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San Francisco International Film Festival

ByLynn Friedman

Wild Rose tells the story of a country singer from Glasgow working her way up towards stardom. Intrigued?

That’s just one of 163 films screening and some 100 participating filmmaker guests at the 2019 San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM) April 10-23. Not only that, we’re talking about the longest-running film festival in the Americas. Sounds like a reason to book a flight asap.

Some highlights….

SFFILM, film festival, san francisco, Trial By Fire, Laura Dern

Laura Dern

Dern will appear in person for an onstage interview followed by a screening of her new film Trial By Fire. Based on a true story, Dern plays a woman determined to save an innocent man from execution.

SFFILM, san francisco, film festival, Claire Denis, High Life,

Claire Denis

There will be a screening of her new film High Life starring Juliette Binoche and Robert Pattison. This sci-fi is set aboard a ship populated with death row inmates employed in dangerous space exploration.

The Savages, Laura Linney, SFFILM, Film Festival, San Francisco

Laura Linney

Linney will appear for an onstage conversation and subsequent viewing of The Savages. Laura Linney and the late Philip Seymour Hoffman play Wendy and Jon Savage, a brother and sister trying to muddle through life the best way they can.

SFFILM, John C Reilly, san francisco, film festival, The Sister Brothers,

John C. Reilly

Reilly will speak about his career and collaborations prior to the screening of his recent film The Sisters Brothers, a Western telling the story of Eli (John C. Reilly) and Charlie (Joaquin Phoenix), hired by the mysterious Commodore to kill a prospector with a scientific approach to finding gold.

Boots Riley

Riley, a rapper, producer, screenwriter, film director, and activist, will be delivering the State of Cinema Address.

Jakob Dylan‘s band will perform live after a screening of  Echo in the Canyon, a documentary on the thriving 1960s music scene in Laurel Canyon.

Tales of the City, Armistead Maupin, SFFILM, San Francisco International Film Festival,

The SFFILM opening night will be a sneak-peek at Netflix’s follow-up to Armistead Maupin’s beloved Tales of the City, with cast & crew in attendance. Stay for the after-party.

Official Secrets, Katharine Gun, played by Keira Knightley, a whistle blower, San Francisco International Film Festival, SFFILM

Official Secrets, the closing night film, tells the true story of whistleblower Katharine Gun (Keira Knightley), a member of UK’s intelligence service who monitoring foreign correspondence. Gun leaks a confidential staff email, exposing corruption regarding the UN Iraq War resolution. Gun’s identity is exposed and she is charged with treason. Director Gavin Hood, subject Katharine Gun, and journalist Martin Bright are expected to attend.

Check out the complete festival line-up at SFFILM.org

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In a one story brick home in Milwaukee Wisconsin, I grew up the only child of the only Jewish, over-educated, east-coast native parents in the entire school district.

My predominantly Scandinavian and German neighbors kept to themselves and meticulously groomed their homes. Often playing alone in the yard or going on rides to nowhere with my mother, it never occurred to me to watch the television or even make a phone call. The only thing that got the neighbors together would be the sound of an approaching fire engine. People would suddenly appear with folding lawn chairs, lining up on the sidewalk in an orderly fashion to watch the fire.

Such were my beginnings as an outsider. I now capture that glimpse into other people's inner worlds, like Diane Arbus on a good day or a midwestern Henri Cartier-Bresson.

Now living in California, I find it just amplifies the otherness of the Midwest in my photographs. It is no longer my home. I use the eyes of a now foreign traveler to help reveal what was hidden to me as a native.

Writing is my new love.

I've got enough shiny statues now to prove to who knows that I succeeded in television. Eleven Emmy Awards, 2Associated Press, 2Edward R Murrow, 5RTNDA, shared Peabody, much etc.
I just completed my reign as President of the SF/Nor Cal chapter of NATAS (National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences).

In October 2010 I was inducted into the NATAS Silver Circle.
It's an award for exceptional contributions to the local television community and hanging in there for at least 25 years.

I've continued to identify as an artist, concentrating on photography.
My work has been in several juried competitions and collections. I recently started doing author photos. Check out the next book by Pulitzer Prize winning author Alan Taylor.

All things full circle, I've revived my high school obsession with making jewelry & fashion. laceproject.etsy.com.

And travel. Always traveling. Some things don't change.

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