“I Am My Own Mother” was among the 17 chosen (from 2,400 entries from around the world) by Cinefondation, an organization whose mission is discovering new talent for the festival.
Local residents help make ‘green’ film
Two Richmond District residents had a role in the creation of a new feature film being shown in September at the San Francisco Green Film Festival.
New film highlights history of Richmond’s lost cemeteries
Lopez, a professor in the cinema department at City College of San Francisco, spoke about this dark chapter of city history at a recent meeting of the San Francisco History Association, after a screening of her documentary on the subject – “A Second Final Resting Place: the History of San Francisco’s Lost Cemeteries.”
Director’s New Film Features Meat Chopping Merchant
Scott, 33, a six-year San Francisco resident who recently moved to the Inner Sunset, says visually she wanted the film to have two qualities: “Vérité, having customers come in and it being very natural. I also wanted to do night shoots to play with shadows, darks and lights – moodiness.”
Woman Dodges Sharks in Record-Setting Ocean Swim
The New Zealand native and current San Francisco resident is one of the top three female open water marathon swimmers in the world and the subject of a suspenseful new documentary, “Kim Swims,” which got its world premiere at the 40th annual Mill Valley Film Festival in October, 2017.
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