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This past weekend, over 350 teams of
filmmakers from around the world were challenged to create an original
short film in just 24 hours based on a theme, prop, and action
assignment. This year's theme: Identity Theft.
Assigned props ranged from noodles to shaving cream and the assigned
actions ranged from stretching to looking through a peephole. Come
check out the premiere of the Calgary films and vote for your favorites!
See the screening information below for more details.
● Check out top films and awards from
past San Francisco Film Races:
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The Roxie Theatre
3117 16th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
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 Beth
Prouty is an autodidactic
producer who cut her teeth on the well-received short documentary,
"The Sundowner"
in 2009. After touring the festival circuit in 2010, Ms. Prouty
began work as a programmer and festival coordinator for the 2011
Slamdance Film
Festival. In addition to producing the 24 Film Racing event in
San Francisco, she is currently in post-production for
Neighbors,
an Agency
Charlie documentary, and collaborating with
Jason
Roberts on a short film due for production later this year. |
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Ticket Information
Tickets will be available at the door for $10
and will sold on a first come, first serve basis.
The screening is open to the
public and anyone may attend.
Please try to arrive at least 20 minutes
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Films Playing
(Screening
Order May Change)
''red leather'' by [ yes it is happening ] (Stefano Corazza)
''Action Blaster: Nectar of Death'' by 4QR98 Pass (Jesse Tarnoff)
''Borrowed'' by Behind the Seen (Haley Seppa)
''Woolf'' by Chinese Takeout (Timothy Hahn)
''Judgement'' by creative5 (nitesh jain)
''Wrong Number'' by Day Zero Media (Ali Hamed)
''The Original'' by Fast Five (Alexis Keenan)
''Identity Theft The Movie'' by Film Nerdz (andrew blackman)
''Infomaniac'' by High Angle Productions (nathaniel conner)
''Victim Seven'' by Ike Cantrell (Ike Cantrell)
''Pick Up N' Go'' by inFocus Films (Joseph Sumbi)
''The Rainbow Sweater'' by Jerkwaterberg (Lucas McGranahan)
''Are You Still There?'' by Lost Lands Productions (James Freebury)
''Trading Faces'' by Media Eclipse (Jay Powrie)
''Boom'' by Method Production (Prameth Sophontammasitt)
''Last Counsel'' by Midnight Slugs (Tali Litmanovitz)
''Loose Ends'' by Renaissance Academy (Scott Sullivan)
''Anniversary - Studio Light'' by Studio Light (chunlam tsang)
''Concrete Castle'' by Team San Fran Disco (Kate Hapgood)
''Firecracker'' by The Lost Boys (Eugene Kim)
''The Heist'' by ThunderStrike Destructions (Daniel Villanueva)
''A DAY AS A CLOWN'' by Wachanos Films (Renato Primo)
''The 10th Reel'' by Wildgoat Films (Ryan Dexter)
The
judges for San Francisco include:
 Carlton
Evans is the
co-founder and director of
The Disposable
Film Festival, currently in it’s 4th season, which celebrates
achievements in new media filmmaking internationally. He is also an
independent film producer and screenwriter whose productions have
screened at top festivals worldwide, including Sundance, Tribeca, and
Rotterdam. Carlton produced and co-wrote the documenraty feature
CONNECTED, the short YELP, and was a creative consultant on the
narrative feature THE WOODS, all of which premiered at Sundance 2011. He
was the associate producer and director of distribution of THE TRIBE
(Sundance 2006), which was singled out by The New York Times, Variety,
and the Sundance Institute for its groundbreaking distribution strategy.
Carlton has taught film theory, art history, and architecture at
Stanford, San Francisco State University, and SF Art Institute, and
lectures worldwide about film and new media. Carlton holds a PhD in Art
History and Film Theory from Stanford University.
Daniel Michael Gahr is
an Emmy-nominated filmmaker and photographer currently living and
working in San Francisco. His unique and visually-arresting style has
earned him a Princess Grace Award nomination for emerging film artists,
and his films have been shown at numerous festivals, including Ann
Arbor, New York Underground, SF Cinematheque, and Vancouver
International. His work has also been featured in exhibitions at The
Vancouver Film Center, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Lisbon,
Portugal and in various shows in South Korea, Japan, China and
Brazil. In 2008, Daniel received an Emmy nomination for his work as a
producer on the TV Free Burning Man series for the international cable
channel, Current TV. He recently directed a critically lauded music
video, and an independent short comedy presently in
post-production. He’s also currently in production on a feature
documentary and in development/production on several other projects, all
varying widely in degrees of fiction, length and hilarity.
 Cinema
Speakeasy: San Francisco celebrates independent film with good
friends, attractive strangers, and a cold beer. Originally founded
in Los Angeles in 2009, the San Francisco chapter was created in 2010 by
three career media production professionals, Fhay Arceo, Allison Davis
and Kate Green. It is our mission to create a social event of movie
watching, hand-selecting the best in films that may have recently flown
under the radar, often with an interactive element, and always with a
discerning, diverse audience in mind.
Dalan McNabola,
born, raised and educated in San Francisco, is a filmmaker and editor.
He just finished editing with Tiffany Shlain, her newest feature film, “Connected:
An Autoblogography about Life, Death & Technology” (connectedthefilm.com),
which was been selected for Sundance's 2011 U.S. Documentary
Competition. Dalan worked as a Producer/Editor at Al Gore's Emmy Award
winning Current TV, where he created daily content doing short
animations, motion graphics and video editing. Prior to that, Dalan was
the associate editor on
The Tribe
(2006) which has been shown at over a 100 festivals including, Sundance,
Tribeca, and Rotterdam.
 Heather
P. Morrison, Casting Director & Writer-Director.
A native of the Bay Area, Heather Morrison has provided casting
direction for six short films. She has also directed two films and is
writing her second short screenplay. Heather brings over 20 years of
acting experience to her casting process and is known for her empathy,
warmth, and fun. Heather has garnered awards for her work at Scary Cow,
most recently, One of Two, winning the 48 Hour Film Project
category in October. Her credits include: The Crosses (Best Acting),
Charity, Rock Star (Best Acting), U5, and Redumption (coming soon!).
You can catch these films on
www.scarycow.com
San Francisco Awards & Prizes
▪ 4 minutes of original music by
Gunnard Doboze
(valued at $1,600) for a short film created by the winner of the San
Francisco Film Race 2011.
▪ Winner of Best Actor and Best Actress
receive an hour-long photo session for headshots or to expand their
existing portfolio from
Nicole Sheikh
Photography
Awards:
In addition to any prizes that are secured, the following awards will be
given to the top films in San Francisco: Best Film, Best
Direction, Best Writing, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Acting Ensemble,
Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Original Music Score, Best Sound
Design, Best Animation, Best Visual FX, Best Special FX, Best Costume
Design, and Best Make-Up.
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