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Fraenkel Film Festival
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Following the extraordinary success of last year’s inaugural event, Fraenkel Gallery is proud to announce the return of the Fraenkel Film Festival, a groundbreaking cinema series curated entirely by visual artists. Once again, all of the proceeds from the festival will benefit the Roxie.
The Fraenkel Film Festival takes an unprecedented curatorial approach—the 21 films were selected by Fraenkel Gallery artists who love cinema and are deeply sensitive to its subtleties. Highlighting the artists’ distinct perspectives, the selections present an unexpected look at their range of creative influences and intellectual curiosities.
SF/Arts Curator Insight
For this program, Fraenkel invited its full roster of 21 artists to select a movie that holds special meaning for them. Berkeley photographer Richard Misrach, who picked “The Last Picture Show,” participates in a prerecorded conversation with childhood friend, Jeff Bridges, who was a hunky twenty-one-year-old when he made the 1971 film. French agent provocateur, Sophie Calle, chose “Crumb,” SF filmmaker Terry Zwigoff’s 1994 doc on underground comix king R. Crumb and his two brothers. Zwigoff is expected to attend.
Sura Wood
Contributing Writer, Film
Fraenkel Gallery
Since 1979, Fraenkel Gallery has presented more than 350 exhibitions exploring photography and its relation to other media, expanding the conversation around photography and contemporary art.
Since 1979, Fraenkel Gallery has presented more than 350 exhibitions exploring photography and its relation to other media, expanding the conversation around photography and contemporary art.