IZA PAJĄK, “THE WHALE”
Filmmaker Iza Pająk accepts the SDFF 2020 Jury Award for Best Mini-Doc for The Whale.
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HANNAH NORDENSWAN, “NIGHT CLEANERS”
Filmmaker Hannah Nordenswan accepts the SDFF 2020 Jury Award for Best Short for Night Cleaners.
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LUKE LORENTZEN, “MIDNIGHT FAMILY”
WINNER 2020 JURY AWARD – BEST FEATURE MIDNIGHT FAMILY Luke Lorentzen2020, United States and Mexico, 90 mins, Filmmaker Luke Lorentzen accepts the SDFF 2020 Jury Award for Best Feature for Midnight Family. Midnight Family is set in Mexico City, the government operates fewer than 45 emergency ambulances for a population of 9 million. This has
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Congrats to SDFF 2020 Selection ‘That’s My Jazz’ on Webby!
We’d like to congratulate That’s My Jazz for their Webby win in editing! That’s My Jazz is an SDFF 2020 Official Selection and one of the more recent projects to come out of Breakwater Studios, which is also responsible for Life’s Work, honored by SDFF in 2017. Breakwater’s oeuvre of documentary shorts is well worth seeking out, particularly given
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CYNTHIA ABBOT + ANDREA LELAND,
“DICK OGG: FISHERMAN”
SDFF 2020 Docs Make House Calls Q&A with Cynthia Abbot & Andrea Leland filmmakers of Dick Ogg: Fisherman with host Jeffrey Zankel. Living and fishing in the Bodega Bay area for 55 years, Dick Ogg is forced to confront the realities of a warming ocean, increased government regulation and derelict crab pots. As these daunting
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DIRECTOR EVA RENDLE,
“ALL THAT REMAINS”
Eva Rendle, director of All That Remains discusses her film, the wildfire that tore through wine country in 2017, and the heightened state of insecurity and inequality to which it contributed among the region’s farmworkers.
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Local Theater & SDFF Partner Celebrates Anniversary!
Congratulations to our longtime Premier Venue Partner (and local treasure!) Rialto Cinemas® on their 20th Anniversary! While we all have our fingers crossed that we’ll be enjoying movies together at the theater soon enough, we encourage everyone to check out Rialto virtual cinemas, which is offering a host of first run art house and independent films, including
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Sebastopol Hardware + Spirit Works Distillery Help Sanitize Pandemic Hands
This is how Sebastopol does taking care of each other… Community businesses and individual donors have always been key partners in bringing SDFF to life. In-kind donations, monetary support, media exposure: all are vital to our existence. In recognition of their support, the SDFF team is proud to shine a light on these partners and what they are
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SF Gay Men’s Chorus Dedicates Original Piece to COVID-19 First Responders
While COVID-19 has so far prevented us from bringing you the excellent feature documentary and SDFF 2020 Official Selection Gay Chorus, Deep South (David Charles Rodrigues, 2019), it hasn’t prevented us from sharing this beautiful original composition of Cyndi Lauper’s “True Colors” by the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus. The piece is dedicated to COVID-19 first
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SDFF 2018 Eco-Documentarian Confronts Extinction In Free Earth Day Live Lessons
SDFF 2018 filmmaker and conflict photographer Kate Brooks participated in a live, online education event for Earth Day, “Confronting Extinction,” which is now available via free streaming. The Last Animals filmmaker and conflict photographer Kate Brooks spoke on filmmaking/journalism as methods activism and conservation during an Earth Day presented by The Last Animals Foundation and
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