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The 54th San Francisco International Film Festival takes place April 21 through May 5, 2011.
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2:00 AM

2:00 AM is a 2010 drama-fantasy short film written and directed by Joseph Procopio.

"Somewhere between dream and reality, a young man wrestles with the fear of loss."
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  • 2010

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13 Assassins

13 Assassins (十三人の刺客, Jūsannin no Shikaku) is a 2010 Japanese-British jidaigeki film directed by Takashi Miike. A samurai epic with a loose historical basis, the film was produced by Toshiaki Nakazawa, who also produced the 2009 Academy Award for...

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  • Sep 9, 2010

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!Women Art Revolution

!Women Art Revolution is a 2010 documentary film directed by Lynn Hershman-Leeson.

"Today’s art world has embraced visionaries such as Cindy Sherman, Barbara Kruger, Miranda July and Shirin Neshat. But only a generation ago, it was extremely rare...

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  • Sep 2010

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A Cat In Paris

A Cat In Paris is a 2010 animated mystery crime film written by Alain Gagnol and Jacques-Rémy Girerd, directed by Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol.

"Dino is a cat who shares his life between two houses. During the day, he lives with Zoé, the...

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  • 2010

A Little Prayer (HELP)

A Little Prayer (HELP) is a 2011 short film directed by Louise Bourque.

"Images of Houdini bound in chains flicker and spin amid laceration marks created through hand-processing."
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A Purpleman

A Purpleman is a 2010 animated documentary short film written by Tak Hoon Kim, Hyungkee Lee and Jin Ho Ryu directed by Tak Hoon Kim and Tekn Kim.

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A Useful Life

A Useful Life (Spanish: La vida útil) is a 2010 Uruguayan drama film directed by Federico Veiroj and shot in black-and-white. The film was selected as the Uruguayan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards but it did not...

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  • Aug 13, 2010

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All Flowers in Time

All Flowers in Time is a 2010 short surrealist horror film directed by Jonathan Caouette. The plot centers on a television signal that possesses young children, making them believe they can transform into other people or monsters. The film stars...

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  • Feb 5, 2011

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American Teacher

American Teacher is a 2011 documentary film directed by Vanessa Roth and Brian McGinn.

"As the debate over the state of America’s public school system rages on, one thing everyone (including President Obama) agrees on is the need for great teachers...

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  • May 3, 2011

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Another Earth

Another Earth is a 2011 American science fantasy/drama film directed by Mike Cahill in his feature film debut. The film stars William Mapother and Brit Marling. It premiered at the 27th Sundance Film Festival in January 2011 and is being distributed...

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  • Jan 24, 2011

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Asleep in the Sun

Asleep in the Sun is a 2010 fantasy film written and directed by Alejandro Chomski.

"Lucio loves his wife Diana desperately, but her losing battle with depression prompts him to commit her to an institution in the hopes that their radical methods...

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At Ellen's Age

At Ellen's Age is a 2010 film written by Horst Markgraf and Pia Marais and directed by Pia Marais.

"Ellen must come to terms with a new turn in her life. Although her job as a flight attendant keeps her circling the globe, she feels her private...

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  • Aug 6, 2010

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Attenberg

Attenberg is a Greek drama film, written and directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari. The film was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice International Film Festival and Ariane Labed won the Coppa Volpi for the Best Actress. It was filmed in...

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  • Sep 8, 2010

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Aurora

Aurora is a 2010 drama film written and directed by Cristi Puiu.

"An apartment kitchen: a man and a woman discuss Little Red Riding Hood, their voices hushed, mindful of waking the little girl sleeping in the next room.

A wasteland on the city’s...

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  • May 14, 2010

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Autumn

Autumn is a 2010 drama film written by Aamir Bashir, Mahmood Farooqui and Shanker Raman and directed by Aamir Bashir.

"Rafiq's brother has been missing for more than four years as a result of the violence in the Indian state of Kashmir. As a result...

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Beginners

Beginners is a 2010 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Mike Mills. It tells the story of Oliver (Ewan McGregor), a man reflecting on the life and death of his father while trying to forge a new romantic relationship with a...

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  • Sep 11, 2010

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Better This World

Better This World is a 2011 documentary film directed by Kelly Duane and Katie Galloway.

"Two boyhood friends from Midland, Texas – David McKay and Bradley Crowder – fall under the sway of a charismatic revolutionary ten years their senior. At the...

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  • 2011

Bitch Rabbit

Bitch Rabbit is a 2010 short comedy film written and directed by Guérin van de Vorst.

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Black Bread

Black Bread (Catalan: Pa negre, IPA: [ˈpa ˈnɛɣɾə]) is a 2010 Catalan-language Catalan Spanish drama film written and directed by Agustí Villaronga. The screenplay is based on the homonymous novel by Emili Teixidor, with elements of two other works...

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Blessed Events

Blessed Events is a 2010 romantic drama film written by Isabelle Stever and Anke Stelling directed by Isabelle Stever.

"Director Isabelle Stever’s second feature Blessed Events, based on the short story of the same name by Anke Stelling, is a slow...

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Blokes

Blokes is a 2010 short film written and directed by Marialy Rivas.

"Thirteen-year-old Luchito fantasizes about Manuel, his 16-year-old neighbor, while the unaware Manuel discovers his own sexuality with a girl from the neighborhood."
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  • May 22, 2010

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Burning Bush

Burning Bush is a 2010 experimental short film directed by Vincent Grenier.

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Chantrapas

Chantrapas is a 2009 drama film written and directed by Otar Iosseliani.

"Nicolas is an artist, a filmmaker who merely wants to express himself and whom everyone wishes to reduce to silence. When he first starts out in Georgia, the 'ideologists'...

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  • 2009

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Children Of The Princess Of Cleves

Children Of The Princess Of Cleves is a 2011 documentary film written by Anne Tesson and Régis Sauder directed by Régis Sauder.

"Ah, the high school English class, where works of great literature are foisted upon students as required reading. Those...

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  • Mar 30, 2011

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Chromatastic

Chromatastic is a 2010 experimental short film directed by Kerry Laitala.

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Cinema Komunisto

Cinema Komunisto is a 2010 documentary film written and directed by Mila Turajlic.

"Leka Konstantinovic was the personal film projectionist of Yugoslavia's President Josip Broz Tito for 32 years. Along with Yugoslav directors, film stars and studio...

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Circumstance

Circumstance is a 2011 drama film written and directed by Maryam Keshavarz.

"Teenagers Atafeh, and her best friend, Shireen, are experimenting with their burgeoning sexuality amidst the subculture of Tehran’s underground art scene when Atafeh’s...

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  • Jan 2011

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Come to the Table

Come to the Table is a 2010 documentary short film directed by Zoe Salnave.

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Coming Attractions

Coming Attractions is a 2010 short experimental film written and directed by Peter Tscherkassky.

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Crime After Crime

Crime After Crime is a 2011 documentary film directed by Yoav Potash about the case of Deborah Peagler. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2011, and has since earned 16 major awards. The Los Angeles Times listed the...

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Delmer Builds a Machine

Delmer Builds a Machine is a 2010 comedy short film written and directed by Landon Zakheim.

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Detroit Wild City

Detroit Wild City is a 2010 documentary film written and directed by Florent Tillon.

"Florent Tillon’s film begins with familiar but inevitably arresting images of Detroit’s decay into postapocalyptic pastoralism, but doesn’t end there. While most...

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Dog Day Afternoon

Dog Day Afternoon is a 1975 drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, written by Frank Pierson, and produced by Martin Bregman. The film stars Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning, Chris Sarandon, Penny Allen, James Broderick, and Carol Kane. The...

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Drawing Restraint 17

Drawing Restraint 17 is a 2010 short film directed by Matthew Barney.

"Multimedia artist Matthew Barney’s Drawing Restraint series—perhaps best known to filmgoers for the feature-length Drawing Restraint 9, which costarred Björk and a Japanese...

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Dromosphere

Dromosphere is an animated sci-fi short film directed by Thorsten Fleisch.

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End of Animal

End of Animal is a 2010 Sci-Fi film written and directed by Sung-Hee Jo.

"The debutant Jo took an almost Lynchian approach with limited means and plenty of surrealist talent to make an apocalyptic road movie. A pregnant teenager is in a taxi on her...

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Escape from Suburbia

Escape from Suburbia is a 2010 documentary short film directed by Mayana Bonapart.

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Fire Bad

Fire Bad is a 2010 animated short film directed by Isaac Wolfe.

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Flags

Flags is a 2010 short film directed by Mattan Cohen.

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Foreign Parts

Foreign Parts is a 2010 documentary drama film directed by Verena Paravel and J.P. Sniadecki.

"A hidden enclave in the shadow of baseball’s new Mets Stadium, the neighborhood of Willets Point, Queens, is an industrial zone fated for demolition....

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  • Aug 9, 2010

Get With The Program

Get With The Program is a 2010 animated short film written by Jennifer Drummond and Mark Deutrom directed by Jennifer Drummond.

"The complacent inhabitants of this near-future society devise ways to adapt to the constant demands of the techno...

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God of Love

God of Love is a 2010 comedy short film written and directed by Luke Matheny.

"Lounge-singing darts champion Raymond Goodfellow learns a surprising lesson about unrequited love when he discovers his true place in the universe."
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  • Jun 12, 2010

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Hahaha

Hahaha (Korean: 하하하) is a 2010 South Korean drama film directed by Hong Sang-soo. It was entered into the 2010 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Prix Un Certain Regard.

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  • May 6, 2010

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Hail

Hail is a 2011 animated short film directed by Emily Hubley.

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Hands Up

Hands Up is a 2010 drama film written and directed by Romain Goupil.

"March 22, 2067. Milana recalls what happened to her 60 years before... Paris, 2009. Milana is a fifth grade student of Chechen origin. Her gang of friends includes Blaise, Alice,...

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Hospitalité

Hospitalité is a 2010 comedy film directed by Koji Fukada

"In a corner of downtown Tokyo, Kobayashi lives here with his young wife, his daughter from his previous marriage, and his sister who is divorced. In this diligent working family the only...

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Hot Coffee

Hot Coffee is a 2010 documentary film directed by Susan Saladoff.

"For many Americans, the famous McDonald’s coffee case has become emblematic of the frivolous lawsuits that clog our courts and stall our justice system. Or is that exactly what...

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How Could She?

How Could She? is a 2010 romantic drama short film written by Kieran Newton and Jon Paul Hart directed by Kevin Rieg.

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I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive

I'm Glad That My Mother Is Alive is a 2009 drama film written and directed by Claude Miller and Nathan Miller

"Claude and Nathan Miller’s nuanced and provocative film, based loosely on real events treated in an article by writer and filmmaker...

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  • Aug 2009

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I Swim Now

I Swim Now is a 2010 experimental short film directed by Sarah Biagini

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Incendies

Incendies is a 2010 Canadian film written and directed by Denis Villeneuve. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's play, Scorched, Incendies follows the journey of twin brother and sister as they attempt to unravel the mystery of their mother's life. The film...

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  • Sep 4, 2010

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Independence in Sight

Independence in Sight is a 2010 documentary short film directed by Lauren Lindberg and Sidney Matterson.

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India Export

India Export is a 2010 short film directed by Raphael Linden.

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Into the Middle of Nowhere

Into the Middle of Nowhere is a 2010 documentary short film directed by Anna Frances Ewert.

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Jean Gentil

Jean Gentil is a 2010 drama film written and directed by Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas.

"The Haitian professor Jean Remy Genty is always on the move, looking for work. A graceful figure, he stands out in the crowd: a model Christian. On...

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Jillian Dillon

Jillian Dillon is a 2009 a dramatic comedy short film directed by Yvette Edery.

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  • 2009

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Kinyarwanda

Kinyarwanda tells the story of hope, redemption and religious tolerance in the midst of the 1994 Rwandan genocide. It premiered at the 27th Sundance Film Festival in January 2011 where it won the World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award. The film marks...

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  • Jan 24, 2011

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L'Amour Fou

L'Amour Fou is a 2010 documentary film directed by Pierre Thoretton.

"Yves Saint Laurent built one of fashion's most celebrated empires. This moving documentary chronicles his rise, his lifelong partnership with Pierre Bergé and their decision to...

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  • Sep 22, 2010

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