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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/

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