FEATURES
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SF International Asian American Film Festival Visits the Archives
A theme that emerged in this year’s San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF) was the importance of archives in the film world. The existence of film... more
NEWS
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53rd San Francisco International Film Festival to Present Founder's Directing Award to Walter Salles
Press Release: The San Francisco Film Society announced this week that Walter Salles will receive the Founder’s Directing Award at the 53rd San Francisco International Film Festival. The Founder’s... more
CALENDAR
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Tiburon International Film Festival—Mar. 18-26
The ninth annual film festival begins this Thursday, opening with the comedy from Italy and Albania, East, West, East: The Final Sprint, and featuring the work of both local and... more

Golden opportunity
Three hundred public, private, and homeschool students gathered Wednesday morning at the Bridge Theatre for a San Francisco Film Society screening of “The Golden Compass,” which many were reading in school. Afterward, visual effects supervisor Matt Jacobs and visual effects producer Carol Corwin from Tippett Studio demonstrated and discussed some of the animated effects they helped create for the film, including the complicated final battle scene between the ice bear and an army with wolves. (Photo by Elena Sheehan and write-up condensed from Joanne Parsont)
12.05.2007
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