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SCOOP DU JOUR
FRIDAY 9 MAY
Video Scoop
Catch video highlights of the 51st San Francisco International Film Festival.
The Festival Is Over!
An enthusiastic Festival crowd filled the Castro Theatre Thursday night for Alex Gibney’s documentary, Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. In attendance were director Gibney and producer and Vanity Fair editor-in-chief, Graydon Carter. Festival director Graham Leggat brought the 51st International to a close by announcing the winners of juried prizes and the Audience Award.
Read the complete list of winners of Golden Gate Awards, the New Directors Prize and the FIPRESCI Prize.
Read a wrap report on the Festival, including attendance figures, prominent guests in attendance and audience award winners.
Read Kevin Kelly’s State of Cinema Address.
Read interviews with filmmaker Jirí Menzel (I Served the King of England), Naoko Ogigami (Glasses) and filmmaker Ran Tal (Children of the Sun), conducted by Scoop du Jour reporter Maria Belilovskaya.
Read an interview with Henry Marsh, subject of Geoffrey Smith’s documentary The English Surgeon, conducted by Scoop du Jour reporter Jennifer Preissel.
SCOOP DU JOUR CREW
PRINT REPORTERS Rachel Aloy, Maria Belilovskaya, Jennifer Preissel, Sadaf Siddique, Ilya Tovbis. PHOTOGRAPHERS Pamela Gentile, Tommy Lau, Pat Mazzera. PRODUCTION TEAM Barbara del Rio, John Mavroudis, Mihai Manoliu. PRINT MANAGING EDITOR Robert Avila. VIDEO PRODUCER Dustin Caruso. VIDEO EDITOR Joshua Moore. VIDEO REPORTER Dorka Keehn. VIDEOGRAPHERS Gairo Cuevas, Mariano Marquez III, Sophie Van Ronsele.
