ANDREW YOUNG ( right ), former Ambassador to the United Nations, former Mayor of Atlanta and civil rights pioneer, accepts the Grand Festival Award for his documentary "CHANGE IN THE WIND", from BERKELEY VIDEO & FILM FESTIVAL'S WIL HUBERT ( left ) in Atlanta, Georgia, April 8, 2013
For those that missed these outstanding films in past years at the BERKELEY VIDEO & FILM FESTIVALS, we screened the Best of the 2011 & 2012 selectionsin February. All Screenings and Advance Tickets available at: EAST BAY MEDIA CENTER PERFORMANCE SPACE - 1939 ADDISON STREET . DOWNTOWN BERKELEY ARTS DISTRICT . 510.843.3699 . Tickets: $5. each night . Advance Tickets on sale NOW!
DS+R - Checkerboard Film Foundation - 54 minutes Documentary -
*BEST OF FESTIVAL AWARD DOCUMENTARY 2012 - Architecture and Design team – Diller Scofidio + Renfro - examined through the lens of two important urban projects: the High Line and Lincoln Center.
Space Land and Time: Underground Adventures with Ant Farm
by Laura Harrison and Elizabeth Federici - 78 minutes
GRAND FESTIVAL AWARD DOCUMENTARY - BVFF 2011
Radical architects, video pioneers, and mordantly funny cultural commentators.
The Ant Farmers created a body of deeply subversive multidisciplinary artwork that questioned the boundaries of architecture and predicted much of the technology we now take for granted.
at East Bay Media Center - Performance Space
1939 Addison Street - Berkeley Downtown Arts District
Tickets: $5. Advance tickets available now
Click on the above graphic - link for the complete 2012 BVFF Schedule
BERKELEY VIDEO & FILM FESTIVAL 2009 An Independent Cinematic Marathon
BV+FF’s two day event this year, features outstanding and challenging independent new cinema from Italy, Cuba, Germany, Venezuela, Great Britain, and the USA, as well as, 15 local San Francisco Bay Area Filmmakers being represented.
Since our previous BV+FF, we have witnessed a regime change in Washington, and a global economic collapse, however, the spirit of indie cinema prevails, as witnessed by this years remarkable filmmakers and their substantive creative endeavors.
Our screening selections in 2009, reflect the very best works of over one hundred and fifty submissions. Sit back, relax, and let these filmmakers inform, shock and entertain you. - Mel Vapour, Director BV+FF
“Cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world.” - Jean-Luc Godard
THE 19th 2010 BERKELEY VIDEO + FILM FESTIVAL
Founded by award winning independent filmmakers who were involved with
the "independent underground cinema revolution" in the early and mid-1960's, THE BERKELEY VIDEO + FILM FESTIVAL was created in 1990 to provide a venue for independent film and videomakers
creating works that challenge and confront our notions of "Electronic
Cinema."
BV&FF
programs and screens original works, all which have been juried by a screening
committee of professional media makers at mainstream film theaters in
Berkeley, California, home of the free speech movement. The festival issues
awards in each category and promotes the individual filmmakers by insuring
that their works receive media attention, press reviews and screen presence.
The rapid growth of THE BERKELEY VIDEO +
FILM FESTIVAL in the past decade reflects the increased
interest in independent electronic cinematography, locally and globally.
BV+FF continues to provide
a context for everyone interested in independent media making today.
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