2009 marks the sixth season of Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema. The major portion of the series will occur in late summer/early fall of 2009. We continue to expand the screening venues: outdoors and indoors, in large and small spaces.
Information
- Location:
- San Francisco, CA, 94110
- Phone:
- 415.641.0324
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Events
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Precita Park
Saturday, October 10 at 8:00pm - Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema ...
SoCha Café
Thursday, October 8 at 8:00pm - Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema ...
Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center
Wednesday, October 7 at 8:00pm - Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema ...
SF Public Library-Excelsior Branch
Monday, October 5 at 8:00pm - Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema ...
Red Hill Books
Sunday, October 4 at 8:00pm - Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema ...
Bernal Heights Playground
Saturday, October 3 at 8:00pm - Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema ...
Bernal Heights Playground
Saturday, October 3 at 9:00am - Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema ...
Four Star Video
Friday, October 2 at 7:00pm - Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema ...
El Rio
Thursday, October 1 at 7:00pm
Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema Snippet of Opening Night at El Rio...hosted by Will and Jennifer!
Length:1:37
Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema a submission from the Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema 24hr Music Video Challenge last Saturday! In association with Cinemasports....
Length:3:14
Our Wednesday, 10/7 screening opens on Cortland at 7pm -- sharp...
Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema BHOC & CinemaSports collaborate on the 24hr Film Challenge!
www.bhoutdoorcine.org
This is your chance to produce a video and have it screened at Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema. Each team must have at least one person who works or lives in the Bernal Heights neighborhood. We are especially ...
Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema
Saturday, October 10 – Closing Night
Music, Films and Sing-along at Precita Park
Folsom Street at Precita Avenue
Site Sponsor: Mona Tong & Associates
6-7:30pm: Music by The Dont's and the San Francisco School Orchestra
7:30pm: Screenings of Short Films
8pm: MAMMA MIA! Sing-along
SUGARPLUM 007 James Harding 6:00
7th... grade students at San Francisco School created this piece that interweaves live action and animation with the musical themes of Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies and James Bond.
575 CASTRO STREET Jenni Olson 11:00
Shot on the set of the Focus Features film MILK. The audio archival recordings of Harvey Milk describing the events he would like to take place in the event of his assassination.
VICTORIA Charles Sommer 10:00
Victoria is an old piano in the St. Anthony Dining Room in San Francisco, Victoria is visited and played daily by many of San Francisco's homeless and low-income population. Although being out of tune, missing keys and having broken pedals, Victoria, as one guest says, “…is just like us, she may be all broken but she still plays, she still has a melody.”
MAMMA MIA Sing-along
Loosen up those vocal chords. It’s ABBA-time!
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For the outdoor screenings, come prepared for cold weather; bring blankets and/or low-back chairs; picnics are encouraged
*Limited seating.
Celebrating Film and Music
Time:8:00PM Saturday, October 10th
Location:Precita Park
Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema
Thursday, October 8
Music, Films and Filmmaker Q&A at SoCha Café
3235 Mission Street*
7–8pm: Meet-the-Filmmakers hour. Music by Vishnu’s Secret
8pm: Screenings
9:45pm: Q & A with Filmmakers
THE WEIRD TURN PRO Chip Lord 9:00
Surf band Pollo Del Mar playing in the plaza where the Bay to Breakers route crosses Market... and heads up Hayes Street. Because of this strategic location and the nature of the music, many artist/runners pause to perform with the band. Featured are President Nixon, Batman and Robin, mermaids, sharks, multiple Elvises and a naked sax player along with a cast of thousands running past.
SYRIA: BETWEEN IRAQ AND A HARD PLACE Saul Landau 30:00
Syrians live with the tension of maintaining their centuries-old traditions and the invasion of “globalization”—as culture and economics. Located between Iraq and a hard place, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Syrians identify with their historical mosaic symbolized by ancient Roman ruins in Bosra, the Krak des Chevaliers crusader fortress and churches and mosques—bereft of tourists after the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq.
GLOBAL LIVES PROJECT: James Bullock, David Harris 10:00
Having worked for decades in San Francisco’s public transport sector, James is outgoing, curious, and energetic as he brings locals and tourists up and down California Street. Surfing before work, playing bass with a jam band in the evening, there is never a dull moment.
THE MAKING OF THE KISS SAM RUBIN 35:00
“Making of” documentary of the vampire love story film THE KISS (distributed by Invincible Pictures). Shot on location.
Celebrating Film and Music
Time:8:00PM Thursday, October 8th
Location:SoCha Café
Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema
Wednesday, October 7
Music and Films at Kingmond Young Studio
416 Cortland Avenue*
7–8pm: Meet-the-Filmmakers hour. Music by The Richter Scales, Candace Guirao, violinist, and Terry Adams, cellist.
8pm: Screenings
I’VE GOT EMAIL Michelle Meeker 3:00
An animated music video featuring the satirical lyrics of the Ri...chter Scales, a local men’s a’cappella group.
FINE DINING Dean Mermell 7:00
A silent film with original piano score by Dean Mermell.
WATER HOLE Sam Rubin 2:00
The music of water.
FM4 PASO LIBRE Joseph Smooke 4:00
These photos accompanied by the song “Preguntan de donde soy” (They ask me where I’m from) depict the thousands of people who risk their lives to reach the U.S. from Central America and Southern Mexico and the volunteers working to provide food, medicine, and clothes to migrants, and wto establish a non-profit organization called "FM4 Paso Libre.
Red…Blue Andrew Friedman 10:00
An artful send-up of Italian films of a certain era.
NEUROTIQUE #4 Nara Denning 7:00
A man seeks out a fortune teller and finds her in a wonderfully sinister back alley in San Francisco. This silent film set to evocative sounds exhibits a real gift for storytelling.
PERSONAL LIVES Greta Snider, Johunna Grayson 15:00
A 3-D exhibition of photographic and new media works, the excerpted segments examine personal narratives through various media including photography, performance, collage, and video. 3-D glasses provided.
Celebrating Film and Music
Time:8:00PM Wednesday, October 7th
Location:Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center
Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema
Monday, October 5
Co-presentation with Excelsior Branch, San Francisco Public Library
4400 Mission Street
6-6:30pm: Screenings of Short Films
6:30pm: THIS PROPERTY IS CONDEMNED
WORDS Max Strebel 2:00
A silhouetted figure struggles against a violent environment composed solely of written text. The ani...mation is made up of over 800 individually painted images directly on written text from books. Ultimately it is a story about struggle and acceptance.
WHEN I GROW UP Michelle Meeker 6:00
In this charming animated film, the boundless ambition of youthful expectations are juxtaposed with the unpredictable, and sometimes tragic realities we end up living. We hear the words of children and Bernal Heights seniors artfully illustrated by an international team of 12 illustrators.
NEUROTIQUE #4 Nara Denning 7:00
A man seeks out a fortune teller and finds her in a wonderfully sinister back alley in San Francisco. This silent film set to evocative sounds exhibits a real gift for storytelling.
LAST DAY AT THE NUTHOUSE Nathan & Kathy Kensinger 7:00
After 37 years in the nut house, Jackie Helbert is retiring. What will San Francisco do without its nut lady?
SURPRISE Jessi Harrison 5:28
A woman arrives home from work looking forward to a relaxing evening with her boyfriend. She is jolted to find the door to her house from the garage unlocked. We follow her on her frightful and life-changing journey to her inevitable fate. It is a horror that most people fear.
Celebrating Film and Music
Time:8:00PM Monday, October 5th
Location:SF Public Library-Excelsior Branch
Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema
Sunday, October 4
Filmmakers Gustavo Vazquez and John Hewitt, discuss their book
Documentary Filmmaking: A Contemporary Field Guide
at Red Hill Books
401 Cortland Avenue*
4-5:30pm: Reading, discussion and film clips
Celebrating Film and Music
Time:8:00PM Sunday, October 4th
Location:Red Hill Books
Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema
Saturday, October 3
Music, Cinemasports and Films at Bernal Playground
Moultrie and Jarboe Streets
6-7:30pm: Meet-the-Filmmakers hour. Music by The Venusians
7:30-8pm: Cinemasports
8pm: Screenings
EPIC SPACE BATTLE Elijah Post 3:00
The story of one man’s mission to overcome the odds and save the world in a sp...ace battle of epic proportions. A Ninth-Street Film project.
WORDS Max Strebel 2:00
A silhouetted figure struggles against a violent environment composed solely of written text. The animation is made up of over 800 individually painted images directly on written text from books. Ultimately it is a story about struggle and acceptance.
ALESSIA Cynthia Yeung, Judith Keenan, Renne Perry 7:00
A mind-opening conversation between a questioning teenager and her uncle’s partner. A Ninth-Street Film project.
OWLS OF BERNAL HILL Audrey Daniel 7:00
Audrey Daniel, resident of Bernal Hill, produced this documentary about a pair of Owls that lived in the hill-top park in San Francisco. These wild creatures created community as well as a powerful sense of wonder to all who viewed them.
LAST DAY AT THE NUTHOUSE Nathan & Kathy Kensinger 7:00
After 37 years in the nut house, Jackie Helbert is retiring. What will San Francisco do without its nut lady?
NUESTRAS CASAS DE CARTON Shelley Cook-Contreras 4:00
This video artwork is a visual poem inspired by the bitter words of the song Casas de Carton, written by Ali Primero, sung by longtime Mission resident and social activist Francisco Herrera. It examines the American Dream of a safe home, seen in the context of our nation’s worst nightmares.
THE POINT Elijah Dale & Lawrence Rollerson 30:00
Two young residents of Hunter’s Point decide to document the “state of their neighborhood” and enlist the help of a local news anchor to tell their story. A BAYCAT production.
Celebrating Film and Music
Time:8:00PM Saturday, October 3rd
Location:Bernal Heights Playground
Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema
Friday, October 2
Films and Filmmaker Q&A at 4 Star Video
402 Cortland Avenue*
7–8pm: Meet-the-Filmmakers hour. Music by Will Hammond, Jr.
8–9pm: Screenings
9pm: Q & A with Filmmakers
THE CORNER STORE: ACT I Katherine Bruens 9:00
This work-in-progess documents the life of Yousef Elhaj, an immigrant from Pales...tine, who has a small convenience store on 15th Street in San Francisco. He has become integral to his neighborhood and is respected and depended upon by his neighbors, many of whom are unaware of the sacrifices he has endured to try to provide for his family who he left behind.
THE OAK PARK STORY Valerie Soe & Russell Jeung 30:00
A work-in-progress, this documentary follows three very different families who find themselves together in a run-down slum in Oakland, CA. These families maintain an uneasy relationship the landlord allows the building to fall into disrepair and the city condemns it. To fight for their housing rights and to preserve their community, the families form an unprecedented multiethnic alliance.
Celebrating Film and Music
Time:7:00PM Friday, October 2nd
Location:Four Star Video
Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema
Thursday, October 1 — Opening Night
Music and Films at El Rio (must be 21 years or over)
3158 Mission Street
No cover charge for the entire evening
7–8pm: Meet-the-Filmmakers hour. Music by Justine Lucas-McPlague
8–9pm: Screenings
9pm–1am: Music by London Street, Ferocious Few, DJ Matteo
THE YOLANDA TRAIL Matt Venuti... 5:00
A tribute to Yolanda Bain (Matt’s wife who died in 2008) and her love of nature, her love of the musical instrument called the Hang, and her love of the trail that bears her name. Sweeping views of Mt. Tamalpais, Phoenix Lake, and the surrounding area are viewed from the trail accompanied by the music from “Hangisphere” played by Matt and the Venusians.
CHRISTIAN TRUE Raymond Clark 3:30
What does it mean to be a true Christian? Raymond Clark discusses how and if homosexuality fits into Christianity. A Ninth-Street Film project.
SURPRISE Jessi Harrison 5:28
A woman arrives home from work looking forward to a relaxing evening with her boyfriend. She is jolted to find the door to her house from the garage unlocked. We follow her on her frightful and life-changing journey to her inevitable fate. It is a horror that most people fear.
OWLS OF BERNAL HILL Audrey Daniel 7:00
Audrey Daniel, resident of Bernal Hill, produced this documentary about a pair of Owls that lived in the hill-top park in San Francisco. These wild creatures created community as well as a powerful sense of wonder to all who viewed them.
QUEEN OF BEECHWOOD DRIVE Caroline Blair 14:00
Another powerful drama by Caroline Blair, founder of Cortland Studios. Sitting in a jail cell, a young woman struggles to reconcile the inaccuracies of her past after learning of her mother’s sexual infidelity. Told in first person narration, the woman takes a surreal journey back to her childhood in the sixties in search of the truth about her glamorous, alcoholic mother.
PREVIEW REEL 8:00
Samples of other highlights of the season to whet your appetite.
Celebrating Film and Music
Time:7:00PM Thursday, October 1st
Location:El Rio
