Today's the last day of our e-auction!

Film and literature, the best of bedfellows. Each year, we work to put together books-become-movies, movies-beloved-by-authors, author-penned-movies, and all kinds of movie-lit business. Our 2024 Festival is no different. Upcoming October offerings below:
ZYZZYVA Movie Matinee with Ingrid Rojas Contreras and Kaveh Akbar
Sunday Oct 13 · 12:30 - 2:30pm
Roxie Theater
Poet and novelist Kaveh Akbar (Martyr!) will discuss Abbas Kiarostami's 1987 film Where Is the Friend's House? in conversation with Kiasostami's son and Roxie board member, Ahmad Kiasostami. $16
Double Feature: Film Noir/Comics Noir
Sunday Oct 13 · 3:30 - 9:30pm
4 Star Theater
Robert Mailer Anderson (My Fairy Godfather) and Peter Hoey (In Perpetuity) will discuss their latest film-rooted graphic novels with CCA's Justin Hall. Bookended by two of Anderson’s films: Windows on the World (which directly inspired Anderson’s first graphic novel) and Pig Hunt for only $20!
Shortcomings Screening and Q&A with Adrian Tomine
Wednesday Oct 16 · 6:30 - 9:00pm
The New Parkway Theater
Adapted by Adrian Tomine from his own graphic novel, directed by Randall Park, and filmed in part in Berkeley—Shortcomings is, among other things, a love letter to the movies. Followed by a conversation between Tomine and Andrew Farago, curator of the Cartoon Art Museum. $15–20 suggested donation
Une Famille (A Family) Screening and Q&A with Screenwriter/Director Christine Angot
Sundayay Oct 27 · 7:00 - 9:00pm
4 Star Theater
Novelist, screenwriter, and director Christine Angot joins Zoë Elton, artistic director for the Mill Valley Film Festival, to present a special screening of Angot's radical and powerful documentary examining the rarely discussed topic of incest as it follows Angot, who, unplanned, begins confronting family members and friends about the abuse she endured as a teenager at the hands of her father. $15

About Litquake
Litquake seeks to foster interest in literature, perpetuate a sense of literary community, and provide a vibrant forum for Bay Area writing as a complement to the city's music, film, and cultural festivals. 2024 Dates: Oct. 10-26. www.litquake.org

Litquake is grateful for the support of the following funders who help make our programming possible. Institutional Giving: Bernard Osher Foundation, California Arts Council, Craig Newmark Philanthropies, Center for the Art of Translation, Fleishhacker Foundation, Grants for the Arts, Hawthornden Foundation, Henry Mayo Newhall Foundation, Margaret and William R. Hearst III Foundation, Miner Anderson Family Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Rock Foundation, Norway House, Sam Mazza Foundation, San Francisco Grants for the Arts, Zellerbach Family Foundation; Individual Giving: Jared Bhatti, Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler, Frances Dinkelspiel and Gary Wayne, Karyn DiGiorgio and Steve Sattler, Scott James and Gerald Cain, Nion McEvoy and Leslie Berriman, and Ellen Ullman Media Sponsors: San Francisco Chronicle, 7x7, KALW, KEXP, KQED, SF Arts Monthly, Bay Area Reporter, Johnny Funcheap.