video i Season 13
#1305 - Original Airdate: Mon, January 28 at 11pm
50th San Francisco International Film Festival
Featuring a great collection of films and interviews from the festival
THE DAYS AND THE HOURS (DIRS. JOHN HAPTAS & KRISTINE SAMUELSON)
The Days and the Hours is an intimate view of an unlikely sanctuary in a hard world. At St. Boniface Church in the middle of San Francisco, homeless people are allowed to sleep in the pews in the midst of daily church activity. Filling row after row, over a hundred exhausted men and women find a short respite from the dangers and tumult of sidewalks and city shelters. We hear their voices describing the lives they had before they slipped off the tracks -- lives not very different from those of any of us. To learn more about the filmmakers, visit their website at: stylofilms.com.
Filmmaker Bio
Kristine Samuelson has been an independent filmmaker since 1974. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Arthur and Lillie and has received Artist's Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the California Arts Council. She is also a professor in the Department of Art and Art History at Stanford University, where she serves as the Director of the Film and Media Studies Program. From 1999-2006, Samuelson served on the Board of the Independent Television Service. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Filmmaker Bio
John Haptas practiced law before teaming up with Kristine Samuelson for their unique co-productions. For many years he was a location sound mixer on all kinds of productions, including features and documentaries. He currently works as a documentary film editor.
LOSS (DIR. KRISTINE NUTILE)
In this poignant documentary, filmmaker Kristine Nutile takes us on a very personal and emotional journey. Interweaving 8mm home movies, contemporary film footage, photographs and interviews, Loss explores faded memories and long-term grief. The film unravels through a personal narrative, which centers around the loss of the filmmaker's father to a brain tumor over 17 years ago. For more information about this film and the filmmaker, visit her website at: softspokenfilms.com.
Filmmaker Bio
Kristen Nutile is a documentary filmmaker and editor based in New York City. She recently collaborated with Albert Maysles and Tanja Meding on Sally Gross - The Pleasure of Stillness, a documentary about the critically acclaimed New York-based dancer and choreographer Sally Gross. Kristen has also produced, directed and edited eight documentary shorts, which have shown all over the world including the Sundance Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Festival. She is the 2006 recipient of the Albert Maysles Award for Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking and has received grants from both NYSCA and the Jerome Foundation. She holds Master's degrees in both Documentary Film and Video from Stanford University and Biology from San Francisco State University.
STREETBALL (DIR. BRIAN MCARTHUR)
This fast-paced, and fun filled documentary highlights some amazing athletic skills straight from the streets. Unprotected Hoops is one of the hottest, most innovative streetball crews in the country. Hailing from the San Francisco Bay Area, this group of unlikely friends have found a positive influence in their lives and a way to stay safe while pushing basketball's creative limits. To learn more, contact the filmmaker at: bk_mcarthur@yahoo.com.
Filmmaker Bio
Brian McArthur is a student filmmaker going to City College of San Francisco and San Francisco State. Although his major is film, he is also Photography classes as well. Brian first became interested in film and video through a San Francisco based organization called Conscious Youth Media Crew where he learned valuable shooting and story telling skills. Brian's films have been accepted into several film festivals including The San Francisco International Film Festival. He is currently intern at CBS, going to school full time and planning to make his first feature film.
