San Francisco International Film Festival: My picks, Trailers

Art & Copy

Doug Pray reveals the personal and professional stories behind some of the most influential advertising campaigns of our time. (Festival Page)

The Good Life

In taking on the ensemble narrative form, respected Chilean filmmaker Andrés Wood has created a complex and affectionate patchwork of stories about ordinary people struggling to follow their dreams in a dispiriting world. (Festival page)

Laila’s Birthday

Gaza-born director Rashid Masharawi captures the absurdity of the Palestinian situation in this comically deadpan, stop-and-start “road trip” through the land of checkpoints and barriers. (Festival page)

35 Shots of Rum

Claire Denis has created a sensual and contemplative body of films over the years, but nothing in her work prepares us for this deeply emotional yet light-of-touch story set among a small circle of Parisians and their friends. (Festival page)