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SUMMARY:Sam Green Award event and Retrospective
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS: https://drafthouse.com/show/sf-indieshorts-sam-green-award-event\nSF IndieShorts is pleased to be presenting The Philo T Farnsworth Award for Innovative Filmmaking to Sam Green on Friday November 9\, 630p\, at Alamo Drafthouse New Mission. \nSam Green is a documentary filmmaker who has made many movies including most recently A Thousand Thoughts\, a live cinematic collaboration with the Kronos Quartet. Previous “live documentaries” include The Measure of All Things and The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller\, featuring the indie rock band Yo La Tengo. Sam’s documentary The Weather Underground was nominated for an Academy Award and included in the 2004 Whitney Biennial. \nSam has been making award-winning short documentaries since the late 1990s. The SF IndieShorts program gathers together a full length program of Green’s short films\, ranging from a portrait of the world’s largest shopping mall in Southern China\, which is actually completely empty (Utopia\, Part 3)\, to an elegy for Meredith Hunter\, the young man who was killed by Hell’s Angels at the notorious 1969 Altamont concert (lot 63\, grave c). Other films from the program include: The Fabulous Stains: Behind the Movie\, the remarkable story of the cult film directed by Lou Adler in 1982. The Universal Language is a portrait of Esperanto\, an artificial language that was created in the late 1800s with the hope of creating world peace\, and the worldwide movement of people who still speak it. Plus Sam’s latest film Julius Caeser was Buried in a Pet Cemetary\, which premiered at Sundance earlier this year.  \nRunning through Green’s films is a celebration of idealism and the search for meaning along with the often humorous realities of human folly. \nFilms screening after the awards presentation and Sam Green in conversation with Chris Metzler:\nUtopia Part 3: the World’s Largest Shopping Mall – 13:08\, 2009 \nPie Fight ’69 – 8:03\, 2000 \nThe Fabulous Stains: Behind the Movie – 11:00\, 1999 \nlot 63\, grave c – 9:47\, 2006 \nN-Judah 5:30 – 3:18\, 2004 \nClear Glasses – 4:13\, 2008 \nThe Universal Language – 30:00\, 2011  \nJulius Caesar was Buried in a Pet Cemetery – 4:00\, 2018 \n  \nA short film by Electric Park Films about Sam Green:
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/sam-green-award-event-and-retrospective/
LOCATION:Alamo Drafthouse New Mission\, 2550 Mission Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110
CATEGORIES:Documentary,Shorts Program
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SUMMARY:Opening Night Party
DESCRIPTION:Please join us after the SAM GREEN Award+Screening and/or before the WHAT WAT? late night program to raise a glass with our attending filmmakers and your fellow film fans at Alamo’s BEAR vs BULL bar.\nFeaturing DJ Junkyard. All are welcome!
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/opening-night-party/
LOCATION:Alamo Drafthouse New Mission\, 2550 Mission Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110
CATEGORIES:Party
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SUMMARY:Program 2: What Wat?
DESCRIPTION:Program 2: What Wat?\nThe world we live in can be a strange and unusal place.\nFri Nov 9\, 930p\, 100 min\n  \nBest Before \nSkyler Schain \n2018\, US\, 5:39\, Local Filmmaker \nAn incident in a grocery store forces a young man to confront some issues in his personal life. \n  \n  \nCalifornia Roll \nKen Lin \n2018\, US\, 7:26\, Filmmaker Attending \nA local sushi bar becomes the stage for a spicy reckoning when two inept robbers take a gamble with defiant patrons\, and their own uncertain future. \n  \nDay Jobs \nNikiel Suchit \n2018\, US\, 12:45 \nA close examination of the careers of a street preacher\, an online critic\, and a seduction expert. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nInterruptus\n \nDuane Michals \n2018\, US\, 3:34 \nHe slept with her\, but dreamt of him. \n  \n  \nMirrors \nMary Marxen \n2018\, US\, 16:24\, Local Filmmaker \nA contemporary ballet dancer spirals out of control during a career-defining performance. \n  \nPlease \nJoshua Swallow \n2017\, US\, 5:39 \nA lion helps a little boy build a better boat and get back home. \n  \nSkjemt Blod \nGwenmarie White \n2018\, US\, 6:04\, Filmmaker Attending \nSKJEMT BLOD (which translates to “bad blood” or “tainted blood” in Norwegian) is a vehicle for meditation on American brutality. The line in SKJEMT BLOD is always moving\, digging stubbornly and disturbingly deeper into tropes and stereotypes rather than dismantling them. Suburban whiteness rears its ugly (but also\, like\, really\, really pretty) head\, proving that “true” brutality takes many forms\, and moves with an insidious ease throughout the institutions of late-stage capitalism. \n  \nSpider \nC. Blake Evernden \n2018\, Canada\, 20:00 \nJennifer Lear spends her days and nights escaping from her family farm and far out into the wilds. She sees beauty in entropy and even romance in the sometimes vicious methods of nature. \n  \nStory to Tell \nSayaka Nakane \n2017\, Japan\, 14:51 \nVivi & Mimi seek out their fathers’ killer.  \n  \n  \n  \nThe Idea of North \nAlbert Choi \n2018\, US\, 7:15 \nFinding true north.
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/program-2-what-wat/
LOCATION:Alamo Drafthouse New Mission\, 2550 Mission Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110
CATEGORIES:Shorts Program
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SUMMARY:Program 3: The Kids Are Alright?
DESCRIPTION:Program 3: The Kids Are Alright?\nGrowing\, learning\, adapting\, leading.\nSat Nov 10\, 1p\, 93 min \nTICKETS: https://drafthouse.com/sf/show/sf-indieshorts-the-kids-are-alright\n  \nCuldesac \nDylan Ashton \n2017\, US 15:46\, Local Filmmaker \nSydney and Kit\, two brothers separated after the destruction of their parents’ divorce\, once again have their world disarrayed when a threat is discovered in their high school’s bathroom. But when Sydney reveals his abrupt plan to ditch town that evening\, Kit realizes he will be forced to confront that world by himself. \n  \n  \n  \nDog Years \nTyler Russell \n2018\, US\, 4:44\, Filmmaker Attending \nAn old dog does what he can to shelter a little girl during her darkest moments. \n  \nFight \nDavid Lim \n2017\, Taiwan\, 15:30\, Filmmaker Attending \nAfter a teen and a then a man step in to help young Kenny as he’s being bullied by some other kids things spiral out of control. In silence they begin a strange journey of retaliation. \n  \nHeather Has Four Moms \nJeanette L. Buck  \n2018\, US/UK\, 14:08 \nWhen Heather decides to lose her virginity for her 15th birthday\, Mom’s wife must convince Mom\, and Mom’s ex\, and Mom’s ex’s partner that it’s time for Heather to have “the talk”. Which mom is ready to help Heather make a big decision? It’s a mother-daughter story. Times four.  \n  \nLucy in the Sky \nBertha Bay-Sa Pan \n2018\, US\, 11:00\, Filmmaker Attending \nFourteen year old Lucy Katz living with autism and adjusting to high school is suddenly faced with cataclysmic change when she and her identical twin sister become the subject of a genetic research study that could forever change Lucy. But is Lucy entitled to her own life or will she lose her identity and become just a medical experiment? \n  \nOnly Strangers Sleep In My Bed \nShane Bannon \n2018\, US\, 12:45\, Filmmaker Attending \nA conman works his way into a lonely woman’s home by posing as her long lost son. \n  \n  \n  \nShoebox \nMichael Killen \n2018\, US\, 13:00 \nOn a Pennsylvania farm in the 1980’s\, if an animal didn’t serve their purpose they did not survive. Five-year-old Beth\, the youngest in a large family\, struggles with the parallels to her own position\, so she makes it her mission to care for the weak. Based on the autobiographical book “Shoebox Funeral” by Elisabeth Voltz. \n  \nToo Many Bodies\n \nReena Dutt \n2018\, US\, 5:42\,  Filmmaker Attending \nToo Many Bodies is a music video for Alex Mackey’s “Place Called Us”\, addressing America’s need for gun reform through dance\, music and passion.
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/program-3-the-kids-are-alright/
LOCATION:Alamo Drafthouse New Mission\, 2550 Mission Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110
CATEGORIES:Shorts Program
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SUMMARY:Program 4: All in the Family
DESCRIPTION:Program 4: All in the Family\nThe family we’re born into\, and the family we make.\nSat Nov 10\, 335p\, 99 min \n\n4EVR \nSergio Pinheiro \n2017\, US\, 12:57\, Filmmaker Attending \nDealing with grief from the loss of her brother\, dark secrets resurface in unexpected ways upon Ginny’s arrival home. \n  \nA Life Passed \nRoland Greedy \n2018\, US\, 15:40\, Local Filmmaker \nThis short film is about the struggle of a man adapting to his new roles in his family and life\, through his handling of a tragedy. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nÉchappé \nAllison Mattox \n2018\, US\, 12:45 \nWhile on tour in New York\, a Soviet ballerina learns of her brother’s plan to defect. \n  \n  \nFather \nImogen Hopper \n2017\, Australia\, 6:44 \nA man brutalised as a small child realises he is capable of the same brutality. \n  \nMauka to Makai \nJonah Okano\, Alika Maikau \n2018\, US\, 24:00\, Filmmaker Attending \nMauka to Makai offers an unfiltered window into a day in the lives of two cousins\, who\, while traveling from Kāneʻohe to Kailua\, grapple with their identity\, vices\, and the familial bonds that make and break them.  \n  \nThis is it for Me \nCourtney Hope Therond \n2018\, US\, 9:56\, Filmmaker Attending \nWhen an agent tells his girlfriend to quit acting\, things get… dramatic. This Is It For Me is a cautionary tale about dating within “the industry.” Trigger Warning: If you can relate in any way\, it’s gonna sting. Oh also the director got divorced in the 3 weeks it took to cut the footage together.  \n  \nWild Bred \nLuis Bolland \n2018\, Canada\, 16:28 \nA man who wants to escape from his life fakes his own death and gets dumped in the woods\, where he finds a cabin with a father and a daughter that are obsessed with nature and documentaries about chimpanzees.
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/program-4-all-in-the-family/
LOCATION:Alamo Drafthouse New Mission\, 2550 Mission Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110
CATEGORIES:Shorts Program
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SUMMARY:Bad Art Gallery S06E03
DESCRIPTION:A whole new collection of dumpster-dived art awaits at the November 2018 edition of MISSION B.A.G. (Bad Art Gallery).\nHilarious catalog notes for paintings curated from only the finest flea markets\, thrift stores and back alleys.\nPlease join us for complimentary beverages\, groovy music and bad art!\nA 21up event.\nFREE
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/bad-art-gallery-s06e03/
LOCATION:518 Valencia Gallery\, 518 Valencia St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110
CATEGORIES:Party
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SUMMARY:Live In-VR Short Film Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Check out a selection of this year’s IndieShorts Film Festival at Sansar’s Theater in virtual reality. Attendees can check out the show with VR gear\, or a PC\, via Sansar’s platform.  Films will be presented with live intro and QA from filmmakers.\nIs this the future of movie going?\nRegister for free at SANSAR\nJOIN US HERE\nIN THE PROGRAM:\nDOG YEARS\nCALIFORNIA ROLL\nTHE WAIT\nSKJEMT BLOD\nTHIS IS IT FOR ME\n 
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/live-in-vr-short-film-showcase/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Shorts Program
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SUMMARY:Live Music Showcase
DESCRIPTION:SF IndieShorts and Radio Valencia present a live music showcase featuring KISS MY FREQUENCY\, TIGHT PANTS AND THE DYNAMITE and THE TWITCHES. \nFree show\, 21 up \nKiss My Frequency: https://youtu.be/MAmHCvMgcHo \nThe Twitches: thetwitchessf.bandcamp.com \nTight Pants & The Dynamite: https://soundcloud.com/tightpantsandthedynamite
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/live-music-showcase/
LOCATION:Thee Parkside\, 1600 17th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94107
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SUMMARY:Program 5: Transitions
DESCRIPTION:Program 5: Transitions\nBig changes\, small shifts\, the landscape is never settled.\nSun Nov 11\, 7p\, 99 min \n\nfluent. \nCraig Stott \n2018\, Netherlands\, 6:17\, Filmmaker Attending \nOn a midnight walk through Amsterdam\, a bartender confronts his past when an old flame comes to visit. As they walk through the city after-hours talking work\, sobriety and love\, they must find a new language to communicate or risk losing each other again. \n  \nGoing Under \nTimothy Orme \n2018\, US\, 5:15 \nTraveling back through childhood\, and forward through watercolor images and personal videoed experiments\, going under is a short personal documentary/essay film that wants to die. The film and the artist work towards the place where an understanding of swimming\, language\, desire\, and death all live and fail simultaneously. \n  \nLast Chance For A Slow Dance \nTanner Smith \n2018\, US\, 17:37\, Filmmaker Attending \nTwo scenes. One take each. The first scene is the end of a relationship. The second is the beginning.  \n  \n  \nSalt in Wounds \nAlison Adriano \n2018\, Australia\, 9:57 \nWhen a reckless Filipino Aussie teenager realises her boyfriend watches only caucasian porn\, she must rediscover her sense of belonging in White Australia \n  \n  \nSoomin \nEmma Thatcher\, Cole Huey \n2018\, US\, 17:44\, Filmmaker Attending \nEmma and Soomin cross paths at a unique time in their lives. Soomin suddenly learns that she has to return home to South Korea. Emma\, eager to make a connection\, tries her best to relate to Soomin’s crisis. \n  \nSpace \nJesse Thurston \n2018\, US\, 15:38 \nUnfolding over one night in a Brooklyn apartment\, Space is an intimate portrait of three friends in orbit around each other\, attempting to find balance between the forces that draw them together and those that send them flying off on their own. \n  \nThe Big Burn \nSamantha Silva \n2018\, US\, 19:49\, Filmmaker Attending \nCaught between the rugged beauty of the Idaho wilderness and the reality of her failing marriage\, Helen Turner is counting the days till she can leave it all behind when she’s pulled into the orbit of a young woman whose life is about to change forever. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nThe Wait \nJoanna Kay \n2018\, US\, 6:18\, Local Filmmaker \nA friend navigates how to be supportive when her better half is facing hard times. Sometimes that means miming blow jobs to make her laugh.
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/program-5-transitions/
LOCATION:Alamo Drafthouse New Mission\, 2550 Mission Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110
CATEGORIES:Shorts Program
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SUMMARY:Program 6: Connections
DESCRIPTION:Program 6: Connections\nDo you play well with others?\nSun\, Nov 11\, 910p\, 100 min \nTICKETS: https://drafthouse.com/show/sf-indieshorts-connections\nCurtains \nGar Hoover \n2017\, US\, 24:45 \n“Curtains” is a Spinal Tap-esque mockumentary about an avant-garde theatre director in a career tailspin\, with multiple flashbacks to the productions that led to his fall. Featuring actors from The Second City\, it’s a story about being a die-hard purist in a world of sell-outs. A smart comedy with heart. \n  \nEncuentros \nNaomi Garcia Pasmanick \n2018\, US\, 9:55\, Local Filmmaker \nEncuentros explores the soul of chance encounters\, falling in love\, and the certainty of death. \n  \n  \n  \nLet’s Connect Or Whatever \nReaa Puri \n2018\, US\, 16:12\, Local Filmmaker \nLets Connect Or Whatever is a narrative short that follows Jazzi through her hustles and heartbreaks in a world where her connections are increasingly formed through digitized spaces.  \n  \nMay Day \nOlivier Magis\, Fedrik De Beul \n2017\, Belgium\, 22:00 \nIn Thierry’s living room\, several people have gathered. None of them know each other but they are all there to try and fulfil the same dream. They want to find a job… and quickly. But we’re in Brussels\, so nothing goes quite as planned. \n  \nMidnights \nAlvaro Donado \n2018\, US\, 18:53 \nIn the aftermath of a violent street crime\, a female trainee police officer on midnight shift suspects a collateral victim is missing. \n  \nNora Ephron Goes to Prison \nHannah Elless \n2018\, US\, 8:07\, Filmmaker Attending \nFriendship transcends fantasy in this musicalized love letter to Nora Ephron and New York City. Two women from very different worlds meet in unexpected circumstances. Through their common love of Nora Ephron and her films – Sleepless in Seattle\, You’ve Got Mail\, and When Harry Met Sally – hope conquers a confining reality as an unlikely friendship blooms. Watch what happens when Mary meets Ally.
URL:https://sfindie.com/fest/program-6-connections/
LOCATION:Alamo Drafthouse New Mission\, 2550 Mission Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110
CATEGORIES:Shorts Program
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