Published on: 20th August, 2008
In a seismic shift within the Bay Area film community, the San Francisco Film Society (SFFS), which organizes the annual San Francisco International Film Fesival — the oldest fest in the United States — today unveiled a major expansion in the wake of the simultaneous announcement of the closure of the city’s 32 year old Film Arts Foundation. The latest non-profit film organization to face fatal financial challenges, Film Arts recently sold its interest in the local 9th Street building it…