US Theatrical Premiere! Import Export by Ulrich Seidl; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Screening Room February 12, 2009

When:
Thu, Feb 12 – Sat, Feb 14, 7:30 pm

What:
US Theatrical Premiere!
IMPORT EXPORT
BY ULRICH SEIDL
With its explicit webcam sex scenes, gang-infested Vienna shopping malls and desolate communist-era housing blocks, Austrian director Ulrich Seidl’s latest provocation turns his unblinking eye on the emotional wastelands of central Europe. This scandalous film is a dual-narrative study of a Ukrainian nurse and an Austrian security guard finding work in each other's countries. The director’s eye for the grotesque makes him a kind of Diane Arbus of world cinema. (2007, 135 min, 35mm)

"Import Export is a disturbing, sometimes brillant new film…It was very hard to watch, but I have the feeling I will need to see it again.” Manohla Dargis, New York Times

Who:
Film by Ulrich Seidl

Where:
YBCA Screening Room, 701 Mission St., San Francisco, CA 94103

Public Info:
415-978-2787 or ybca.org
$8 regular; $6 students, seniors, teachers & YBCA members

Official Website: http://www.ybca.org/tickets/production/view.aspx?id=8654