SF FILM Announces 2023 Doc Stories Program
Ninth Annual documentary showcase runs November 2–5 in San Francisco and online. This year’s lineup features filmmakers including Lisa Cortés, Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss, Kaouther Ben Hania, Roger Ross Williams, dream hampton, and many more.
San Francisco, CA — October 11, 2023 — Today, SFFILM announced the program for their ninth annual documentary film showcase Doc Stories. The four-day program runs November 2–5, 2023 and includes 10 features, two shorts programs, and a very special tribute to the late trailblazing filmmaker, Julia Reichert. Several films will also be available for a limited streaming window November 6–7.
“This year’s line-up explores the powerful effects of institutional erasure and the unlimited possibilities of human determination,” said Jessie Fairbanks, the Director of Programming at SFFILM. “Documentaries offer a critical space in which audiences can contemplate challenging world issues, core ideological beliefs, and stories of inspiration. We are elated to host so many formidable documentarians who craft nuanced and thrilling stories that encompass these complex topics, while continuing to evolve the form of non-fiction storytelling.”
The 2023 Doc Stories selections explore a wide range of topics-professional and creative triumph, personal hardship and frailty, and the multi-generational impacts of human-made systems of control-through the most thrilling and incisive narrative nonfiction filmmaking this year. Opening Night is Matthew Heineman’s highly acclaimed American Symphony, featuring an intimate look into Grammy-winning musician, singer, and songwriter Jon Batiste. The Centerpiece film Copa 71 comes in hot off its debut at TIFF, telling the lost story of the first Women’s World Cup in soccer. Closing Night marks Wim Wenders return to SFFILM with his latest work Anselm, a 3-D presentation of the life’s work of astounding contemporary artist Anselm Kiefer. SFFILM is thrilled to welcome celebrated documentary filmmakers like Lisa Cortés, Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss, Kaouther Ben Hania, Roger Ross Williams, dream hampton, and many more.
“Hosting Doc Stories each fall is a highlight for SFFILM,” said Anne Lai, the Executive Director of SFFILM. “It is a celebratory moment to welcome filmmakers from around the world and create the space where singular stories expand the minds and hearts of San Francisco’s intelligent and curious audiences.”
Doc Stories screenings on Thursday (Nov. 2), Saturday (Nov. 4), and Sunday (Nov. 5) will be at the historic Vogue Theatre at 3290 Sacramento Street in San Francisco’s Presidio Heights neighborhood served by Muni Lines 1, 2, 38, and 43. Screenings on Friday, November 3 will be at the Premier Theater at the Letterman Digital Arts Center in the Presidio at 1 Letterman Drive. Transit options include Muni Line 43 and the Presidio GO Shuttle.
Doc Stories is presented by Katie Hall and Tom Knutsen. Lead support is provided by Heidi Castelein, and Lisa and Kenneth Jackson. Major support is provided by National Geographic, Netflix, and Apple Original Films. Additional support is from ESPN Films 30 for 30, The New York Times, Laureate Bart Lounge, Secret Sauce Media, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, and Participant Media.
For more information, visit: sffilm.org
Originally published at http://behindtherabbitproductions.wordpress.com on October 11, 2023.
