MONDAY: DocFest – Free Spirits 5 p.m. Extraordinary Measures 7 p.m. Taxi to the Dark Side 9:15 p.m.
TUESDAY: DocFest – Building a Broken Mousetrap and A Skin Too Few 5 p.m. A Walk Into the Sea 9:15 p.m.
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SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE
800 Chestnut (at Jones), 771-7020, www.sfai.edu. This art school includes film, video and mixed-media as part of its programming.
TUESDAY (Oct. 9): A look at Nigeria's film industry – 2400 movies a year, straight to DVD, in Welcome to Nollywood
(James Meltzer, 2007). $12 7:30 p.m.
SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
Koret Visitor Education Center (unless otherwise noted), 151 Third St. (between Mission and Howard), 357-4000, www.sfmoma.org. Free with museum admission of $12.50, except as noted.
DAILY (Closed Wednesdays): A ten-minute profile of artist Olafur Eliasson (2007) 4 p.m.; also Thurs 6:30 p.m.
THURSDAY & FRIDAY: A program on "Spirituality" from the series
Art: 21 (2001) 2:30 p.m.
STARTS SATURDAY: A video screening of films by Joseph Cornell runs through Jan. 6, daily at 2:30 p.m.; Tues screenings 3:30 p.m.
SATURDAY (Oct. 6): Preview a new episode, "Protest," from the series Art: 21 (2007) noon. Phyllis Wattis Theater – An East German film series screens Carbide and Sorrel (Frank Beyer, 1963), a comedy dealing with the immediate aftermath of World War II. $5; free with museum admission 3 p.m.
VICTORIA THEATRE
2961 16th St. (at Mission), 863-7576, www.victoriatheatre.org. This venerable old house frequently rents itself out for special screenings.
THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY (Oct. 4-7): One California Day, a 16mm color film showing off our state's six distinct coastal surfing regions. $10 7, 9 p.m.
YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS
701 Mission (at Third Street, in Yerba Buena Gardens), 978-2787, www.YerbaBuenaArts.org. $8 except as noted. This venue's Screening Room is a home for film and video programs of all sorts.
THURSDAY (Oct. 4): Jacques Boyreau, late of the lamented Werepad, presents "Supatrash Peepshow," a slideshow and lecture, followed by "a tawdry, nihilistic portrait of Times Square scum," Fleshpot on 42nd Street (Andy Milligan, 1973) 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY (Oct. 5-7): Gary Hustwit's video Helvetica (2007) covers everything from the typeface to "global visual culture." $10 Fri 7:30 p.m.; Sat & Sun 2, 4, 6, 8 p.m.