Hey, cineastes! And all of you who say, "what I really want to do is direct"! Local independent film resource the Film Arts Foundation passes along word of their San Francisco Independent Filmmakers Conference next month at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. The conference features panels about the ins and outs of Bay Area filmmaking, how to get financing and funding in the area for your projects, getting distribution for documentaries, as well......

It's more than just Heart and Soul: the Berkeley Arts Festival presents an evening of four-hand piano pieces, composed by beloved local minimalist Terry Riley, and performed by Joseph Kubera and Berkeley radio host/pianist Sarah Cahill. 8 p.m., $10-20 sliding scale, at the temporary Berkeley Arts Festival location, which is the Fidelity Bank Building at 2323 Shattuck (x Bancroft). Other events: --A talk at the SF Main Public Library on "How to Listen to......

SFist Sara S. on this weekend's movie offerings. She tells us "There is nothing good coming out in mainstream movies this weekend," so it's all the little microcinemas around town this week! C'mon, what about Sandra Bullock in "Premonition"? Okay, Sara, point taken. At the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on Wednesday the 21st, the Film Arts Foundation is presenting a documentary on twenty years of the SF Graffiti scene, called Piece by Piece.......

We don't know about you, but we are a bit drained from the excitement of last night's election and constantly "refreshing results" while our better half patiently indulged us. It is this sort of compulsive behavior that led us to swear off ebay. But we digress. We're feeling like some instant gratification tonight, and this event should fit the bill. YLEM presents “How Techies Have Fun," a show and tell featuring moving light sculptures,......

Hey you kids: get off Wednesday's lawn! Tonight: Nothing says fun like a documentary about a bipolar girl trying to deal with life after her failed suicide attempt! The Film Arts Foundation is screening Learning to Swallow as part of their True Stories: Sneak Previews of New Documentaries series. 7:30 p.m. at the Yerba Buena Center Screening Room, $8. Thursday: The Surround>Sound series wraps up its San Francisco aural experience at the Luggage Store Gallery......

Wednesday killed a man -- with a trident! Tonight: As part of their series previewing new documentaries, the Film Arts Foundation is screening David L. Brown's "The Bridge So Far," about the shenanigans surrounding the reconstruction of the Bay Bridge, at the Screening Room in the Yerba Buena Center. $7, 7:30 p.m. Thursday: Options on both sides of the bay tonight (as if nothing happens in either SF or Oakland on any other day of......

Jason Schultz found an exciting job opportunity posted at a cafe -- Mr. Fancypants himself, Hammer (nee MC), needs dancers for a music video:Tuesday, November 22nd between 7pm - 9 pm Film Arts Foundation 145 Ninth Street #102 San Francisco, CA We are holding an audition for two Hammer music videos, which will have national distribution. The videos will be show November 29 and 30th. We are looking for 3 featured actresses age, 18-30,......

Thanks to all of you who entered yesterday's contest for passes to see Come Fly With Me Nude, and congratulations to the lucky winners! As we told you yesterday, The Film Arts Foundation and Larsen Associates are offering free passes to several of the Film Arts Festival screenings to SFist readers, how cool it that? Today's contest is for passes to see Scared New World Tuesday, November 8 at Oakland's lovely Parkway Theater at......