Full Program Unveiled At Aug. 6 Screening During SebArts Open House Event SDFF just released the names of three more titles that will show at its upcoming, free summer screening event, themed The Art of Making An Impact, at the first SebArts Open House from 3-5 p.m. on Aug. 6. Two shorts from SDFF multi-year […]
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Full List Revealed Before Screening At August 6 SebArts Open House SDFF has released the titles of a handful of films that will be shown as part of its summer screening program, The Art of Making An Impact, which will show for free at the first SebArts Open House from 3-5 p.m. on Aug. 6.
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AWARDS. HONORS. FESTIVALS. SPECIAL SCREENINGS + EVENTS. A trio of SDFF alumni—Ralph Arlyck’s I Like It Here, Magnus Gertten’s Nelly & Nadine, and Luke Lorentzen’s A Still Small Voice—are showing at the 43rd San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, which runs through Aug. 6 in the SF Bay Area, and was co-founded by one SDFF alumni
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AWARDS. HONORS. FESTIVALS. SPECIAL SCREENINGS + EVENTS. Filmmaker Gilda Shepperd won the award for Best Documentary Director at the 15th New York Indie Film Festival for her doc about racism in the criminal justice system, Since I Been Down (105 mins, SDFF 2021). The film examines a morass of intersecting criminal justice and carceral issues by focusing on
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Part of SebArts Inaugural Open House SDFF will be holding a free summer shorts screening, themed The Art of Making An Impact, as part of the first annual SebArts Open House from 3-5 p.m. on Aug. 6. A rare selection of satisfying bits of brilliance, the shorts program will include a dozen films: surprising, touching
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27 JUNE 2023 AWARDS. HONORS. FESTIVALS. SPECIAL SCREENINGS + EVENTS. SebDocs 2023 Curtain Raiser doc, Dusty & Stones (Jesse Rudoy, 82 mins), about a Swazi country music duo’s journey to Texas to perform at a battle of the bands, took home the Best Documentary Feature Award at this year’s Atlanta Film Festival. The other jury
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After a three-year pandemic hiatus, OUTwatch Film Festival will re-emerge June 9-11 at Rialto Cinemas® Sebastopol, joining Sonoma County Pride celebrations for the first time. In fact, the festival is a Sonoma County Pride honoree this year! The festival includes five LGBTQIA+ films that showcase a diversity of LGBTQIA+ experiences, including three narrative features and
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The Ruth Brinker Story (Apo W. Bazidi, 23 mins, SDFF 2023), a documentary short about a retired food-service worker who founded Project Open Hand when she began delivering meals to HIV/AIDS patients in 1985, will be screened as part of this year’s San Francisco Documentary Festival, which opens June 1. The 23-minute short, which premiered
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Bestselling non-fiction author and Salon founder David Talbot and professor/Forum host Michael Krasny will take center-stage at the Sebastopol Community Cultural Center on May 21 for a rare and intimate author talk. The event is a fundraiser for the SCCC, a vibrant touchstone for local cultural events, and a pivotal SebDocs partner. Talbot is the
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Sonoma County Lesbian Reunion will be screening The Unlikely Story Of The Lesbians Of First Friday (Kathryn L. Beranich, 63 mins) at the Rialto CinemasⓇ in Sebastopol on Sunday, April 23 at 1 and 4 p.m. The screenings will be followed by Q&As with producer Kathryn L. Beranich, and Nancy Kelly, who appears in the
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