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

Pursuit of happiness?
In a festival whose films ranged from a doc on Muslim snowboarders to the stories of immigrant youth to the high-profile screening of the controversial international hit “Valley of Wolves,” the documentary “Al-Ghazali The Alchemist of Happiness” by Ovidio Salazar (right) stood out for its purely religious content. Salazar, who directed the BBC series “Faces of Islam,” answered questions after the film. (Photo by Susan Gerhard)
07.30.2006
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