"Winterfest, a two-day residency at SF's Vogue Theater whose eight programs (including two all-shorts ones) on Sat/28-Sun/1 encompass a wide gamut of movies from around the world. There are feature-length documentaries about late filmmakers, with Guillaume Ribot's All I Had Was Nothingness examining the creation of Claude Lanzmann's landmark Shoah, while Alan Berliner's Benita memorializes experimentalist B. Raphan."
"Narratives traverse a lot of time and space: Ken Scott's French Once Upon My Mother is a seriocomic family tale set in 1960s Paris; Shai Carmeli-Pollack's award-winning Israeli The Sea dramatizes a curious West Bank child's refusal to play by the rules levied upon Palestinians; Son of Saul director Laszlo Nemes' new Orphan focuses on another rebellious boy, a Jewish kid growing up in Soviet-controlled 1950s Budapest."
"Winterfest ends Sunday night with Yes, the latest missive from Israeli provocateur Nadav Lapid (Ahed's Knee, Synonyms). This one is a reportedly savage 150-minute social satire whose left-leaning Tel Aviv jazz musician antihero perversely accepts a commission to compose a new, implicitly right-wing patriotic anthem."
"The Emeryville International LGBTQ+ Film Festival brings the day-long event with four two-hour blocks of thematically tied shorts, from places like Australia and Luxembourg as well as the U.S. A first show at noon, 'Pure.Queer.Joy,' is 'family-friendly-ish.' The remaining three at 2, 4, and 6pm are recommended for viewers age 18 and over."
The Jewish Film Institute's Winterfest runs Saturday through Sunday at SF's Vogue Theater, presenting eight programs including documentaries about filmmakers Claude Lanzmann and B. Raphan, alongside narrative films from various countries and time periods. Featured works include Ken Scott's French family drama set in 1960s Paris, Shai Carmeli-Pollack's Israeli film about Palestinian resistance, Laszlo Nemes' Hungarian coming-of-age story, and Nadav Lapid's satirical social commentary. Simultaneously, the Emeryville International LGBTQ+ Film Festival offers four thematic shorts blocks featuring international content, with programming ranging from family-friendly to adult-oriented presentations throughout Saturday.
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