On June 5th, the San Francisco Film Museum collaborated with REFRAMESF for the inaugural film locations scavenger hunt. Armed with a handful of film screenshots, teams set out to capture photos of San Francisco filming locations which contrasted the cinematic past with the present.
Film noir is a study in contrasts. It is light, and it is dark; it is morality and sin. It forces viewers to dwell in these absolutes on screen, and by default confront the more compelling places they suggest—the gray areas, the fabulous shadows in between.
The California Independent Film Festival presented Tippi Hedren, the star of Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds,” with CAIFF’s first Actor’s Star, to be displayed in the Orinda Theater. We filmed the event and had the pleasure of an exclusive interview with Tippi.
We were on Market Street! Did you see us? SFFM was chosen by the San Francisco Arts Commission to participate in the Art in Storefronts Project. Our exhibition “Celebrate Film In San Francisco!” was at 989 Market, directly across from The Warfield.
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The San Francisco Film Museum is a non-profit organization that chronicles the rich heritage of film making in San Francisco. Through education and examination of the art and science of these motion pictures, the Museum seeks to inspire innovation that will advance the future of film and digital media in the San Francisco Bay Area.