FNF co-presenting at SFSFF
The San Francisco Silent Film Festival plays November 12-16 at a new location: the historic Orinda Theatre located in the city of Orinda, approximately 10 miles east of Berkeley and a four-minute walk from the Orinda BART station. We are proud to be co-presenting the 1929 film Asphalt on Sunday, November 16, at 5:00 pm. FNF supporters can use the promo code NOIRSF at checkout for a $2 discount on up to two tickets per order.
The last Großfilm (main feature film) released by Germany’s UFA studio and the silent-era swan song of director Joe May, Asphalt dazzled with its virtuoso recreation of a busy Berlin street. The shoot required so much power to light that parts of the actual city had to go dark during production. Moviemaking magic aside, Asphalt is the story of a man drawn to the wrong woman who finds out too late he’s misjudged her.
As usual, all the films screening at the five-day festival will have live musical accompaniment. Asphalt will be accompanied by the Sascha Jacobsen Ensemble. Bassist and composer Sascha Jacobsen is a Latin Grammy-nominated musician who draws on an eclectic range of styles including classical, jazz, flamenco, klezmer, and Argentine tango. The rest of the ensemble features Dan Zemelman (piano), Sheldon Brown (woodwinds), Michele Walther (violin), and Andy Lewis (percussion).
Full festival schedule, tickets, and passes are available on the SFSFF website.