Jonathan Lethem, 2012 Christine Vachon, 2011 Walter Murch, 2010 Mary Ellen Mark, 2009 Kevin Kelly, 2008 Peter Sellars, 2007 Tilda Swinton, 2006 Brad Bird, 2005 B. Ruby Rich, 2004 Michel Ciment, 2003 Live Music & Film The San Francisco International Film Festival also involves live music and film events, which usually feature contemporary musicians performing original scores to classic silent films. Music/film pairings at SFIFF have included: Scott Amendola, Matthias Bossi, Mike Patton, and William Winant accompanying Waxworks (1924 Film), Directed Paul Leni, 2013 Merrill Garbus (tUnE-yArDs) with Buster Keaton short films, 2012 Tindersticks with the films of Claire Denis, 2011 Stephin Merritt with 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916 film), 2010 Dengue Fever (band) with The Lost World (1925 film), 2009 Black Francis with The Golem (1915 film), 2008 Jonathan Richman with The Phantom Carriage, 2007 Deerhoof with Heaven and Earth Magic, 2006 American Music Club with Street Angel (1928 film), 2005 Lambchop (band) with Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, 2003 Superchunk with A Page of Madness, 2002 Yo La Tengo with Jean Painlevé short films, 2001 Tom Verlaine with classic silent short films, 2000 See also San Francisco Film Society Notes External links Film festivals in the San Francisco Bay Area Film festivals established in 1957 1957 establishments in California