45^th SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

APRIL 18 – MAY 2, 2002

GUESTS EXPECTED

(as of 26 March)

HONOREES

Kevin Spacey - Peter J. Owens Award

Warren Beatty - Akira Kurosawa Award

David Francis - Mel Novikoff Award

Fernando Birri - Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award

GUESTS EXPECTED

Unless otherwise noted the person listed is the director of the accompanying film.

Ra’anan Alexandrowicz - The Inner Tour

Alberto Arvelo - A House with a View of the Sea

Frederick Baker - Stalin: Red God

Laura Betti - Pier Paolo Pasolini; actor, Teorema

Fernando Birri - Los Inundados and Tire Dié

Sergei Bodrov Jr. - Sisters

Beto Brant - The Trespasser

David Chalker - Hypocrite

Veronica Chen - Smokers Only

Roman Coppola - CQ

Eleanor Coppola - On the Set of CQ

Paul Cox - The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky

Kris Curry - Tribute

Jacques Derrida - subject, Derrida

Kirby Dick - Derrida

Djeïnaba Diop Gaï - actor, Karmen Geï

Gail Dolgin - Daughter from Danang

Donatello Dubini - The Journey to Kafiristan

Fosco Dubini - The Journey to Kafiristan

Wai Ka Fai - Fulltime Killer

Rich Fox - Tribute

David Francis - Novikoff Award winner, presenter, Where Are My Children?

Vicente Franco - Daughter from Danang

Ernie Gehr - Cotton Candy

Khaled Ghorbal - Fatma

Matthew Ginsburg - Uncle Frank

Alain Gomis - L'Afrance

Wang Guangli - Go for Broke

Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir - Who Hangs the Laundry?

Patricio Guzmán - The Pinochet Case

Kiseki Hamada - Somewhere on Earth

Harry Hay - subject, Hope Along the Wind: The Life of Harry Hay

Lynn Hershman Leeson - Teknolust

Philip Hoffman - What These Ashes Wanted

Ann Hui - July Rhapsody

Song Hye-sung - Failan

Shunji Iwai - All About Lily Chou Chou

Mark Kidel - A Hospital Remembers and Ravi Shankar: Between Two Worlds

Amy Ziering Kofman - Derrida

Hirokazu Kore-Eda - Distance

Iara Lee - Beneath the Borqua in Afghanistan

Orlando Lübbert - A Taxi for Three

Katia Lund - News from a Personal War and Golden Gate

Dierdre Lynch - Photos to Send

John Manulis, Visionbox Media Group – panelist, Digital and New Technologies Seminar

Heeraz Marfatia - Birju

Mario Martone - presenter, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Teorema

Liliana Mazure - Van Van, Let's Party

Rick McCallum, LucasFilm Ltd. – panelist, Digital and New Technologies Seminar

Andrew Repasky McElhinney - A Chronicle of Corpses

Bill Morrison - Decasia

Tina Naccache - Who Hangs the Laundry?

Bertha Bay-Sa Pan - Face

Andrey Paounov - Lucy Tsak Tsak

Anand Patwardhan - War and Peace

Alexandra Pelosi - Journeys with George

Erica Peng - Orange Juice and Knitting Needles

Stacy Peralta - Dogtown and Z-Boys

Yoav Potash - Minute Matrimony

Joseph Gäi Ramaka - Karmen Geï

George Ratliff - Hell House

Melissa Regan - No Dumb Questions

Representatives from Reel Peeps Video Youth - Everyday Eastlake

Thomas Riedelsheimer - Rivers and Tides

Arturo Ripstein - The Ruination of Men

Phil Robinson - Hubert’s Brain

Orlando Rojas - Nights of Constantinople

Jonathan Rothbart, The Orphanage – panelist, Digital and New Technologies Seminar

David Sabin - Ulalume

Nasser Saffarian - The Green Cold and The Mirror of the Soul

João Moreira Salles - News from a Personal War

Åke Sandgren - Truly Human

Eric Slade - Hope Along the Wind: The Life of Harry Hay

Bohdan Sláma - The Wild Bees

Laleh Soomekh - Dear Judge

Mira Sorvino - The Triumph of Love

Jill Sprecher - Thirteen Conversations About One Thing

Superchunk - score composers, A Page of Madness: Jonathan Wurster, drums; Mac McCaughan, guitar;

John MacLaura, guitar; Laura Jane Balance, bass

Bruce Sweeney - Last Wedding

Johnny Symons - Daddy & Papa

Sven Taddicken - My Brother the Vampire (aka Getting My Brother Laid)

Finn Taylor - Cherish

Thoth - subject, Thoth

Johnnie To - Fulltime Killer

Stefan Tolz - On the Edge of Time: Male Domains in the Caucasus

Gerardo Tort - Streeters

Aaron Vega - Van Van, Let's Party

Mansour Sora Wade - The Price of Forgiveness

Michelle Williams - actor, Me Without You

Susan Wrubel, Madstone Films – panelist, Digital and New Technologies Seminar

Ruby Yang - China 21

Isao Yukisada - Go

GUESTS EXPECTED, BY FILM, JURY or SEMINAR

L'Afrance Alain Gomis

All About Lily Chou Chou Shunji Iwai

Beneath the Borqua in Afghanistan Iara Lee

Birju Heeraz Marfatia

Bulworth Warren Beatty

Cet Amour-là Josée Dayan

Cherish Finn Taylor

China 21 Ruby Yang

A Chronicle of Corpses Andrew Repasky McElhinney

Cotton Candy Ernie Gehr

CQ Roman Coppola

Daddy & Papa Johnny Symons

Daughter from Danang Gail Dolgin

Vicente Franco

Dear Judge Laleh Soomekh

Decasia Bill Morrison

Derrida Kirby Dick

Amy Ziering Kofman

Jacques Derrida, subject

The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky Paul Cox

Digital and New Technologies Seminar Rick McCallum, LucasFilm Ltd., panelist

John Manulis, Visionbox Media Group, panelist

Jonathan Rothbart, The Orphanage, panelist

Susan Wrubel, Madstone Films, panelist

Distance Hirokazu Kore-Eda

Dogtown and Z-Boys Stacy Peralta

Everyday Eastlake Representatives from

Reel Peeps Video Youth

Face Betha Bay-Sa Pan

Failan Song Hye-sung

Fatma Khaled Ghorbal

Fulltime Killer Johnnie To

Wai Ka Fai

Go Isao Yukisada

Go for Broke Wang Guangli

Golden Gate Katia Lund

The Green Cold Nasser Saffarian

Hell House George Ratliff

Hope Along the Wind: The Life of Harry Hay Eric Slade

Harry Hay, subject

A Hospital Remembers Mark Kidel

A House with a View of the Sea Alberto Arvelo

Hubert’s Brain Phil Robinson

Hypocrite David Chalker

The Inner Tour Ra'anan Alexandrowicz

Los Inundados Fernando Birri

The Journey to Kafiristan Donatello Dubini

Fosco Dubini

Journeys with George Alexandra Pelosi

July Rhapsody Ann Hui

Karmen Geï Joseph Gäi Ramaka

Djeïnaba Diop Gaï, actor

Last Wedding Bruce Sweeney

Lucy Tsak Tsak Andrey Paounov

Me Without You Michelle Williams, actor

Minute Matrimony Yoav Potash

The Mirror of the Soul Nasser Saffarian

My Brother the Vampire (aka Getting My Brother Laid) Sven Taddicken

News from a Personal War Katia Lund

João Moreira Salles

Nights of Constantinople Orlando Rojas

No Dumb Questions Melissa Regan

On the Edge of Time: Male Domains in the Caucasus Stefan Tolz

On the Set of CQ Eleanor Coppola

Orange Juice and Knitting Needles Erica Peng

A Page of Madness Superchunk, score composers:

Jonathan Wurster, drums

Mac McCaughan, guitar

John MacLaura, guitar

Laura Jane Balance, bass

Photos to Send Dierdre Lynch

Pier Paolo Pasolini Laura Betti

Mario Martoni, presenter

The Pinochet Case Patricio Guzmán

The Price of Forgiveness Mansour Sora Wade

Ravi Shankar: Between Two Worlds Mark Kidel

Reds Warren Beatty

Rivers and Tides Thomas Riedelsheimer

The Ruination of Men Arturo Ripstein

Sisters Sergei Bodrov Jr.

Smokers Only Veronica Chen

Somewhere on Earth Kiseki Hamada

Stalin: Red God Frederick Baker

Streeters Gerardo Tort

Swimming with Sharks Kevin Spacey, actor

A Taxi for Three Orlando Lübbert

Teknolust Lynn Hershman Leeson

Teorema Laura Betti, actor

Mario Martoni, presenter

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing Jill Sprecher

Thoth Thoth, subject

Tire Dié Fernando Birri

The Trespasser Beto Brant

Tribute Kris Curry

Rich Fox

The Triumph of Love Mira Sorvino, actor

Truly Human Åke Sandgren

Ulalume David Sabin

Uncle Frank Matthew Ginsburg

Van Van, Let's Party Liliana Mazure

Aaron Vega

War and Peace Anand Patwardhan

What These Ashes Wanted Philip Hoffman

Where Are My Children? David Francis, presenter and Novikoff Award winner

Who Hangs the Laundry? Hrafnildur Gunnarsdóttir

Tina Naccache

The Wild Bees Bohdan Sláma

The 45^th San Francisco International Film Festival is presented by the San Francisco Film Society, a nonprofit arts 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 and major restorations, and today’s brightest stars.

The 45th San Francisco International Film Festival runs April 18–May 2, 2002 at the AMC Kabuki 8 Theatres, the Castro Theatre, the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley and Landmark’s Park Theatre in Menlo Park. Advance ticket packages and Festival passes go on sale beginning March 6. Individual tickets for San Francisco Film Society members will be available beginning March 27, with individual tickets for the general public available starting April 2. To purchase tickets and for ticket information call 925.275.9490 or log on to sffs.org. 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 27 and for the general public on April 2. There will also be a Satellite Box Office at Crocker Galleria, 50 Post Street, second floor, opening on April 2. For up-to-date Festival information, call 415.931.FILM.