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The International Museum of Women hosts its Women
Wielding Cameras Film Festival on Saturday, June 14
from 11am-5pm at the San Francisco Public Library's
Koret Auditorium. This event is free and open to the public.
View four incredible films: Las Madres: The Mothers of
the Plaza de Mayo, God Sleeps in Rwanda, Dishing
Democracy, and Run Granny Run and talk with the women
filmmakers who made them.
For more information visit:
http://www.imow.org/calendar/viewEvent?eventId=38
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SONJA directed by Kirsi Marie Liimatainen
Saturday, June 28, at 1:30 pm at Victoria Theatre
Stranded somewhere between childhood and adulthood,
16-year-old Sonja is frustrated with her parents,
alienated from her peers and bored with her
boyfriend Anton. In stark contrast to the awkward
interactions with Anton are the blissful moments spent
with her best friend Julia. What begins as
girlish, playful affection between them soon gives way
to gentle caresses and tender moments.
As Sonja cautiously reveals her growing feelings to
Julia, she confides her unrestrained emotions to her
diary, which is discovered by her disapproving mother.
During a trip to her father's seaside summer home,
Sonja, caving to pressure from her peers and her
parents, confronts her burgeoning sexuality in an
uncomfortable encounter with an older man. Upon
returning home -and to Julia- she emerges as a young
woman with a clearer sense of her own identity, but
now that she's honest with herself, can she be honest with Julia?
This poignant exploration of teenage sexuality,
unrequited love and identity is based on
writer-director Kirsi Marie Liimatainen's own
adolescence growing up in Finland. With warmth and
sincerity, her feature-length debut is refreshingly
devoid of the overwrought angst of many coming-of-age
stories and leaves us surprisingly nostalgic for that
awkward innocence of adolescence, the thrill of
falling in love for the first time and even the twinge
of heartache - reminding us that, somehow, we
survived.
For more information visit:
http://www.frameline.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?FID=42&id=1452
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ARRANGED
By STEFAN SCHAEFER & DIANE CRESPO
United States, 2007, 89 Min
Wednesday, May 28, 7:30 pm @Yerba Buena Center for The Arts Two young women-- Rochel, an Orthodox Jew and Nasira, a Muslim--
meet and become friends during their first year
teaching at a public school in Brooklyn. This
excellent drama chronicles a friendship that crosses
cultures and reveals that the two women share much in
common-not least of which is the fact that they are
both going through arranged marriages. "A pure
pleasure to watch ... splendidly natural
performances." - Ronnie Scheib, Variety
Ticket Prices
$8 general/$6 Jewish Film Forum and YBCA members, students, seniors
Seating is limited - Advance purchase recommended
For tickets, visit ybca.org or call: 415.978.ARTS
(2787)
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
701 Mission Street (corner of 3rd)
San Francisco, CA 94103
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San Francisco Women's Film Festival (SFWFF) invites
you to join us at our networking happy hour event @
Madrone Lounge. This is a celebratory evening designed
to bring together movers and shakers in the Bay Area
art community. Network and socialize to gain valuable
personal, professional and creative connections with a
group consisting of business professionals, writers,
artists, fashion designers, musicians, and media
makers in film and TV, as well as online and print.
Make a new friend, share resources, find a mentor or
collaborate on a project.
Invite all of your friends and colleagues but please
RSVP to let us know that you will be joining us. Event
is free and open to everyone. No host bar (21 + w/
valid ID). To RSVP email: events@sfwff.com
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