Tuesday 17 April 2012

San Francisco International Film Festival 2012


Event: San Francisco International Film Festival 2012
When: 19 April – 3 May 2012
Where: Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, The Castro Theatre, SF Film Society Cinema, SFMOMA and the Pacific Film Archive Berkley, San Francisco

19 April – Opening Night with special screening of Farewell, My Queen – At Castro Theatre
26 April – Film Society Awards Night at the Warfield Theatre – Celebrity packed event

San Francisco International Film Festival (abbreviated as SFIFF) is the oldest continuously running film festival in the Americas. Organized by the San Francisco Film Society, the International is held each spring for two weeks, presenting an average of 150 films from over 50 countries. The Festival highlights current trends in international film and video production with an emphasis on work that has not yet secured U.S. distribution.

Since its inception, the International has grown to serve over 80,000 patrons, with screenings held in San Francisco, Berkeley, and the Peninsula. Graham Leggat became the executive director of the festival on October 17, 2005. The Scottish-born Leggat died on August 25, 2011 from cancer, aged 51.

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