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San Francisco International Film Festival Expects High Caliber of Celebrity Guests

 

Guest’s Name

Role

Title

 

 

 

Mark Achbar

Director

THE CORPORATION

 

 

 

Ra'anan Alexandrowicz

Director

JAMES' JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM

 

 

Vicente Amorim

Director

THE MIDDLE OF THE WORLD

 

 

Bassek ba Kobhio

Director

THE FOREST

 

 

 

Joe Berlinger

Codirector

METALLICA: SOME KIND OF MONSTER

 

 

Zhao Boagang

Actor

MANHOLE

 

 

 

Christoffer Boe

Director

RECONSTRUCTION

 

 

 

Joon-Ho Bong

Director

MEMORIES OF MURDER

 

 

 

Guillaume Canet

Director

MON IDOLE

 

 

 

Emmanuel Carrère

Director

BACK TO KOTELNICH

 

 

 

Koyalee Chanda

Director

HIC!

 

 

 

Cyd Charisse

Actor

SILK STOCKINGS

 

 

 

Daming Chen

Director

MANHOLE

 

 

 

Paolo Cherchi-Usai

Recipient

NOVIKOFF AWARD

 

 

 

Michelle Chu

Codirector

SOMEONE else's SHINJUKU east

 

 

Hilary Clarke

Director

BAD BEHAVIOUR

 

 

 

Chris Cooper

Recipient

PETER J. OWENS AWARD

 

 

 

Arnaud Desplechin

Director

IN THE COMPANY OF MEN

 

 

 

Danny DeVito

Presenter

FILM SOCIETY AWARDS NIGHT

 

 

Paola di Florio

Director

HOME OF THE BRAVE

 

 

 

Marilou Diaz-Abaya

Director

THEN AND NOW

 

 

 

Carlos Diegues

Director

GOD IS BRAZILIAN

 

 

 

Terry Donahue

Musician

DANS LA NUIT

 

 

 

Gavin Dougan

Director

BRASS TACKS

 

 

 

Jon Else

Recipient

PERSISTENCE OF VISION AWARD

 

 

Françoise Etchegaray

Producer

TRIPLE AGENT

 

 

 

Rodney Evans

Director

BROTHER TO BROTHER

 

 

 

MilosForman

Recipient

FILM SOCIETY AWARD FOR DIRECTING

 

 

Nelson George

Producer

EVERYDAY PEOPLE

 

 

 

Nitzan Gilady

Director

IN SATMAR CUSTODY

 

 

 

Phil Grabsky

Director

THE BOY WHO PLAYS ON THE BUDDHAS OF BAMIYAN

Veit Helmer

Director

GATE TO HEAVEN

 

 

 

Jessica Hobbs

Director

SO CLOSE TO HOME

 

 

 

Igor Ivanov

Director

BUGS

 

 

 

Andrzej Jakimowski

Director

SQUINT YOUR EYES

 

 

 

Jack Janssen

Director

WE LOVED EACH OTHER SO MUCH

 

 

Jim Jarmusch

Director

COFFEE AND CIGARETTES

 

 

 

Gonzalo Justiniano

Director

B-HAPPY

 

 

 

Rajat Kapoor

Director

RAGHU ROMEO

 

 

 

Michel Khleifi

Codirector

ROUTE 181 - FRAGMENTS OF A JOURNEY IN PALESTINE-ISRAEL

Arto Koskinen

Director

THE HANDCUFF KING

 

 

 

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Director

DOPPELGANGER

 

 

 

Francisco Lombardi

Director

WHAT THE EYE DOESN’T SEE

 

 

Noémie Lvovsky

Director

FEELINGS

 

 

 

Stewart MacKinnon

Producer

THIS LITTLE LIFE

 

 

 

Renata Magalhaes

Producer

GOD IS BRAZILIAN

 

 

 

Eugene Martin

Director

THE OTHER AMERICA

 

 

 

Jim McKay

Director

EVERYDAY PEOPLE

 

 

 

Julia Meltzer

Director

IT'S NOT MY MEMORY OF IT: THREE RECOLLECTED DOCUMENTS

Roger Michell

Director

THE MOTHER

 

 

 

Roger C. Miller

Musician

DANS LA NUIT

 

 

 

Enzo Monteleone

Director

EL ALAMEIN: THE LINE OF FIRE

 

 

Celina Murga

Director

ANA AND THE OTHERS

 

 

 

Jehane Noujaim

Director

CONTROL ROOM

 

 

 

Wayne Peng

Director

BURNING DREAMS

 

 

 

Fernando Pérez

Director

SUITE HABANA

 

 

 

Leanne Pooley

Director

HAUNTING DOUGLAS

 

 

 

Jean-Michel Roux

Director

INVESTIGATION INTO THE INVISIBLE WORLD

Hiner Saleem

Director

VODKA LEMON

 

 

 

Yann Samuell

Director

LOVE ME IF YOU DARE

 

 

 

Michael Schorr

Director

SCHULTZE GETS THE BLUES

 

 

Parviz Shahbazi

Director

DEEP BREATH

 

 

 

Yoav Shamir

Director

CHECKPOINT

 

 

 

Leslie Shearing

Director

DOGS IN THE BASEMENT

 

 

 

Bruce Sinofsky

Codirector

METALLICA: SOME KIND OF MONSTER

 

 

Eyan Sivan

Codirector

ROUTE 181 - FRAGMENTS OF A JOURNEY IN PALESTINE-ISRAEL

Morgan Spurlock

Director

SUPER SIZE ME

 

 

 

Robert Stone

Director

NEVERLAND: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SYMBIONESE LIBERATION ARMY

Ondi Timoner

Director

DIG!

 

 

 

Ekachai Uekrongtham

Director

BEAUTIFUL BOXER

 

 

 

Alex van Warmerdam

Director

GRIMM

 

 

 

Marc van Warmerdam

Producer

GRIMM

 

 

 

Michael Varming

Director

CIRKUSTOUR

 

 

 

Andrés Waissbluth

Director

THE NEWCOMERS

 

 

 

Treat Williams

Actor

HAIR

 

 

 

Ken Winokur

Musician

DANS LA NUIT

 

 

 

Annelise Wunderlich

Director

CRYSTALHARVEST

 

 

 

Li-Chou Yang

Codirector

SOMEONE else’s SHINJUKU east

 

 




Title

 

 

 

Guest’s Name

Role

 

ANA AND THE OTHERS

 

Celina Murga

Director

BACK TO KOTELNICH

 

Emmanuel Carrère

 

BAD BEHAVIOUR

 

Hilary Clarke

Director

BEAUTIFUL BOXER

 

Ekachai Uekrongtham

 

B-HAPPY

 

 

Gonzalo Justiniano

 

BRASS TACKS

 

 

Gavin Dougan

Director

BROTHER TO BROTHER

 

Rodney Evans

Director

BUGS

 

 

 

Igor Ivanov

Director

BURNING DREAMS

 

Wayne Peng

Director

CHECKPOINT

 

 

Yoav Shamir

Director

CIRKUSTOUR

 

 

Michael Varming

 

COFFEE AND CIGARETTES

Jim Jarmusch

Director

CONTROL ROOM

 

 

Jehane Noujaim

Director

CRYSTALHARVEST

 

Annelise Wunderlich

 

DANS LA NUIT

 

 

Terry Donahue

Musician

DANS LA NUIT

 

 

Roger C. Miller

Musician

DANS LA NUIT

 

 

Ken Winokur

Musician

DEEP BREATH

 

 

Parviz Shahbazi

 

DIG!

 

 

 

Ondi Timoner

Director

DOGS IN THE BASEMENT

 

Leslie Shearing

Director

DOPPELGANGER

 

 

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

 

EL ALAMEIN: THE LINE OF FIRE

Enzo Monteleone

 

EVERYDAY PEOPLE

 

Nelson George

Producer

EVERYDAY PEOPLE

 

Jim McKay

Director

FEELINGS

 

 

Noémie Lvovsky

 

FILM SOCIETY AWARD FOR DIRECTING

MilosForman

Recipient

FILM SOCIETY AWARDS NIGHT

Danny DeVito

Presenter

GATE TO HEAVEN

 

Veit Helmer

Director

GOD IS BRAZILIAN

 

Carlos Diegues

Director

GOD IS BRAZILIAN

 

Renata Magalhaes

 

GRIMM

 

 

 

Alex van Warmerdam

 

GRIMM

 

 

 

Marc van Warmerdam

 

HAIR

 

 

 

Treat Williams

Actor

 

HAUNTING DOUGLAS

 

Leanne Pooley

Director

HIC!

 

 

 

Koyalee Chanda

Director

HOME OF THE BRAVE

 

Paola di Florio

Director

IN SATMAR CUSTODY

 

Nitzan Gilady

Director

IN THE COMPANY OF MEN

 

Arnaud Desplechin

 

INVESTIGATION INTO THE INVISIBLE WORLD

Jean-Michel Roux

Director

IT'S NOT MY MEMORY OF IT: THREE RECOLLECTED DOCUMENTS

Julia Meltzer

Director

JAMES' JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM

Ra'anan Alexandrowicz

 

LOVE ME IF YOU DARE

 

Guillaume Canet

 

LOVE ME IF YOU DARE

 

Yann Samuell

Director

MANHOLE

 

 

Zhao Boagang

Actor

 

MANHOLE

 

 

Daming Chen

Director

MEMORIES OF MURDER

 

Joon-Ho Bong

Director

METALLICA: SOME KIND OF MONSTER

Joe Berlinger

Codirector

METALLICA: SOME KIND OF MONSTER

Bruce Sinofsky

Codirector

MON IDOLE

 

 

Guillaume Canet

 

NEVERLAND: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SYMBIONESE LIBERATION ARMY

Robert Stone

Director

NOVIKOFF AWARD

 

Paolo Cherchi-Usai

 

PERSISTENCE OF VISION AWARD

Jon Else

Recipient

PETER J. OWENS AWARD

 

Chris Cooper

Recipient

RAGHU ROMEO

 

 

Rajat Kapoor

Director

RECONSTRUCTION

 

Christoffer Boe

 

ROUTE 181 - FRAGMENTS OF A JOURNEY IN PALESTINE-ISRAEL

Michel Khleifi

Codirector

ROUTE 181 - FRAGMENTS OF A JOURNEY IN PALESTINE-ISRAEL

Eyan Sivan

Codirector

SCHULTZE GETS THE BLUES

Michael Schorr

Director

SILK STOCKINGS

 

Cyd Charisse

Actor

 

SO CLOSE TO HOME

 

Jessica Hobbs

Director

SOMEONE else’s SHINJUKU east

Li-Chou Yang

Codirector

SOMEONE else's SHINJUKU east

Michelle Chu

Codirector

SQUINT YOUR EYES

 

Andrzej Jakimowski

 

SUITE HABANA

 

 

Fernando Pérez

Director

SUPER SIZE ME

 

 

Morgan Spurlock

 

THE BOY WHO PLAYS ON THE BUDDHAS OF BAMIYAN

Phil Grabsky

Director

THE CORPORATION

 

Mark Achbar

Director

THE FOREST

 

 

Bassek ba Kobhio

 

THE HANDCUFF KING

 

Arto Koskinen

Director

THE MIDDLE OF THE WORLD

Vicente Amorim

 

THE MOTHER

 

 

Roger Michell

Director

THE NEWCOMERS

 

Andrés Waissbluth

 

THE OTHER AMERICA

 

Eugene Martin

Director

THEN AND NOW

 

 

Marilou Diaz-Abaya

 

THIS LITTLE LIFE

 

Stewart MacKinnon

 

TRIPLE AGENT

 

 

Françoise Etchegaray

Producer

VODKA LEMON

 

 

Hiner Saleem

Director

WE LOVED EACH OTHER SO MUCH

Jack Janssen

Director

WHAT THE EYE DOESN’T SEE

Francisco Lombardi

 


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.

 

 

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