[Indy Arts] Penelope Spheeris/Women's Film Fest; CounterCorp call out

Wed Apr 11 17:06:11 PDT 2007

In 2007, Indy Arts is honored to sponsor The Third Annual San 
Francisco Women's Film Festival and the Second Annual CounterCorp 
Film Festival.

Here's some late-breaking news on both of those events:

IN BRIEF:

    -- The Third Annual San Francisco Women's Film Festival
    opens tonight, with a party at 12 Galaxies featuring "The L Word"
    co-writer Guinevere Turner, and offers screenings and
     workshops through Sunday.

    The festival closes with a party on Sunday at 111 Minna featuring
    none other than PENELOPE SPHEERIS, who will screen her '80s punk
    classic "Suburbia," and answer questions about her storied
    career, including the mainstream comedy "Wayne's World" and
    documentaries on Enron and American punk and metal.

    -- The Second Annual CounterCorp Film Festival is now accepting
    submissions for its main even in October. See below for details.

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3RD ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL APRIL 11 - 15, 2007

Full festival schedule online: http://www.sfwff.org/

Featured events:

* Tonight, Wednesday, April 11: Opening Night Gala
     Featuring "Dogma" co-star, and "The L Word" and "The Notorious
     Bettie Page" co-writer Guinevere Turner

     At 12 Galaxies, 7pm

* Friday, April 13: Documentary & Activism Panel
    "Filmmaking and Activism" panel with Karil Daniels, Carolyn
    Scott, Deborah Koons-Garcia, Connie Field and Dorothy Fadiman

    At the Little Roxie, 2pm, FREE

* Saturday, April 14: Generation Next -- Film by youth for youth
    Short-film screening and discussion.

    At the Women's Building, 2pm, FREE

* Sunday, April 15: Children's Animation Shorts
    Animated short films for children by women worldwide

    At Zeum, 2pm

* Sunday, April 15: Closing night party with Penelope Spheeris!
    Director Penelope Spheeris screenings 80s punk classic "Suburbia,"
    in this special tribute party.

    SFWFF 2007 pays tribute to Spheeris' achievements in films,
    which range from "Wayne's World" and the "The Decline of Western
    Civilization" to "The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron."

    Spheeris is currently at work on a Janis Joplin biopic.

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! * 2007 COUNTERCORP ANTI-CORPORATE FILM FESTIVAL

The 2007 CounterCorp Anti-Corporate Film Festival is seeking 
submissions for this year's festival, which is scheduled to take 
place from October 19-21 in San Francisco.

To submit a film for consideration, please download and fill out the 
2007 submission form on the Festival page of the CounterCorp website 
(http://www.countercorp.org/countercorp-festival.htm) and mail it in 
with your film by this year's deadline: JULY 2.

CounterCorp also welcomes suggestions for films to show at the 
Festival. Please e-mail your suggestions to 
submissions at countercorp.org.

If we end up screening a film that you suggest, we will give you TWO 
TICKETS to *any* film at this year's festival.

For more information about CounterCorp or the Anti-Corporate Film 
Festival, visit our website at http://www.countercorp.org or e-mail 
us at info at countercorp.org.

CounterCorp: Putting an end to business as usual
2007 Anti-Corporate Film Festival
October 19-21, San Francisco
2017 Mission Street, #305 San Francisco, CA 94110
http://www.countercorp.org

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