Media Contacts: Bill Proctor: bproctor@sffilm.org

Laura Molinari: lmolinari@sffilm.org James Jefferies: jjefferies@sffilm.org

MARCH 15, 2017 Katie Payne: kpayne@sffilm.org

GUESTS EXPECTED TO ATTEND THE 60TH SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Guests Listed Alphabetically by Film Title & by Name

(Guest schedules subject to change)

ALPHABETICALLY BY FILM TITLE/AWARD

Title Guest Name Role

American Paradise (Shorts 1) Joe Talbot Director

Asian Dub Foundation Live Score of George Lucas’s THX 1138

Aniruddha Das Musician

Asian Dub Foundation Live Score of George Lucas’s THX 1138

Brian Fairairn Musician

Asian Dub Foundation Live Score of George Lucas’s THX 1138

Nathan Lee Musician

Asian Dub Foundation Live Score of George Lucas’s THX 1138

Steve Savale Musician

Beach Rats Eliza Hittman Director

Bending The Arc Pedro Kos Director

Bending The Arc Cori Stern Producer

Bill Nye: Science Guy David Alvarado Director

Bill Nye: Science Guy Tom McFadden Panelist

Bill Nye: Science Guy Bill Nye Subject

Bill Nye: Science Guy Henry Rosenthal Producer

Bill Nye: Science Guy Eugenie Scott Participant

Bill Nye: Science Guy Jason Sussberg Director

Break of Day (Shorts 2) Kyoungju Kim Director

Brown Penny (Shorts 6) John Dai Director

Brimstone & Glory Affonso Goncalves Producer/Editor

Brimstone & Glory Viktor Jakovleski Director

Brimstone & Glory Dan Janvey Producer

Brimstone & Glory Kellen Quinn Producer

By the Time It Gets Dark Visra Vichit-Vadakan Actor

The Cage Fighter Jeff Unay Director

The Cage Fighter Joe Carman Subject

The Cage Fighter Andrea Meditch Executive Producer

The Cage Fighter James Orara Producer

The Cage Fighter Frank Scheuring Sound Supervisor

The Cage Fighter David Teague Editor

The Cage Fighter Ben Winwood Composer

California Dreams Nicole Arbusto Producer

California Dreams Jan Bezouska Sound Designer

California Dreams Heika Burnison Producer

California Dreams Isolda Dychauk Actor

California Dreams Alex Gioulakis Producer

California Dreams Mike Ott Director

California Dreams Cory Zacharia Actor

Canyon Cinema 50: Guy Maddin Presents The Great Blondino and Other Delights

Antonella Bonfanti Director of Canyon Cinema

Canyon Cinema 50: Guy Maddin Presents The Great Blondino and Other Delights

Guy Maddin Special Guest

Canyon Cinema 50: Guy Maddin Presents The Great Blondino and Other Delights

William T. Wiley Director

Casting JonBenet Kitty Green Director

Chasing Coral Jeff Orlowski Director

The Cinema Travellers Shirley Abraham Director

The Cinema Travellers Amit Madheshiya Director

Citizen Kane with William R. Hearst III David Thomson Presenter

Citizen Kane with William R. Hearst III William R. Hearst III Special Guest

City of Ghosts Matthew Heineman Director

A Date for Mad Mary Charleigh Bailey Supporting Actress

A Date for Mad Mary Juliette Bonass Producer

A Date for Mad Mary Seána Kerslake Lead Actress

A Date for Mad Mary Darren Thornton Director

A Date for Mad Mary Colin Thorton Co-Writer

Defender Jeff Adachi Director, Subject

Defender Jim Choi Director

Defender Corey Tong Producer

Discreet Travis Mathews Director

Disposable Film Festival 10th Anniversary Carlton Evans Co-Founder

Dolores Brian Benson Producer

Dolores Peter Bratt Director

Dolores Jessica Congdon Co-Writer/Editor

Dolores Dolores Huerta Subject

Dolores Lora O’Conner Associate Producer

Dolores Ben Zweig Post Prod Supervisor/ Assistant Editor

Donkeyote Chico Pereira Director

Edge of Alchemy (Shorts 3: Animation) Stacey Steers Director

18 Black Girls/Boys Ages 1-18 Who Are… Terence Nance Director

18 Black Girls/Boys Ages 1-18 Who Are… Norvis Nance Performer

18 Black Girls/Boys Ages 1-18 Who Are… Naima Ramos-Chapman

Choreographer

El Mar La Mar Joshua Bonnetta Director

Everything Else Natalia Almada Director

Everything Else Dave Cerf Producer

Everything (Shorts 3: Animation) Greg Rice Producer

Family Life Alicia Scherson Director

Father and Daughter (Shorts 5) Chenglin Xie Director

The Force Linda Davis Producer

The Force Lawrence Lerew Producer

The Force Peter Nicks Director

The Future Perfect Nele Wohlatz Director

George Gund Award: Eleanor Coppola: Paris Can Wait

Eleanor Coppola Director

George Gund Award: Eleanor Coppola: Paris Can Wait

Davia Nelson Moderator

God’s Own Country Francis Lee Director

The Green Fog -- A San Francisco Fantasia Jacob Garchik Composer

The Green Fog -- A San Francisco Fantasia Evan Johnson Director

The Green Fog -- A San Francisco Fantasia Galen Johnson Director

The Green Fog -- A San Francisco Fantasia Guy Maddin Director

The Green Fog -- A San Francisco Fantasia Kronos Quartet Band Musician

Gut Hack (Shorts 1) Mario Furloni Director

Gut Hack (Shorts 1) Kate McLean Director

Half-Life in Fukushima Mark Olexa Co-Director

Happy Birthday Mario Woods (Shorts 2) Mohammad Gorjestani Director

The Hero Brett Haley Director

Hidden Figures Jan Berkeley NASA Panelist

History of Magic: Ensueño (Shorts 3: Animation) José Luis González Director

Hotel Salvation Adil Hussain Actor

The House of Tomorrow Maude Apatow Actor

The House of Tomorrow Ellen Burstyn Actor

The House of Tomorrow Asa Butterfield Actor

The House of Tomorrow Peter Livolsi Director

The House of Tomorrow Alex Wolff Actor

The Human Surge Eduardo Williams Director

I Called Him Morgan Kasper Collin Director

I Called Him Morgan Randall Kline Panelist

If I Were Any Further Away, I'd Be Closer to Home (Shorts 4)

Rajee Samarasinghe Director

I Love Dick Kevin Bacon Actor

I Love Dick Griffin Dunne Actor

I Love Dick Sarah Gubbins Writer

Incredible Jessica James, The Jim Strouse Director

Infinity Baby Kris Boustedt Editor

Infinity Baby Lindy Boustedt Editor

Infinity Baby Bob Byington Director

Infinity Baby Martin Starr Actor

In Loco Parentis (Student Life) Nease Ní ChianáIn Director

In the Wake of Ghost Ship (Shorts 2) Jason Blalock Director

In the Wake of Ghost Ship (Shorts 2) Jen Bradwell Editor

It Is What It Is (Shorts 4: New Visions) Cyrus Yoshi Tabar Director

Landline Eisabeth Holm Co-Writer, Producer

Landline Abby Quinn Actor

Landline Jenny Slate Actor

Leaning Into the Wind Thomas Riedelsheimer Director

Leaning Into the Wind Felix Riedelsheimer Camera Assistant

Leaning Into the Wind John Caulkins Producer

Leaning Into the Wind Leslie Hills Producer

Leaning Into the Wind Stefan Tolz Producer

Life After Life Li Zixin Producer

Life After Life Zhang Hanyi Director

Long Strange Trip Amir Bar-Lev Director

The Lost City of Z James Gray Director

Lou (Shorts 5: Family Films) Dave Mullins Director

Lou (Shorts 5: Family Films) Dana Murray Producer

The Man with a Movie Camera with DeVotchKa Tom Hagerman Musician

The Man with a Movie Camera with DeVotchKa Shawn King Musician

The Man with a Movie Camera with DeVotchKa Jeanie Schroder Musician

The Man with a Movie Camera with DeVotchKa Nick Urata Musician

Marie Curie. The Courage of Knowledge Moogega Cooper Moderator

Marjorie Prime Michael Almereyda Director

Marjorie Prime Uri Singer Producer

Mel Novikoff Award: Tom Luddy: A Long Happy Life

Tom Luddy Award Recipient

Mel Novikoff Award: Tom Luddy: A Long Happy Life

Todd McCarthy Moderator

Missing Part of Me (Shorts 6: Youth Works) Elizabeth Hewlett Director

More THINGS in Film Conrad Guevara Presenter

More THINGS in Film Jonn Herschend Director

More THINGS in Film Thao Nguyen Presenter

More THINGS in Film Lindsey Tully Presenter

More THINGS in Film Sean Uyehara Presenter

More THINGS in Film Lana Williams Presenter

Motherland Ramona S. Diaz Director

Muhi – Generally Temporary Tamir Elterman Director

Muhi – Generally Temporary Rina Castelnuovo-Hollander

Director

N.O.VI.S. (Shorts 6: Youth Works) Harley Maranan Director

Nobody Speak Brian Knappenberger Director

Parallel Spaces: Will Oldham and Jerome Hiler Cornelius Boots Musician

Parallel Spaces: Will Oldham and Jerome Hiler Cooper Crain Musician

Parallel Spaces: Will Oldham and Jerome Hiler Rob Frye Musician

Parallel Spaces: Will Oldham and Jerome Hiler Jerome Hiler Director

Parallel Spaces: Will Oldham and Jerome Hiler Will Oldham Musician

Parallel Spaces: Will Oldham and Jerome Hiler Daniel Quinlivan Musician

Paris Opera Jean-Stéphane Bron Director

Paris Opera Matthew Shilvock SFOPERA

Park Sofia Exarchou Director

Patti Cake$ Danielle Macdonald Actress

Patti Cake$ Geremy Jasper Director

Pearl (Shorts 5: Family Films) Cassidy Curtis Animator

Pearl (Shorts 5: Family Films) David Eisenmann Producer

Pearl (Shorts 5: Family Films) Alexis Harte Musician

People You May Know Sherwin Shilati Director

People You May Know Shelley Stevens Producer

People You May Know Kaily Smith Westbrook Producer/Actor

People You May Know Nick Thune Actor

People You May Know Usher Raymond Actor

People You May Know Lisa Smith Actor

People You May Know Justin Klosky Actor

Persistence of Vision Award: Lynn Hershman Leeson: Tania Libre

Lynn Hershman Leeson

Director

Persistence of Vision Award: Lynn Hershman Leeson: Tania Libre

B Ruby Rich Moderator

Rabbit Hunt (Shorts 1) Maida Brankman Producer

Rabbit Hunt (Shorts 1) Patrick X Bresnan Director

Rapid Transit (Shorts 6: Youth Works) Adam Geiser Director

Rapid Transit (Shorts 6: Youth Works) Aaren Stade Director

Real Artists (Shorts 1) Cameo Wood Director

Scared Very Scared Jay Rosenblatt Director

Score: A Film Music Documentary Crystal Chararria Associate Producer

Score: A Film Music Documentary Nate Gold Producer/DP

Score: A Film Music Documentary Kenny Holmes Producer/DP

Score: A Film Music Documentary Ryan Holmes Associate Producer

Score: A Film Music Documentary Matt Schrader Director

Score: A Film Music Documentary John Debney Subject

Score: A Film Music Documentary Elva Yanez Associate Producer

Scrap Dolls (Shorts 5: Family Films) Aude Cuenod Director

Serenade for Haiti Owsley Brown Director

Serenade for Haiti Father David Cesar Musician

Serenade for Haiti Christy McGill Producer

Serenade for Haiti Anne Flatte Producer

Serenade for Haiti Bernadette Williams Musician

State Of Cinema Ed Catmull Presenter

78/52 Alexandre O. Phillippe Director

78/52 Tere Carrubba (Hitchcock’s Granddaughter)

Subject

Summer Camp Island (Shorts 5: Family Films) Nick Cross Art Director

This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous Joshua Gamson Moderator

This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous Nats Getty Guest

This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous Gigi Gorgeous Subject

This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous Barbara Kopple Director

This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous Ian Roth Special Guest

A Tribute to Ethan Hawke: Maudie Ethan Hawke Actor

A Tribute to Ethan Hawke: Maudie Aisung Walsh Director

A Tribute to Gordon Gund: The Illumination Willie Brown Presenter

A Tribute to James Ivory: Maurice James Ivory Director

A Tribute to James Ivory: Maurice David D’Arcy Moderator

A Tribute to John Ridley: Guerrilla Debra Birnbaum Moderator

A Tribute to John Ridley: Guerrilla John Ridley Director

A Tribute to Shah Rukh Kahn: My Name is Khan Shah Rukh Khan Actor

A Tribute to Shah Rukh Kahn: My Name is Khan Brett Ratner Moderator

Two or Three Things That Frighten Me in Vertigo: David Thomson Master Class

David Thomson Presenter

Untitled, 1925 Part Three (Who Cares. Who Sees: Experimental Shorts)

Madi Piller Director

Valentina Ben Guez Director

Valley of a Thousand Hills (Shorts 5: Family Films) Jess Colquhoun Director

Walking Out Alex Smith Director

Walking Out Andrew J. Smith Director

Walking Out David Storm Production Designer

Watershow Extravaganza (Shorts 4: New Visions) Sophie Michael Director

The Wedding Ring Ramahou Keita Director

The Wedding Ring Magaajyia Silberfeld Lead Actor

Whose Streets? Damon Davis Director

Whose Streets? Lucas Farrar DP

Whose Streets? Sabaah Jordan Director

Whose Streets? Chris Renteria Co-Producer

World Without End (No Reported Incidents) Jem Cohen Director

Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl Joan Chen Director

ALPHABETICALLY BY GUEST NAME

Guest Name Full Role Title

Shirley Abraham Director The Cinema Travellers

Jeff Adachi Director, Subject Defender

Natalia Almada Director Everything Else

Michael Almereyda Director Marjorie Prime

David Alvarado Director Bill Nye: Science Guy

Maude Apatow Actor The House of Tomorrow

Nicole Arbusto Producer California Dreams

Kevin Bacon Actor I Love Dick

Charleigh Bailey Supporting Actress A Date for Mad Mary

Amir Bar-Lev Director Long Strange Trip

Brian Benson Producer Dolores

Jan Berkeley NASA Panelist Hidden Figures

Jan Bezouska Sound Designer California Dreams

Debra Birnbaum Moderator A Tribute to John Ridley: Guerrilla

Jason Blalock Director In the Wake of Ghost Ship (Shorts 2)

Juliette Bonass Producer A Date for Mad Mary

Joshua Bonnetta Director El Mar La Mar

Antonella Bonfanti Director of Canyon Cinema

Canyon Cinema 50: Guy Maddin Presents The Great Blondino and Other Delights

Cornelius Boots Musician Parallel Spaces: Will Oldham and Jerome Hiler

Kris Boustedt Editor Infinity Baby

Lindy Boustedt Editor Infinity Baby

Jen Bradwell Editor In the Wake of Ghost Ship (Shorts 2)

Maida Brankman Producer Rabbit Hunt (Shorts 1)

Peter Bratt Director Dolores

Patrick X Bresnan Director Rabbit Hunt (Shorts 1)

Jean-Stéphane Bron Director Paris Opera

Owsley Brown Director Serenade for Haiti

Willie Brown Presenter A Tribute to Gordon Gund: The Illumination

Heika Burnison Producer California Dreams

Ellen Burstyn Actor The House of Tomorrow

Asa Butterfield Actor The House of Tomorrow

Bob Byington Director Infinity Baby

Joe Carman Subject The Cage Fighter

Tere Carrubba (Hitchcock’s Granddaughter)

Subject 78/52

Rina Castelnuovo-Hollander

Director Muhi – Generally Temporary

Ed Catmull Presenter State Of Cinema

John Caulkins Producer Leaning Into the Wind

Dave Cerf Producer Everything Else

Father David Cesar Musician Serenade for Haiti

Joan Chen Director Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl

Crystal Chararria Associate Producer Score: A Film Music Documentary

Jim Choi Director Defender

Jem Cohen Director World Without End (No Reported Incidents)

Kasper Collin Director I Called Him Morgan

Jess Colquhoun Director Valley of a Thousand Hills (Shorts 5: Family Films)

Jessica Congdon Co-Writer/Editor Dolores

Moogega Cooper Moderator Marie Curie. The Courage of Knowledge

Eleanor Coppola Director George Gund Award: Eleanor Coppola: Paris Can Wait

Cooper Crain Musician Parallel Spaces: Will Oldham and Jerome Hiler

Nick Cross Art Director Summer Camp Island (Shorts 5: Family Films)

Aude Cuenod Director Scrap Dolls (Shorts 5: Family Films)

Cassidy Curtis Animator Pearl (Shorts 5)

David D’Arcy Moderator A Tribute to James Ivory: Maurice

John Dai Director Brown Penny (Shorts 6: Youth Works)

Aniruddha Das Musician Asian Dub Foundation Live Score of George Lucas’s THX 1138

Damon Davis Director Whose Streets?

Linda Davis Producer The Force

John Debney Subject Score: A Film Music Documentary

Ramona S. Diaz Director Motherland

Griffin Dunne Actor I Love Dick

Isolda Dychauk Actor California Dreams

David Eisenmann Producer Pearl (Shorts 5: Family Films)

Tamir Elterman Director Muhi – Generally Temporary

Carlton Evans Co-Founder Disposable Film Festival 10th Anniversary

Sofia Exarchou Director Park

Brian Fairairn Musician Asian Dub Foundation Live Score of George Lucas’s THX 1138

Lucas Farrar DP Whose Streets?

Anne Flatte Producer Serenade for Haiti

Rob Frye Musician Parallel Spaces: Will Oldham and Jerome Hiler

Mario Furloni Director Gut Hack (Shorts 1)

Joshua Gamson Moderator This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous

Jacob Garchik Composer The Green Fog -- A San Francisco Fantasia

Adam Geiser Director Rapid Transit (Shorts 6: Youth Works)

Nats Getty Guest This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous

Alex Gioulakis Producer California Dreams

José Luis González Director History of Magic: Ensueño (Shorts 3: Animation)

Kitty Green Director Casting JonBenet

Nate Gold Producer/DP Score: A Film Music Documentary

Affonso Goncalves Editor/Producer Brimstone and Glory

Gigi Gorgeous Subject This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous

Mohammad Gorjestani Director Happy Birthday Mario Woods (Shorts 2)

James Gray Director The Lost City of Z

Conrad Guevara Presenter More THINGS in Film

Ben Guez Director Valentina

Tom Hagerman Musician Man with a Movie Camera with DeVotchKa

Brett Haley Director The Hero

Zhang Hanyi Director Life After Life

Alexis Harte Musician Pearl (Shorts 5)

Ethan Hawke Actor A Tribute to Ethan Hawke: Maudie

William R. Hearst III Special Guest Citizen Kane with Will Hearst

Matthew Heineman Director City of Ghosts

Jonn Herschend Director More THINGS in Film

Lynn Hershman Leeson Director Persistence of Vision Award: Lynn Hershman Leeson: Tania Libre

Elizabeth Hewlet Director Missing Part of Me (Shorts 6: Youth Works)

Jerome Hiler Director Parallel Spaces: Will Oldham and Jerome Hiler

Leslie Hills Producer Leaning Into the Wind

Eliza Hittman Director Beach Rats

Elisabeth Holm Co-Writer, Producer Landline

Kenny Holmes Producer/DP Score: A Film Music Documentary

Ryan Holmes Asscociate Producer Score: A Film Music Documentary

Dolores Huerta Subject Dolores

Adil Hussain Actor Hotel Salvation

James Ivory Director A Tribute to James Ivory: Maurice

Dan Janvey Producer Brimstone and Glory

Viktor Jakovleski Director Brimstone & Glory

Geremy Jasper Director Patti Cake$

Evan Johnson Director The Green Fog -- A San Francisco Fantasia

Galen Johnson Director The Green Fog -- A San Francisco Fantasia

Sabaah Jordan Director Whose Streets?

Ramahou Keita Director The Wedding Ring

Seána Kerslake Lead Actress A Date for Mad Mary

Shah Rukh Khan Actor A Tribute to Shah Rukh Khan: My Name is Khan

Kyoungju Kim Director Break of Day (Shorts 2)

Shawn King Musician The Man with a Movie Camera with DeVotchKa

Randall Kline Panelist I Called Him Morgan

Justin Klosky Actor People You May Know

Brian Knappenberger Director Nobody Speak

Barbara Kopple Director This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous

Pedro Kos Director Bending The Arc

Francis Lee Director God’s Own Country

Nathan Lee Musician Asian Dub Foundation, Live Score of George Lucas’s Film THX 1138

Lawrence Lerew Producer The Force

Peter Livolsi Director The House of Tomorrow

Tom Luddy Award Recipient Mel Novikoff Award: Tom Luddy: A Long Happy Life

Danielle Macdonald Actress Pattie Cake$

Guy Maddin Special Guest, Director

Canyon Cinema 50: Guy Maddin Presents The Great Blondino and Other Delights, The Green Fog -- A San Francisco Fantasia

Amit Madheshiya Director The Cinema Travellers

Harley Maranan Director N.O.VI.S. (Shorts 6: Youth Works)

Travis Mathews Director Discreet

Todd McCarthy Moderator Mel Novikoff Award: Tom Luddy: A Long Happy Life

Tom McFadden Panelist Bill Nye: Science Guy

Christy McGill Producer Serenade for Haiti

Kate McLean Director Gut Hack (Shorts 1)

Andrea Meditch Executive Producer The Cage Fighter

Sophie Michael Director Watershow Extravaganza (Shorts 4: New Visions)

Dave Mullins Director Lou (Shorts 5: Family Films)

Dana Murray Producer Lou (Shorts 5: Family Films)

Norvis Nance Performer 18 Black Girls/Boys Ages 1-18 Who…

Terence Nance Director 18 Black Girls/Boys Ages 1-18 Who…

Davia Nelson Moderator George Gund Award: Eleanor Coppola: Paris Can Wait

Thao Nguyen Participant More THINGS in Film

Nease Ní ChianáIn Director In Loco Parentis (School Life)

Peter Nicks Director The Force

Bill Nye Subject Bill Nye: Science Guy

Lora O’Conner Associate Producer Dolores

Will Oldham Musician Parallel Spaces: Will Oldham and Jerome Hiler

Mark Olexa Co-Director Half-Life in Fukushima

Jeff Orlowski Director Chasing Coral

Mike Ott Director California Dreams

Chico Pereira Director Donkeyote

Alexandre O. Philippe Director 78/52

Madi Piller Director Untitled, 1925 Part Three (Who Cares. Who Sees: Experimental Shorts)

Daniel Quinlivan Musician Parallel Spaces: Will Oldham and Jerome Hiler

Abby Quinn Actor Landline

Kellen Quinn Producer Brimstone and Glory

Brett Ratner Moderator A Tribute to Shah Rukh Khan: My Name is Khan

Naima Ramos-Chapman Choreographer 18 Black Girls/Boys Ages 1-18 Who…

Usher Raymond Actor People You May Know

Chris Renteria Co-Producer Whose Streets?

Greg Rice Producer Everything (Shorts 3: Animation)

B Ruby Rich Moderator Persistence of Vision Award: Lynn Hershman Leeson: Tania Libre

John Ridley Director A Tribute to John Ridley: Guerrilla

Felix Riedelsheimer Camera Assistant Leaning Into the Wind

Thomas Riedelsheimer Director Leaning Into the Wind

Jay Rosenblatt Director Scared Very Scared

Henry Rosenthal Producer Bill Nye: Science Guy

Ian Roth Special Guest This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous

Rajee Samarasinghe Director If I Were Any Further Away I'd Be Closer to Home (Shorts 4)

Steve Savale Musician Asian Dub Foundation Live Score of George Lucas’s THX 1138

Alicia Scherson Director Family Life

Matt Schrader Director Score: A Film Music Documentary

Jeanie Schroder Musician The Man with a Movie Camera with DeVotchKa

Eugenie Scott Panelist Bill Nye: Science Guy

Frank Scheuring Sound Supervisor The Cage Fighter

Matthew Shilvock SFOPERA Paris Opera

Sherwin Shilati Director People You May Know

Magaajyia Silberfeld Lead Actor The Wedding Ring

Uri Singer Producer Marjorie Prime

Jenny Slate Actor Landline

Alex Smith Director Walking Out

Andrew J. Smith Director Walking Out

Lisa Smith Actor People You May Know

Kaily Smith Westbrook Producer/Actor People You May Know

Aaren Stade Director Rapid Transit (Shorts 6: Youth Works)

Martin Starr Actor Infinity Baby

Stacey Steers Director Edge of Alchemy (Shorts 3: Animation)

Cori Stern Producer Bending the Arc

Shelley Stevens Producer People You May Know

David Storm Production Designer Walking Out

Jim Strouse Director The Incredible Jessica James

Jason Sussberg Director Bill Nye: Science Guy

Cyrus Yoshi Tabar Director It Is What It Is (Shorts 4: New Visions)

Joe Talbot Director American Paradise (Shorts 1)

David Teague Editor The Cage Fighter

David Thomson Presenter Two or Three Things That Frighten Me in Vertigo: David Thomson Master Class

Colin Thorton Co-Writer A Date for Mad Mary

Darren Thornton Director A Date for Mad Mary

Nick Thune Actor People You May Know

Stefan Tolz Producer Leaning Into The Wind

Corey Tong Producer Defender

Lindsey Tully Presenter More THINGS in Film

Jeff Unay Director The Cage Fighter

Nick Urata Musician The Man with a Movie Camera with DeVotchKa

Sean Uyehara Presenter More THINGS in Film

Visra Vichit-Vadakan Actor By the Time It Gets Dark

Aisung Walsh Director A Tribute to Ethan Hawke: Maudie

Eduardo Williams Director The Human Surge

Lana Williams Presenter More THINGS in Film

William T. Wiley Director Canyon Cinema 50: Guy Maddin Presents The Great Blondino and Other Delights

Bernadette Williams Musician Serenade for Haiti

Ben Winwood Composer The Cage Fighter

Nele Wohlatz Director The Future Perfect

Alex Wolff Actor The House of Tomorrow

Cameo Wood Director Real Artists (Shorts 1)

Chenglin Xie Director Father and Daughter (Shorts 5)

Elva Yanez Associate Producer Score: A Film Music Documentary

Cory Zacharia Actor California Dreams

Li Zixin Producer Life After Life

Ben Zweig Post Prod Supervisor/ Assistant Editor

Dolores

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60th San Francisco International Film Festival

The longest-running film festival in the Americas, the San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM Festival) is an extraordinary showcase of cinematic discovery and innovation in one of the country’s most beautiful cities. The 60th edition runs April 5–19 at venues across the Bay Area and features nearly 200 films and live events, 14 juried awards with close to $40,000 in cash prizes, and upwards of 100 participating filmmaker guests. SFFILM

Presenter of the San Francisco International Film Festival, SFFILM is a year-round nonprofit organization delivering screenings and events to more than 100,000 film lovers and media education programs to more than 10,000 students and teachers annually. In addition to its public programs, SFFILM supports the careers of independent filmmakers from the Bay Area and beyond with grants, residencies, and other creative development services. For more information visit sffilm.org. This press release is available online at sffilm.org/press/releases

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