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<div>In 2007, Indy Arts is honored to sponsor The Third Annual San
Francisco Women's Film Festival and the Second Annual CounterCorp Film
Festival.</div>
<div><br>
Here's some late-breaking news on both of those events:<br>
<br>
<br>
IN BRIEF:<br>
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<div> -- The<b> Third Annual San Francisco Women's Film
Festival</b><br>
opens tonight, with a party at 12 Galaxies featuring
"The L Word"</div>
<div> co-writer Guinevere Turner, and offers screenings
and</div>
<div> workshops through Sunday.<br>
<br>
The festival closes with a party on Sunday at 111 Minna
featuring</div>
<div> none other than<i> PENELOPE SPHEERIS</i>, who will
screen her '80s punk<br>
classic "Suburbia," and answer questions about
her storied<br>
career, including the mainstream comedy "Wayne's
World" and<br>
documentaries on Enron and American punk and metal.<br>
<br>
</div>
<div> -- The<b> Second Annual CounterCorp Film
Festival</b> is now accepting<br>
submissions for its main even in October. See below for
details.<br>
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<div>3RD ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL APRIL 11 - 15,
2007<br>
<br>
Full festival schedule online: http://www.sfwff.org/<br>
<br>
Featured events:<br>
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<div><b>* Tonight, Wednesday, April 11: Opening Night Gala</b></div>
<div> Featuring "Dogma" co-star, and
"The L Word" and "The Notorious</div>
<div> Bettie Page" co-writer Guinevere
Turner<br>
<br>
At 12 Galaxies, 7pm</div>
<div><br>
<br>
</div>
<div><b>* Friday, April 13: Documentary & Activism Panel</b></div>
<div> "Filmmaking and Activism" panel with Karil
Daniels, Carolyn<br>
Scott, Deborah Koons-Garcia, Connie Field and Dorothy
Fadiman<br>
<br>
At the Little Roxie, 2pm, FREE<br>
<br>
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<div><b>* Saturday, April 14: Generation Next -- Film by youth for
youth</b></div>
<div> Short-film screening and discussion.<br>
<br>
At the Women's Building, 2pm, FREE<br>
<br>
</div>
<div><b>* Sunday, April 15: Children's Animation Shorts</b></div>
<div> Animated short films for children by women
worldwide<br>
<br>
At Zeum, 2pm<br>
<br>
</div>
<div><b>* Sunday, April 15: Closing night party with Penelope
Spheeris!</b></div>
<div> Director Penelope Spheeris screenings 80s punk
classic "Suburbia,"<br>
in this special tribute party.<br>
<br>
SFWFF 2007 pays tribute to Spheeris' achievements in
films,<br>
which range from "Wayne's World" and the
"The Decline of Western<br>
Civilization" to "The Crooked E: The Unshredded
Truth About Enron."<br>
<br>
Spheeris is currently at work on a Janis Joplin
biopic.<br>
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! * 2007 COUNTERCORP ANTI-CORPORATE FILM
FESTIVAL<br>
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<div><b>The 2007 CounterCorp Anti-Corporate Film Festival is seeking
submissions</b> for this year's festival, which is scheduled to take
place from October 19-21 in San Francisco.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
CounterCorp also welcomes suggestions for films to show at the
Festival. Please e-mail your suggestions to
submissions@countercorp.org.<br>
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<div><i>If we end up screening a film that you suggest, we will give
you TWO TICKETS to *any* film at this year's festival.</i></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>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@countercorp.org.<br>
</div>
<div>CounterCorp: Putting an end to business as usual<br>
2007 Anti-Corporate Film Festival<br>
October 19-21, San Francisco<br>
2017 Mission Street, #305 San Francisco, CA 94110<br>
http://www.countercorp.org<br>
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