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
Noor Awards/AFF designers
The AFF’s first Noor Awards were presented last Thursday at the Castro. Winners were Katia Saleh’s “Ashura: Blood and Beauty” (Lebanon, 2006, for Best Short), Nadia Kamel’s “Salata Baladi” (Egypt, 2007, for Best Doc), and Jilani Saadi’s “Tender Is the Wolf” (“Ors El Dhib”) (Tunisia, 2006, for Best Feature). Here, Film lover Rhami, recently back from Syria (“paved the way for Pelosi”) gives this travel advisory: “If you have love in your heart you can travel anywhere in the world.” (Photo by Robert Avila)
10.30.2007
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