Johan van der Keuken-the Dutch photographer, essayist, and filmmaker-made his first film in 1960, and has fifty films to date exploring what he calls the "no man's land between documentary and fiction," with a debt to the avant-garde. We are pleased to present a series of his films on Tuesdays and Thursdays in April, culminating on the first evening of the San Francisco International Film Festival at PFA. In a special Festival program, Van der Keuken will receive the Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award honoring lifetime achievement. Selected films by van der Keuken will be presented at the Festival, as well as at San Francisco Cinematheque. (For details, please call SFIFF at 415-931-FILM, and SF Cinematheque at 415-558-8129). For a further introduction to Johan van der Keuken and a description of the exhibition of his photographs concurrently on view in our Theater Gallery, please see an article on page 4.Van der Keuken will be at UC Berkeley for a residency sponsored by PFA and UCB's Film Studies Program and Consortium for the Arts during the week of April 19. He will meet with students in various departments and introduce programs of his work at PFA. We wish to thank Susanna Scott, Ideale Audience; Consulate General of the Netherlands; and The Pew Charitable Trusts. Tuesday April 20, 1999
