The 66th San Francisco International Film Festival starts this coming Thursday, April 13th and will run until the 23rd. 10 days of new narrative films, documentaries, special tributes and shorts kicks off with the opening night screening of “Stephen Curry: Underrated” by Emmy award winning director Peter Nicks at Oakland’s Grand Lake Theatre this Thursday evening. Nicks’ documentary illuminates the career of local legend/NBA superstar Stephen Curry. He Intertwines Curry’s emergence at Davidson College with thrilling footage of the 2021–22 Golden State Warriors season when the team won its fourth championship of the Curry era, Nicks deftly builds a portrait of a man who continually defies expectations. (PHOTO: Michelle Yeoh at SF International Film Festival 2022 by Luis Medina)
The SFIFF also focuses on Latino films under the umbrella of Cine Latino. These new enticing Latin films that are being showcased are from different parts of Latin America as well as the U.S. including both narrative and documentary films, Vicenta B(Cuba), La Bonga (Colombia), Love And Mathematics (Mexico), Daughter Of Rage (Nicaragua), Hummingbirds (USA) and Martinez (Mexico). Other highlights will be the screenings of Italian director Emanuelle Crialese’s new drama “L’Immensità” starring Academy Award winning actress Penelope Cruz, the new documentary on folk music legend and activist Joan Baez “I Am A Noise” with Baez scheduled to attend the screening at the Castro Theater, the critically acclaimed Past Lives starring Greta Lee from playwright turned filmmaker Celine Song.and the festival will screen the first four episodes of the acclaimed director Boots Riley hotly anticipated new Prime Video series “I Am Virgo” on closing night, Sunday April 23rd.
Other special highlights will be a Tribute to director Mary Herron and the showing of her new movie on Artist Salvador Dali “Daliland” starring Ben Kingsley. This year’s Mel Novikoff Award celebrates Firelight Media, a non-profit that supports filmmakers of color with a screening of Stanley Moore’s documentary “The Black Panthers: Vanguard Of The Revolution”. Blackberry, the recipient of this year’s Sloan Science on Screen Award recognition that celebrates the compelling depiction of science in a narrative feature film will be screened and celebrated on Monday, April 17th at SF’s Premier Theater. Sloan Science on Screen will be also screening The Pod Generation, a satiric blend of sci-fi and social commentary set in the near future The Persistence Of Vision award will be given to director Mark Cousins during the screening of his film “The March On Rome” on Thursday April 20, 7 pm at BAMPFA in Berkeley. There will also be global perspectives on narrative and documentary film shown throughout the festival.
The San Francisco International Film Festival produced by SF FILM will be held at various venues including the Grand Lake Theatre in Oakland, the Dolby Cinema @ 1275 Market, the Castro Theatre, the Premier Theater, The Walt Disney Family Museum, and Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA). The central hub of the Festival will be at CGV San Francisco at 1000 Van Ness Avenue to allow for maximum viewing. For more information, the entire festival schedule and tickets, visit www.sffilm.org.
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