Season Kickoff
Friday, September 9, 2022
Bernal Plaza
aka Bernal Heights Rec Center
500 Moultrie Street
7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Gates open at 6:00 pm
Season Kickoff at Bernal Plaza finds us back at one of our original sites from seasons past — the playground of the Bernal Recreation Center, situated behind the Bernal Branch Library off of Cortland Avenue.
Come prepared for cool temps. Bring low-backed chairs, blankets and picnics. Join your neighbors to cheer on the work of local filmmakers.
Film lineup
Program and/or schedule subject to change
Diner Discord 02:05
Animation
Alan Rosenfeld
Rusty, is a happy-go-lucky Model AR291 who just wants a job. After Rusty is hired at a diner, things don’t go as planned with the special of the day.
Swam 02:29
Animation
Cathy Teng
A swimmer’s thoughts
Morning Walk 03:00
Music Video
Peter Vahle
A walk over Bernal Hill accompanied by music by local musician Dave Berry
Complimenting Cowboys 03:06
Comedy
Olive Corine Read
“Complimenting Cowboys” is a fun film about two cowboys who take a different route when it comes to dealing with an argument.
Whose stories do these hands hold? 03:07
Experimental
Samantha Ariel Berlanga
A love letter to my ancestors.
sorry I’m adopted 06:23
Documentary
Devin Schultz
An experimental essay film that explores what it means to be a transracial adoptee and the revelations growing up reveals
Live This Loudly 04:31
Documentary
Sophie Erini Constantinou
Afatasi a San Francisco- based artist blends, melds and welds her way through the textures and stories of local politics in search of transformative Afro-futures..
Facade 12:16
Narrative
Sophie Frey
Debora, an introverted college student, tries to achieve happiness by making her online life picture-perfect, but finds that appearances do not always correlate with reality.
INTERMISSION
SILVER 01:28
Animation
Haley Stemmons
How it feels when you argue with someone you love.
ICU through lightning
Music Video
Deidre Locklear
Dave Deporis (the creator of this song) was tragically killed in 2017. Deidre Locklear found solace in his music and its interpretation in dance.
Wells Fargo Defund Line 3 05:39
Documentary
Peter Menchini
Wells Fargo and BlackRock are selling out your future. Our indigenous-led art party brought the message to their executives.
A Vision of Here 10:02
Documentary
Yasha Aginsky
Tthe inception and creation of a large-scale, completely original mural spanning the entire auditorium of the historic Nevada Theatre in downtown Nevada City.
murder in the high desert, The Killing of James Wakasa
Documentary
Emiko Omori
Topaz Concentration Camp, Utah. April 11, 1943. James Hatsuaki Wakasa is on an evening stroll with his dog. A single shot rings out from Guard Tower 8. Seventy-seven years later, archaeologists rediscover this clue reminding us never to forget what was done.
It’s always something 11:30
Social Satire
Derrick Scocchera
Through a series of vignettes, the often inexplicable behaviors of contemporary humans are observed and commented upon by a droll narrator.
Parental Guidance: Some material may not be appropriate for young children or pre-teenagers.