Films & Events
The 2007 Seattle International Film Festival offers 227 narrative features, 61 documentary features, and 117 short films from 60 different countries - the best in world cinema from fiercely independent fare to studio-produced masterworks.
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SIFFter is an easy-to-use visual search tool that will help you sift through the more than 400 films and narrow down choices based on your preferences including genre, country, time of day, and other filters. The SIFFter is also available on iSIFF, our fantastic iPhone app..
Films by Program
The Dutch call it exploding cinema; the French the avant-garde; in Seattle we call it Alternate Cinema. A collection of features and shorts which aim to push the boundaries of traditional film culture, this year’s selections explore unconventional modes of visual, aural and emotional landscapes. Yet...
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For lovers of classic film it is, to paraphrase Dickens, the best of times and the worst of times. Thanks to the DVD revolution, there are more cinematic treasures easily available, cheaply priced and conveniently ready for to be viewed on televisions, lap tops, or even iPods, whenever and wherever ...
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Bánk Bán is presented as part of the Seattle Symphony’s Bridging the 48th Parallel, a 10-day Festival of Central European Music that celebrates the legacy of soaring musical accomplishments from Seattle’s neighbors on the 48th line of latitude, Prague and Budapest. The Seattle Symphony Festiv...
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The 2007 festival presentation of Contemporary World Cinema features the stunning cinematic achievements of over fifty countries. This year’s international selection gives you the opportunity to experience state of the art of filmmaking through a truly global perspective, with an impressive represen...
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Select a film from the list, scroll down to "related media" and click the link to watch the interview.
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Documentary filmmaking has really come into its own in recent years, and the breadth of stories and creative adventurousness of filmmaking continues to increase. SIFF is proud to present 12 films from around the world in this year’s documentary competition. These dozen journeys illuminate a wide ran...
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Since the camera was first invented, documentary filmmakers have used this magical invention to record real events, preserve the momentous or reveal the tragedies and glories of our world. As the popularity of film expanded, the purpose of documentary filmmaking progressed to not only recording the ...
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Each year the Seattle International Film Festival selects four directors from around the globe who have, in just a few short years, marked themselves as cinematic masters, visionaries whose films speak with an original voice and display a grasp of the craft that makes them stand out from their conte...
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In its third year, SIFF’s Face the Music program celebrates the many intersections of music and film. Bringing great music to the screen, 11 new films explore subjects ranging from rock icons (Joe Strummer and Kurt Cobain), to great unclassifiable talents (including Scott Walker and Lisa Gerrard), y...
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Films4Families is a way for the whole family to celebrate the culture and art of the moving image through filmmaking and film-going experiences. To further SIFF’s mission of creating a world that savors the finest of homegrown and foreign cinema, we offer this fabulous hand-picked series showcasing ...
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For the first time the Seattle International Film Festival has curated a film section for our youth audience. These films from around the globe focus on the struggles and triumphs, crazy adventures and coming-of-age journeys of teens and young adults. Intended to be empowering and inspiring while co...
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Seattle International Film Festival is proud to present FutureWave Shorts, a program of new works by the filmmakers of tomorrow. All made by artists under 18, and running the gamut from experimental to narrative to documentary, from live action to animation, these original short films are never less...
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In addition to our Opening and Closing Night Galas, four major premiere events will be held on each Saturday of the Festival. Gala screenings are attended by special guests and followed by exclusive post-screening receptions at different locations each week, featuring hors d’oeuvres, drinks and ente...
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The 2006 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film win for The Lives of Others only affirmed what many cinephiles already knew: the next big wave of German films has hit. Big. This year’s spotlight showcases fifteen new German films directed by both emerging talents and established masters of the l...
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Whether you're searching for thrillers or chillers, slasher flicks or cult classics, degenerate filth or an outrageous teen sex comedy, you'll find them all in Midnight Adrenaline! Other sections of the festival may aim to touch the heart or broaden the mind; our midnighters would rather rip ...
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Each year the independent American filmmaking scene seems to reinvent itself—new voices emerge, leaving overworked formulas behind in favor of truly original storytelling and vividly drawn characters. From an extraordinary selection of films that have yet to receive American distribution, jurors wil...
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The sense of discovery that fuels film festivals becomes particularly acute when the focal point centers on the search for unknown talents who demonstrate a natural gift for storytelling. The New Directors Showcase features a selection of international directors who are clearly emerging as major tal...
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Tugboat Annie is being presented by SIFF in collaboration with the Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority to celebrate the 2007 Centennial of Pike Place Market—the heart and soul of Seattle.
As part of the Pike Place Market's Centennial birthday celebration, the Market Foun...
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In a bracing assessment of the future of the planet, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the leading international network of climate scientists, recently declared that climate change is unequivocal reality. Human activity is the main driver, and we face centuries of climbing tempe...
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William Penn, who founded Pennsylvania, and looked like the guy on the Quaker Oats container once said, "It is wise not to seek a secret; and honest, not to reveal one." In our opinion he is half right (the second half part). As for not seeking secrets… well he clearly never went to SIFF, signed the...
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The SIFF Shorts program, with films ranging from under 30 minutes to just 3 minutes, exhibits an astonishing array of spectacular storytelling and visual splendor, offering short and satisfying glimpses into unique characters and wonderful worlds unlike our own.
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There are two reasons to go into filmmaking: love and money. After all, to be brutally materialistic about the potentially transcendent, no other artistic endeavor offers a greater jackpot when you come up aces. But what if you remove "get money" from your calculations? Congratulations, you now make...
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We've invited our short filmmakers to SIFFcast their films following their festival screenigs. Participating films will be streaming here through August.
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Seattle’s unique mixture of the natural and the urban is matched by a creative landscape that is just as eclectic and thriving. A frontier mentality and lack of cultural confines have long fueled creative expression in this neck of the woods. Each year, SIFF proudly spotlights independent films that...
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These four films really reflect the range of SIFF this year: from the exploration of humankind's reach to the stars (In the Shadow of the Moon) to a look at the consequences of military participation (Soldiers of Conscience), the exuberance of art (Goya's Ghosts) and the highly ...
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Set a course for adventure with our Swashbuckler Saturdays! On high seas or in endless deserts, flashing scabbards or firing muskets, these dashing gents and ladies never say die. Cheer on their daring-do each Saturday.
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Join us for our Talking Pictures series where special guests will introduce their film and hold a Q&A afterwards, hosted by Nancy Guppy.
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Anthony Hopkins is one of the most versatile, subtle and commanding actors of our time. Mastering the mediums of stage, film and television, in his four decades on screen, Hopkins has won countless awards (among them the Oscar, Golden Globe, BAFTA, NYFCC and Emmy), and deservedly been nominated for ...
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