIA \n  \n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/moving-parts-2/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:BLUE RUIN
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for BLUE RUIN at 518 Val Sun Feb 4\, 930p HERE\n  \nDirector Jeremy Saulnier – 2013 USA 92 min – IndieFest 2014 program note: \n  \nBack in 2007\, SF Indie played Jeremy Saulnier’s riotous horror comedy Murder Party\, and after making a name for himself as a cinematographer in the interim – most notably for the dreamy narratives of Matthew Porterfield (Putty Hill) – Saulnier now returns to the director’s seat\, with frequent collaborator Macon Blair turning in a transfixing performance as Blue Ruin’s damaged lead. \nDwight is a soft-spoken\, somewhat shell-shocked beach hobo who lives in his blue car on the west coast\, just trying to keep his head down and limit interactions with the outside world. When he is informed by a sympathetic cop that the man imprisoned for murdering his parents has just been released\, Dwight vows to get revenge\, and sets off on a road trip back to his old haunts to give the killer a different kind of homecoming. – Kier-la Janisse\, SF IndieFest \n“[Saulnier’s] dark revenge tale flaunts its small-town strangeness\, but it also keeps a sharp eye on the human beings at the story’s center. Blue Ruin may occasionally be midnight-movie lurid\, but not at the expense of deeper questions about vengeance’s diminishing returns.” (Tim Grierson\, Paste Magazine) \n \n\n\nABOUT INDIEFEST Year Sixteen \nDates: Feb 6-20\, 2014 \nVenues: Brava\, Roxie\, New Parkway \nFeatures: 37  Shorts: 51  Parties: 7  Bands: 2 Total Films: 88  Total Films To Date: 1296.  \nWith: Jeff Ross\, Kier-la Janiss\, Holly Roach\, Jeff Giordano\, Chris Metzler\, Jay Wertzler\, Anna Feder\, Catie Roads\, Nadja Mark\, Nina Ramos\, George Kaskanlian\, Anne Maley\, Adam Harvie\, Karen Larsen\, studio1500 \nSponsors: Grants for the Arts\, Bay Guardian\, SF Weekly\, East Bay Express\, KALX\, Tax Ninja\, Blue Angel\, Do415\, Purity Organic\, sfstation.com\, Hotel Abri\, Hotel Mark Twain\, Other Avenues\, Phoenix Hotel\, Yelp\, Lagunitas\, studio1500 \nNOTES: We try out the New Parkway in Oakland. Party bus outside the Roxie for Lets Ruin It With Babies. Chris Metzler joins the team.
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/blue-ruin/
LOCATION:518 Valencia Gallery\, 518 Valencia St\, San Francisco\, 94110
CATEGORIES:20 Year Retrospective,Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:VIDAR THE VAMPIRE
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for VIDAR THE VAMPIRE at Roxie Sun Feb 4\, 915p HERE\n  \nDirectors Thomas Aske Berg & Fredrik Waldeland – 2017 Norway 83 min Northern California Premiere – Horror Comedy \n  \nHailing from the land of Black Metal and burning churches comes a story of a farmer who accepts the blood of Jesus only to become a whoremongering vampire. With co-director/co-writer Berg stumbling through his new existence as the Vidar\, this surprisingly sacrilegious and heartfelt film remakes the Vampire genre anew. \nAt its heart Vidar the Vampire is a story about determining and accepting your place in life. Vidar’s ‘conversion’ becomes a metaphor for his alienation. Touching scenes of isolation and self-reflection breakup silly scenes of Vidar’s hopeless attempts to find love and some really gross-out horror. \n Unlike many other Norwegian films\, Vidar was shot without any support from the Norwegian Film Institute. Self-financed at around $60\,000 US\, the film crew had to do everything themselves\, forfeiting salaries and doing odd end jobs between shoots to stay afloat in ‘real life’. They built own set pieces\, provided and managed costumes\, did extensive location scouting\, managed locations\, set-designed locations before shoots\, and broke them down after (among other things). The ‘VampyrVidar’-cast consists of 25% professional actors and the rest are either amateurs to first-timers. \n –Bears Fonte \n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/vidar-the-vampire/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:THE ICARUS LINE MUST DIE
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for THE ICARUS LINE MUST DIE at Roxie Sun Feb 4\, 915p HERE\nTICKETS for THE ICARUS LINE MUST DIE at Roxie Tue Feb 6\, 915p HERE\n  \nDirector Michael Grodner – 2017 USA 82 min Bay Area Premiere – Music/Narrative \n  \nFifteen years ago the band\, Icarus Line\, was rocketing to the top of the LA underground with a hot debut album and a major-label deal. Now frontman Joe Cardamone is 36 and broke\, and the record companies won’t touch his new stuff. Plus\, he’s getting death threats by text. Cardamone and director Michael Grodner wrote the script and plays a thinly veiled version of himself in this No Wave-style noir about navigating the modern music biz\, co-starring fellow musicians Ariel Pink and Keith Morris (Circle Jerks). The screening will also feature a live musical performance by Joe Cardamone and Annie Hardy. – Chris Metzler \nCo-presented by NOISEPOP
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/the-icarus-line-must-die/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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SUMMARY:PASSING STONES
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for PASSING STONES at 518 Val Sun Feb 4\, 730p HERE\n  \nDrector Roger Majkowski – 2001 USA 94 min – IndieFest 2001 program note: \n\n \n  \nLeon (writer/director Roger Majkowski) is a ferociously bitter 30-year-old paperboy (he prefers the term “circulation manager”) still living at home with his nagging mother and dope-addled man-boy brother\, Anthony. When a doddering customer gives him a cryptic letter before blowing his own brains out\, Leon enlists the help of his twisted siblings to solve the mystery. After older brother Gary\, a demented cross between Buddha and Machiavelli\, translates the letter (it’s in Polish)\, it sends the trio on a hunt for a fortune. Their search leads them to a family of women even more bizarre than themselves. Head of this other household is the hard-edged Sheila. Sheila’s sister Meredith seeks relief from the barking and uncontrollable swearing of her Tourettes through a crack pipe. Their mother\, Eve\, lies in a catatonic stupor\, yet locked within her brain are past secrets that may lead to a buried treasure. Buried treasure! Only a movie as frenzied and funny as this one could get away with an old saw like that. Filled with one-of-a-kind characters (Roger Majkowski\, especially\, is simply amazing as the lunatic Leon) and pitched at a delirious pace\, this is an indie version of “It’s a Mad\, Mad\, Mad\, Mad World.”  \n \n\nABOUT INDIEFEST Year Three \nDates: Jan 11-21\, 2001 \nVenues: Galaxy\, Lumiere\, Bohemia Lounge\, Fine Arts Cinema \nFeatures: 21  Shorts: 52  Parties: 6  Bands: 3 Total Films: 73  Total Films To Date: 128.  \nWith: Jeff Ross\, Stevy Stephens\, Allen White\, Tod Booth\, Mimi Brody\, Abby Kavanaugh\, Mick Diener\, Sarah Lockhart\, Dennis Conroy\, Claudia Lehan\, Steve Mockus\, Sean Shodahl\, Philip Walker\, Dan Rodenburg\, Alicia Perre-Dowd\, Allen White\, Marjorie Kase\, Lynn Coakley\, Trina Ross. \nSponsors: Animation\, Bay Guardian\, Cineric\, Hotel Bijou\, Eveo\, SAG\, Bohemia\, AIVF\, Creative Technology\, Sierra Nevada\, Rainbow Grocery\, Filmmaker Magazine\, Lost Weekend Video\, sfstation.com\, Academy of Art College \nNOTES: Added short films. Opening Night bash was at Somarts. First of many Bill Plympton films at the festival. First year with Tod Booth programming. Borrowed Mimi Brody from SF FIlm Society to program shorts. Indie film themed choose your own adventure game by Richard Schenkman throughout the 32 page program guide! First year as a 501c3 non-profit!
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/passing-stones/
LOCATION:518 Valencia Gallery\, 518 Valencia St\, San Francisco\, 94110
CATEGORIES:20 Year Retrospective,Feature Narrative
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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 \n\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/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Documentary
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CREATED:20171222T220123Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180117T042828Z
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SUMMARY:HOLDEN ON
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for HOLDEN ON at Roxie Sun Feb 4\, 7p HERE\nTICKETS for HOLDEN ON at Roxie Tue Feb 6 915p HERE\n  \nDirector Tamlin Hall – 2017 USA 101 min Bay Area Premiere – Drama / Youth \n  \nNo longer your average boy-next-door\, Holden Layfield weaves audiences through his harrowing tale in this film set in the early 1990s. After succumbing to a secret battle with mental illness\, Holden evolves from a beloved\, small town Georgia football player to a lost\, self-medicating prophet. Based on a true story about dual diagnosis. – Jennifer Junkyard Morris \nDirector Statement \nI KNEW HOLDEN…\nBecause we grew up together in small-town Georgia. He was “that” guy everyone liked\, even teachers. He was friendly. He was cool. He accepted you for who you were\, not who you weren’t. Whether you were popular or not\, as in my case\, Holden treated everyone as a friend. As one of the “fat” kids growing up\, I was routinely bullied. Holden always looked past my stigma and treated me like an ally rather than an enemy. Looking back\, I’m sure you had a “Holden” at your school. So\, it was an utter shock that autumn afternoon my junior year when I found out Holden died by suicide. He was 19 years old. It wasn’t until I set out to write a paper about Holden in my psychology class senior year did I learn about the secret behind Holden’s smile. His facade masked a story that dealt with mental illness and self-medication. Ten years after that psychology class project\, I asked Bob & Brenda Layfield if I could write a screenplay about their son. They said yes. I am forever grateful. \nWe currently have an award-winning lm\, “Holden On\,” and a high school art initiative\, iAmHoldenOn\, that uses Holden’s humanity to spark social change. I believe we can use our voice through art to help discuss mental health and suicide. And I believe we can save some lives while we’re at it. Let’s be the ally. \nMy name is Tamlin Hall and #iAmHoldenOn
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/holden-on/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180204T163000
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DTSTAMP:20260405T221352
CREATED:20171222T214817Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180204T170556Z
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SUMMARY:RUMINATIONS
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for RUMINATIONS at 518 Valencia 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/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Documentary
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180204T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180204T150000
DTSTAMP:20260405T221352
CREATED:20171115T234436Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180117T042512Z
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SUMMARY:SHUT YER DIRTY LITTLE MOUTH
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for SHUT YER DIRTY MOUTH at 518 Val Sun Feb 4\, 3p HERE\n  \nDirector Robert Taischer – 2002 USA 75 min – IndieFest 2002 program note: \n  \nRobert Taicher earned his Indie credentials by producing Alejandro Jodorowsky’s THE HOLY MOUNTAIN\, and working on SANTA SANGRE. His latest film is an outrageous\, often hilarious\, slice-of-life in the tradition of BARFLY. It is best described as “Waiting for Godot” meets “The Odd Couple in Hell”. Peter (Glenn Shadix – BEETLEJUICE) and Ray (Gill Gayle – THE NEW WOMEN) are down-and-out alcoholics living in the ‘Pepto Bismol Palace’ in the Lower Haight. They imbibe massive quantities of vodka\, report each other to 911\, get hauled off to jail\, and raise the ire of everyone within earshot. Based on actual conversations recorded in the late ’80s\, these unbelievable harangues became an underground cultural sensation. Duplicated again and again\, these aural journals of self-loathing and drunken nonsense traveled the world. They were featured on NPR\, alternative radio\, and they became a daily soap opera on the airwaves in Auckland\, New Zealand. Samples appear on records by L7\, Faith No More\, and Kim Deal. A bittersweet slice of urban Americana. – Bruce Fletcher\, SF IndieFest \n \n\n\nABOUT INDIEFEST Year Four  \nDates: Jan 31-Feb 10\, 2002 \nVenues: Castro\, Roxie\, Studio Z/Transmission Theater\, New College\, Expression Center\, Parkway Theater \nFeatures: 26  Shorts: 73  Parties: 5  Bands: 3 Total Films: 99  Total Films To Date: 227.  \nWith: Jeff Ross\, Stevy Stephens\, Bruce Fletcher\, Allen White\, Doug Jones\, Alex Lynch\, Marjorie Case\, Lynn Coakley\, Brian Cox \nSponsors: SF Weekly\, Creative Technology\, Hotel Bijou\, New Colege\, Cineric\, Expression Center for New Media\, sfstation.com\, Rainbow Grocery\, Adolph Gasser\, KUSF\, AIVF\, Landmark\, Lost Weekend Video\, AIVF\, Sauza\, Makers Mark\, Blavod\, Sierra Nevada\, Mumm Cuvee Napa \nNOTES: First year opening at the Castro! First party at the Werepad. Two new venues in the East Bay. Started highlighting new Japanese cinema. Bruce Fletcher’s first year programming. Back page of the 32 page guide featured an SF Indie film themed crossword puzzle designed by Allen White. Penelope Sheeris attends with Sold Our Souls For Rock N Roll!
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/shut-yer-dirty-little-mouth/
LOCATION:518 Valencia Gallery\, 518 Valencia St\, San Francisco\, 94110
CATEGORIES:20 Year Retrospective,Feature Narrative
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180204T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180204T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T221352
CREATED:20171222T202747Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180117T042425Z
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SUMMARY:KUPAL
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for KUPAL at Roxie Sat Feb 3\, 7p HERE\nTICKETS for KUPAL at Roxie  Sun Feb 4\, 2p HERE\n  \nDrector Kazem Mollaie – 2017 The Islamic Republic of Iran 81 min Bay Area Premiere – Drama / Middle Eastern \n  \nDr. Ahmad Kupal is a 50-year-old hunter and taxidermist living on the outskirts of Tehran\, Iran. Recently\, his wife Firoozeh has left him because of his excessive hunting\, his numerous taxidermy animals that fill the house\, and most importantly his extreme love for his dog Haiku. Firoozeh will only come back on one condition: that Kupal takes Haiku and all the taxidermy animals out of the house.  \nJust moments before the New Year and having to decide between his wife or his dog\, Kupal and his dog get trapped in his huge basement taxidermy workshop that has a newly installed steel burglarproof door. 
For days\, he struggles with death in a very harsh and unimaginable situation and is forced to battle thirst and hunger in his own special way to survive. – Jennifer Junkyard Morris \nE
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/kupal-2/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
CATEGORIES:Feature Narrative
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180204T130000
DTSTAMP:20260405T221352
CREATED:20171115T233729Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180117T042335Z
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SUMMARY:RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK: THE ADAPTATION
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS for RAIDERS: ADAPTATION at 518 Val Sun Feb 4\, 1p HERE\n  \nDirector Eric Zala – 1982-1989 USA 100 min – IndieFest 2005 program note: \n  \nIndieFest is delighted to host this extremely rare presentation of the semi legendary shot-for-shot re-creation of Raiders of the Lost Ark made by three 12 year-olds in Mississippi. \nEric Zala\, Jayson Lamb and Chris Strompolos started shooting in 1982 – and didn’t have a clue what they were getting themselves into. Their production wrapped in 1989\, and was shelved and forgotten until 2003 when Eli Roth (Cabin Fever) screened a bootleg copy in the middle of the night at Austin’s legendary Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. The rest is history. \nTheir ingenuity is astonishing: watch for the rolling boulder\, a submarine\, live snakes\, the heart-thudding truck sequence\, the melting face\, the same copy of a 1936 Life magazine that was used in the original\, and everywhere flames\, flames and more flames. They did a few inventive substitutions: puppy for monkey\, boat for plane – but they got a submarine! What makes it more amazing is that there was no reference copy of the original for the kids to watch. Eventually\, they (mysteriously) obtained an audiotape of the film recorded in a theater and worked from that. I love these guys! \nA feature film based on their childhood is now in production with Dan (Ghost World) Clowes penning the script\, which resulted in Producer Scott Rudin buying the intellectual property rights to their childhood. How weird would that be? – Bruce Fletcher\, SF IndieFest \n\n  \n\n\nABOUT INDIEFEST Year Seven \nDATES: Feb 3-15\, 2005 \nVenues: Castro\, Roxie\, Women’s Building\, Ego Park Gallery \nFeatures: 35  Shorts: 58  Parties: 7  Bands: 3 Total Films: 93  Total Films To Date: 508.  \nWith: Jeff Ross\, Bruce Fletcher\, Tod Booth\, Alicia Perre-Dowd\, Nina Ramos\, Michelle Lee\, Fay Dearborn\, Catherine Fougere\, Mike Skurko\, Karen Larsen \nSponsors: Bay Guardian\, Women’s Building\, Adolph Gasser\, Complex Corp\, sfstation.com\, Dolby\, Rainbow Grocery\, Lost Weekend Video\, Monacco\, Herring and Grey Design\, KQED\, KUSF\, KALX\, Pirate Cat Radio\, 960AM The Quake\, Phoenix Hotel\, Hotel Bijou\, Makers Mark\, Sierra Nevada\, Johnny Love Vodka \nNOTES: First sell out of the Castro Theater\, but 2/3 of the audience is too depressed to go to the after party at the Swedish Hall and Asia Argento stiffed us on a ticket from Rome. Program guide cover art wins a bunch of design awards. Lebowski party moved from a bowling alley to a gallery and becomes more of a party than a bowling night.
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-the-adaptation/
LOCATION:518 Valencia Gallery\, 518 Valencia St\, San Francisco\, 94110
CATEGORIES:20 Year Retrospective,Feature Narrative
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