SF INTL FILM FESTIVAL
SFIFF53 Members Night
March 31, 2010; programs 7:00 & 9:15 pm; reception 7:30–9:30 pm
March 31, 2010; programs 7:00 & 9:15 pm; reception 7:30–9:30 pm
FILM ARTS FORUM
SFFS Film Arts Forum: Tales from Terror Town
Monday, April 5, 7:00 pm
Monday, April 5, 7:00 pm
SF INTL FILM FESTIVAL
53rd San Francisco International Film Festival
April 22–May 3, 2010
April 22–May 3, 2010
SF INTL FILM FESTIVAL
An Evening with Don Hertzfeldt: Life, Death and Very Large Utensils
Friday, April 23, 7:30pm
Friday, April 23, 7:30pm
SF INTL FILM FESTIVAL
An Evening with Walter Salles
Wednesday, April 28, 6:45 pm
Wednesday, April 28, 6:45 pm
SF INTL FILM FESTIVAL
An Afternoon with James Schamus
Saturday, May 1, 1:00 pm
Saturday, May 1, 1:00 pm
SF INTL FILM FESTIVAL
An Evening with Roger Ebert and Friends
Saturday, May 1, 5:30 pm
Saturday, May 1, 5:30 pm
SF INTL FILM FESTIVAL
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea with Stephin Merritt
Tuesday, May 4, 8:30 pm
Tuesday, May 4, 8:30 pm
New Italian Cinema (2008)
Copresented with New Italian Cinema Events and the Italian Cultural Institute, New Italian Cinema celebrates the rich cinematic tradition of Italy and brings the country's newest directors and films to audiences in San Francisco. A prestigious jury selects the best Italian entries from the year’s major European film festivals to make their U.S. premieres and compete for the City of Florence Award. Attendees enjoy not only a vibrant cinema showcase, but an immersion into Italy’s rich and storied culture with directors present to illuminate their work in lively question-and-answer sessions. The 2008 edition was held November 16–23.
Napoleon (and Me)
Paolo Virzì (Io e Napoleone, Italy 2006)
In 1814, Napoleon’s new life on the isle of Elba is complicated by a comely baroness and a would-be assassin in this masterful historical drama with an effervescent touch. Read more...
November 16, 2008
Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema
Hardboiled Egg
Paolo Virzì (Ovosodo, Italy 1997)
Paolo Virzì’s pitch-perfect tale of male adolescence—winner of the Venice Festival Grand Jury Prize—deftly weaves light-hearted comedy with indelible moments of social realism. Read more...
November 17, 2008
Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema
Living It Up
Paolo Virzì (La bella vita, Italy 1994)
The Tuscan coastal town of Piombino is the setting for Paolo Virzì’s directorial debut, a nuanced story of economic and marital hardships among the working class. Read more...
November 17, 2008
Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema
November 18 & 20, 2008
Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema
Lessons in Chocolate
Claudio Cupellini (Lezioni di cioccolato, Italy 2007)
A ruthless Perugian businessman gets his comeuppance in this delectable romantic comedy starring Italian model Luca Argentero. It’s an extremely entertaining romp with a delicious chocolate center. Read more...
November 18 & 20, 2008
Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema
Cover Boy: The Last Revolution
Carmine Amoroso (Cover boy: L’ultima rivoluzione, Italy 2007)
A nuanced drama about the exploitation of immigrants and their labor, Cover Boy portrays the moral quandaries of a handsome Romanian expatriate and his endeavor to retain his humanity amid a callous society. Read more...
November 19 & 23,2008
Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema
A Night
Toni d’Angelo (Una notte, Italy 2007)
This affecting, personal drama revolves around about five friends and a philosophical cabbie who traverse the nighttime haunts of Naples after a friend’s funeral. Read more...
November 19 & 22, 2008
Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema
The Rest of the Night
Francesco Munzi (Il resto della notte, Italy 2008)
When the two stories converge during a harrowing burglary, the thematic issues of contemporary malaise and xenophobia come to a deadly result. Read more...
November 21–22, 2008
Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema
Black Sea
Federico Bondi (Mar nero, Italy 2008)
Federico Bondi’s first feature tells the story of an embittered widow and her young Romanian caretaker. As their relationship develops, each woman crosses divides of age and culture in the name of friendship. Read more...
November 21–22, 2008
Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema
Don’t Waste Your Time, Johnny!
Fabrizio Bentivoglio (Lascia perdere Johnny!, Italy 2007)
Suffused with a gentle humanism, this touching film follows the exploits of an aspiring teenaged guitar player living in mid-1970s Italy. Read more...
November 22–23, 2008
Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema
Puccini and the Girl
Paolo Benvenuti, Paola Baroni (Puccini e la fanciulla, Italy 2008)
Visionary filmmaker Paolo Benvenuti, collaborating here with his wife Paola Baroni, fascinatingly employs elements of pure cinema in this historical depiction of musical maestro Puccini and his possible extramarital dalliance with a housemaid. Read more...
November 23, 2008
Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema
Gomorrah
Matteo Garrone (Gomorra, Italy 2008)
Hard-hitting, complex and filmed in a fluid fly-on-the-wall style, Garrone’s Cannes Grand Prize winner examines in vivid detail the organized crime syndicate known as the Camorra. Read more...
November 23, 2008
Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema
