Established and Emerging Local Filmmakers Join Thriving Community Already in Residence in Free Production Office Space Made Available in Partnership with San Francisco Film Commission
San Francisco, CA -- The San Francisco Film Society announced today the third round of filmmakers who have been awarded SFFS FilmHouse Residencies. This innovative program, developed in partnership with the San Francisco Film Commission and launched in November 2008, supports local independent filmmaking by making office space available free of charge to filmmakers actively engaged in various stages of film production. The newest recipients are all filmmakers working on nonfiction projects in postproduction stages, and they join a group of established residents working in many different styles and genres and in all stages of production. FilmHouse, part of the Film Society's expanding filmmaker services programs, functions as a vibrant workshop and community builder for local filmmakers of all stripes.
Christian Bruno
six month residency, postproduction, documentary feature
Strand: A Natural History of Cinema charts the rise and demise of San Francisco's movie theater culture while examining the changing face of the urban landscape and the disappearance of public space. Part analysis, part oral history and part travelogue, the film celebrates the urban experience and the "collective dream" -- moviegoing. For more information visit http://www.naturalhistoryofcinema.net/
Marcia Jarmel
six month residency, educational marketing and outreach, documentary feature
Speaking in Tongues follows four diverse students and their families as they encounter the challenges and delights of becoming fluent in two languages. As we witness their journey, we see how speaking more than one language changes them, their families, their communities, and maybe even the world. For more information visit http://www.patchworksfilms.net/coming_soon.html
Nani Sahra Walker
six month residency, postproduction, documentary feature
Other Nature is a historical documentary focusing on the social and political factors that contributed to the 2007 Supreme Court ruling that protects the rights of sexual minorities and the 2008 passing of gay marriage in Nepal. At the heart of this human rights survey is a thought-provoking cinematic journey merging the political with the personal, grassroots activities with individual self-determination and traditional social structures with humanism. For more information visit http://www.dancingstarfilms.com/now.html
The new FilmHouse residents have joined the following filmmakers currently in residence:
Serge Bakalian: production, feature documentary
(Default: The Student Loan Documentary)
Eugene Corr: postproduction, feature documentary
(From Ghost Town to Havana)
Kristine Enea: postproduction, feature documentary
(Off the Grid)
Melissa Regan: postproduction, feature documentary
(No Dumb Questions)
Rajendra Serber: postproduction, narrative feature
(GoodGuy/BadGuy)
Applications are due December 1, 2009 for the next term of FilmHouse Residencies beginning March 2010.
For more information, visit http://www.sffs.org/filmmaker-services/filmhouse-residencies.aspx
Since 1989, the San Francisco Film Commission has served to encourage the recognition of film as an art form with widespread economic benefits for the city. While recognizing filmmaking as a major emphasis of the city's economic and cultural base, the Film Commission supports a variety of film activities in the city and promotes San Francisco as a film destination. While stimulating community awareness of the film art form, the Commission is also interested in promoting long-range investment in projects originating in San Francisco, liaises with groups, councils, organizations and institutions related to the film industry and provides perspective for both the mayor and the board of supervisors with respect to long-range promotion, development and planning for a significant film arts base in San Francisco. For complete information, visit FilmSF.org.
San Francisco Film Society is a nonprofit arts organization dedicated to celebrating film and the moving image in all its glorious forms. SFFS year-round programs and events are concentrated in four core areas: Celebrating Internationalism, Inspiring Bay Area Youth, Showcasing Bay Area Film Culture and Exploring New Digital Media. The Film Society shows the best of world cinema year-round on its SFFS Screen at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas; presents the longest-running film festival in the Americas, the SF International (April 22-May 6, 2010); publishes a daily online magazine, SF360.org, featuring broad-ranging news and features on Bay Area film and media; annually reaches more than 8,000 students ages 6-18 with its acclaimed media literacy programs; and provides crucial support to the Bay Area filmmaking community through SFFS Filmmaker Services including FilmHouse Residencies, Fiscal Sponsorship, the SFFS/Kenneth Rainin Foundation Filmmaking Grants, the Herbert Family Filmmaking Grants, the Hearst Screening Grant, the Djerassi/SFFS Screenwriting Fellowship, SFFS Film Arts Forums and professional-level filmmaker classes.
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