General Information for the 47th San Francisco International Film Festival, April 15-29, 2004

175 FILMS

113 PROGRAMS                                                               

52 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED

77 NARRATIVE FEATURES

28 DOCUMENTARY FEATURES

70 SHORTS

3 WORLD PREMIERES

2 INTERNATIONAL PREMIERES

3 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERES

12 U.S. PREMIERES

AWARDS

Peter J. Owens Award – Chris Cooper

Film Society Award for Lifetime Achievement in Directing – Milos Forman

Mel Novikoff Award – Paolo Cherchi Usai 

Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award – Jon Else

Golden Gate Awards – List of official selections available upon request; Golden Gate Award – 14 winners to be announced on April 28 at the Golden Gate Awards ceremony.

SKYY Prize – Recipient to be announced on April 28 at the Golden Gate Awards ceremony.

Virgin Megastore Audience Awards – To be announced on April 29.

The 47th San Francisco International Film Festival runs April 15-29, 2004 at the AMC Kabuki 8 Theatres "The Home of the Festival," the Castro Theatre, the Pacific Film Archive Theater in Berkeley and the Century Cinema 16 Mountain View. Tickets for San Francisco Film Society members will be available on March 23 and for the general public on March 30. To purchase tickets and for ticket information log on to www.sffs.org, call 925.275.9490, or visit the Main Box Office, located in the atrium of the AMC Kabuki 8 Theatres at 1881 Post Street or the Satellite Box Office at Crocker Galleria, 50 Post Street, second floor, opening on March 30. For up-to-date Festival information log on to www.sffs.org or call 415.931.FILM.

The 47th San Francisco International Film Festival (April 15-29, 2004) is presented by the San Francisco Film Society, a nonprofit arts and educational organization dedicated to celebrating international film and the moving image.