Awards and tributes
The 60th edition of the San Francisco International Film Festival will be honoring a variety of film luminaries in conjunction with screenings of their work:
Actor Ethan Hawke, followed by the screening of “Maudie,” 3:30 p.m. April 8, Yerba Buena.
Director Eleanor Coppola, followed by the screening of “Paris Can Wait,” 7 p.m. April 10, SFMOMA.
Filmmaker and artist Lynn Hershman Leeson, followed by the screening of “Tania Libre,” 7:30 p.m. April 11, Yerba Buena.
Oscar-winning screenwriter John Ridley (“12 Years a Slave”), followed by a screening of an episode of the TV series “Guerrilla,” 6 p.m. April 12, Alamo.
Director James Ivory, followed by a screening of the newly restored “Maurice,” 6 p.m. April 14, SFMOMA.
Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan, followed by a screening of “My Name is Khan,” 8:30 p.m. April 14, Castro.
The Mel Novikoff Award will go to filmmaker and distributor Tom Luddy, co-founder of the Telluride Film Festival. After the tribute, there will be a screening of a rarely screened film by Jean-Luc Godard, “A Long Happy Life,” 4 p.m. April 9, Castro.
Longtime SFFilm supporter Gordon Gund, who is blind and created the Foundation Fighting Blindness, will receive a tribute, followed by the screening of the short “Illumination,” about a 17-year-old boy who has benefited from the foundation’s work. Free event, with registration. 5 p.m. April 13, SFMOMA.