Panels and Chronicle Chats are open to the public. All programs take place in House 2, Sundance Kabuki Cinemas.
PANELS
OCEAN ACIDIFICATION: IMAGINING A WORLD WITHOUT FISH
Saturday, April 25, 5:45 pm, Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
Panel follows 3:45 pm screening of A Sea Change.
Free admission
Join director Barbara Ettinger and Producer Sven Huseby for a conversation with several of the experts featured in the documentary A Sea Change about what is being done by scientists, activists and entrepreneurs to confront the challenge of ocean acidification and CO2 emissions, and what is at stake if our collective efforts are not successful.
Panelists include
Barbara Ettinger producer/director, A Sea Change
Sven Huseby featured in and producer of A Sea Change
Ken Caldeira, Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution of
Washington
Julia Rhee, youth organizer, Green for All.
Miyoko Sakashita, environmental lawyer, Center for Biological Diversity
Other participants to be announced.
THE REAL MAD MEN
Sunday, April 26, 2:45 pm, Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
Panel follows 12:15 pm screening of Art & Copy.
Members $10, senior/student/disabled $11, general $12.50
As a companion event to Festival film Art & Copy, advertising industry Hall of Famers known for their singular innovation, brilliance and charisma will present their seminal campaigns, followed by an in-depth discussion and Q&A.
Panelists include
Jeff Goodby cochairman, creative director, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
Rich Silverstein cochairman, creative director, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
Other participants to be announced.
TRUTH, YOUTH, AND NEW MUSLIM COOL
Sunday, April 26, 5:15 pm, Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
Panel follows 3:00 pm screening of New Muslim Cool.
Free admission
American Muslims, who now number over six million, are one of the country's youngest and most diverse populations. Yet media coverage of Muslims has largely focused on the aftermath of 9/11 and accusations of extremist activities. How can filmmakers cut through the media stereotypes to capture truthful and authentic stories of a community that remains little known to most Americans? How are generational shifts and youth movements shaping the way Muslims in America see and present themselves?
Panelists include
Jennifer Maytorena Taylor producer/director, New Muslim Cool
Hamza Perez artist, community activist, subject, New Muslim Cool
Yahsmin Binti Bobo cofounder and contributing editor, Illume Magazine
Yassir Chadly imam, musician, teacher
Mustafa Davis, filmmaker, Deen Tight
Raeshma Razvi, filmmaker and California Council for the Humanities Programs Manager
Munir Jiwa (moderator), founding director, Center for Islamic Studies
at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California
Other participants to be announced.
YOUTH MAKE MEDIA, INCITE CHANGE
Sponsored by Adobe Youth Voices
Saturday, May 2, 2:30 pm, Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
Panel follows 12:00 pm screening of Youth Bring the Truth.
Free admission
Immersed in a media-saturated world, today's young people are doing more than chatting online and playing video games. Many are creating their own media to address social issues and effect change. How empowered do they feel? What kind of impact are they having? Who are their audiences? Have their films changed people's impressions of today's youth? Join youth media makers and professionals from Adobe Youth Voices, Bay Area Video Coalition and others in an inspiring discussion about young people using media to make a real difference.
Sydney Matterson, youth filmmaker, director, Youth Voices (SFIFF52)
Maria Centeno, youth filmmaker
Jazmin Jones, youth filmmaker, codirector, The Apollos (SFIFF51)
Kirthi Nath, Digital Pathways Manager/Video Instructor/Next Gen Media Distribution Coordinator, Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC)
Brianna Niver, youth filmmaker
Alex Yamamoto, youth media educator
Patricia Cogley (moderator), Program Manager, Adobe Youth Voices
Other participants to be announced.
A CRITICAL MOMENT
Sunday, May 3, 6:00 pm, Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
Panel follows 3:45 pm screening of For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
Free admission
As daily newspapers downsize, the most prominent voices in film criticism are disappearing, replaced by the democratizing discourse of the Internet. What will the future of criticism look like in the blog-and-Twitter era? This panel looks at both the crisis and opportunities brought about by the transformation in written media content and delivery-the effects on audiences, on the art itself and on the people who've been practicing film criticism professionally for the past decades.
Panelists include
John Anderson critic and feature writer, Washington Post, Newsday, New York Times; author, Sundancing
David D'Arcy critic, Screen International, GreenCine and formerly, National Public Radio
Jonathan Curiel critic and journalist, San Francisco Chronicle; author, Al' America
Dennis Harvey critic, Variety, San Francisco Bay Guardian, SF360.org
Gerald Peary critic, Boston Phoenix, Los Angeles Times; filmmaker, For the Love of Movies
Mary F. Pols critic, Time.com and formerly, Contra Costa Times
B. Ruby Rich critic, author, professor, Community Studies Department, UC Santa Cruz
Susan Gerhard (moderator) critic, Cinema Scope, indieWIRE, GreenCine; editor, SF360.org
Other participants to be announced.
CHRONICLE CHATS
Join invited San Francisco Chronicle writers for three in-depth Q&A discussions following select screenings. Free admission.
SPEAKING IN TONGUES
Saturday, May 2, 5:30 pm
Chat follows 3:30 pm screening of Speaking in Tongues.
Chronicle writer Jill Tucker interviews directors Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider and additional guests including Supervisor Eric Mar and 10th grade immersion student Julian Enis.
Jill Tucker has covered national, state and local education issues for the last 12 years at the San Francisco Chronicle and previously at the Oakland Tribune. She has received two Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism for series on special education and inequities among schools. Tucker is a frequent guest on KQED’s This Week in Northern California.
THE RECKONING
Sunday, May 3, 7:40 pm
Chat follows 5:30 pm screening of The Reckoning.
Chronicle Editor at Large Phil Bronstein interviews director Pamela Yates and producer Paco De Onis.
Specializing in investigative projects and foreign correspondence, Phil Bronstein was chosen a 1986 Pulitzer Prize finalist for his work in the Philippines, and went on to cover conflicts in other parts of Southeast Asia, El Salvador, Peru and the Middle East. After the merger of the Examiner and the Chronicle he became senior vice president and executive editor. In February 2008, Bronstein was named executive vice president and editor at large.
NEW MUSLIM COOL
Monday, May 4, 8:30 pm
Chat follows 6:30 pm screening of New Muslim Cool.
Chronicle writer Jonathan Curiel interviews director Jennifer Maytorena Taylor.
Jonathan Curiel, a staff writer with the San Francisco Chronicle, writes about film and other subjects. The author of Al’ America: Travels Through America’s Arab and Islamic Roots, he has researched Islamic culture as a Reuters Foundation Fellow at England’s Oxford University and has taught as a Fulbright Scholar at Punjab University in Lahore, Pakistan.