This month our television show is dedicated to the governments of Canada and Spain for passing the same sex marriage bill into law. You, who have lived on earth for me, My armour and my blood-relations From Alighieri to Schiaparelli, I thank you: for how well you burned. And do not I burn too, and… Read more »
The first film festival where the audience gets to help the film makers finish up their work. This is a new idea in film festivals and market research The audience finally gets to have a chance for all those “Well, if I was making this film…” to be heard and possible used in a helpful way;… Read more »
In August, September and October, the Free Form Film Festival will tour the US, visiting up to 40 locations across the U.S. with a very unique and eclectic film, music and performance program. Kicking off this tour, we will present a special collection of short films at both ATA in San Francisco, and the Echo… Read more »
See fresh perspectives and formula shattering techniques in film and video art from the Bay Area and beyond! One hour of shorts are accepted monthly on an open revolving basis, and the refreshments are darn good. $3, FREE admission for exhibitors. Door, Bar:7:30pm, Projector: 8pm SUBMISSIONS: * CUE and LABEL all tapes w/ name, contact,… Read more »
Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World, is a feature-length documentary that explores the immense changes that occurred for gays, lesbians and transgender people living in the Global South. In the last decade of the 20th Century, a new heightened visibility began spreading throughout the developing world and the battles between families, fundamentalist… Read more »
CINEMATASTIC! is a bi-monthly screening at ATA that focuses on narrative shorts. There will be five short films and the total running time will be about an hour. The bar will be open before the show and there will be a Q&A session afterwords. Come down and check it out. The line-up: “The Black Beret Duo” by… Read more »
The Greening of Cuba When trade relations with the socialist bloc collapsed in 1990, Cuba lost 80 percent of its pesticide and fertilizer imports and half its petroleumthe mainstays of its highly industrialized agriculture. Challenged with growing food for 11 million in the face of the continuing US embargo, Cuba embarked on the largest conversion… Read more »