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California
Film Institute
Celebrating film as art and education.
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CFI supports its mission by
presenting the annual Mill
Valley Film Festival; exhibiting film year-round at
the Christopher B.
Smith Rafael Film Center; and building the next generation
of filmmakers and audiences through CFI
Education. CFI is an internationally respected nonprofit
arts organization that presents innovative work of emerging
and established filmmakers whose films address diverse issues
relevant to contemporary society. Learn
more about CFI
CFI relies on the generosity of its community to thrive.
Your support enables CFI to continue offering the quality
programming and events you love. You can provide financial
support by becoming a member, making a donation, or becoming
a corporate or foundation sponsor. There are also many exciting
volunteer opportunities available to help CFI. Be
a Supporter!
For more information
please feel free to Contact Us anytime.
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Enjoy
the Rewards of Membership Year Round, Including:
Discount Tickets at the Rafael: general
admission tickets for members are still only $5.50, despite
an increase in general admission ticket prices to $10.00, allowing
members to experience unparalleled access to the best
international and independent cinema at a much lower
cost than most Bay Area theaters.
Member Preview Screenings: members can
participate in special advance screenings, often
with accompanying actors, director’s screenwriters
and producers. This could be you!
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Valley Film Festival
The Mill
Valley Film Festival celebrated its 30th year in 2007
with a stellar showcase of over 200 films from around
the world. Known as the filmmakers’ festival, MVFF
offers a high profile, prestigious, non-competitive environment
perfect for celebrating the best independent and world
cinema.
The 31st Mill Valley
Film Festival takes place October 2-12, 2008. Call
For Entries opens April 1st.
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CFI Education
offers tremendous value to students, artists, aspiring
filmmakers and regional community groups through year-round
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Kudos—Awards and Recognition
The Bohemian's and Pacific Sun's Best of the North Bay 2008
Thank you to the readers of the North Bay Bohemian
and Pacific Sun for voting the Rafael the Best Movie Theater
in Marin. We look forward to continuing to provide you with
your finest experience at the movies and the great programming
you have come to expect from all of us at the California
Film Institute.
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 Sleepwalking
CFI
Member Screening
With special guest: Charlize Theron and Nick Stahl
Sunday, March 2, 2008
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Now
Playing at the Rafael
1118 Fourth Street, San Rafael
 OSS
117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
Meet Hubert Boniesseur de Bath, a.k.a. OSS 117 and
France’s answer to James Bond. However, in this
hilarious send-up of an actual series of French spy
thrillers, he also shares some kinship with Maxwell
Smart and Inspector Clouseau. Egypt in 1955 is a vortex
of international intrigue, and the French Secret Service
dispatches OSS 117 (Jean Dujardin)
to Cairo to investigate a fellow agent’s disappearance,
monitor the Suez Canal and, while he’s at it,
establish lasting peace in the Middle East.
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 Roman
de Gare
Its title borrowed from a popular French expression
for “pulp fiction,” this fanciful thriller
by master filmmaker Claude Lelouch (A
Man and a Woman) takes some surprising twists
and turns along its scenic route. Successful crime
novelist Judith Ralitzer (the luminous Fanny
Ardant) might not be the real author of her
own bestsellers, and as it turns out, she could herself
be a murderer. Is Paul (Dominique Pinon)
in reality Judith’s long-suffering ghostwriter,
or is he instead a diabolical serial killer on the
loose? Or is he both?
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 Young@Heart
Prepare to be charmed and enthralled by the inspiring
individuals of Young@Heart, a New England senior citizens
chorus that has delighted audiences worldwide with
their covers of songs by everyone from The Clash to
Coldplay. As Stephen Walker’s absorbing
documentary begins, the retirees are rehearsing their
new show, struggling with Sonic Youth’s dissonant
rock anthem “Schizophrenia” and giving new meaning
to James Brown’s “I Feel Good.”
Don't take the chance on missing
our exclusive Marin presentation of one of the year's
best-reviewed movies. On "At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper," the
critics exclaimed: "I love this film!"
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 Note
by Note
Sunday, June 1, 3:00
In Person: Pianist Richard Glazier, Filmmaker Ben Niles & Steinway L1037
$10 ($8 CFI members, seniors, youth)
Join director Ben Niles and pianist Richard Glazier
for a special screening of Note by Note with a performance
by the very piano featured in the film! The filmmaker
will answer questions, and the piano will speak through
the talent of our guest artist. Classically trained
pianist Richard Glazier is a Steinway artist and
one of today’s foremost interpreters of the
American Popular Songbook, in particular the music
of George and Ira Gershwin. He will perform a musical
set on Steinway L1037 as part of this special program,
which is made possible by special arrangement with
Steinway & Sons and sponsor Sherman, Clay & Co.
Program approximately 2 hours.
Sponsored by Sherman Clay |
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 Note
by Note
Opens Friday, May 30
This fascinating documentary follows the creation of a Steinway concert grand
piano (number L1037, to be precise) in its long and complex journey from forest
floor to concert hall. Along the way we meet some of the workers who construct
one of the most thoroughly handcrafted instruments in the world, as well as some
of the musicians- from both classical and jazz worlds- who discuss the unique
relationship between artist and instrument: Harry Connick, Jr., Marcus
Roberts, Lang Lang, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Hélène Grimaud, Bill
Charlap, Kenny Barron and Hank Jones.
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Operating Procedure
Opens in May
Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Errol Morris (The Thin Blue
Line, The Fog of War) weaves a complex and cinematic investigation into
the most notorious images of modern times: the Abu Ghraib prison photographs
from Iraq. These pictures changed America’s image of itself, yet a central
mystery remains: Did they “constitute evidence of systematic abuse by the
American military, or were they documenting the aberrant behavior of a few ‘bad
apples?’”
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