This year’s films, selected from a pool of 4,000 plus entries, mirror where global society is right now. Organized by the San Francisco Film Society (SFFS), under the helm of Noah Cowan, now in his second year as SFFS Executive Director, and Rachel Rosen, Programming Director, this mammoth festival really defies categorization. The festival continues over the following 14 days with 181 films-100 full-length features- and live events from 49 countries in 33 languages. Alex Gibney’s Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine, is a searing portrait of the late Steven Jobs that will hit tech-savvy Bay Area audiences where they live and breathe…in their Apple devices. The San Francisco International Film Festival ( SFIFF 58) opens this evening with a first in its 58 years-an opening night documentary. Photo: Courtesy San Francisco Film Society The film screens just once at SFIFF 58 which runs April 23-and offers 181 films and live events from 49 countries in 33 languages. Just as his riveting Scientology exposé “Going Clear” deconstructed the cult of Scientology, Gibney’s latest film tackles our cult-like loyalty and emotional connection to Jobs and Apple products by methodically firing bullet after bullet at our rose colored glasses. Oscar winning filmmaker Alex Gibney’s new documentary “Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine” opens the 58th San Francisco International Film Festival Thursday evening.
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