San Francisco International Film Festival 23 April - 07 May 2009

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GUESTS AT THE FESTIVAL

All information is subject to change.

Actors in Attendance

Erika Alexander, La Mission, April 23–24
Eion Bailey, (Untitled), April 25
Gael Garcia Bernal, Rudo y Cursi, April 30
Benjamin Bratt, La Mission, April 23
Talisa Soto Bratt, La Mission, April 23
Zooey Deschanel, 500 Days of Summer, May 2–3
Adam Goldberg, (Untitled), April 24–25
Oren Lavie, The Lake, April 25–May 7
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 500 Days of Summer, May 2–3
Diego Luna, Rudo y Cursi, April 30
Robert Redford, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, April 29–30
Gena Rowlands, A Woman Under the Influence, April 26
Marley Shelton (Untitled), April 24–25
Gabriel Sunday, My Suicide, May 1–2
Fernando Tielve, Unmade Beds, May 3–8
Jeremy Ray Valdez, La Mission, April 23–24
Elijah Wood, Midnight Awards Recipient, April 25–26
Evan Rachel Wood, Midnight Awards Recipient, April 25


Directors in Attendance

Anne Aghion, My Neighbor, My Killer, April 27–30
Barmak Akram, Kabuli Kid, April 30–May 1
Adrian Arias, Frida in the Mirror, April 23–May 8
Cruz Angeles, Don’t Let Me Drown, April 23–29
Franny Armstrong,The Age of Stupid, May 2–May 5
Joe Berlinger, Crude, April 29–May 1
Frazer Bradshaw, Everything Strange and New, April 23–May 3
Peter Bratt, La Mission
Oscar Bucher, Waiting for a Train: The Toshio Hirano Story, April 23–May 8
Paul Burke, Last Thoughts, , April 23–May 8
Hsiu-chiung Chiang, Artemisia, May 1–6
Carlos Cuarón, Rudo y Cursi, April 29–30
Lance Daly, Kisses, April 27–May 1
Adam Del Deo, Every Little Step, April 26
Alexis Dos Santos, Unmade Beds, May 3–May 8
Atom Egoyan, Adoration, April 25
Stephan Elliot, Easy Virtue, May 5–6
Barbara Ettinger, A Sea Change, April 24–May 2
Philippe Falardeau, It's Not Me, I Swear!, April 24–26
Chris Felver, Ferlinghetti, April 23–May7
Christos Georgiou, Small Crime, April 27–May 1
Benjamin Gilmour, Son of a Lion, April 25–May 1
Bobcat Goldthwait, World’s Greatest Dad, April 26
Jim Granato, D tour, April 23–May 8
Sam Green, Utopia, Part 3: The World’s Largest Shopping Mall, April 27–May 8
N.C. Heikin, Kimjongilia, May 1–5
Ivy Ho, Claustrophobia, May 2–6
Marcia Jarmel, Speaking in Tongues, April 23–May 8
Duncan Jones, Moon, May 3
Jason Kummerfeldt, Headphone Harold, , April 23–May 8
Kerry Laitala, Chromatic Cocktail, April 23–May 8
Boaz Lavie, The Lake, April 25-May 7
Richard Levien, Immersion, , April 23–May 8
Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Soul Power, April 26–27
Ying Liang, Good Cats, April 27–May 1
Allie Light, Empress Hotel, April 23–May 8
Katarina Lilqvist, Far Away from Ural, May 2-7
Carrie Lozano, Utopia, Part 3: The World’s Largest Shopping Mall, April 23–May 8
Sydney Paige Matterson, Youth Voices, April 23–May 8
Ursula Meier, Home, April 30–May 4
David Lee Miller, My Suicide, May 1–6
Suman Mukhopadhyay, Chaturanga (Four Chapters), April 27–May 1
Steven Okazaki, Conscience of Nhem En, , April 23–April 29
Jenni Olson, 575 Castro St., April 23–May 8
Jonathan Parker, (Untitled), April 24–27
Daniel Persitz, Alex's Halloween, May 1–3
Lourdes Portillo, Al Más Allá, April 25–29
Doug Pray, Art & Copy, April 24–26
Esther Rots, Can Go Through Skin, April 30–May 5
Yianeth Saenz,Daily Bread, April 23–May 8
Irving Saraf, Empress Hotel, April 23–May 8
Lee Anne Schmitt,California Company Town, May 2–5
Ken Schneider, Speaking in Tongues, April 23–May 8
Pierre Schöeller, Versailles, May 2–6
Gregory Sherman, the boys: the sherman brothers' story, April 25
Jeffrey C. Sherman, the boys: the sherman brothers' story, April 25
Roxanne Smith, The Beginning/The Freeze, April 23–May 8
Carlos Sorin, The Window, May 2–8
Scott Stark, Speechless, April 29–May 5
Zachary Stauffer, A Day Late in Oakland, April 24–May 8
James D. Stern, Every Little Step, April 26
Yun Suh, City of Borders, April 23–30, May 6–8
Mathew Szymanowski, History of Solitude, April 27–May 7
Jennifer Maytorena Taylor, New Muslim Cool, April 23–May 8
Jean-Marie Teno, Sacred Places, April 23–29
James Toback, Tyson, April 29–May 2
Phoebe Tooke, Circles of Confusion, April 25–May 1, May 6–8
Aristomenis Tsirbas, Battle for Terra, April 24–27
Paul VanDeCarr, Experiment on Peripheral Vision #1, April 23–30
Marc Webb, 500 Days of Summer, May 1–2
Travis Wilkerson, Proving Ground, April 29–May 1
Ruby Yang, Tongzhi in Love, April 26–May 6


Documentary Subjects in Attendance

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Ferlinghetti, April 28
Sven Huseby, A Sea Change, April 24–30, May 1–2
Hamza Perez, New Muslim Cool, April 23–26
Richard Sherman, the boys: the sherman brothers' story, April 25


Awards Recipients in Attendance

Francis Ford Coppola, Founder's Directing Award, April 30–May 1
Bruce Goldstein, Novikoff Recipient, Nights of Cabiria, May 2–5
Lourdes Portillo, POV Recipient, Al Más Allá, April 25–29
Robert Redford, Owens Award Recipient, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, April 29–30
James Toback, Kanbar Award Recipient, Tyson, April 29–May 2
Elijah Wood, Midnight Awards Recipient, April 25–26
Evan Rachel Wood, Midnight Awards Recipient, April 25

Producers in Attendance

Eric J. Adams, My Suicide, May 1–2
Michael Bonfiglio, Crude, April 28–May 2
Paco De Onis, Reckoning, May 2–8
Catherine di Napoli, (Untitled), April 23–May 7
Laura Francia, Everything Strange and New, April 23–May 7
Jimmy Greenway, Art & Copy, April 24–26
Linda Hambäck, Lies, April 25–May 2
Juliette Lepoutre, Hooked, April 23–May 7
A.D. Liano, Everything Strange and New, April 23-May 1
Francine Lusser, Nomad’s Land, April 30–May 3
Marie Pierre Macia, Hooked, April 23–May 7
Gerard Monier, Nomad's Land, April 23–May 7
Michael Nadeau, Art & Copy, April 24–26
Ron Propper, The Lake, April 27–May 2
Alpita Patel, La Mission, April 23
Maria Topete, Don’t Let Me Drown, April 23–29
Todd Traina, My Suicide, April 1–2

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