EVENT DATE: Films Play All Day NOVEMBER 18-19 with a Discussion on November 19th from 10 AM to 12 PM
The DocFilm Institute at San Francisco State University invites you to our “Essential Stories” Film Festival happening on NOV 18th and 19th. As part of our annual Pluralities conference in 2020, we will explore the “essential perspectives” from a line-up of filmmakers documenting their experiences of this new, 2020 reality — one that is influenced by COVID-19 as well as various social justice movements. Essential perspectives are those that are unique to one's position and circumstance in society and the current environment.
We encourage you to join us for a live, virtual discussion happening on Thursday, November 19 from 10 AM-12 PM as we’ll have a Q&A session with our finalists as we announce various awards. Throughout the entire duration of our program, all films from the selected recipients and finalists will be available for on-demand viewing.
Program details and registration information are available here. Attendance is FREE.
Finalists
Films
14 Exquisite Angels
A Garden For George
About Gaining Weight during Quarantine
Black Lives Matter
Creativity Stays Home
Cuando Todos Pueden Quedarse En Casa Menos Tú
Day After Day
Egg and Rice
Elinor Carucci: Survival Mode
Homeland - Ilê
If Not Now, Then When?
Kid On A Leash
Masks For Masc
Momentos
Rainbow Windows
The Second Time I Got to Know my Dog
The Voice of the Voiceless
Directors:
Ana Luísa & Catarina Branco
Marcello J. Hutchinson-Trujillo
Daniel Vidaurri
Ashna Sharan
Cameron Rogers & Kenny Wooten
Alberto Báez
Abby Riveros
Mark Tom Nava
Sam Vladimirsky
Brenda Ligia Miguel
Kyle Bastin
Eline Mollet
Patrick J. Reilly
Pedro R. Oberto
Christina Katsiadakis
Kyle Scoble
Dalton Tokarczyk
Selected Recipients
Films:
Why
Attention at Tension
Quarantine
A Prayer
Vital Connections
ComVida-20
Presidential
From the window
Homecoming
Sacrifice
Reexist
COVID-19 | OUR STORY
Street-cleaner is not Anti-virus
The Last Supper / Son Akşam Yemeği
Chinese Girl Wants Vote
Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining
The Dairy of Diurnal life
NYC, Beloved
Red Zones [Episodes 1-4]
Directors:
Nuno Barreto
Azalia Muchransyah
Uttarayan Deb
Ishita Mili
Angel David Hurtado Orozco
Ana Cavazzana
Clément Vincent
Anzhelika Grigorieva
Matthew Toothill
Vipassi Calabro
Rodrigo Campos & Lethicia Galo
Patrick Shepherd
Saeed Karimi
Selinay Güneş
Jinna Kim
Edmond Demeter
Rhitwick Mondal
Zorinah Juan
Luca Vullo