The Comical Journey to SFIFF by Father Guido Sarducci

February 21, 2013/ SF Film Society

It's now only 67 days to SFIFF56! As we are locking and stocking programs and staff, the pressure is amounting for the big drop...the trailer (for some). Instead of panicking, we're going to laugh. Taking a cue from the 29th San Francisco International Film Festival Trailer in 1986, watch recurring Saturday Night Live character Father Guido Sarducci (Don Novello) spoofs Charlie Chaplin's The Immigrant as he endures a comical journey to the San Francisco International Film Festival.

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The San Francisco Film Society wrapped its 56th San Francisco International Film Festival with 263 screenings of 158 films from 51 countries, which were attended by over 210 filmmakers and industry guests from over 21 countries around the globe. During its 15-day run, SFIFF56 showed 67 Narrative Features, 28 Documentary Features and a total of 63 short films.

This year the International awarded over $70,000 in prizes—one of the largest cash totals distributed by a U.S. film festival—to emerging and established filmmakers from ten countries around the world. Below are the award winning films.

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