1906 Earthquake Documentary- 1906: A City And It's People - the only feature Documentary ever made about the 1906 earthquake and fires. Filmed over a three year period, following the lives of the survivors, including coverage of the 100th Commemoration. Plays: Friday July 10th, 5:00pm at the Roxie Theatre, 3117 16th Street, SF, CA. For more information on this film visit: http://1906centennial.org.
6:25pm
Alcatraz Documentary- A Criminal Reunion - Calling All Cons! With the 70th Anniversary of Alcatraz Penitentiary fast approaching, National Park Service Ranger John Cantwell is inviting every known ex-Alcatraz inmate – and their former cell-house guards – back to the Rock for an 'Alcatraz Alumni Gathering.' Against the backdrop of these colorful characters and their imminent rendezvous, ALCATRAZ REUNION traces the history of the iconic island, and its mysterious transformation from notorious prison to tourist mecca. Plays: Friday July 10th, 6:25pm at the Roxie Theatre, 3117 16th Street, SF, CA. For more information on this film visit: http://www.alcatrazfilm.com.
7:50pm
Best Surf and Skate Film of 2009 - Life As A Movie. See what happens when the world’s best board-riders get together in and out of their elements and experience each others sport. Featuring Benji Weatherley, Jack Johnson, Todd Richards,Tony Hawk, Jake Burton, Shane Dorian, and many more. Plays: 7:50pm Fri. July 10th at the Roxie Theatre, 3117 16th Street, SF, CA. For more information on this film visit:http://www.lifeasamovie.com.
9:00pm
The Snake, the funniest movie about dating a bulimic... possibly ever. The Snake is a homegrown indie about an inveterate womanizer in a post-feminist world, complete with a cameo by a screaming Margaret Cho. Plays: Friday July 10th, 9:00pm at the Roxie Theatre, 3117 16th Street, SF, CA. For more information on this film visit: http://www.thesnakemovie.com
10:30pm
2009 Best Animated Shorts - Featuring prior Sundance winner Don Hertzfeldt’s new animated film I AM SO PROUD OF YOU: THE EXISTENTIAL LIFE OF A STICK FIGURE” and 16 other amazing short animated films. Plays: Friday July 10th, 10:30pm at the
Roxie Theatre, 3117 16th Street, SF, CA.
2009 Best Animated Short Line Up: I Am So Proud Of You - by Don Hertzfeldt F*** THAT - by Gian Klainguti Opinion Poem - by Suzy Maier The Veiled Commodity - by Dickson Chow and Vinh Chung Fridge Tales – by Ari Rubin & Tamar Feinkind The Cave: An Adaption of Plato's Allegory In Clay – by Timothy Schultz The Sunlit Blanket – by Suzy Maier MILBE (MITE) – by Karl Tebbe Parental Guidance – by James Higuchi With Delicate Risk – by Diane Webster War Is My Destiny – by Jordan Held The Fence Underneath US – by Steven Bednar On Homeostasis – by Matt Boman Night of Light - Roxi Khan Looking Thru the B-Sides – by Saiman Chow and Sean Dougherty. Skylight – by David Bass Viola- The Traveling Rooms of a Little Giant – by Shih-Ting Hung Toilet Bowl – by Chris Wagner
Saturday, July 11th
12:00pm
Best Experimental Short Films of 2009. Use of film as a canvas. These amazing visual and artistic aesthetic short films from changing faces of celebrities, night lights, and the imaginative world of the Traveling Rooms of a Little Giant. Plays: 12:00pm Sat. July 11th at the Roxie Theatre, 3117 16th Street, SF, CA.
Line up- Mugs – by Ronnie Cramer Night Light – by B.E.F. Oakes alt_view – by Kent Sparling Blue Tide, Black Water - by Eve Gordon Keep The Home Fires Burning – by Ryan O'Toole Viola- The Traveling Rooms of a Little Giant – by Shih-Ting Hung
12:45pm
Israel & Palestine Conflict Documentaries- Peace It Together Film (Empowering Youth to Promote Peace Through Dialogue Filmmaking, and Multimedia)- films from the “Peace it Together” program that brought Israeli, Palestinian and Canadian teen agers together to make dramatic, documentary or animated short films about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Screens with Voices From Inside - a documentary based upon interviews with 16 Jewish Israeli voices of conscience. Each representing a different facet within the peace movement there, the film traces Zionism from its beginnings to the reality that exists today, with brutal honesty. Plays: 12:45pm Sat. July 11th at the Roxie Theatre, 3117 16th Street, SF, CA. For more information on these films visit: http://www.peaceittogether.ca, and www.voicesfrominside.net.
2:40pm
Best Dramatic Short Films of 2009. Dramatic short films from China, the US and beyond about love, life, lust and hate-mail. Plays: 2:40pm Sat. July 11th at the Roxie Theatre, 3117 16th Street, SF, CA.
Line Up Socarratt – by David Moreno Narenjak – by Mark-Alexander Hartwin Eiko – byChristoph Kuschnig 600 – byJames Z. Feng Fall – byVisra Vichit-Vadakan Hatemail – by Frazer Churchill Yanling's Oranges – by Connie Yen
4:15pm
Best Short Docs 2009- Iguanas, Homelessness, & A Dirty Room. A collection of short documentaries that feature environmental movements to protect iguanas, a Leonard Cohen project to protect homeless people in Canada, a history of camouflage in the fashion industry, and a blind Sherriff in the south. If you love documentary films, these will floor you. Plays: 4:15pm Sat. July 11th at the Roxie Theatre, 3117 16th Street, SF, CA.
Line Up: Entropy and Me – by Car Nazzal Imitating Life – by Kelcey Edwards Arch's Iguanas – by Steve Gatlin The Sheriff - Jeff M. Giordano Keith – by Evan Stroum Something to eat, a place to sleep & someone who gives adamn – by Les Merson
6:05pm
Zen Buddhism in Prison? A Documentary - The Dhamma Brothers- This extraordinary movie is moving and life changing, according to Richard Gere. BROTHERS documents the extraordinary convergence of an overcrowded, understaffed maximum-security prison -- considered the end of the line in the Alabama correctional system -- and an ancient meditation program. East meets West in the Deep South. Plays: 6:05pm Sat. July 11th at the Roxie Theatre, 3117 16th Street, SF, CA. For more information on this film visit: http://www.dhammabrothers.com.
7:30pm
Best Spanish Short Films of 2009. A wonderful collection of dramatic and comedic exceptional short films from Spain. Subtitled in English. Plays: 7:30pm Sat. July 11th at the Roxie Theatre, 3117 16th Street, SF, CA.
Line Up: Socarratt - by David Moreno Porque Hay Coras Que Nunca Se Olvidan- by Lucas Figueroa Boletos Por Favor - by Lucas Figueroa El Hilo De Oro- by Diego Sanchidrian Rubio Made In Japan – by Ciro Altabas
8:40pm
Music Documentaries - The Silence in Between & Where You From -
What is 'the Funk'? behind P-Funk? If you'd wondered that, find out with a group who went on tour in Europe last summer with dr. Funkenstein himself, George Clinton. Together with his legendary band Parliament Funkadelic.
Screens with Where You From, a rap documentary that Features a series of white rappers, with their struggle to be accepted by the hip hop community, and their personal, raceless experience of hip-hop. Thought you knew it all about hip-hop? Think again.
Plays: 8:40pm Sat. July 11th at the Roxie Theatre, 3117 16th Street, SF, CA. For more information on this film visit www.whereyoufromfilm.com.
10:35pm
Best Comedic Short Films of 2009. Funny films about clones, death, lollipop men, and the cheapest man in the room. Plays: 10:35pm Sat. July 11th at the Roxie Theatre, 3117 16th Street, SF, CA.
Line Up: The Cheapest Man In The Room – by V.K. Shah Clones Gone Wild – by Gary Weeks The Spam Job – by Padraic Culham Lollipop Man – by Matthew Holt Sisyphus – by Robyn Simms End Zone – by Rob Cunningham Made In Japan – by Ciro Altabas
