Coming Soon to the Sausalito Film Festival (Aug 21-23)

San Francisco International Women's Film Festival is proud to co-present The Sari Soliders at the inaugural Sausalito Film Festival.

As part of this year's Sausalito Film Festival, which will take place from August 21-23, SFWFF will co-present The Sari Soliders directed by Julie Bridgham. Filmed over three years during the most historic and pivotal time in Nepal's modern history, The Sari Soldiers is an extraordinary story of six women's courageous efforts to shape Nepal's future in the midst of an escalating civil war against Maoist insurgents, and the king's crackdown on civil liberties.

Date/Time: Saturday, August 22nd at 2:30 PM. Admission: Regular $10. $5 with discount code. Location: Cavallo Point at Fort Baker (Callippe Theater) 601 Murray Circle, Sausalito, CA 94965.

Sausalito Film Festival is offering a huge discount on tickets to the SFWFF Community. Receive 50% off the advance ticket price by using the discount code: 012359 at check out.

For more information, or to purchase tickets:

http://www.sausalitofilmfestival.com

Coming Soon to SF Jewish Film Festival

As a part of this year's San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, which will take place from July 23rd to August 10th, SFWFF will be co-presenting three films: Lady Kul El-Arab with Grown Up and Desert Brides.

Lady Kul El-Arab with Grown Up

Thursday, July 30th, 3:45 PM - Castro Theater
Saturday, August 1st, 2:00 PM - Roda Theater
Wednesday, August 5th, 2:30 PM - CineArts in Palo Alto

Lady Kul El-Arab
Director/Screenwriter/Cinematographer Ibtisam Mara'ana
Israel, 2008, 56 min., color, Arabic, Hebrew

Duah Fares, a spirited Druze Arab from Israel's Galilee, prepares for the annual Lady of the Arabs beauty pageant. Her avuncular coach and sympathetic family offer her loving support in what appears at first to be a documentary about the dreams of Arab girls in Israel. But this film veers rapidly towards edge-of-your-seat suspense when Duah changes her name to Angelina and applies to enter the Miss Israel pageant. Her family worries about the swimsuit competition, the Israelis force her to choose national loyalties, and the mood turns ominous when village traditionalists get involved. Duah's father and mother face agonizing choices and sacrifices if they are to support their rebel daughter's ambition. Against this landscape of runway competition, exploitation and surprising moments of solidarity, Duah will make a decision that is guaranteed to provoke controversy. Special Jury Award winner, IDFA Silver Wolf Competition.

Grown Up
Director Dana Neuberg
Israel, 2008, 20 min., color, English

In the confusing time between childhood and adolescence, 15-year-old Shira discovers the world of sexuality, jealousy and seduction. When her mother's date arrives earlier than expected, things get out of control and boundaries are broken.

Desert Brides

Wednesday, July 29th, 2:15 PM - Castro Theater
Sunday, August 2nd, 4:00 PM - Roda Theater
Tuesday, August 4th, 2:00 PM - CineArts in Palo Alto

Desert Brides
Director Ada Ushpiz
Israel, 2008, 90 min., color, Arabic, Hebrew

In Desert Brides (Best Film, Doc Aviv Festival 2008) a wedding photographer's lens offers a portal to women's struggles with polygamy. Ushpiz's outstanding film explores the realities of becoming a first wife or second wife in Bedouin culture. With the state pressure on nomadic cultures to integrate into Israeli society, a third of Bedouin women live in polygamous households fueled by a relentless drive back to religion for minority survival. Followed by a panel discussion in Berkeley.

For more information, or to purchase tickets click here:

For Lady Kul El-Arab with Grown Up:
http://tickets.sfjff.org

For Desert Brides:
http://tickets.sfjff.org

Coming Soon to SF Jewish Film Festival

San Francisco International Women's Film Festival is proud to co-present the following screening as part of this year's San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, featuring the following film:

Desert Brides
Director Ada Ushpiz
Israel, 2008, 90 min., color, Arabic, Hebrew

In Desert Brides (Best Film, Doc Aviv Festival 2008) a wedding photographer's lens offers a portal to women's struggles with polygamy. Ushpiz's outstanding film explores the realities of becoming a first wife or second wife in Bedouin culture. With the state pressure on nomadic cultures to integrate into Israeli society, a third of Bedouin women live in polygamous households fueled by a relentless drive back to religion for minority survival. Screening: Wed. Jul 29th, 2009 @ 2:15 PM - The Castro Theatre, San Francisco, CA

For more information, or to purchase tickets visit:
http://tiny.cc/Gyb1G

Coming Soon to Frameline33

SFWFF is proud to be a community partner at this year's Frameline33, San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival!

SFWFF co-presents a film screening of To Each Her Own directed by Heather Tobin on June 22 at 6:30 PM and June 25 at 7:00 PM.

DIRECTOR: Heather Tobin

Jess may look like any other beautiful girl, but her life is that of a woman, already married and settled at 25. Her husband Trevor, sweet but utterly clueless, is plotting the course of their lives (including children) with no eye for his wife’s apathy and detachment. Jess’s life is trudging on without her even having a hand in it.

Casey, on the other hand, finds nothing worth committing to. She mindlessly plows away as a landscaper by day, and an array of indiscriminate women by night. But a quick Romeo & Juliet-style balcony exchange ignites a fire in both, and the first date turns into love before either woman knows what hit her. Though they fit together seamlessly, a weak-willed Jess struggles to come to grips with her new love, and the lifestyle change that comes with it. Stifling memories power Jess’s reluctance, the lifelong judgments of her homophobic mother driving the wedge that threatens the relationship.

Jess’s tale is a common one, but in To Each Her Own, that isn’t a flaw: The film simply plays out like the story of someone you know. The tender and very sexy bedroom scenes feel like the first time. You can sense how it just fits for Jess, as she experiences that utterly relatable moment when a first love brings out a part of you that no one else has touched. To Each Her Own may be another coming out story, but it’s a damn good one. — ALEXIS WHITHAM


www.frameline.org

View the Trailer:
www.youtube.com/watch

Dear Friends of SFWFF & Arts Lovers,
I wanted to share some NOT TO BE MISSED events with you. Check it out and hope to see you there! Please help spread the word to your friends and colleagues. For more information, read on.
Thank You
Scarlett Shepard
Women's Film Institute/SF Women's Film Festival

DANCE & FILM COLLIDE @ 9TH STREET
The moving image and moving body push into view for Ninth Street's MediaARTS Series, co-presented with SFWFF on June 12 at 8:00 PM! Join us for dynamic, dreamy and hypnotic films that partner with the medium and movement of dance. Admission: $5. For more information:www.motionpictures-sf.com

CHILLIN' PRODUCTIONS' 11TH ANNIVERSARY
Executive director of SFWFF, Scarlett Shepard, will celebrate with Chillin' Productions at its event featuring 80 fashion designers, 180 painters and photographers, video installations and a host of great DJ's on June 13 from 8:00 PM - 2:00 AM! Stop by our table and check out one-of-a-kind handmade Jewelry by Scarlett. The best part is that the proceeds from your jewelry purchase will go directly to supporting SFWFF and its educational programs. Admission: $7 (21 + with ID). For more information: www.chillinproductions.com

QUEER WOMEN OF COLOR MEDIA ARTS PROJECT PRESENTS
Don't Miss 5th Annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival from June 12-14, 2009.
Screenings-FREE. For more information:www.qwocmap.org


COMING SOON TO FRAMELINE
SFWFF is proud to be a community partner at this year's Frameline33, San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival! SFWFF co-presents a film screening of To Each Her Own directed by Heather Tobin on June 22 at 6:30 PM and June 25 at 7:00 PM. For more information and to get tickets: www.frameline.org

Dance and Film Collide on 6/12 at 8:00 PM

The moving image and moving body push into view for Ninth Street's MediaARTS Series, co-presented with SFWFF on June 12 at 8:00 PM!

Join us for dynamic, dreamy and hypnotic films that partner with the medium and movement of dance -- a special opportunity to discuss with Motion Pictures, a San Francisco-based dance on camera collective, how the two artistic mediums of Dance & Film Collide. Admission: $5

For more information about the event: www.motionpictures-sf.com

Coming Soon to Frameline33

SFWFF is proud to be a community partner at this year's Frameline33, San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival!

SFWFF co-presents a film screening of To Each Her Own directed by Heather Tobin on June 22 at 6:30 PM and June 25 at 7:00 PM.

DIRECTOR: Heather Tobin

Jess may look like any other beautiful girl, but her life is that of a woman, already married and settled at 25. Her husband Trevor, sweet but utterly clueless, is plotting the course of their lives (including children) with no eye for his wife’s apathy and detachment. Jess’s life is trudging on without her even having a hand in it.

Casey, on the other hand, finds nothing worth committing to. She mindlessly plows away as a landscaper by day, and an array of indiscriminate women by night. But a quick Romeo & Juliet-style balcony exchange ignites a fire in both, and the first date turns into love before either woman knows what hit her. Though they fit together seamlessly, a weak-willed Jess struggles to come to grips with her new love, and the lifestyle change that comes with it. Stifling memories power Jess’s reluctance, the lifelong judgments of her homophobic mother driving the wedge that threatens the relationship.

Jess’s tale is a common one, but in To Each Her Own, that isn’t a flaw: The film simply plays out like the story of someone you know. The tender and very sexy bedroom scenes feel like the first time. You can sense how it just fits for Jess, as she experiences that utterly relatable moment when a first love brings out a part of you that no one else has touched. To Each Her Own may be another coming out story, but it’s a damn good one. — ALEXIS WHITHAM

http://www.frameline.org