FEATURES
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Mountainclimbing in the Tenderloin
"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
NEWS
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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
BLOGS
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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CALENDAR
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Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema--through Sept. 7
An ambitious program of films from this south San Francisco neighborhood and surrounding vicinities screens in a variety of configurations and venues around the hill, from opening night at El... more
Soldiering on
An active questioner at the Montreal Film Festival press conference wtih the makers of “Persian Carpet” asked Jafar Panahi, well known for his politically outspoken work in films such as “Offside,” “Crimson Gold,” and “The Circle,” why his short (about a brother pawning the family carpet to generate a dowry for his sister) featured as its main character a soldier and if he had a special feeling about soldiers. Panahi answered coyly in farsi, to the amusement and applause of the Iranians in the audience, before being roughly translated thus: I don’t know why it happened. I opened my eyes and saw soldiers, so in my film they have to appear. (Photo by Claudia Leger/text by Robert Avila)
09.05.2007
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