Highlights
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Battle in Seattle
USA, 2007, 100 min
In this gripping semi-fictionalized account of the 1999 World Trade Organization riots, a peaceful protest spirals into a full-on violent confrontation and ends up attracting the world’s attention, in Irish actor Stuart Townsend’s provocative directing debut. Weaving multiple storylines with
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Ballast
USA, 2008, 96 min
Ballast is a stark but lyrical portrait of three people whose lives are brought together when suicide shatters the stasis of a small Mississippi Delta town. First-time director Lance Hammer exposes their pain and patient endurance through gritty realism and an organically produced cast. Winner of
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The Red Awn
China, 2007, 101 min
Fifty-something Song returns to his hometown after five years away only to discover his wife has died and his son has declared him officially dead. The screenwriter of SIFF favorite Shower, directs this engrossing drama about the nature of father-son relationships.
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The Children of Huang Shi
Australia, 2008, 125 min
Set in the midst of war-torn China in the 1930s, a young English journalist teams up with an Australian nurse and a leader of a Chinese partisan group to rescue 60 orphaned children. The extraordinary epic journey takes them along the ancient Silk Road, across hundreds of miles of snow-covered
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Everything is Fine
Canada, 2007, 118 min
An impressive directorial debut redolent of the work of Larry Clark and Gus Van Sant. When four of Josh’s friends die simultaneously the 16-year-old seeks bonds with a grieving father and a buddy’s girlfriend. Somber yet energized by a clever flashback structure and galvanizing performances, this is
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Festival updates
5/15/2008
Battle in Seattle Cast to Walk SIFF Red Carpet
Charlize Theron, Martin Henderson, André Benjamin, Michelle Rodriguez, and Stuart Townsend Will Attend the Festivities on Opening Night. Press Conference With Cast and Director to Take Place Before the Event
5/8/2008
SIFF Honors Sir Ben Kingsley
Legendary Actor to Receive 2008 Golden Space Needle Award
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