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Fourth-Annual San Francisco International Animation Festival Sponsored by Esurance
October 12, 2009 – San Francisco, CA – The San Francisco Film Society presents the fourth-annual San Francisco International Animation Festival (SFIAF), a five-day event celebrating one of the most fertile, creative and productive forms of artistic, experimental, commercial, and industrial media. This year’s International Animation Festival ranges from the premiere of a major Hollywood feature directed by an Oscar-nominated auteur to historic family-friendly short cartoons and celebrates San Francisco’s preeminence as a hub for one of the most vital forms in cinema today. SFIAF will open at Mezzanine, Wednesday, November 11 and screen November 12–15 at Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema, with a special live event at the Apple Store, Friday, November 13.
"With everything from cutout and claymation to cutting-edge CGI, SFIAF continues to explore animation in all its forms,” said programmer Sean Uyehara. “The Festival approaches animation both as a multifaceted artistic practice and as a mode of production. As in the past, we’re presenting a wide range of works, from Wes Anderson’s new sure-fire blockbuster Fantastic Mr. Fox to the celebrated experimental works of artist Nate Boyce."
Wednesday, November 11
8:00 p.m. – A Dream of Lovers and 2 Blessed 2 Be Stressed
Thursday, November 12
7:00 p.m. – Fantastic Mr. Fox
8:00 p.m. – Opening Night Party
9:30 p.m. – Fantastic Mr. Fox
Friday, November 13
4:00 p.m. – SF360 Live – Data in Motion: Information Design and Animation
7:00 p.m. – The Breakdown
9:00 p.m. – A Town Called Panic
Saturday, November 14
1:00 p.m. – Walt Disney’s Alice Comedies
3:15 p.m. – Super Massive Suspension: Nate Boyce vs. Amy Hicks
5:45 p.m. – The Best of Annecy
7:45 p.m. – Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai
9:30 p.m. – Play It by Eye
Sunday, November 15
12:00 p.m. – The Best of Annecy
1:45 p.m. – Somewhere Where I Don't Know Where I Am
3:30 p.m. – Metropia
About SFIAF
The fourth-annual San Francisco International Animation Festival is sponsored by Esurance. Since 2004, Esurance, the online auto insurance company, has made the insurance industry more animated with its pink-haired superhero, Erin Esurance. Additional support comes from Hewlett-Packard, Landmark Theatres, Embarcadero Center, Café Claude, Chevy’s, Palomino, Rotee, Sugar Bowl Bakery, José Pastor Wine Selections, and the Good Hotel.
For a full schedule and information, visit www.sffs.org.
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