The mystery of what exactly will be happening in the dark at this year's festival is slowly unraveling with exciting announcements , including: Waxworks, New Directors Narrative Feature Competition and Golden Gate Awards Doc Feature Nominees, as well as a hint of the SFIFF56 Creative! While you wait for the next announcement, enjoy another hint of what to expect at the festival with the SFIFF42 trailer.
Francis Ford Coppola shakes hands with Vincent Price at the 28th San Francisco International Film Festival, 1985. Photo by Bruce Forrester.
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.
