On July 9 an invite-only crowd gathered at the Embarcadero Center Cinema for a private screening of Unsettled, a film by former MTV news producer and some-time SF resident Adam Hootnick, about six Israeli twenty-somethings coping with the historic 2005 evacuation of Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip. Post-show, Hootnick graciously entertained questions from the audience, but was eager to lead a procession to nearby Sens Restaurant for the after-party hosted by the San Francisco Sentry and the SF Arts Fund. There, against a dramatic backdrop featuring the Bay Bridge, guests sipped on Moet, nibbled on hazelnut tarts and tried to steal the director's attention, if only for one brief congratulatory moment.

Bill Franchey (San Francisco Arts Fund), Darren Johnston (San Francisco Arts Fund),
Adam Hootnick (filmmaker, CEO Storyboard), Lee Root (CFO, San Francisco Sentry)


Adam Hootnick (filmmaker, CEO Storyboard)


Darren Johnston (San Francisco Arts Fund)




Adam Hootnick (filmmaker, CEO Storyboard)




Darren Johnston (San Francisco Arts Fund), Roger Gershman (Managing Director, Credit Suisse)




Bud Rosenthal, Dr. Chris Retajczyk (neonatoligist UCSF)


Dion Kaufman, Jessica Mullens, Dan Aufhauser




Gil Silberman (San Francisco Arts Fund), Amanda Holt




Kristine Lind, James Coulter


Martin Sacks (CEO, OrgPlus.com), Claudia Launer-Campos (counsel for Macy Inc)


Mia Benenate, Allison Koch


Katie Baynes (pr, Sparkpr), Lakie Wakim (buyer, Macys Inc)


Rich Wing (Feel Group), Nabiel Musleh (Feel Group), Dave Statler


Adam Hootnick (filmmaker, CEO Storyboard), Dion Kaufman


Rick Dirickson (founder & chairman San Francisco Sentry), Darren Johnston (San Francisco Arts Fund)


Ramona Diaz, Lisa Brunelle, Daria Gershman


Christine Rios (bus dev, Dow Jones VentureOne), Darryl Crawford (construction investor)


Chetan Savkoor, Eva Kane


Julie Gularte (San Francisco Sentry), Cindy Root, Adrienne Schneider (San Francisco Sentry)


Adam Hootnick (filmmaker, CEO Storyboard), Lee Root (CFO, San Francisco Sentry)


Dr. Chris Retajczyk (neonatoligist UCSF), Darren Johnston (San Francisco Arts Fund)