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Watch Scoop du Jour Video
Your daily dose of highlights from the 52nd edition of the San Francisco International Film Festival. Hosted by Nick Vivion.
Watch Festival Trailer
The evocative SFIFF52 trailer—developed collaboratively by Factor Design and Logan—captures the essence of this year’s Festival.
Opening Night
Graham Leggat reflects on SFIFF52’s Opening Night film The Mission, an ardent love letter to the vibrancy of San Francisco’s Mission District and an urgent corrective to the violence that plays out in its streets.
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Closing Night
Graham Leggat previews Closing Night film Unmade Beds and tells why it’s one of his favorite films of this year’s Festival.
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Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola chats with actors Vincent Gallo and Alden Ehrenreich during the making of his latest film, Tetro.
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Kanbar Award: James Toback
Graham Leggat introduces screenwriter and director James Toback, this year’s Kanbar Award recipient.
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Live & Onstage
Festival Programmer Sean Uyehara previews Live & Onstage events at SFIFF52, including Proving Ground and The Lost World with Dengue Fever.
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State of Cinema Address: Mary Ellen Mark
Michael Read previews this year’s State of Cinema address, to be delivered on Sunday, May 3 by acclaimed photographer Mary Ellen Mark. Mark will take the audience on a private tour of her film-set images, discussing the legendary figures in the frame as well as what was going on around them.
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