The United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF) sees itself as a "two-decade-long celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, emphasizing our readiness to resume resolute strides towards lasting solutions." It opens Thursday. Although most of the festival will happen on the peninsula - Stanford and Palo Alto - UNAFF will have one day in … Continue reading UNAFF: The United Nations Association Film Festival
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What’s Screening: August 6 – 12
Do you want to talk about Fight Club? If not, you can study monarchs (the butterfly kind). Speaking about education, you can peek into Oakland schools. Meanwhile, the BAMPFA will screen a movie for the first time in 17 months. And what about Afghanistan's moribund film industry? All of that in Bay Area cinema this … Continue reading What’s Screening: August 6 – 12
Cinegogue Summer Days: The pandemic version of the SF Jewish Film Festival
If this were a normal year, I'd be writing about an 18-day San Francisco Jewish Film Festival taking place in five theaters around the Bay Area. Instead, thanks to the pandemic, I'm writing about a four-day festival that will run mostly in our own homes. I say mostly because opening night will take place at … Continue reading Cinegogue Summer Days: The pandemic version of the SF Jewish Film Festival
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