Science Fiction Against the Margins showcases filmmakers who occupy the “margins” of mainstream cinema in order to challenge and subvert the science fiction genre. This series offers an alternative body of media wherein a speculative mode of thinking outside familiar expectations of narrative resolution opens up representations of race and ethnicity, gender politics and cultural identity.

Canadian filmmaker Philip Hoffman will be the protagonist of a series of screenings and a workshop in San Francisco & Oakland.

A Salon with Philip Hoffman
Friday, September 20, 2024 @ 7:30pm (doors 7pm)
16 Sherman Street, San Francisco

OPENING of Art Cinema OFFoff's new film season with the Spanish filmmaker Luis Macías, co-founder of Crater-Lab Barcelona.

Rightfully praised as the godfather of hand-processing workshops, Phil Hoffman has always stood as a lightning-rod of hope and creative agency through the 30 years of his summer retreats in Ontario, Canada. He finally blesses the Bay Area with three visits this week, with this OC program offering the best opportunity to revel at the most extraordinary 16mm exemplars from his three decades of enlightened instruction on photochemical experimentation.