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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SDFF alumni filmmaker Davina Pardo and co-director/producer Leah Wolchok have been nominated for two Emmys for their documentary feature Judy Blume Forever (97 mins). Pardo and Wolchok have been nominated in the category of Outstanding Directing for A Documentary/Nonfiction Program, and the film is up for Outstanding Documentary/Non-Fiction Special. The Emmys will be announced during
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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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The quandary at the heart of The Recall: Reframed (Rebecca Richman Cohen, 26 mins, SDFF 2023) is at the center of a four-part collaborative series of articles appearing in The Boston Globe, which explore how to increase justice for survivors of gendered violence without contributing to a criminal justice system that disproportionately harms vulnerable communities
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The Apology (Mimi Chakarova), an upcoming doc about the forced relocation of Russell City, a majority Black and Brown community in the 1960s Bay Area, is pivotal to an official apology, which the Alameda Board of Supervisors will present to the community’s residents and their descendants on June 27 at 2 p.m. The apology is
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Jaime Sunwoo’s short Handwritten (SDFF 2023) won the award for Best Emerging Documentary Filmmaker at The American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at Cannes this year. Handwritten was one of 38 short films from five countries that comprise this year’s overall showcase, 22 of which came from women filmmakers. The film was screened on May 24
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SebDocs Pauses Annual Schedule to Reinvent and Expand Film Program and Festival June 1 usually opens calls for entries to the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival. Not this year. As Michael Moore writes, “It is time for us to invent something new, something bold that is progressive and sustainable…” SDFF 2023 wrapped as a resounding success.
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As California’s reparations task force approved a potentially groundbreaking list of recommendations earlier this month, The Apology (Mimi Chakarova), a new doc about the forced relocation of Russell City, a majority Black and Brown community in the 1960s Bay Area, was screened for a sizeable crowd in Hayward, including former Russell City residents and their descendants. The
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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’s celebrations for the first time. The festival El Equipo (The Team) (Bernardo Ruiz, 81 mins), which won the Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature at this year’s SebDocs Festival, made the recently released HotDocs Audience
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