by MerciSF | 25-04-2021 | Agenda, Movie, News, See All DocLands Documentary FestivalDocumentaryFrench movies with subtitlesSmith Rafael Film Center
9 days in Raqqa, directed by Xavier de Lauzanne, is a very compelling documentary that highlights a Kurdish Syrian young woman’s unexpected story. At just 30 years old, Leila Mustapha, a Kurdish Syrian civil engineer by trade, has become the mayor of Raqqa,... 
by MerciSF | 24-09-2020 | Agenda, Movie, See All DocumentarySmith Rafael Film Center
Myth of a colorblind France – For more than a century, Black artists, authors, musicians, and others have traveled to Paris to liberate themselves from the racism of the United States. What made these artistic innovators choose France? Why were the French... 
by MerciSF | 21-09-2020 | Agenda, Movie, See All DocumentaryFilms in FrenchIn French with English subtitlesUNAFF
The documentary Serendipity is available thanks to United Nations Film Festival which was founded in 1998 by Stanford educator and film critic Jasmina Bojic in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The 23rd... 
by MerciSF | 28-08-2020 | Agenda, Movie, See All DocumentaryRoxie TheaterSmith Rafael Film CenterStreaming
House of Cardin is as bubbly and vibrant as its subject at hand. The filmmaking duo P. David Ebersole and Todd Hughes (Mansfield 66/67) shift their cameras toward self-made fashion genius Pierre Cardin. Including interviews with Naomi Campbell, Sharon Stone, Dionne... 
by Anne Marie | 16-10-2019 | Agenda, Dance, Movie, News, See All DocumentaryFrench directorSFDFF 2019
If you like dance, this is the opportunity to watch more than 100+ movies and documentaries focused on dance, dancers, and choreographers… And it’s the 10th Anniversary of the San Francisco Dance Film Festival (SFDFF). The festival runs in multiple... 
by Anne Marie | 5-10-2019 | Agenda, Movie, See All Agnes VardaDocumentaryFilms in FrenchIn French with English subtitlesLandmark Theatres
Women’s bodies and fertility are the themes that knit together multidisciplinary artist Prune Nourry’s work in a career that has traversed the globe with sculptural installations, solo shows, and performances. After a breast cancer diagnosis, Nourry’s themes remain,... 
by Anne Marie | 12-09-2019 | Agenda, Movie, See All DocumentaryFilms in FrenchThomas Pesquet
16 Sunrises (16 levers de soleil) follows the six months journey of French astronaut Thomas Pesquet and his fellow astronauts in their lives on the International Space Station, 450 kilometers from Earth. As the space station revolves, they experience 16 sunrises each... 
by Anne Marie | 21-05-2019 | Agenda, Movie, See All ChristoDocumentaryWalking on Water
Q&A with the artist on Saturday May, 25th. Ten years after the passing of his wife and creative partner, Jeanne-Claude, renowned environmental artist Christo sets out to realize The Floating Piers, a project they conceived together many years before. We follow his...
