SIFF Cinema will once again take part in Bumbershoot: Seattle’s extraordinary music and arts festival. The 1 Reel Film Festival will present over 100 US and international short films over Labor Day weekend at Seattle Center, September 3–6, 2010.
For more information about Bumbershoot, please see the Bumbershoot website at www.bumbershoot.org
film programs
Friday, September 4, 8:00 pm
Join us for the best in short film from around the world! RSVP information coming soon.
Saturday, September 5, 5:30 pm
Digital animation may have a corner on the Hollywood market, but we are here to prove how exquisite all forms of animation continue to be.
Sunday, September 6, 7:00 pm
The Antipodes duke it out! Who will reign supreme?
Sunday, September 6, 4:30 pm
The audience at the recent Seattle International Film Festival has spoken! These are their favorite shorts.
Saturday, September 5, 3:30 pm
From 98 films to the very best, the Jury Award winners from SIFF 2009. (Note: the 2009 Grand Jury winner is on Opening Night)
Saturday, September 5, 8:00 pm
In the criminal justice system, the people are represented...
Monday, September 7, 1:00 pm
Seattle is a film and bike town, come see what happens when the two worlds collide.
Monday, September 7, 9:00 pm
Film is the perfect medium to tell fantastic tales!
Saturday, September 5, Noon
Part of the Festival's Youngershoot program, these films are completely appropriate for the young and old alike. All films will be subtitled in English.
Sunday, September 6, Noon
Part of the Festival's Youngershoot program, these films are completely appropriate for the young and old alike.
Monday, September 7, Noon
Part of the Festival's Youngershoot program, these films are completely appropriate for the young and old alike.
Sunday, September 6, 1:00 pm
This year's Fly Filmmaking Challenge took SIFF audiences into the world of Film Noir as three narrative filmmakers and a documentarian captured the dark world of sex, blackmail, and dames.
Saturday, September 5, 4:30 pm
More than just IKEA! New shorts from Sweden.
Monday, September 7, 8:00 pm
Dystopia has never been so appealing...
 | AfterVille
Dir. Fabio Guaglionem, Fabio Resinaro (Italy, 27 min) |
 | Greenspoke
Dir. Tom McIntire (USA, 27 min) |
Monday, September 7, 7:00 pm
Films for the boys and the boys who love them.
Sunday, September 6, 5:30 pm
A selection of shorts that aim for a greener planet.
Saturday, September 5, 7:00 pm
Do they really go together like a horse and carriage?
Monday, September 7, 5:30 pm
Extraordinary work is happening in our own backyard, and we are pleased to present some of the best.
Sunday, September 6, 8:00 pm
What’s it all about? These films contain tiny clues.
Monday, September 7, 3:30 pm
A brilliant selection of young German filmmaking.
 | Amoklove
Dir. Julia C. Kaiser (Germany, 10 min) |
 | Between
Dir. Tim Bollinger (Germany, 6 min) |
 | Clean Up
Dir. Sebastian Mez (Germany, 10 min) |
 | Life Leaf
Dir. Angela Steffen (Germany, 6 min) |
 | No Special Incidents
Dir. Lennart Ruff (Germany, 12 min) |
 | Rose-colored
Dir. Ines Christine Geisser (Germany, 2 min) |
 | Samsa - Homage to Franz Kafka
Dir. René Lange (Germany, 5 min) |
 | Snowtime
Dir. Hannes Burchert (Germany, 15 min) |
 | Sunrise Dacapo
Dir. Nina Poppe (Germany, 6 min) |
 | You Are My Hero
Dir. Tobias Bilgeri (Germany, 9 min) |
Saturday, September 5, 9:00 pm
Warning: may make you squirm or give you bad dreams...
Sunday, September 6, 2:00 pm
This eclectic mix of music videos showcases some of the most talented people working in film today, and the worlds they conjure to accompany the popular song. These films are dazzling, poetic, gorgeous to look at, but emphatically not straightforward!
 | Calvin Music by Radiohead
Dir. Charles Gould (USA, 8 min) |
 | Caskets Music by Damien Jurado
Dir. Matt Daniels (USA, 4 min) |
 | Mary Music by The Dutchess and the Duke
Dir. Carlos Lopez (USA, 3 min) |
 | Pause For Just a Moment Music by The Lonely Forest
Dir. Jeremiah M. Gibbons (USA, 20 min) |
 | The Whale Song Music by Modest Mouse
Dir. Nando Costa (USA, 4 min) |
 | We Fell Music by Surface Tension
Dir. David DeLay (USA, 3 min) |
 | White Winter Hymnal Music by Fleet Foxes
Dir. Sean Pecknold (USA, 3 min) |
 | Wish I Was Dead Music by The Cove
Dir. Ondrej Rudavsky (Austria, 4 min) |
Monday, September 7, 2:00 pm
Seattle’s own young filmmaker-ista’s from the Reel Grrls bring it.
 | Dark Material
Dir. Maile Martinez, Lane Stroud (USA, 7 min) |
 | A Generation of Consolidation
Dir. Samantha Muilenburg (USA, 10 min) |
 | Haku Inoa
Dir. Christen Marquez (USA,7 min) |
 | Identity
Dir. Gwyn Martin-Morris (USA, 1 min) |
 | It’s In The P-I
Dir. Bradley Hutchinson (USA, 7 min) |
 | Made Up
Dir. Mauricette Lekea (USA, 1 min) |
 | My City
Dir. Mariana Urban (USA, 1 min) |
 | Thicker Than Water
Dir. Sami Kubo, Camille Kolodziejski (USA, 11 min) |
Saturday, September 5, 1:00 pm
Through rock photographer Robert Knight’s life work, creative genius is exposed. Rock Prophecies is a musical revelation, an ode to persistence, good fortune, and a journey from insecurity to triumphant satisfaction. Includes a Q&A.
Sunday, September 6, 9:00 pm
Beyond the pale comes the Twilight Zone....
Sunday, September 6, 3:30 pm
Celebrating the power of women both in front and behind the camera.