DOC Film Institute: Difference between revisions

| name = DOC Film Institute

| image_name = DOC Film Institute (logo).tif

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| established = 2005

| type = [[Nonprofit|NP]]

| director = [[Soumyaa Kapil Behrens]]

|city country = [[San Francisco, California|SanUnited FranciscoStates]]

|state address = 1600 Holloway Avenue #FA 234,<br /> [[San Francisco, California]]

The '''Documentary Film Institute''' (or '''DOCFilm'''), is an independent organization within [[San Francisco State University]] that is dedicated to support non-fiction cinema by promoting [[documentary films]] and filmmakers and producing films on socially and culturally important topics which deserve wider recognition. The current director is [[Soumyaa Kapil Behrens]], a professor in the cinema department at SFSU.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=SF State cinema professor brings life to the big screen |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/19934/uncategorized/cinema-professor/ |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mojadad |first=Ida |date=2019-03-21 |title=We Are Here, We Have Always Been Here |url=https://www.sfweekly.com/archives/we-are-here-we-have-always-been-here/article_8295dc36-ff64-563f-932f-fd5d330f95d5.html |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=[[SFWeekly]] |language=en}}</ref> It is situated within the [[College of Liberal & Creative Arts at San Francisco State University]], with access to a broad cross-section of educational institutions in [[San Francisco]] and the [[Bay Area]]. It is a resource for undergraduate and graduate students studying film in the area as well as faculty interested in the artistic and politic dimensions of documentary cinema.

Doc Film Institute's first production, this movie is a tribute to Afro-Cuban musician Israel "Cachao" López. Filmed in San Francisco, it was the result of a collaborative effort between professional filmmakers and Cinema Department students.<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/cachao-uno-mas/watch-the-full-film/1640/ Cachao:Uno Mas on PBS] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717045454/http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/cachao-uno-mas/watch-the-full-film/1640/|date=2014-07-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Garofoli |first=Joe |date=April 12, 2008 |title=Documentary shines light on mambo king Cachao |url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Documentary-shines-light-on-mambo-king-Cachao-3218243.php |work=[[SFGate]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Harvey |first=Dennis |date=2008-05-08 |title=Cachao: uno mas |url=https://variety.com/2008/film/reviews/cachao-uno-mas-1200522601/ |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> It premiered at the San Francisco International Film Festival (2008), and was selected by festivals worldwide. In 2010 it premiered in the PBS series "American Masters".<ref>{{cite web|title=American Masters: Cachao, Uno mas|website=[[PBS]] |date=26 August 2010 |url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/cachao-uno-mas/about-the-film/1547/}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111105023342/http://fest08.sffs.org/films/film_details.php?id=13 Cachao:Uno Mas SFIFF premiere]</ref>