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SDIFF 2025 : Magic Hour
Reviewed by Alicia Glass San Diego International Film Festival 2025 As her suburban hell life falls apart when her cheating husband asks for a divorce and her scornful college-age daughter brooks no sympathy, Harriet decides to pursue her lifelong dream of movie-making and goes back to film school. The magic and wonder, and yes, the frustrations and tons of issues that come with making a film, whether it’s a 5-minute commercial, a 20-minute short film, or a feature-length...
Previous featured Events
SDLFF 2013 presents Hecho en Mexico (Made In Mexico)
Using the diversity now available in Mexican music as a framework, everything from traditional Mariachi to up-and-coming rap, the documentary approaches contemporary Mexican culture and modern and lasting issues.
SDLFF 2013 presents Las Carpetas (The Files)
The story of the files kept on suspected “government subversives” by the Puerto Rico police department in the late 1980’s and how they affected the lives of the people, then and now.
SDLFF 2013 presents The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh
A son returns to the antiques-filled estate of his estranged mother after her death, only to discover she might not be quite so gone, after all.