We are thrilled to present a new screening series celebrating Latinx Heritage Month highlighting these San Francisco Bay Area stories and storytellers. Following the screening of all six films, there will be a filmmaker conversation with Clara Pérez Medina, Javier Roberto Carlos, Lottie Pacheco-Lobatos, Marilyn Montúfar, and Susana Canales Barrón, moderated by SFO Video Arts Curator Vincent Balgamino. Please stick around afterwards for a light reception with the filmmakers, and see SFO’s screening room where the films will screen throughout September and October for free. Please note: the screening will begin promptly at 1:30pm.
September Films:
A Film is a Goodbye That Never Ends , María Luisa Santos
A woman waits for a visa with Turbo, a dog that she grows to adore. As time passes, she has to grapple with how their relationship will change when she has to leave.
https://www.marialuisasantos.com
A Place to Call Home , Clara Pérez Medina
Three generations of artists map the contours of their communities.
https://www.claraperezmedina.com
Distant Futures , Susana Canales Barrón
Some say cars are born in Silicon Valley and go to die in the San Joaquin Valley, but few speak of the connection people have with their cars. As rural landscapes transform with neon-lit electric vehicle chargers, this film looks at the bond communities in the San Joaquin Valley have formed with their automobiles amidst a technological shift.
El Soñador, Javier Roberto Carlos
“El Soñador” is an intimate film portrait of Marcos “El Soñador” Alvarez, a blind street musician from El Salvador, and his dreams of overcoming struggles through music in San Francisco.
https://www.javierrobertocarlos.com
October Films:
Nosotros, Lottie Pacheco-Lobatos
A poignant experimental film chronicling the enduring love of Belén and Santos from adolescence to senescence. Inspired by and dedicated to the filmmaker’s grandmother, the film unfolds to the bolero ‘Nosotros’ by Los Panchos.
Love Note to the West Coast, Marilyn Montúfar
Super 8 film debut commissioned by the Echo Park Film Center. The artist explores the relationship of people to the west coast landscape and the moving image. This is Montúfar’s first exploration with filmmaking as she embarks on creating new work exploring individuals, the landscape, and film as a new medium.
Film SF (the San Francisco Film Commission) champions filming in San Francisco to support a diversity of storytellers and our thriving production community. In addition to overseeing and facilitating production activity in the City, we also sponsor local film and media organizations, and our incentive, the Scene in San Francisco Rebate Program, awards up to $600,000 back to qualifying productions in fees paid to city agencies.
https://www.sf.gov/departments/office-economic-and-workforce-development/film-sf
SFO Museum’s Video Arts program presents short films from artists working at the leading edge of their craft in a variety of genres—narrative, animation, documentary, and experimental. The films are projected onto a 160” screen in a dedicated, state-of-the-art gallery space in the International Terminal Main Hall. The gallery is located prior to all security checkpoints and is accessible to millions of annual visitors.
