Special Events
The Camera Cinemas present a wide variety of unique events, festivals, programs and special screenings. In addition to Midnight Movie Madness and our long-running Camera Cinema Club, we host Cinequest, the Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival, the Arab Film Festival, the International Latino Film Festival, the San Francisco Asian-American Film Festival, and other events and promotions tied to our regular film openings.
Some of the current and upcoming events are listed on this page. For a recap, including pictures, of past events, go to CAMERA EVENTS
S.F. In'tl Asian American Film Festival Returns March 19-21
The acclaimed San Francisco Asian-American Film Festival returns March 19-21 to Camera 12 Cinema in downtown San Jose, screening 18 films over three days, many followed by Q&A sessions with the filmmakers. The premiere showcase for Asian American and Asian Films in North America, the festival will present more than 100 films and videos in March at venues in San Francisco and Berkeley, as well as San Jose.
Go to our ASIAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL page for more information.
Encore Screenings of Award-winning Student Film, 'Cheer Up Sam', on March 11th
By popular demand, the award-winning student drama, Cheer Up, Sam, will return to Camera 3 Cinema for two encore screenings, at 7:00 and 9:00pm, on Thu, March 11th. All tickets are $8, and a Q&A with director Matt Falkenthal follows each show.
Nominated for the Harold Crain Dramatic Writing Award, Cheer Up, Sam is a heartfelt comedy about a troubled young man (Dan Trujillo) who drops out of college and moves back home following a breakup with his high school sweetheart. Falling back into his old routine, Sam finds comfort riding the couch with his stoner high school buddies, and after returning to his old job, finds himself being pursued by co-worker Lisa (Cecily Ann Ryan), a witty, tom-girl who lives at her father's junkyard. In between building a friendship with Lisa and his friend's unorthodox methods of cheering him up, Sam will be forced to make a choice between holding onto the dreams of his past or learning how to love again.
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Thrillville Retro Fest Now at Camera 3
The popular Bay Area cult movie cabaret series, Thrillville, has arrived at Camera 3 Cinema, featuring monthly event nights with cult flicks, retro bands, burlesque and prizes. All events, hosted by Will The Thrill and Monica Tiki Goddess, begin at 7:30pm, and admission is $10.
- THURSDAY, APRIL 15th
- THRILLVILLE'S 13th ANNIVERSARY SHOW
The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962) -- Mad science runs amok!
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Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959) -- Sinister swamp suckers and sexy Yvette Vickers are on the loose.
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Special guest Mr. Lobo ("Cinema Insomnia") and live music by Actual Rafiq!
What is Thrillville? A mainstay at the now defunct Bay Area Speakeasy theaters, Parkway and Cerrito, the series has been a favorite of Bay Area cult film fans for years, produced and programmed by local lounge lizard Will "the Thrill" Viharo since April 1997, co-hosted by his lovely assistant and patient wife, Monica "The Tiki Goddess" Cortes Viharo. This statement from their website (www.thrillville.net) sums it up best -- "Thrillville is a City of B Movie Dreams in a State of Culture Shock, where Time stands still and aesthetics supercede politics; where monsters, babes, hipsters and swingers mingle and mate over Martinis and Mai Tais; where Style rules over Fashion, Elvis is King, the Rat Pack rules, and Will the Thrill, a beatnik lounge lizard, is Mayor. Mr. Thrill and his lovely assistant and bride, Monica, Tiki Goddess, host a live cult movie cabaret celebrating Classic Retro Pop Culture, from the Atomic Age to Zombies.
HEY THERE HEPCATS, SEX KITTENS, LOUNGE LIZARDS, TIKI WORSHIPPERS, B MOVIE BUFFS AND ALL AROUND THRILL SEEKERS: WELCOME TO THRILLVILLE!"
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