Sfiff Videos

Author: goriji Added: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:53:48 -0800 Duration: 0Gori's review of 'Kabuli Kid' - an Afghan film about a cab driver who finds an abondoned baby boy in the back of his taxi. Demonstrates aptly more of the ongoing misogyny/hypocrisy of Islam vis a vis ironic attitudes about burqas -- whoo! :D http://tinyurl.com/goritweet.. Check out the whole series of gori vids featuring cool subjects like SRK/Bollywood + independent desi ) all things Indian, aur of course, Sri LKS na? Pyar jis! :D

Author: goriji Added: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:53:48 -0800 Duration: 0Gori's review of 'Kabuli Kid' - an Afghan film about a cab driver who finds an abondoned baby boy in the back of his taxi. Demonstrates aptly more of the ongoing misogyny/hypocrisy of Islam vis a vis ironic attitudes about burqas -- whoo! :D http://tinyurl.com/goritweet.. Check out the whole series of gori vids featuring cool subjects like SRK/Bollywood + independent desi ) all things Indian, aur of course, Sri LKS na? Pyar jis! :D

Author: goriji Added: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:51:16 -0800 Duration: 0Gori's review of 'Son of a Lion' - an innovative cinema verite film about a Pashtun boy in Pakistan who wants an education instead of being a gun maker, like his father. Filmed covertly in North West Frontier Province (in Pakistan) by an Australian disguised as an ethnic Pashtun man- perceptive dialog showing hypocrisy on both sides of the Muslim/Al Qaeda equation.. From a series of vids giving critiques of sub desi (Indian/South Asian) filim, plus much of the Arab content, -- whoo! :D http://tinyurl.com/goritweet.. Check out the whole series of gori vids featuring cool subjects like SRK/Bollywood + independent desi ) all things Indian, aur of course, Sri LKS na? Pyar jis! :D

Robert Redford received the Peter J. Owens Award, which goes to an actor who "exemplifies brilliance, independence and integrity," while fellow Bay Area resident Francis Ford Coppola was presented the Founder s Directing Award at the 52nd annual SFIFF.

Napa resident Francis Ford Coppola is presented the Founder s Directing Award at the 52nd annual San Francisco International Film Festival's Awards.

SFIFF's Third Annual Midnight Awards honored young stars Evan Rachel Wood and Elijah Wood last Saturday at the W Hotel in SoMA. Elijah sings his praises for Anchor + Hope and Rose's Cafe, while Evan gets excited about gay bars and karaoke.

Peter Morgan talked at the 50th San Francisco International Film Festival where he received the Kanbar Award or excellence in screenwriting. Interviewed by film writer David Thomson, Peter Morgan talks about the people in his plays in films -- such as Queen Elizabeth II and Idi Amin -- who most do not consider sympathetic in the situations given, come out more human and interesting.Note: Apologizes for the color and white balance being off.

Decio Matos Jr., director of "Fabricating Tom Ze," answers post-screening questions Sunday, May 6, 2007, at the Sundance Kabuki Japantown multiplex during the 50th San Francisco International Film Festival.

At the opening press conference to the 50th San Francisco International Film Festival, Graham Leggat talked about International Online. Working with Jaman.com, 5-10 full feature films will be available for select viewing.

Tommy Pallotta producer of the film, "A Scanner Darkly", talked at the 49th San Francisco International Film Festival on their re-animation technique.? During the Q&A, the son of the science fiction writer, Avram Davidson, read a letter from Philip K. Dick to Avram on his novel, "A Scanner Darkly".

William R. Hearst III led the Transformation Nation: New Leaders in Convergence Technology panel discussing the issues of emerging online media. In this discussion they grapple with creative expression in the traditional and new media platforms. Panelists:Steve Dietz, director, ZeroOneJosh Goldman, CEO, AkimboTroy Evans, senior business development manager, branded content, NokiaShelley Palmer, president/creative director, Palmer Advanced Media Hunter Walk, product manager, Google VideoSteve Starr, Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Revver

after the film, the director took questions from the audience

Steve Rhodes interviews Adrian Belic, director of "Beyond the Call", at the 49th San Francisco International Film Festival.

I had an opportunity to see two films at the San Francisco International Film Festival last night. The first film I saw was The Dignity of the Nobodies, a cinema verite documentary by Fernando E. Solonas. The film captures the untold stories of the everyday people in Argentina: a man who was shot in the head during a protest and the man who saved him, a poor priest railing against police mafias and operating a soup kitchen out of his home, and an unfortunate picketeer who was shot and killed while trying to help a fellow comrade who had been shot by the police. The Dignity of the Nobodies is a beautiful film and achieves an intimacy rarely achieved by cinema. It is both a tragedy of the rampant poverty that rages through Argentina and the horror stories of these people's oppression, but it is also a dark fairy-tale of sorts illustrating that everyday people can and do change the world we live in for the better every day. After the film, Fernando Solonas was able to sit down for some Q an excerpt of this Q Saturday, April 29th 1:00PM at the PFA and on May 1st at 7:00PM at the Aquarius Theatre in Palo Alto.

Interview with Sam Dunn, co-directory of "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey", from the The 49th San Francisco International Film Festival opening night party.

The 49th San Francisco International Film Festival opened on April 20th, 2006. Here's footage and interviews I did with Sean Uyehara and Ryan Shaw on the programming for the festival. Associated links:Yahoo! Research LabSFIFF International RemixLive CinemaSue Costabile

Last night, Min Jung Kim hosted a San Francisco International Film Festival pre-festival party for the SFIFF Citizen's Press Corps. The event was part of a new initiative called SF360, and as part of a partnership with Ironweed Films, people throughout the city gathered to watch the documentary Street Fight, a film about the 2002 mayoral race in Newark. Quite a few of us from the SFIFF Citizen's Press Corps were able to attend including our coordinator Kevin Smokler along with Ted Rheingold, Jason Schultz, Steve Rhodes, Nicole Lee and fellow videoblogger Enric. It was fun; looking forwards to checking out more films at the festival...

Yesterday I posted a video from the San Francisco International Film Festival Press Conference kick-off. Today, for the 4th installment of videoblogging week, I've uploaded the second part of the press conference, the question and answer section. All of the questions asked in the conference have been included although some questions and resposnes have been shortened in the sake of time. Technorati tags: videobloggingweek2006 SanFrancisco sfiff filmfestival vloggingdangerously

Ok, so I'm almost three hours late -- but here's my third installment for videoblogging week.I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to join the citizen press corps for the San Francisco International Film Festival. This video are a few of the highlights from the conference.The Q&A from the press conference will be tomorrow's video... Technorati tags: videobloggingweek2006 SanFrancisco sfifffilmfestival vloggingdangerously