61st San Francisco International Film Festival at BAMPFA
61st San Francisco International Film Festival at BAMPFA
April 5–15, 2018
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Angels Wear White
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A Man of Integrity
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Minding the Gap
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Godard, mon amour
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Nathaniel Dorsky's The Dreamer
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Films - Past
Films - Past
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Past Films
Angels Wear White
Vivian Qu
China, France, 2017Thursday, April 5 6:30 PMView DetailsThe assault of two underage girls by a local official in a sunlight-bathed seaside town becomes the focal point for this seething study of the challenges women face in Chinese society.
The Distant Barking of Dogs
Simon Lereng Wilmont
Denmark, Sweden, Finland, 2017Thursday, April 5 8:40 PMSimon Lereng Wilmont in PersonView DetailsIn the midst of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, a loving, wise, and defiant grandmother raises her two young grandsons. Director Simon Lereng Wilmont lends sensitivity and entrancing visuals to a nuanced portrait of war and its corrosive effect.
The Third Murder
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Japan, 2017Friday, April 6 6 PMView DetailsMaster director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s latest film is a tour-de-force examination of guilt and justice. The incomparable Koji Yakusho plays a man who confesses to a murder but may be hiding a more complicated truth.
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Sara Driver
United States, 2017Friday, April 6 8:30 PMView DetailsChronicling Jean-Michel Basquiat’s teen years in 1970s New York City, this documentary presents a fresh and vibrant look at the young artist as a reflection of the time and place where he grew up.
The Price of Everything
Nathaniel Kahn
United States, 2018Saturday, April 7 1 PMNathaniel Kahn in PersonView DetailsA major Sotheby’s auction is the focal point for this broad exploration of the exploding market in contemporary art, featuring incredibly candid interviews with collectors, curators, and artists.
The Judge
Erika Cohn
Palestine, United States, 2017Saturday, April 7 3:30 PMErika Cohn in PersonView DetailsJudge Kholoud Al-Faqih became the first female appointed to any of the Middle East’s Shari’a courts in 2009. This intimate portrait captures the determined and compassionate judge as she strives to achieve justice in a system that so often does not favor women.
No Date, No Signature
Vahid Jalilvand
Iran, 2017Saturday, April 7 5:45 PMView DetailsA car accident at night causes escalating damage and forces all involved to confront issues of moral responsibility in this second feature from Vahid Jalilvand, an impressive Iranian theater director.
The Workshop
Laurent Cantet
France, 2017Saturday, April 7 8 PMView DetailsA writing workshop on France’s Mediterranean coast becomes a microcosm for the fraught divisions in present-day French society in this film from the Palme d’Or–winning director of 2008’s The Class.
Un traductor
Rodrigo Barriuso, Sebastián Barriuso
Canada, Cuba, 2018Sunday, April 8 12:30 PMRodrigo & Sebastián Barriuso in PersonView DetailsBringing to light a little-known piece of Cuban history, this moving and understated medical drama set in 1989 Havana tells the story of a Russian teacher drafted to serve as a translator for children from Chernobyl. Westworld’s Rodrigo Santoro stars.
A Man of Integrity
Mohammad Rasoulof
Iran, 2017Sunday, April 8 3:15 PMView DetailsPower struggles and moral compromises feed an escalating conflict when an uncompromising fish farmer clashes with his neighbor and a powerful company that sets its sights on his land. Winner of the Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes.
The Shape of a Surface: Experimental Shorts
Sunday, April 8 6 PMarc in PersonView DetailsIn this diverse program showcasing the film medium itself, history and the world are reframed. Featuring works by arc, Stephanie Barber, Paul Clipson, Nazli Dincel, Jim Jennings, Pablo Mazzolo, Alee Peoples, and Jennifer Separzadeh.
First Reformed
Paul Schrader
United States, 2017Sunday, April 8 8 PMPaul Schrader in PersonView DetailsA minister finds newfound meaning and reawakened desire when a lovely parishioner seeks his counsel in this film from legendary writer/director Paul Schrader. With memorable performances by Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, and Cedric the Entertainer.
Purge This Land
Lee Anne Schmitt
United States, 2017Wednesday, April 11 6:30 PMLee Anne Schmitt in PersonView DetailsWeaving the story and letters of radical American abolitionist John Brown and the attack on Harper’s Ferry with her own personal history, Lee Ann Schmitt uses her signature essay style to create a profound portrait of America today.
The Other Side of Everything
Mila Turajlić
Serbia, France, Qatar, 2017Wednesday, April 11 8:40 PMMila Turajlić in PersonView DetailsIn 1945, Mila Turajlić’s family apartment in Belgrade was divided and redistributed by the government; because of her mother’s activism, they were spied on from the very rooms they used to own. In this film, mother and daughter reflect on their complicated personal and political histories.
Suleiman Mountain
Elizaveta Stishova
Kyrgyzstan, Russia, 2017Thursday, April 12 6 PMView DetailsA young Kyrgyz boy is taken out an orphanage and into the lives of his supposed parents, who make ends meet by running cons on unsuspecting villagers, in this beautifully filmed tale that interweaves mythological and comedic elements.
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
RaMell Ross
United States, 2018Thursday, April 12 8:30 PMRaMell Ross in PersonView DetailsAward-winning photographer RaMell Ross’s inspired and intimate portrait of an African American community in rural Alabama captures small but precious moments in black lives with rapturous attention.
Shirkers
Sandi Tan
United States, 2018Friday, April 13 6 PMSandi Tan in PersonView DetailsA lost-and-found film made in Singapore decades ago prompts this buoyant personal documentary about movie love, female friendship, and the urge for creative expression. Winner of the Directing Award, World Cinema Documentary, at Sundance.
Tigre
Silvina Schnicer, Ulises Porra Guardiola
Argentina, 2017Friday, April 13 8:30 PMSilvina Schnicer and Ulises Porra Guardiola in PersonView DetailsIn a boarded-up family estate in Argentina’s mysterious and ancient Tigre delta, three generations gather to decide whether to sell their property to developers, and interpersonal conflicts build to a powerful crescendo.
Bisbee ’17
Robert Greene
United States, 2018Saturday, April 14 12 PMView DetailsThis hybrid film revisits the violent deportation of striking copper miners from Bisbee, Arizona, a century ago, tapping into the current political climate while questioning what is the “real” history.
Minding the Gap
Bing Liu
United States, 2018Saturday, April 14 3 PMBing Liu in PersonView DetailsIn Rockford, Illinois, Bing Liu has been filming his friends on and off their skateboards for ten years. His film is less a documentary about skate culture than a fresh and powerful coming-of-age story.
I Am Not a Witch
Rungano Nyoni
United Kingdom, France, 2018Saturday, April 14 5:30 PMView DetailsWith this strikingly beautiful first feature, Rungano Nyoni layers magic realism, satire, and social critique in the original and unforgettable story of a girl accused of witchcraft and exiled from her village.
The Cleaners
Moritz Riesewieck, Hans Block
Germany, Brazil, 2018Saturday, April 14 8 PMMoritz Riesewieck in PersonView DetailsCompassionately portraying the Filipino workers who comb through thousands of online images in an attempt to monitor and delete offensive or incendiary social media posts, this film exposes the dark side of information technology.
Garry Winogrand: All Things Are Photographable
Sasha Waters Freyer
United States, 2018Sunday, April 15 1 PMSasha Waters Freyer and Geoff Dyer in PersonThis gorgeous and lively look at Garry Winogrand and his work uses still images, home movie footage, and revelatory, recently discovered audio recordings to illustrate why many consider him to be the foremost photographer of post–World War II America.View Details
Wajib
Annemarie Jacir
Palestine, France, Germany, Colombia, Norway, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, 2017Sunday, April 15 3:15 PMView DetailsIn Annemarie Jacir’s charming and poignant new film, a Palestinian father and son living in Israel deliver wedding invitations over the course of an afternoon while personal and political tensions simmer in the background.
Nathaniel Dorsky: Four Films
Sunday, April 15 5:45 PMNathaniel Dorsky and Steve Anker in ConversationView DetailsFour ephemeral worlds emerge in this selection of shorts by Nathaniel Dorsky, this year’s recipient of the Persistence of Vision Award. The films are Autumn, Avraham, The Dreamer, and Intimations.
Godard, mon amour
Michel Hazanavicius
France, 2017Sunday, April 15 8:15 PMView DetailsPortraying Jean-Luc Godard at the pivotal moment when he made La Chinoise and fell in love with leading lady Anne Wiazemsky, Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) pays homage to Godard’s genius even as he cheekily sends up the director’s excesses and pretensions.