50th San Francisco International Film Festival General Information
APRIL 26–MAY 10, 2007
200 Films
200 Filmmakers and Industry Guests Expected
54 Countries Represented
75 Narrative Features
33 Documentary Features
92 Shorts
3 World Premieres
2 International Premieres
11 North American Premieres
5 U.S. Premieres
40 West Coast Premieres
AWARDS/PRIZES/ADDRESS
Irving M. Levin Award – George Lucas
Peter J. Owens Award – Robin Williams
Film Society Directing Award – Spike Lee
Kanbar Award – Peter Morgan
Midnight Awards – Rosario Dawson and Sam Rockwell
Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award – Heddy Honigmann
State of Cinema address – Peter Sellars
Golden Gate Awards – 14 winners to be announced on May 9 at GGA ceremony
SKYY Prize – Winner to be announced on May 9 at GGA ceremony
FIPRESCI Jury Prize – Winner to be announced on May 9 at GGA ceremony
GreenWorld Prize – Winners to be announced on May 9 at GGA ceremony
Chris Holter Prize for Humor in Film – Winner to be announced on May 9 at GGA ceremony
Audience Awards – To be announced on May 10 at Closing Night
SCREENING/EVENT VENUES AND DATES
Castro Theatre, 429 Castro Street near Market, April 26 – 29, May 2, 4, 5, 7 and 10
Sundance Cinemas Kabuki, 1881 Post Street at Fillmore, April 27 – May 10
Pacific Film Archive Theater, 2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, April 27 – May 10
SF MOMA, 151 Third Street between Mission and Howard, April 27 – 29, May 4 – 6
Landmark’s Clay Theatre, 2261 Fillmore Street at Clay, May 4 – 6
Landmark’s Aquarius Theatre, 430 Emerson Street, Palo Alto, May 6 – 9
McBean Theater at Exploratorium, 3601 Lyon Street, April 29
El Rio, 3158 Mission Street at Precita, May 1
Intersection for the Arts, 446 Valencia Street near 15th Street, May 6
Cowell Theater at Fort Mason Center, May 9
Mighty, 119 Utah Street near 15th Street, May 9
Venues are in San Francisco unless otherwise noted.
FESTIVAL HISTORY
Since 1957, the San Francisco International Film Festival has shown roughly 5,700 films from 150 countries to a total audience of 2 million and hosted thousands of filmmakers and industry guests.
