Cinema by the Bay
November 5–8
Roxie Theater, The Lab & Southern Exposure
The San Francisco Film Society's Cinema by the Bay festival celebrates the passion, innovation and diversity of Bay Area filmmaking, the intelligence and probing spirit of local directors and the incredible depth and breadth of America’s film and media frontier. The four-day festival will feature new work produced in or about the San Francisco Bay Area and provide a compelling window into Bay Area film culture and practice at its best. The 2010 edition of Cinema by the Bay opens with Chris Brown’s finely crafted feature Fanny, Annie & Danny and includes screenings of dynamic new films by leading Bay Area filmmakers and a special ceremony and party presented by SF360.org.
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Cinema by the Bay Sponsors & Supporters
Roxie Theater, The Lab & Southern Exposure
The San Francisco Film Society's Cinema by the Bay festival celebrates the passion, innovation and diversity of Bay Area filmmaking, the intelligence and probing spirit of local directors and the incredible depth and breadth of America’s film and media frontier. The four-day festival will feature new work produced in or about the San Francisco Bay Area and provide a compelling window into Bay Area film culture and practice at its best. The 2010 edition of Cinema by the Bay opens with Chris Brown’s finely crafted feature Fanny, Annie & Danny and includes screenings of dynamic new films by leading Bay Area filmmakers and a special ceremony and party presented by SF360.org.
Download the Program (pdf)
Cinema by the Bay Sponsors & Supporters
Opening Night
Join us for a screening of Bay Area filmmaker Chris Brown’s finely crafted feature Fanny, Annie & Danny at the Roxie Theater. Afterwards, make your way to the Opening Night party at Summit, a restaurant and arts incubation space, and find your own inspiration with a glass of wine and small bites. Read more...
Friday, November 5, 9:00–11:00 pm
Summit (780 Valencia Street)
Fanny, Annie & Danny
Chris Brown (2010)
OPENING NIGHT FILM The titular trio of this darkly comedic film are dysfunctional adult siblings brought together by their equally hapless mother for the Christmas holiday—one week early.
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Friday, November 5, 7:00 pm
Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street
Babnik
Alejandro Adams (2010)
When a San Francisco-based Russian sex-trafficking ring takes an interest in a destitute young girl, people from various walks of life are sucked into an elaborate scheme to abduct her.
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Friday, November 5, 9:30 pm
Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street
The Stanford Scene
This program highlights just a small selection of outstanding documentary works by Stanford alums including Charlotte Lagarde, Johnny Symons and Kevin Gordon, whose Dreams Awake (codirected with Rebekah Meredith) received the 2010 Student Academy Award.
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Saturday, November 6, 2:00 pm
Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street
Deep Down
Jennifer Gilomen, Sally Rubin (2010)
A complex documentary human portrait that cuts across environmental, economic and cultural lines, Deep Down contrasts the devastating result of our rampant energy consumption with the remote and picturesque backdrop of Appalachia.
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Saturday, November 6, 4:15 pm
Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street
Ed Hardy Tattoo the World
Emiko Omori (2009)
Emiko Omori chronicles the journey of Ed Hardy and, by extension, the evolution of tattooing from a marginalized to respectable art form.
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Saturday, November 6, 6:30 pm
Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street
4th & Goal
Nina Gilden Seavey (2010)
SNEAK PREVIEW Nina Gilden Seavey's compelling documentary is the epic tale of six young men in their quest to join the most elite club in professional athletics: the NFL.
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Saturday, November 6, 9:00 pm
Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street
Rivers of a Lost Coast
Justin Coupe, Palmer Taylor (2009)
Rivers of a Lost Coast reveals a mythical, largely forgotten time when California’s northern coast was the epicenter of fly fishing for West Coast salmon and steelhead.
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Sunday, November 7, 2:00 pm
Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street
Baywatch!
Don’t be fooled. None of these shorts by Bay Area filmmakers feature David Hasselhoff. What is present is an array of strategies of investigation, surveillance and voyeurism.
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Sunday, November 7, 4:30 pm
Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street
Essential SF—Les Blank and Rick Prelinger in Conversation
Les Blank and Rick Prelinger, who have consistently illuminated culture in ways both fascinating and instructive, will present excerpts of their work and converse about the nuances of their craft.
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Sunday, November 7, 7:00 pm
Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street
Southern Exposure—Cross-Cuts
Southern Exposure, San Francisco's vital hub for the arts, presents this night of work by several of the leading local film and video artists.
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Sunday, November 7, 9:00 pm
Southern Exposure, 3030 20th Street
SF360.org Presents Essential SF
Veteran visionaries Les Blank, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Anne McGuire, Rick Prelinger, Gail Silva and (posthumously) Marlon Riggs will be feted at this short ceremony followed by a party with music by Myles Cooper. The evening also celebrates the launch of the newly designed and retooled SF360.org. Read more...
Monday, November 8, 2010, 7:30 pm
The Lab, 2948 16th Street (at Capp)
Filmmaker Services Brunch
Presented in conjunction with the San Francisco Film Commission, the SFFS Filmmaker Services Brunch at Cinema by the Bay celebrates the diverse and dynamic films cultivated at FilmHouse. Read more...
Sunday, November 7, 11:00am–1:00pm
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