46th SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL TO PRESENT
SECOND ANNUAL EXTREME CINEMA PROGRAM



Films that Appeal to the Edgier Sensibility

The 46th San Francisco International Film Festival (April 17 - May 1) is thrilled to announce EXTREME CINEMA, a program for cinephiles who enjoy their films dark and visceral. This is the second year the Festival has presented the program, and it once again promises not to disappoint. Carl Spence, director of programming for the Festival, says "After the phenomenal success of the first midnight series during the 2002 Festival, we are pleased to present four new works that will appeal to edgier sensibilities including the U.S. premiere of SO CLOSE from Jet Li collaborator Cory Yuen and the North American premiere of DOUBLE VISION from Taiwan."

CABIN FEVER (Eli Roth, USA)
Directed by David Lynch protégé Roth, CABIN FEVER tells the story of five dimwitted, foulmouthed college students who escape to a cabin deep in the woods for a post-graduation vacation. When a demented stranger covered with oozing, bloody sores appears, things turn very, very ugly.

DOUBLE VISION (Chen Kuo-fu, TAIWAN)
A washed up Taiwanese cop teams with an equally burnt-out FBI agent (David Morse) to search for a brain-altering black fungus, evil Taoist sects, supernatural forces and a psychotic serial killer on the prowl in Taipei.

THE EYE (Danny Pang, Oxide Pang, HONG KONG/THAILAND/UNITED KINGDOM)
Directed by twin brothers, THE EYE is the story of a young woman who has been blind since the age of two and has recently gotten a cornea transplant. The main complication is that now she's seeing things, but her visions are not exactly of angels and elves.

SO CLOSE (Cory Yuen, HONG KONG)
Jet Li action director, Cory Yuen, brings great style to this film about two foxy sisters who inherit a computer agency from their murdered father and use it the way most people would: to assist their jobs as deadly assassins. Starring three of Hong Kong's most popular actresses, Karen Mok (Wong Kar-wai's FALLEN ANGELS), Shu Qi (MILLENNIUM MAMBO) and Zhao Wei (SHAOLIN SOCCER).

Guinness is the exclusive sponsor of EXTREME CINEMA.

The 46th San Francisco International Film Festival runs April 17-May 1, 2003 at the AMC Kabuki 8 Theatres "The Home of the Festival", the Castro Theatre, the Pacific Film Archive Theater in Berkeley and the CinéArts at Palo Alto Square in Palo Alto. Advance ticket packages and Festival passes go on sale beginning February 17. Individual tickets for San Francisco Film Society members will be available beginning March 25, with individual tickets for the general public available starting March 31. To purchase tickets and for ticket information log on to www.sffs.org or call 925-275-9490. The Main Box Office, located in the atrium of the AMC Kabuki 8 Theatres at 1881 Post Street will open for Film Society members on March 25 and for the general public on April 1. There will also be a Satellite Box Office at Crocker Galleria, 50 Post Street, second floor, opening on March 26. For up-to-date Festival information log on to www.sffs.org or call 415-931-FILM.

The 46th San Francisco International Film Festival (April 17-May 1, 2003) is presented by the San Francisco Film Society, a nonprofit organization whose goal is to lead in expanding the knowledge and appreciation of international film art and its artists by showcasing the most compelling, thought-provoking international films, special tributes, major restorations and today's brightest stars.