Peter Chan's China-set musical Perhaps Love and Robert Altman's A Prairie HomeCompanion bookend the49th San Francisco International Film Festival, which runs from Apr 20 to May4.

Ed Harris will receive the Peter J Owens Award in honour of a bodyof work that "exemplifies brilliance, independence and integrity".

Werner Herzog will collect the Film Society Directing Award andlegendary screenwriter Jean-Claude Carriere, whose recent credits include Birth and the upcoming Goya's Ghosts, will receive the Kanbar Award forexcellence in Screenwriting.

For moreinformation visit the official website at www.sffs.org.