Arts & Entertainment/ Film

Upcoming Films, Film Festivals & Special Events End of 2017/Beginning 2018

Gary Carnivele December 28, 2017

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME Directed by Luca Guadagnino Screenplay by James Ivory Starring Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer and Michael Stuhlbarg Official Selection – Sundance Film Festival 2017 Official Selection – Berlinale 2017  Official Selection – Toronto Film Festival 2017 Official Selection – New York Film Festival 2017 Official Selection – 40th Mill Valley Film Festival Opens December 15th in San Francisco; December 22nd in Bay Area. Screening Monday, December 4th at 7PM at Delancey Street Screening Room http://sonyclassics.com/callmebyyourname/

I, TONYA A Film by Craig Gillespie Written by Steven Rogers Starring Margot Robbie, Allison Janney, Sebastian Stan & Bobby Cannavale World Premiere – Toronto Film Festival 2017 Official Selection – 2017 AFI Festival Official Selection – 40th Mill Valley Film Festival Opens December 22nd in Bay Area. Screeners available. http://www.itonyamovie.com/

HAPPY END Directed by Michael Haneke Starring Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Mathieu Kassovitz, Fantine Harduin, Franz Rogowski, Laura Verlinden and Toby Jones Official Selection – Cannes Film Festival 2017 Official Selection – Toronto Film Festival 2017 Austrian Submission for Best Foreign Language Oscar at 90th Academy Awards Opens January 5th in San Francisco; January 12th in Bay Area. http://sonyclassics.com/happyend/

FILM STARS DON’T DIE IN LIVERPOOL Directed by Paul McGuigan Starring Annette Bening, Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Vanessa Redgrave Official Selection – Toronto Film Festival 2017 Official Selection – Telluride Film Festival 2017 Official Selection – 40th Mill Valley Film Festival Opens January 12th in San Francisco; January 19th in Bay Area. Screening Thursday, December 7th at 7PM at Vogue Theater. Director Paul McGuigan is available for interviews on December 8th http://sonyclassics.com/filmstarsdontdieinliverpool/

IN THE FADE A film by Fatih Akin 2017 Cannes Film Festival – Winner: Best Actress – Diane Kruger 2017 Toronto International Film Festival – Official Selection 40th Mill Valley Film Festival – Official Selection German Submission for Best Foreign Language Oscar at 90th Academy Awards Opens January 19 in San Francisco. Screeners available. http://www.inthefadefilm.com/

THE FINAL YEAR A film by Greg Barker Produced by Julie Goldman and John Battsek Featuring John Kerry, Ben Rhodes, Samantha Power & Barack Obama 2017 Toronto International Film Festival – World Premiere 2017 Doc Stories – Official Selection 2017 DOC NYC – Opening Night 2017 BFI London Film Festival – Official Selection Opens January 19th in Bay Area. Screeners available. http://www.finalyearfilm.com/

THE INSULT A Film by Ziad Doueiri Winner, Best Actor – 2017 Venice Film Festival Official Selection – 2017 Telluride Film Festival Official Selection – 2017 Toronto Film Festival Official Selection – 40th Mill Valley Film Festival Lebanon’s Submission for Best Foreign Language Oscar at 90th Academy Awards Opens January 26 in San Francisco. Screeners available. http://cohenmedia.net/

THE LEISURE SEEKER Directed by Paolo Virzì Starring Helen Mirren, Donald Sutherland Official Selection – Venice Film Festival 2017 Official Selection – Toronto Film Festival 2017 Official Selection – 40th Mill Valley Film Festival Opens January 26th in San Francisco; February 2nd in Bay Area. Screening Wednesday, December 6th at 7PM at Delancey Street Screening Room http://sonyclassics.com/theleisureseeker/

20th SF Independent Film Festival (SF IndieFest) Takes place February 1-15 in San Francisco.  Press conference Wednesday, January 10th at 10:30AM at Roxie Theater http://sfindie.com/festivals/sf-indiefest/

22nd Berlin & Beyond Film Festival Takes place February 9-14 in San Francisco.  Press conference Tuesday, January 9th at 10AM at Goethe-Institut http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/saf/prj/bby/enindex.htm

A FANTASTIC WOMAN Directed by Sebastián Lelio Starring Daniela Vega and Francisco Reyes Official Selection – Berlinale 2017 Official Selection – Toronto Film Festival 2017 Official Selection – Telluride Film Festival 2017 Official Selection – 40th Mill Valley Film Festival Chilean Submission for Best Foreign Language Oscar at 90th Academy Awards Opens February 9th in San Francisco. http://sonyclassics.com/afantasticwoman

2018 WinterFest  Takes place February 10-11 in San Francisco.  https://jfi.org/year-round/winterfest

DOUBLE LOVER  A film by François Ozon Official Selection – Cannes Film Festival 2017 Opens February 14th in Bay Area. http://cohenmedia.net/

Mostly British Film Festival 2018  Takes place February 15-22 in San Francisco.  http://mostlybritish.org/

LOVELESS Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev Winner – Best Screenplay Cannes Film Festival 2017 Official Selection – Telluride Film Festival 2017 Official Selection – Toronto Film Festival 2017 Russian Submission for Best Foreign Language Oscar at 90th Academy Awards Opens February 23rd in San Francisco. http://sonyclassics.com/loveless/

BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY Directed by Alexandra Dean Official Selection – Tribeca Film Festival 2017 Closing Night – 37th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival Opens March 9th in San Francisco. Screeners available. https://zeitgeistfilms.com/film/bombshellthehedylamarrstory

FOXTROT A film by Samuel Maoz Official Selection – Telluride Film Festival 2017 Official Selection – Toronto Film Festival 2017 Israeli Submission for Best Foreign Language Oscar at 90th Academy Awards Opens March 9th in San Francisco. http://sonyclassics.com/foxtrot/

LEANING INTO THE WIND Directed by Thomas Riedelsheimer With Andy Goldsworthy, Tina Fiske and Holly Goldsworthy Official Selection – 60th SFFilm Festival Opens March 16th in San Francisco. http://www.magpictures.com/leaningintothewind/

8th Annual Albany Film Festival  Takes place March 17-26 in Albany.  http://albanyfilmfest.org/

FINAL PORTRAIT Directed by Stanley Tucci Starring Geoffrey Rush, Armie Hammer, Clémence Poésy, Tony Shalhoub and Sylvie Testud Official Selection – Berlinale 2017 Opens March 30th in San Francisco. http://sonyclassics.com/finalportrait/

THE RIDER Directed by Chloé Zhao Starring Brady Jandreau, Tim Jandreau, Lilly Jandreau, Lane Scott and Cat Clifford Winner – Art Cinema Award, Directors Fortnight 2017 Official Selection – Telluride Film Festival 2017 Official Selection – Toronto Film Festival 2017 Official Selection – New York Film Festival 2017 Four Film Independent Spirit Award Nominations including Best Feature Opens April 20th in San Francisco. http://sonyclassics.com/therider/

GODARD MON AMOUR  A film by Michel Hazanavicius Starring Louis Garrel and Stacy Martin Official Selection – Cannes Film Festival 2017 Opens May 4th in San Francisco. http://cohenmedia.net/

CAAMFest 2018  Takes place May 10-20 in San Francisco.  http://caamedia.org/

23rd San Francisco Silent Film Festival Takes place May 31 – June 3 in San Francisco.  http://silentfilm.org/