Cinema by the Bay
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 three-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 2012 edition of Cinema by the Bay opens with Jason Wolos' delectable debut feature Trattoria, includes screenings of dynamic new films by leading filmmakers and fine artists and is highlighted with the Film Society’s annual celebration of Bay Area innovators, Essential SF.
Cinema by the Bay Sponsors and Supporters
Cinema by the Bay Sponsors and Supporters
Trattoria
Jason Wolos (USA 2012)
OPENING NIGHT FILM In this charming family drama, a popular San Francisco chef and his son must reconnect and heal their past through cooking if they want to save their relationship and change the direction of their lives. Read more...
Friday November 9, 7:00 pm, 9:30 pm
New People Cinema
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
Opening Night Party
Join director Jason Wolos and crew after the first screening of Trattoria for a fabulous and festive opening night party for Cinema by the Bay. Read more...
Friday November 9, 9:00–11:00 pm
Yoshi's San Francisco
1330 Fillmore (O'Farrell/Eddy)
1330 Fillmore (O'Farrell/Eddy)
Casablanca Mon Amour
John Slattery (USA/Morocco 2012)
This fiction/nonfiction hybrid presents two bright and humorous Moroccan college students as they journey from Casablanca to the Sahara desert while creating a media project that investigates how Morocco has been depicted by Hollywood and popular culture at large. Read more...
Saturday November 10, 2:30 pm
New People Cinema
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
Essential SF
Essential SF is an ongoing compendium of the Bay Area film community’s most vital figures and institutions. This year’s honorees include Ninfa Dawson, H.P. Mendoza, Judy Stone, Wholphin and Terry Zwigoff, among others. Read more...
Saturday November 10, 5:00 pm
New People Cinema
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
Free admission with RSVP
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
Free admission with RSVP
Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet
Directed by Jesse Vile (USA 2012)
This extraordinary documentary explores the life of Jason Becker, a musical prodigy who has been battling Lou Gehrig's Disease for 22 years. Read more...
Saturday November 10, 7:00 pm
New People Cinema
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
Amity
Alejandro Adams (USA 2012)
A father rents a limousine to celebrate his daughter’s high school graduation, but when she rejects his overtures a few hours before the ceremony, he spends the evening with the limo driver and they embark on a journey of tense self-examination. Read more...
Saturday November 10, 2012, 9:30 pm
New People Cinema
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
Moving Image at the End of the World: Shorts from Headlands Center for the Arts
A program of short films consisting of work made by those participating in the prestigious Headlands Artist in Residence program, presented by Headlands Program Director Brian Karl. Read more...
Sunday November 11, 2012, 2:00 pm
New People Cinema
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
A Conversation with Lucy Gray
San Francisco–based artist Lucy Gray will be on hand for an intimate talk about her work and the creative impulse, followed by a screening of her magical debut short film and scene readings from her latest stage production. Read more...
Sunday November 11, 2012, 4:15 pm
New People Cinema
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
The Revolutionary Optimists
Directed by Maren Grainger-Monsen, Nicole Newnham (USA 2012)
Filmed over the course of three years, this film follows social advocate Amlan Ganguly and three of the children activists he works with as they as they staunchly fight against the forces that oppress them. Read more...
Sunday November 11, 6:00 pm
New People Cinema
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
CXL
Sean Gillane (USA 2012)
This poignant and darkly comic debut feature follows Nolan, an aspiring writer who feels he is at a dead end until he meets the stunning and unpredictable Cassie, who invites him to let go of his cynicism and enjoy the spontaneity of life. Read more...
Sunday November 11, 8:30 pm
New People Cinema
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
Filmmaker360 Brunch
Presented in conjunction with the San Francisco Film Commission, the SFFS Filmmaker360 Brunch at Cinema by the Bay celebrates the diverse and dynamic films cultivated at FilmHouse. Read more...
Sunday November 11, 11:00 am
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