sffs.org - 10/26/2008
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Matteo Garrone ( Gomorra , Italy 2008) BACK TO NEW ITALIAN CINEMA Hard-hitting, complex and filmed in a fluid fly-on-the-wall style, Garrone s Cannes Grand Prize winner, adapted from Roberto Saviano s controversial award-winning book, examines in vivid detail the organized crime syndicate known ...
sffs.org - 10/31/2008
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Currently one of the most fertile, creative and
productive forms in cinema and television, animation occupies a
pressure point between artistic, experimental, commercial and industrial media. It ranges from the latest visual FX-based arthouse films to ...
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sffs.org - 10/26/2008
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Each year New Italian Cinema celebrates the rich
cinematic tradition of Italy and brings the country's newest
directors and films to audiences in San Francisco. The 2008 edition features seven films by up-and-coming filmmakers, a trio of titles from ...
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sffs.org - 10/29/2008
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S. Pierre Yameogo ( L ve-toi et marche
, Burkina Faso/France/Switzerland 2005) A rural and seemingly idyllic
village in Burkina Faso is hit with a mysterious epidemic that is killing its children. The culprit, according to the men of the village, is a ...
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ITALY ARRIVES BAYSIDE: New Italian Cinema 2008
The Evening Class —
... The 2008 edition of New Italian Cinema finishes up with the San Francisco Bay Area Premiere of Matteo Garrone's Cannes Grand Prize winner Gomorrah (Gomorra, 2008) ...
So Many Festivals It's Almost Scary
Hell On Frisco Bay —
... presentation November 16-23, ending with the festival-lauded Gomorrah. After a chance to catch a Thanksgiving breath, it's followed by Quebec Film Week (titles as yet unannounced) December 10-14. 2008 has been the first year that I've sampled the SFFS's fall offerings, at the successfully-inaugurated ...
November Spawned (Another) Monster—Michael Hawley Cringes, Cowers and Faces His Fears
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... The Consequences of Love, 2006's Friend of the Family and this year's Il Divo, which walked away with the festival's Prix du Jury. To the best of my knowledge, none of these have screened in the Bay Area. But it's hard to complain about not getting to see the jury prize when the festival has gone one better by programming Cannes' 2008 Grand Prix champion, Matteo Garrone's Neapolitan mafia epic Gomorrah. It's one of New Italian Cinema's two closing ...
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