The 53rd San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF53)

The 53rd San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF53) returns April 22-May 6 with more than 100 unique programs of the finest independent, documentary and international cinema, combining a range of marquee premieres, international competitions, digital media work and star-studded gala events into the best two weeks of the year.

Check out films made by women at SFIFF53: A Brand New Life, Budrus, Cairo Time, Cracks, Empire of Silver, Everyone Else, Father of My Children, Joan Rivers—A Piece of Work, Lourdes, My Dog Tulip, My Queen Karo, Night Catches Us, The Oath, Pianomania, La Pivellina, Russian Lessons, Seducing Charlie Barker, Way of Nature, White Material, and Winter’s Bone.

For more information and to purchase tickets:

http://www.sffs.org

Orgasm Inc. screens tonight

Orgasm Inc. The Strange Science of Female Pleasure directed by Liz Canner

In the shocking and hilarious documentary ORGASM INC., filmmaker Liz Canner takes a job editing erotic videos as part of a pharmaceutical drug company’s drug trial. Her employer is developing what they hope will be the first Viagra drug for women that win FDA approval to treat a new disease: Female Sexual Dysfunction (FSD). Liz gains permission to film the company for her own documentary. Initially, she plans to create a movie about science and pleasure but she soon begins to suspect that her employer, along with a cadre of other medical companies, might be trying to take advantage of women (and potentially endanger their health) in pursuit of billion dollar profits.

ORGASM INC. is a powerful look inside the medical industry and the marketing campaigns that are literally and figuratively reshaping our everyday lives around health, illness, desire — and that ultimate moment: orgasm.

Upbeat, engaging, enlightening, and provocative, ORGASM INC. will change the way you think about sex.

Date:Thursday, April 8, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM
Time: $10 adv, $12 door
Location: The David Brower Center (Tamalpais Room)
2150 Allston Way, Berkeley

http://www.sfwff.com

SF Women's Film Festival begins Tonight

We are thrilled to announce that the SF International Women's Film Festival, presented by the Women's Film Institute, was awarded with a Mayor proclamation on April 1, 2010. It is official, Gavin Newsom, Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco, has proclaimed April 7, 2010 as "SF International Women's Film Festival Day."

Get out and see a movie! Don't miss the 6th annual SF International Women's Film Festival (SFWFF) celebrating women in all areas of film will take place April 7th through 11th at the Roxie Theater and other community centers across the San Francisco Bay Area. The 2010 selection of diverse films celebrates the exceptional contributions of women in the world of cinema and represents a convergence of excellence in filmmaking from around the globe.

Use special discount code: film2010 and receive half-off on advance ticket purchase on all festival screenings and events.

SFWFF 2010 full festival schedule: http://www.sfwff.com

SF International Women's Film Festival Day begins April 7, 2010

We are thrilled to announce that the SF International Women's Film Festival, presented by the Women's Film Institute, was awarded with a Mayor proclamation on April 1, 2010. It is official, Gavin Newsom, Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco, has proclaimed April 7, 2010 as "SF International Women's Film Festival Day."

Get out and see a movie! Don't miss the 6th annual SF International Women’s Film Festival (SFWFF) celebrating women in all areas of film will take place April 7th through 11th at the Roxie Theater and other community centers across the San Francisco Bay Area. The 2010 selection of diverse films celebrates the exceptional contributions of women in the world of cinema and represents a convergence of excellence in filmmaking from around the globe.

Use special discount code: film2010 and receive half-off on advance ticket purchase on all festival screenings and events.

SFWFF 2010 full festival schedule: http://www.sfwff.com