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    "A maverick Bay Area filmmaker since his involvement in the Cine Manifest collective starting in the early ’70s, Rob Nilsson was a visible name in the larger Amerindie world during... more

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  • Telluride Film Festival announces 35th lineup

    Press release: The Telluride Film Festival, which takes place this Labor Day Weekend, in Telluride, Colorado, announced its lineup for its 35th Festival today. The Festival—co-directed from its Berkeley headquarters... more

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  • Telluride 08. Lineup.
    "The 35th Telluride Film Festival has announced their lineup, and American helmers are tellingly absent." Variety's Michael Jones has the list and a few notes on films that aren't in and: "'Last year was one of the st...
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Photo by Steven Jenkins/SFFS.

Senior year

At the SFFS Screen at Sundance Cinemas Kabuki, Jyll Johnstone (pictured), along with her co-producer husband, Michael Arlen Davis, entertained audiences Friday night at the sold out showings of her documentary, Hats Off, which looks at the life of a 90something actress.

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Photo by Susan Gerhard.

Marriage ceremony

Celebrating the transition of services from Film Arts Foundation to SFFS at the Sundance Kabuki Tuesday morning were filmmakers (from left) Bill Basquin, Laura Lukitsch, Amanda Micheli and Dayna Goldfine.

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Photo by Kelda McKinney/Larsen Associates.

"Kiss" and tell

Midnight Kiss opened the Lumiere with a lotta love from its makers and fans last Friday: (from left) producer Seth Caplan, actress Sara Simmonds, director Alex Holdridge and actor Brian McGuire.

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Photo by Gustavo Fernandez.

Chardonnay, all the way

Bo and Heidi Barrett of Chateau Montelena make a toast with Bottle Shock producer Marc Lhormer last week at Crushpad during the locally made film’s opening/tasting premier. The film continues its screenings this week. More at Bottle Shock.

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Photo by Mark Likosky, courtesy Oakland Museum.

The real Angelas stand up

Along with a panel discussion and screening of Brett Morgen’s Chicago 10, the Oakland Museum hosted artist Mark Tribe, along with the two actresses portraying Angela Davis (Aleta Hayes, left, and Sheilagh Brooks, right) in a reenactment a legendary 1969 speech by Davis.

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Photo by Hilary Hart.

24-hour party people

Mary Hoang serves a tasting of Pearl Plum Vodka to Patrick McDonnell (in the New Order T) and Steve Indig at a Mad for Manchester toast at the SF360 Film+Club tribute to Joy Division at Mezzanine.

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Photo by Hilary Hart.

This is not Spinal Tap

"Demigods of Canadian metal," Robb Reiner and Steve "Lips" Kudlow and of Anvil, enjoy opening night of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, where a film about the band that rescuing itself from obscurity plays.

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Photo by Hilary Hart.

"Full Grown Men" takes the SF stage

The forces behind Full Grown Men, director David Munro (second from left), co-writer/producer Xandra Castleton and producer Brian Benson join San Francisco programmer Sean Uyehara (left) at a screening for SFFS members and press Tuesday night. The film opens at the Lumiere Friday, July 25.

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Photo by David Paul Morris.

Forever Young

Neil Young appeared live with his film CSNY/Déjà Vu at the SFFS and Swords to Plowshares benefit at the Sundance Kabuki Thurs., July 17. Pictured here, from left, Steven Jenkins, Director of Finance & Administration, San Francisco Film Society; Karen Meredith, Gold Star Mother; Neil Young, musician and filmmaker; Michael Blecker, Executive Director, Swords to Plowshares; and Josh Hisle, Iraqi War vet and musician.

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Photo by Hilary Hart.

Silents scream

Exec Director Stacey Wisnia gives a Silent Film Festival Award to preservationist David Shepard at the Castro last weekend. Shepard brought "The Silent Enemy" back into circulation.

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