San Francisco Documentary Festival

Friends and Family + Q&A

Expired June 10, 2024 6:59 AM
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7 films in package
Lynn's Fire
Lynn’s Fire is a short documentary about a Kentucky man’s decades-long birthday tradition of gathering family and friends for the experience of lighting an enormous bonfire and the profound impact it has on his life.
The Big Wait
A remote desert town, with a population of two, is kept in pristine condition waiting for visitors that never seem to arrive.
The Unknown Metal Box
THE UNKNOWN METAL BOX is a stranger than fiction mystery following an artist’s mission to reunite a box of photo negatives he found in the 1980s at a thrift store in Albuquerque, New Mexico with its original owner. The film explores themes of documentation, memory, and loss.
Year of Bees
Two oddball friends, one of whom is a beekeeper, hang out in a historical farm house in New York City.
We Have a Show!
Revealing the lost world of shadow puppetry through the eyes of a passionate couple as they put the finishing touches on the biggest show of their lives, in a narrative that blends the artistry of their craft, with the enduring innocence of a cross-cultural love story.
Uncle Bardo
Through an innovative blend of documentary and experimental stop-motion animation, Uncle Bardo delves into the mind of an estranged family member who has undergone a near-death experience and awakens lost between two worlds.
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Shorts 3: Friends and Family QA

THE UNKNOWN METAL BOX is a stranger than fiction mystery following an artist’s mission to reunite a box of photo negatives he found in the 1980s at a thrift store in Albuquerque, New Mexico with its original owner. The film explores themes of documentation, memory, and loss.

  • Runtime
    16 minutes
  • Country
    United States
  • Director
    Maddie Stambler, Madison Cavalchire
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