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WEDNESDAY: The Power of Nightmares (Adam Curtis, U.K., 2004). $10 7 p.m.

THURSDAY: Free screenings of The Future of Food (Deborah Koons, 2004) 7, 9:15 p.m. A free public discussion of genetically modified and other food issues 8:30 p.m.

FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY (July 8-14): It's Mana (Peter Friedman and Roger Manley, 2004) from heaven; see Opening for review 6, 8, 9:45 p.m.; also Sat, Sun, & Wed 2, 4 p.m. Call for other programming.

SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

Koret Visitor Education Center (save as noted), 151 Third St. (between Mission and Howard), 357-4000, www.sfmoma.org. Screenings are free with museum admission of $12.50.

DAILY (Closed Wednesdays): "Photographers in Focus," a program of shorts 11 a.m. Richard Tuttle: Never Not an Artist (Chris Maybach, 2005) 1 p.m.; also Thurs 7 p.m. Episodes 236 and 365 of the vampire soap Dark Shadows (1967) 3 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY

Koret Auditorium, Lower Level, 100 Larkin (at Grove), 557-4400, http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/. A weekly video program screens on Thursdays. Free.

THURSDAY (July 7): A Tibet series opens with the popular The Cup (Khyentse Norbu, India, 1999), about soccer-mad Buddhist monks noon.

SPANGENBERG THEATRE

Gunn High School campus, 780 Arastradero (at Foothill Expressway), Palo Alto, (650) 354-8263, www.spangenbergtheatre.com. This refurbished Center for the Arts offers a 35mm film series on a large 30-foot screen. $5.

WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY: They're everywhere! The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (Judy Irving, 2004) 5:15 p.m. Look at Me (Agnes Jaoui, France, 2004) 7 p.m.

STARTS FRIDAY: Call theater for program.

YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS

701 Mission (at Third Street, in Yerba Buena Gardens), 978-2787, www.ybca.org. $8 save as noted. This venue's Screening Room is a home for film and video programs of all sorts.

WEDNESDAY (July 6): GreenCine's Online Film Festival winner of the grand prize for documentary (winner TBA). $7 7:30 p.m.

THURSDAY (July 7): An S.F. Cinematheque presentation of "Neo-Benshi," featuring live narration of new films by new benshi (an early-20th-century Japanese art) 7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY (July 8-10): Before the Flood (Yan Yu and Li Yifan, China, 2005), a three-hour record of the relocation of a town destined to be submerged by the Three Gorges Dam Fri & Sat 7 p.m.; Sun 2 p.m.