Exhibition | Fiscal Sponsorship | Resources

2009 SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Highlighted film titles link to SFIFF pages that contain film synopses, credits, print sources, running times, countries of origin and ticket purchase links.

Chaturanga (Four Chapters)
A young Bengali intellectual’s rebellion against conservative society takes him from atheism to mystical asceticism and relationships with two women in this story of love as both a game and a war of ideas, based on Tagore’s classic 1916 novella.
SFFS Exhibition: 2009 SFIFF
Attendance: 636
Website: http://www.chaturangathefilm.in/

New Muslim Cool
From behind the headlines on inner-city crime, clashing civilizations and the War on Terror comes filmmaker Jennifer Maytorena Taylor’s illuminating portrait of Puerto Rican Muslim Hamza Pérez, a former gang member and drug dealer turned politically outspoken hip-hop artist, anti-drug counselor, community activist, family man and devout convert to Islam.
SFFS Exhibition: 2009 SFIFF
Attendance: 798
Website: http://www.newmuslimcool.com/

Troubled Waters
Released from prison after serving an eight-year sentence for the murder of a young child, Thomas returns to Oslo to arrange the scattered pieces of his life and pursue a quiet redemption.
SFFS Exhibition: 2009 SFIFF
Attendance: 721

Unmistaken Child
Tenzin Zopa is a 28-year-old Buddhist disciple who journeys through the Tsum Valley of Nepal in order to locate the reincarnation of his recently deceased Tibetan master in this intimate, emotionally enthralling and visually splendid documentary.
SFFS Exhibition: 2009 SFIFF
Attendance: 493
 

PAST EXHIBITIONS

Highlighted film titles link to SFIFF pages that contain film synopses, credits, print sources, running times and countries of origin.

Bad Faith
Clara and Ishmael are gorgeous, happy, in love and in Paris. How nice is that? Like many cosmopolitan Parisian couples, the fact that she is Jewish and he is Muslim barely crosses the minds of these oh-so-secular lovebirds...until Clara announces that she's pregnant.
SFFS Exhibition: 2007 Youth Ed
Attendance: 456
 
Children of the Sun
Not everyone’s home movies chart the rise and fall of a bona fide social movement, but not everyone grew up on a kibbutz.
SFFS Exhibition: 2008 SFIFF
Attendance: 583

Encounter Point
Abstaining from the usual media headlines of hatred and conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, Encounter Point instead focuses on their commonality: loss.
SFFS Exhibition: 2006 SFIFF
Attendance: 363
Youth Ed Attendance: 59
Website: www.encounterpoint.com/index.php
 
Into Great Silence
Wrestling with the great substance of devotion and divinity, Into Great Silence engages the deepest reserves of emotion and understanding…
SFFS Exhibition: 2006 SFIFF
Attendance: 788
Website: www.diegrossestille.de/english/
 
Pilgrimage
Few films have captured the heady mix of religion and devotion in Iran and Iraq as well as Bahman Kiarostami’s Pilgrimage.
SFFS Exhibition: 2005 SFIFF
Attendance: 806

Recycle
In this vivid documentary, filmmaker Mahmoud al Massad digs into the politics, piety and poverty of his native city in Jordan through the life of husband, father and former mujahadeen-turned-cardboard collector Abu Ammar.
SFFS Exhibition: 2008 SFIFF
Attendance: 449
Co-presenter: Arab Film Festival
 
Two Ladies
Kosher-cooking Muslims and Koran-reading Jews typify the surprising culture clashes that complicate and enliven the contemporary France of Philippe Faucon’s exquisitely observed drama.
SFFS Exhibition: 2008 SFIFF
Attendance: 629


FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

HIghlighted film titles link to sffs.org "Current Projects" pages, alphabetically listing SFFS fiscally sponsored films, containing synopses and website links where available. Below each title is the filmmaker's name.

Across the King's River
James Weeks

American Mosque (previous title Arson in September)
David  Washburn

Connected (previously Seed)
Tiffany Shlain

Her Choice -Behind and Beyond Hijab
Kyoko Yokoma

The Legacy of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Maurizio Benazzo

Love Cemetery
Ben Galland, China Galland

Taksu Bali - A Gamelan Journey
Helen Prince

X to Y
Matt Sobel
 




RESOURCES

The following list of resources offers interested audience members more information and ways to become involved in Religion & Spirituality.

Islamic Center (Yuba City)

Sisters of Social Service

Union of Catholic Women