2020

AYURVEDA UNVEILED

11 March, 2020
Great crowd attended the Rafael screening of AYURVEDA UNVEILED with director Gita Desai in person for a thoughtful and healing Q&A.
Photos © Kirke Wrench

DYING TO KNOW

9 March, 2020
Lots of folks attended our screening of DYING TO KNOW: RAM DASS AND TIMOTHY LEARY with filmmakers Gay Dillingham and Michael Donnelly!
Photos © Kirke Wrench

OVERWHELM THE SKY

5 March, 2020
We welcomed a creative crew of folks in attendance for a screening of their film OVERWHELM THE SKY, including director Daniel Kremer and collaborators Alex Hero and Aaron Hollander.
Photos © Allison Levenson Photography

NOT ALONE

3 March, 2020
Great turnout for the CFI Education Teen Wellness screening of NNOT ALONE, in partnership with TUHSD Wellness, preceded by a music performance from Redwood High students and followed by an informative panel discussion addressing the film’s subject matter of teen depression and suicide.
Photos © Kirke Wrench

GEOGRAPHIES OF KINSHIP

24 February, 2020
A great CFI Education Community Cinema screening of GEOGRAPHIES OF KINSHIP with director Deann Borshay Liem, subject Kim Stoker, and moderator Director of Education Joanne Parsont
Photos © Bill Sumits

COLLISIONS

20 February, 2020
Thanks so much to Richard Levien and Frazer Bradshaw for coming to the Rafael with their film COLLISIONS, with CFI Education Director Joanne Parsont moderating an insightful Q&A following the screening.
Photos © George Lazarus

WHAT SHE SAID: THE ART OF PAULINE KAEL

16 February, 2020
A great screening of WHAT SHE SAID: THE ART OF PAULINE KAEL with director Rob Garver in attendance for a post-film Q&A.
Photos © Allison Levenson Photography

HER

13 February, 2020
Our Science On Screen presentation of HER included a post-screening discussion about The Future of Sex: Love & Relationships in the Age of AI, featuring Millennials Talk Cinema of the Petaluma Argus-Courier and Petaluma360.
Photos © Steve Disenhof

PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE

11 February, 2020
We were so pleased to honor director Céline Sciamma with the Mind the Gap 2019 Director of the Year Award for her beautiful film PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE, presented by Mill Valley Film Festival Director of Programming Zoë Elton and Telluride Film Festival Executive Director Julie Huntsinger.
Photos © Allison Levenson Photography

AWARDS NIGHT

9 February, 2020
It was another incredible evening at Awards Night at the Rafael with over 300 film fans walking the red carpet, taking fun photos, enjoying great food and drink, and watching the Academy Awards® on our big screens!
Photos © Allison Levenson Photography and Bill Johnston, Jr,

16 BARS

7 February, 2020
Director Sam Bathrick presented a screening of his film 16 BARS, followed by a panel discussion with Julio Escobar, the Archdiocese of San Francisco, Kevin Walker, author of From Behind Bars, and Steve Michelson, Executive Director of The Fund for Sustainable Tomorrows.
Photos © Kirke Wrench

COLEWELL

3 February, 2020
We welcomed director Tom Quinn with his Film Independent Spirit Award-nominated film COLEWELL, treating our audience to an insightful Q&A also featuring sound designer Richard Gould and foley artist Shelley Roden.
Photos © Kirke Wrench

NO TIME TO WASTE: THE URGENT MISSION OF BETTY REID SOSKIN

2 February, 2020
We were so pleased to welcome local legend Betty Reid Soskin for a special screening of NO TIME TO WASTE, followed by a presentation of the Mind The Gap Award to Ms. Soskin by MVFF Director of Programming Zoë Elton and CFI Education Outreach Manager Shakira Refos.
Photos ©  Tommy Lau Photography

THE LURE OF THIS LAND

30 January, 2020
MVFF42 film THE LURE OF THIS LAND with local filmmaker Alexandra Lexton in attendance screened to a sold-out crowd, intrigued by this portrait of American ex-patriates living in Belize.
Photos © Allison Levenson Photography

LES MISÉRABLES

28 January, 2020
A very special CFI Member Screening of Academy Award ® nominated LES MISÉRABLES with director Ladj Ly and star Djebril Zonga in conversation with Mill Valley Film Festival Director of Programming Zoë Elton (with translator Myriam DesPujoulets).
Photos © Kirke Wrench

TRUE JUSTICE

27 January, 2020
CFI Education presented a Community Cinema screening of TRUE JUSTICE, followed by a thoughtful panel discussion with CFI Director of Education Joanne Parsont, Otis Bruce, Jr., Senior Deputy District Attorney, Marin County District Attorney’s Office, Mike Satris, Death Appeal attorney, and Rabbi Paul Shleffar, Jewish Chaplain, San Quentin State Prison.
Photos © Kirke Wrench

CONTACT

16 January, 2020
Our Science On Screen program returned with a special screening of CONTACT, hosted by series programmer David Templeton and special guest Dr. Eugenien Scott, former executive director of the National Center for Science Education
Photos © Steve Disenhof

2040

12 January, 2020
A sold-out house for our CFI Education presentation of 2040, in partnership with Children For Change and Drawdown Marin, featuring a post-screening panel discussion with environmental activist and experts.
Photos © Allison Levenson Photography

THOSE WHO REMAINED

9 January, 2020
Filmmaker Barnabás Tóth and star Abigél Szõke were in attendance for an onstage conversation with Series Programmer Karen Davis following a screening of their film THOSE WHO REMAINED, representing Hungary in our ‘For Your Consideration’ series which features selected Oscar® submissions from around the world.
Photos © Allison Levenson Photography