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San Francisco Urban Film Fest
November 14, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - November 20, 2016 @ 6:00 pm PST
The SF Urban Film Fest (SFUFF) is a unique film festival that focuses on cities and civic engagement inspired by great storytelling. The festival believes compelling stories can help shape urbanist ideas, practice, and project implementation to improve our cities.
SFUFF is organized by urban planners and screens films in tandem with panel discussions and storytelling workshops. Our 3rd annual week-long festival will be November 14-20, 2016.
Check out this year’s schedule:
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14: “WHY CREATE JUST CITIES?” | OPENING NIGHT KEYNOTE AND STORYTELLING WORKSHOP
Keynote Speaker: Malo Hutson, UC Berkeley Professor & Author
Workshop: Driving Change Through Video: Featuring Bay Area filmmakers/educators Dimitri Moore and Keith Battle.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15: “WHO RULES SAN FRANCISCO?” | COMEDY NIGHT
Hosted by Nato Green. Late Night Talk Show format with special guests.
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16: “ANOTHER WAY OF LIVING: THE STORY OF RESTON, VA” | FILM SCREENING AND PANEL DISCUSSION
Including Kristen Hall, Perkins+Will, Robin Abad, San Francisco Planning, and Ben Lillienthal, former resident of Reston, VA.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17: “OCCUPY THE FARM” | FILM SCREENING AND PANEL DISCUSSION
Meet film director, Todd Darling! Plus a no-host bar with ingredients from Gill Tract Farms, a community-run urban farm in Berkeley.
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18: “ADVENTURES IN URBAN STORYTELLING”
Featuring a hip hop recording artist, a blogger with a global footprint, and a producer of a crowd-filmed video series on cities.
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SATURDAY & SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19-20: HBO’S “SHOW ME A HERO” WEEKEND MARATHON
6 episodes, plus panel discussions and short film screenings in between episodes. This weekend is packed full events and it’s FREE!